Kaywoodie 1950s/60s Heirloom Nobleman Estate Briar Pipe, American Estates

Description

Kaywoodie pipes are as American as apple pie. Starting in 1919 as a pipe brand for KB&B, a pipe shop dating all the way back to 1851, Kaywoodie has since then been a staple of American-made pipes. In the present, many Kaywoodies are collectors’ items, in addition to being fantastic smokers.

Kaywoodie’s fittingly-named Heirloom line is as fascinating as it is rare. The pipes were, if my research is correct, offered for a relatively short period of time in the 1950s and ’60s, and they weren’t cheap, either. Each was hand-carved, much like meerschaum pipes, or early briars, taking the form of archetypes, such as the “devil,” or the “nobleman” seen here. In other words, they were figural pipes. I haven’t had the chance to handle another before, so I don’t know whether they were all large pipes, but this one certainly is. As it is a mid-century Kaywoodie, it includes the make’s famed four-hole stinger.

The condition is good. Some rim darkening.

 

Details:

Length: 6.8″ / 172.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.51″ / 38.35mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g