I was collecting Kaywoodie POYs for awhile. Don't know if they are still being made. They were something like 1/3 larger than the traditional shape they were modeled after. I found all that I had to be very well made good smoking pipes.

For the real oldies I like WDC and CPF. I will snag anything stamped French Briar. I also love a ruby Bakelite stem.

I've been awhile. I'm randomly responding to stuff that interests me. Hope that's okay.

I'm in the poor engineering camp. I would typically mess with the pipe to try and eliminate the gurgle. Opening the airway up a bit can help. If I couldn't make it work for me, I'd pass it on.

Hi pipe friends! I've ignored my pipes and everything pipe related for a while. Recently looked over all my pipes , handled them a bit, and am feeling the itch again. I have some watches going on eBay. Not much in my old pipe wheelhouse left there anymore. I guess that's okay. Just snag a good one o...

I know this is a late reply, but the pipe was simply stamped FRANCE.

houtenziel wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:43 pm I am sold. Reading "Finest Burley Tobacco Mellow-aged till Perfect + a dash of Chocolate", has me drooling.

Yeah, it does seem like it would be good. Tuxedo ran that "Your nose Knows" ad campaign for awhile. Here's another one from 1917.

Tuxedo 1919.

Another PA ad. The guy kind of looks like Lee J. Cobb.

I like Alan Ladd, but that tie!