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At the end of the 19th century GBD offered 1,500 models(!). (Please note however, that the same shape  offered with three different materials for the stems was counted thrice!) In the first decade of the 20th century stems made of amber and synthetic amber were still widely used, but Vulcanite and horn had become the most popular materials. A further sign of the times  were army mount pipes which were available meanwhile in 30 different shapes of inceasing popularity. The winner of the day was the Billiard (36 shapes now), along with 36 Bents and 32 Dublins / Zulus. Best newcomer was the Bulldog (15). The hoofs were almost out of fashion.

Several Catalog pages from a [https://pipedia.org/images/2/2f/1950s%3FGBDcatalog.pdf Circa 1950s Oppenheimer Pipes Catalog] featured GBD models, as well as several of the other brands.

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The claims after the 1st World War demanded further distinctions. First of all was the ''London Made'', which became the ''Standard London Made'', followed by the ''New Era''-- in 1931 the top model asking 12½ Shilling. The ''Pedigree'', although sketched around 1926, was not produced until the later 1930s. The ''New Standard'' was introduced in order to give the popular Standard of the 20s a higher rank in value. The ''Prehistoric'', a deeply sandblasted black pipe, that still carried the small GBD Xtra stamp, was entirely new and unusual.

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The Paris factory moved to Saint-Claude in 1952. Since 1981 the majority of GBD pipes come from the English factory. At about that same time GBD merged with Comoys, since then all production for both GBD and Comoy comes from a single factory.<ref>http://www.perardua.net/pipes/GBDlines.html</ref>

  E-mail: mailto:cad@oppenheimers.co.uk

  Tel: 08708 722 754 / 08708 722 755  Fax: 08708 722 750 (Trade customers only)

[[File:OppenheimerPipes-1950sCatalog-Pg1.png|thumb|link=https://pipedia.org/images/2/2f/1950s%3FGBDcatalog.pdf|Oppenheimer Pipes Building, from [https://pipedia.org/images/2/2f/1950s%3FGBDcatalog.pdfCirca 1950s catalog], courtesy Václav Blahovec]]

== Onsite links ==

Here is a 1961 GBD Flyer from: [http://www.chriskeene.com/gbdpage.htm Chris' Pipe Pages]

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