Trying to identify this pipe

[cancercow]

Hello all, I am trying to identify this pipe. It was my great uncles who was like a father to my dad and when my great uncle passed my dad gave it to me because he doesn't smoke. It has "Caroleer" on the side but I don't think it could be one of the custom built ones. I'm also not sure if my great uncle got this from his father or a shop. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

 

[AroEnglish]

Why don't you think it's a custombilt?

 

[cancercow]

It doesn't say custom built anywhere on it so I'm assuming it is likely just some knock off or something else?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Identifying This Pipe :: Pipe Talk

Long story short I'm looking to identify this maker of this pipe. I've googled it and searched the forums here but I'm coming up blank. A bit of back history in case it helps "line up" clues. It was my grandfather's and he was a very practical man due to his childhood. I can't imagine him...

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[huntertrw]

In the book titled Who Made That Pipe? by Herb Wilczak & Tom Colwell there are two listings for "Caroleer." The first shows "John Hudson Moore, Inc., 1943, USA/ ENGL" as maker. The second shows, "Possibly by Sasieni, ENGL" as maker.

I'm not a betting man, but I would guess that John Hudson Moore, Inc. made it in an attempt to coat-tail off of the popularity of the Custom-Bilt pipe.

I hope that this information is helpful to you.

 

[captainsousie]

That's not Custombilt rustication to me. More like KB&B style to me.

 

[xrundog]

Yeah, it’s plainly in the Custombilt style. But not quite as good in the carving department.
English pipes are usually marked as such. Lacking that I vote for the US company.
It’s a chunky thick walled pipe. Probably a nice smoke.

 

[cancercow]

It also has this Square on it which from what I just read on piperevival was something they put on them.

 

[cancercow]

This wood is dry as heck and it current tastes like salt and some kind of perfume so I also need to figure out what you do about that before you smoke out of it, or if you just say screw it and pack a bowl and smoke that stuff out.

 

[cancercow]

In the book titled Who Made That Pipe? by Herb Wilczak & Tom Colwell there are two listings for "Caroleer." The first shows "John Hudson Moore, Inc., 1943, USA/ ENGL" as maker. The second shows, "Possibly by Sasieni, ENGL" as maker.

I'm not a betting man, but I would guess that John Hudson Moore, Inc. made it in an attempt to coat-tail off of the popularity of the Custom-Bilt pipe.

I hope that this information is helpful to you.

Thank you, I'll have to look into this!

 

[snagstangl]

That is a Caroleer pipe. It was made by Custombilt from Mountain Laurel during WWII. I have 3 or 4 of them. They are talked about in the Custom Bilt book by Bill Unger. John Hudson Moore was a distributor of Custombilt pipes.

 

[cancercow]

That is a Caroleer pipe. It was made by Custombilt from Mountain Laurel during WWII. I have 3 or 4 of them. They are talked about in the Custom Bilt book by Bill Unger. John Hudson Moore was a distributor of Custombilt pipes.

That is awesome. Thank you, I'll have to check out that book as well