Vintage Kaywoodie Boxed Set
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I still cannot believe how beautiful and well-made these Kaywoodies are! I hate to admit it, but I guess I have a bit of the pipe snob in me. 8O I always looked down on Kaywoodie as being an inferior brand only slightly better than drugstore pipes and not worthy of serious consideration. How wrong I was! This set opened my eyes to just how good a Kaywoodie can be.
The fit and finish of these Matched Grains are excellent; rivaling if not even bettering some of my Ashtons and Dunhills costing five times as much. The briar appears to be of high quality and lightweight. So far I’ve smoked all but the billiard and each pipe smoked excellently with no gurgle or excess moisture. How much this is attributable to the Drinkless System condenser versus well-aged briar is debatable. Although I could not taste it, the thought of fine tobacco smoke passing through a piece of aluminum isn’t very appealing and to me that’s the only negative point these pipes have which is entirely subjective. Besides, it’s cool smoking a pipe that’s nearly as old as I am. We just get better with age! :
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The fit and finish of these Matched Grains are excellent; rivaling if not even bettering some of my Ashtons and Dunhills costing five times as much. The briar appears to be of high quality and lightweight. So far I’ve smoked all but the billiard and each pipe smoked excellently with no gurgle or excess moisture. How much this is attributable to the Drinkless System condenser versus well-aged briar is debatable. Although I could not taste it, the thought of fine tobacco smoke passing through a piece of aluminum isn’t very appealing and to me that’s the only negative point these pipes have which is entirely subjective. Besides, it’s cool smoking a pipe that’s nearly as old as I am. We just get better with age! :
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I'm with you, my older Kaywoodies are outstanding performers, stingers or push-stems. Given the differences, I say quality briar has to be a key factor.
My all time favorite in my collection is a 1960's Kaywoodie, it's always a wonderful smoke no matter what I throw at it. I wish I had more of them
No, don't smoke em. Its only unsmoked once. Buy some other Kaywoodies to smoke. I have some and they are good smokers but when I come across NOS pipes I will not smoke em. They made it this far. I am not gonna light em up. I saw that set for sale as well and knew it would go for more than my budget but a REALLY nice set.
Yo rock - great score. I wish I had spotted those at CORPS. From your set, I can see why some KWs were more premium than Dunhills back in the day.
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