Kaywoodie 1932-1936 Super Grain 5014 Smooth Bent Billiard 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.

The Super Grain was one of Kaywoodie’s early higher-grade lines, one that, in its infancy, was distinguished by KB&B’s signature cloverleaf inlay on its shank, rather than its stem. Turned from what KB&B claimed to be especially excellent briar, which the company had located in Greece, Super Grains wore very natural, smooth finishes, with the intention of giving center stage to said briar. This one is a traditional bent billiard and, true to its word, the bowl shows plenty of bird’s-eye from that special, Greek root KB&B was so proud of.

The condition is good, especially for a nearly 100 year old pipe. Some inner rim charring and handling marks, and quite faded nomenclature on the shank’s left side. As a Super Grain, however, it is readily identifiable by its other markings, such as the cloverleaf inlay and the indicator of “Grecian briar.”

Details:

Length: 5.7″ / 144.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.48″ / 37.59mm

Weight: 1.3oz / 38g