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''This article is under development. If you have expertise on GBDs, please contribute.'' | ''This article is under development. If you have expertise on GBDs, please contribute.'' | ||
[[Image:GBD2.jpg|thumb|left| GBD Estate Pipe Unique Magnum Sized Bent Champaigne Sitter from [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Smoker's Haven]]] | [[Image:GBD2.jpg|thumb|left|GBD Estate Pipe Unique Magnum Sized Bent Champaigne Sitter from [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Smoker's Haven]]] | ||
[[Image:GBD3.jpg|thumb|right| GBD Estate Pipe Unique Magnum Sized Bent Champaigne Sitter from | [[Image:GBD3.jpg|thumb|right|GBD Estate Pipe Unique Magnum Sized Bent Champaigne Sitter from | ||
[http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Smoker's Haven]]] | [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Smoker's Haven]]] | ||
[[Image:GBDcasedBentweb.jpg|thumb|left|French made New Era, courtesy G.L.Pease Collection]][[Image:GBD9242NS.jpg|thumb|right|New Standard, bent Rhodesian (#9242) shape, courtesy G.L.Pease Collection]][[Image:Gbd.gif|thumb|right|Left 2 are French, righ is English, Colossus, 7.25" long, courtesy Derek Green]][[Image:GBD1.jpg|thumb|left|GBD Estate Pipe Virgin Bent Billiard 508 from [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Smoker's Haven]]] | [[Image:GBDcasedBentweb.jpg|thumb|left|French made New Era, courtesy G.L.Pease Collection]] | ||
[[Image:GBD4.jpg|thumb|left|[http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Courtesy Smoker's Haven]]][[Image:GBD_Shoreline.gif|thumb|left|GBD Shoreline Billiard from [http://www.iwanries.com Iwan Ries | [[Image:GBD9242NS.jpg|thumb|right|New Standard, bent Rhodesian (#9242) shape, courtesy G.L.Pease Collection]] | ||
[[Image:Gbd.gif|thumb|right|Left 2 are French, righ is English, Colossus, 7.25" long, courtesy Derek Green]] | |||
[[Image:GBD1.jpg|thumb|left|GBD Estate Pipe Virgin Bent Billiard 508 from [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Smoker's Haven]]] | |||
[[Image:GBD4.jpg|thumb|left|[http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=310 Courtesy Smoker's Haven]]][[Image:GBD_Shoreline.gif|thumb|left|GBD Shoreline Billiard from [http://www.iwanries.com Iwan Ries]]] | |||
=== A brief history of GBD === | === A brief history of GBD === | ||
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== Current Production == | == Current Production == | ||
Current GBD [http://www.oppenheimers.co.uk/gbd.htm website]. GBD is now made by [[Cadogan]], who also make [[Comoy]] of London, [[Dr. Plumb's]] Perfect Pipes, [[BBB]], and [[Orlik]] Pipes. [http://www.oppenheimers.co.uk/]. Since the merger in 1981 with Comoys, GBD pipes are not considered to be of the quality they were under the original companies. Metal rondelles were discontinued after the merger with Comoy. | [[Image:Gbd_150aniversary.jpg|thumb|right|Recent Production, 150 Year Celebration Billiard, Courtesy [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3553 Smoker's Haven]]]Current GBD [http://www.oppenheimers.co.uk/gbd.htm website]. GBD is now made by [[Cadogan]], who also make [[Comoy]] of London, [[Dr. Plumb's]] Perfect Pipes, [[BBB]], and [[Orlik]] Pipes. [http://www.oppenheimers.co.uk/]. Since the merger in 1981 with Comoys, GBD pipes are not considered to be of the quality they were under the original companies. Metal rondelles were discontinued after the merger with Comoy. | ||
== Contact Information == | == Contact Information == | ||