COMOY’S B.B Best Briar 331

March 16, 2018December 21, 2018

England, 1930s

An extremely rare finding! The Comoy’s pipe made in the 1930s and branded for one of the numberous tobacconists the most probably. You may compare the COM (MADE IN ENGLAND) and the shape number (331) to other Comoy’s pipes of that time to avoid any doubts.

The pipe markings are “B. B \ BEST BRIAR”, “MADE \ IN \ ENGLAND”, “331”. The length is 15.3 cm (6.02″), bowl’s height is 4.0 cm (1.57″). External diameter of the bowl is 4.6 cm (1.81″), internal diameter is 2.1 cm (0.83″). The depth is 3.0 cm (1.18″) and this pipe weights 40 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter. The chamber has a few not critical scratches made by a cleanig tool, but looks very moderately and accurately smoked. The stummel had a few small chips and indentations which were very carefully and reliabily patched during the restoration.

COMOY
COMOY’S Desk Pipe 160S
August 10, 2016January 7, 2019
England, 1980-90s Almost every pipe needs a stand, so why not to combine the stand and the pipe itself? Looks very useful for a man whose desk is covered with reports, diagrams, financial magazines and whatever else we can imagine 🙂 A beautiful and fresh implementation of this idea from the 1980-90’s made by Comoy’s….
Read More COMOY’S Desk Pipe 160S
COMOY
COMOY’S Tradition 296B
December 3, 2017December 25, 2018
England, 1950-70s Perhaps no other manufacturer did make more for the “canadians” development and propaganda than Comoy’s. Careful selection of briar, variety of thoughtful refined shapes, skilful work deserved the highest respect among smokers worldwide. As an example – our today’s 296th shape. The pipe of the very respectable “Tradition series” was made in 1950-70,…
Read More COMOY’S Tradition 296B
COMOY
COMOY’S H.T.L. Hiland’s Fine Grain 184
May 4, 2019May 4, 2019
England Authoritative pipe community members advised that H.T.L. stands for Hiland’s Tobacco Locker, a southern California retail tobacco chain. Pipes have been ordered from leading Europian manufacturers such as Savinelli, Comoy’s and GBD. That explains also why some of HTL pipes are stamped “Made in Italy”, while the majority of them has the nomenclature “Made…
Read More COMOY’S H.T.L. Hiland’s Fine Grain 184
COMOY
COMOY’S Grand Slam 97 Van Oosten
March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
England, 1950-70s The pipe belongs to one of the most popular and respected pre-Cadogan Comoy’s grades. This attractive billiard was made during the 1950-70s period (see the nomenclature and the 3-part (inlaid) “C” on the stem). An intersting (and rare!) detail: the pipe was made and marked for a tobacconist in the capital of Netherlands….
Read More COMOY’S Grand Slam 97 Van Oosten
COMOY
COMOY’S St James 55
May 31, 2014February 1, 2019
England How many St. James’ are in England? Well, Wikipedia lists 55 cathedrals, chapels and other cult buildings. At least one is located in Scotland and a number on all corners of the world, including Herzegovina, Barbados and other exotic countries.
Read More COMOY’S St James 55
COMOY
COMOY’S Designer 500
December 1, 2015January 22, 2019
England Comoy’s freehand pipes are a rarity, we are not sure if there were many sophisticated shapes introduced during the company’s full history but since 1980’s new management launched the Comoy’s designer series – a row of very interesting and collectable artizans models.
Read More COMOY’S Designer 500