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Posted by Julian Bradley on September 11, 2005, 4:44 pm, in reply to "Benson and hedges pipe" Julian
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Hello Danny:
Re your B&H pipe: I worked for the company for many years, and remember those pipes being sold, in fact I have one somewhere. I seem to remember there was a range of perhaps three or four, selling at £10 each. I'm afraid the quality was never up to much, being very light weight. The band, I'm afraid, is not gold, neither solid (!) nor plated (tho I may be wrong about it being plated)
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: Hello all,
:
: I am a keen pipe
: collector/smoker and have been
: collecting pipe and pipe
: related items for about 12
: years now.
:
: I have in my collection a very
: nice straight
: "billiard" style
: pipe by Benson and Hedges. It
: has a pure gold band on the
: shank, I would say that it is
: 9ct gold but I have not had it
: tested. I purchased this pipe
: at a car-boot sale about 10
: years ago amongst a box of
: about 40 pipes which were
: mainly in poor condition.
: This amazing box also included
: various racks and a leather
: pipe pouch as well as pipe
: tools! All purchased for the
: sizable amount of £12! if my
: memory is correct!
:
: I got the box home and began
: eagerly cleaning the pipes and
: was shocked to find a number
: of Dunhill straight and bent
: pipes as well as various 2nd
: grade manufacturers. Amongst
: this collection was this
: Benson and Hedges pipe, it was
: actually completely black with
: grime and it took a lot of
: cleaning to get it back to its
: original self. It is now my
: favourite pipe and one which I
: use the most along with Borkum
: Riff cavendish cherry.
:
: Two questions: 1) Does anyone
: have a pipe made by Benson and
: Hedges - is it similar to this
: one? When were they
: manufactured as they don't
: seem to make them anymore.
:
: 2) Whilst cleaning it all
: those years ago the polished
: finish was slightly removed,
: does anyone know of a source
: for briar pipe polish to put
: the shine and protection back
: into the bowl?
:
: Correspondance can be sent to
: my e-mail directly which is:
: m0gmt@yahoo.co.uk (the
: "0" after the
: "m" is a zero - it's
: a ham radio callsign")
:
: I am seriously considering
: joining the PCOL so I hope to
: meet some fellow enthusiast
: soon, I am located in West
: Sussex.
:
: Many thanks,
:
: Danny.
:
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