Surprised by Medico

[cobguy]

I picked up an older Medico while in Illinois last month.

It has been delivering a surprisingly good smoke ... for $4! :D
There was a box of pipes at an antique mall and I grabbed this one along with a couple

of older Grabow's and a Yello-Bole that has the old clover stamp still (1938-1955?)
The darker stain pic is the real color, the other was flashed for the stamp:

 

[newbroom]

That's encouraging. My stash of 9 unsmoked Medico Imported Briars has hope! I've got a beaut of a blasted bulldog with a yellow stem with an F on it that seems the gem of the batch.

sorry. no pics as of yet.

 

[cobguy]

That Bulldog sounds nice ... whatcha waitin' for?? Smoke that puppy! ::

 

[newbroom]

Waiting for something, but not sure what. I am intimidated to initiate a new bowl, other than my cobs. I've got more of those to christen, and am 'contented' with my rotation of estates for now.

 

[willc]

I have a couple Medico briars that I cleaned up and they are very nice smokes.

They are not my prettiest pipes but they work quite well.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Nice pick up. The old Medico pipes are great smokers. If you can find one then I suggest you pick it up and give it a shot.
I picked this one up off ebay a short while back and its a very good smoker. It needs to be cleaned up a bit better but here is mine. From what I can gather this one was made between 1932-1955.

 

[cobguy]

That's a good looking Bulldog ... hardly looks smoked!

 

[cobguy]

... used to the point of the chamber representing a burned out volcano.

Lol ... there were quite a few like that in the box!
That Yello-Bole that I picked up at the same time still has the original honey coating intact.

Looks like it was smoked 2-3 times at most. GH Brown Bogie is mighty delicious in it!

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

That's a good looking Bulldog ... hardly looks smoked!

It's in pretty good shape, but I would like it refurbished better than the quick job I did on it.

 

[tuold]

I like my Medico Medalist.

As I've mentioned before, my Jet Streams are great. The Gold Crest and VFQ lines have some winners.
You have to be a little luckier getting a good Medico than you would for a Kaywoodie. There must be thousands of Medicos on ebay so you definitely have a choice.