LORD Real Briar 1920

LORD Real Briar 1920

USA

We can’t confirm that this pipe was cut out of briar of 1920 (but who knows, might by the carver did really found old stocks of “Doctor Grabow” or “Medico”), but the material was selected undoubtedly intelligently and with the excellent taste. Such grain could be a subject of pride for any Danish pipe maker: magnificient straight grain plus bird eyes on the bottom. We can’t identify the maker of this pipe unfortunatelly. Obviously it is USA and obviously the end of the XX century, the 1980s or 1990s.

The pipe markings are “”LORD” \ REAL BRIAR”, “BRIAR 1920”. The length is 15.5 cm, bowl’s hight is 4.7 cm. External diameter of the bowl is  3.8 cm,  internal diameter is 2.1 cm. The depth is 3.9 cm and this pipe weights 44 gr. Briar, acrylic stem, no filter. The chamber has been protected with a break-in coat.


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