GBD Virgin Collector 9589

GBD Virgin Collector 9589

England, 1950-70s

One of the top graded GBD pipes. The Virgin series followed their famous Pedigree, Prodigy and Straight Grain grades. The pipe was made in 1970s the latest, before the acquisition of the company by Cadogan. Very interesting nicely grained, large and imposing dublin sitter pipe.

The pipe markings are “Collector \ (GBD) \ VIRGIN”, “LONDON ENGLAND \ 9589”. The length is 16.0 cm (6.3″), bowl’s height is 5.5 cm (2.16″). External diameter of the bowl is 4.2 cm (1.65″), internal diameter is 2.4 cm (0.94″). The depth is 4.6 cm (1.81″) and this pipe weights 51 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter. The stem is newly made of the fresh piece of vulcanite, so we can consider the pipe as a “partially unsmoked” :-).

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