Blog by Dal Stanton
The Kaywoodie now on the worktable is the second of 3 pipes that Skeet commissioned after seeing them in the virtual ‘Help Me Baskets’ in the ‘For “Pipe Dreamers” Only!’ collection. This large collection of pipes I’ve acquired from antique/secondhand shops, antique malls, and from online sellers – and some have been gifts. The Kaywoodie was part of a lot of 13 pipes that caught my eye from a seller in Nevada a few years back. There were some interesting shapes and system pipes that I had not seen before – a LHS Purex (9 o’clock), a Demuth SnapKleen 34 (5:30 o’clock) and a Cyclone London England (1 o’clock). These specific pipes were new to me. The Kaywoodie that beckoned Skeet is situated at the 4:30 o’clock place on the pipe dial.
The first pipe Skeet commissioned benefiting the Daughters of Bulgaria came out well. The…
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