New old pipe

[jameswbarber109]

My latest purchase via eBay, a vintage half bent Paul Viou briar. Haven’t researched this one yet but it was probably made 1930 - 1950. The briar is leather clad with a meerschaum inner bowl, it’s not been smoked much, no visible imperfections & 6.5 inches long. Manufactured in St. Claude, France. Not bad for a tad under 17 US Dollars!! The pics are not the best but they illustrate the post l think

 

[fddhd]

this is so beautiful

 

[Timbo]

Nice pipes, lovely grain on the briar one.

Never had a leather bound pipe, how's it smoke?

 

[jameswbarber109]

Morning Timbo, light powdering of snow & temp just on freezing here in Hertfordshire, England. I don’t know how the new pipe smokes yet, had it less than 24hrs. Just finished reading one of our posts re the ‘myth’ surrounding some brands. The other pipe in my pic demonstrates the author’s case, it is an ordinary London made briar, no name, just inscribed London Made yet it smokes cool, balances well & feels good in the mouth, had it years, my favourite for smoking a Balkan mix.

 

[Ranger107]

Had a leather covered Sav years ago. Straight billiard with saddle stem. Smoked great.

 

[jameswbarber109]

Put my first bowl of English Balkan mix through the Paul Viou briar. Difficult to say anything about the taste as it’ll need several more to get rid of the previous baccy juice in the meerschaum & wood but it drew nicely & is a cool smoker. It’ll do nicely.
Saw the earlier thread on Meerschaum pricing, here in the U.K. it’s quite volatile, very up & down. At the moment prices seem to be reasonable. Last year l noticed the prices rose quite a bit during the warmer months.

 

[Aussiemike]

Great purchase james beaut pipes , I have a leather bound Longchamp it smokes well