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Post by stilllernin on Oct 4, 2018 20:59:47 GMT -5
These pipes copied Dunhill with the white dot on the stem, but a yellow dot instead. The dot soon moved to the side after a letter from Dunhill. They were good smokers,some were included with carter hall and Prince alberts, anyone ever heard of them?
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 4, 2018 21:01:18 GMT -5
Never heard of them...what do they look like?
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Post by stilllernin on Oct 4, 2018 21:02:14 GMT -5
I just got one and its of finely aged briar and extra light
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Post by stilllernin on Oct 4, 2018 21:03:22 GMT -5
They look good, great grain and certainly light.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 4, 2018 21:05:30 GMT -5
Had a Willard yrs ago. great smoker but them cheap vulcanite stems would oxidize just lookin' at 'em...like most British pipes of the day. Beautiful semi-freehand, great grain etc, finally sent it to JT Cooke for a Lucite stem. Still have it,will be in a future rotation
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2018 21:07:22 GMT -5
Willard pipes were made by Sparta Industries in NC for R. J. Reynolds’s tobacco’s. A few pipers from different forums own a few.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Oct 4, 2018 22:11:05 GMT -5
I have one. Does not smoke bad, but not a go-to since it's a straight billiard, and I'm not a huge fan of straight pipes (geez, I just had to write that. I saw no other way). They're usually really cheap on eBay. Mine has (had) a removable stinger.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 4, 2018 22:15:25 GMT -5
I only have one, and it is hands down the most vile pipe I have ever smoked...I know they made some great pipes but this one is rank...all the makers admit to turning a turd now and again.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 5, 2018 15:39:50 GMT -5
Wilmer is a middling price British brand of widely varying quality.
Willard was a coupon pipe sold via mail order offers and military PXes. Like it’s sister brand, Doctor Gracie, it was cheaply made but consistently made correctly.
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Post by stilllernin on Oct 5, 2018 15:45:30 GMT -5
The one I got was in fairly ruff shape, but lightly smoked and of fairly nice briar. Also very mileteresque.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 5, 2018 17:31:20 GMT -5
The one I got was in fairly ruff shape, but lightly smoked and of fairly nice briar. Also very mileteresque.and that word in English would be what? |
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Post by stilllernin on Oct 5, 2018 18:18:41 GMT -5
The one I got was in fairly ruff shape, but lightly smoked and of fairly nice briar. Also very mileteresque.and that word in English would be what? I was shoot in for military in nature. Thought if sling some improvised verbage, utilitarian probably would have been more apt. |
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Post by haebar on Oct 5, 2018 19:02:51 GMT -5
They sold thousands of them at military PXs during the Vietnam War. This is a rusticated pot that is in my rotation; it smokes pretty good:  |
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Post by JimInks on Oct 5, 2018 19:36:52 GMT -5
My dad tried smoking a pipe in the late 1950s, and bought a Willard Canadian. He didn't like it. That pipe was the first one I ever smoked. It was then, and now, a terrible smoker. The worst of my 300 pipes.
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Post by stilllernin on Oct 5, 2018 20:48:27 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Oct 5, 2018 22:28:49 GMT -5
My dad tried smoking a pipe in the late 1950s, and bought a Willard Canadian. He didn't like it. That pipe was the first one I ever smoked. It was then, and now, a terrible smoker. The worst of my 300 pipes. Sounds like we are fellow travelers. I have a nice pipe to give you in Vegas, Jim!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2018 22:48:22 GMT -5
You know I have a couple of Willards that I picked up for a good price. I was thinking about getting them out and smoke a few bowls though each one. After reading the negative comments I'm not sure now.
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Post by stilllernin on Oct 5, 2018 23:11:25 GMT -5
You know I have a couple of Willards that I picked up for a good price. I was thinking about getting them out and smoke a few bowls though each one. After reading the negative comments I'm not sure now. Givem a try, lets see how they smoke mine smokes nice.But I spose you'll never know until you try. |
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Oct 5, 2018 23:41:08 GMT -5
You know I have a couple of Willards that I picked up for a good price. I was thinking about getting them out and smoke a few bowls though each one. After reading the negative comments I'm not sure now. Givem a try, lets see how they smoke mine smokes nice.But I spose you'll never know until you try. Thats pretty much the case with all pipes. Ive bought pipes from great brands that turned out to be total duds, or pipes that just weren't worth what I paid for them. But I still buy pipes from them. You win some, you lose some. The only manufacturer who has never sold me a bad pipe is Savinelli. I've heard this echoed by many others before. Sav is just.. near perfect. |
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Post by stilllernin on Oct 6, 2018 6:56:53 GMT -5
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Post by haebar on Oct 6, 2018 7:15:31 GMT -5
Looks like a truncated apple to me. Lol |
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Post by xjking on Oct 6, 2018 7:25:59 GMT -5
I don't own a Willard yet, but it is on my bucket list. Until now I've not heard a bad thing about them. I suppose that means there is some risk in buying one but if nothing else it will be another in my collection. As said previously they can be found for cheap on ebay so its a chance worth taking for me.
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Post by haebar on Oct 6, 2018 7:32:05 GMT -5
The Sparta Pipe factory was producing 60,000 Willard pipes a week at their peak during the Vietnam War. The ones with aluminum bands of 5/8" to an inch long were reserved for the military. They stopped producing them in 1975. Sparta used their lower grade briar to make them. This information comes from the book, "More Old Briar" by Dave Whitney, which is available on Amazon Kindle.
The stingers are removed easily if you don't wish to use them.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 6, 2018 8:51:56 GMT -5
Looks like a truncated apple to me. Lol I'd call it a pot. |
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Post by stilllernin on Nov 5, 2018 23:48:34 GMT -5
Figured id bring back the willards, there not at all bad, and the one I got has been good all round. imgur.com/a/HXEEu9e |
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Post by piffyr on Nov 6, 2018 1:39:30 GMT -5
Figured id bring back the willards, there not at all bad, and the one I got has been good all round. imgur.com/a/HXEEu9eI can certainly vouch for the fact that they're not all bad. Here's my little, beater pot...  It's a workhorse that'll smoke anything with aplomb, which makes it a perfect glove box pipe. I have seen some, however, that had so many fills that the briar block must have looked like Swiss cheese before the putty was added. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Nov 6, 2018 3:13:46 GMT -5
Now, THAT'S a nice pipe, piffyr. |
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Post by piffyr on Nov 6, 2018 9:02:47 GMT -5
Now, THAT'S a nice pipe, piffyr . Thanks. It's another early resto. The shape has been heavily modified though. It was originally a standard billiard. Whoever had it before bit through the stem, cut off the offending part and filed in a new button. I just refined that part a bit. The bowl was burnt and had a huge chunk missing from the rim. That's why it a pot now. I was just trying to see what I could do to make it a smokeable and moderately attractive pipe again. You can still see some of the remnants of the burn even after topping it so severely. That's how bad it was. |
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