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A rare example of a cased pair of KB&B LondonLike Handmade pipes with sterling silver bands, orific bits, and showing both C.P.F. and KB&B stamps.1917-19 | |||
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At that time KB&B produced their brands in Union City and in West New York, both New Jersey. Deviating from that, Yello-Boles were manufactured by '''The New England Briar Pipe Company''' in Penacook, New Hampshire to use this KB&B subsidiary to capacity. | At that time KB&B produced their brands in Union City and in West New York, both New Jersey. Deviating from that, Yello-Boles were manufactured by '''The New England Briar Pipe Company''' in Penacook, New Hampshire to use this KB&B subsidiary to capacity. | ||
As briar was hardly had during World War II, the KB&B Company embarked on a project of domestically grown briar wood, called Mission Briar or manzanita early in 1941. The [[Pacific Briarwood Company]], a subsidiary founded for this purpose, began harvesting the burls growing on the slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Though this wood is botanically the same as briar form the Mediterranean countries, the smoking characteristics were not quite as good and the project was abandoned after the war. | As briar was hardly had during World War II, the KB&B Company embarked on a project of domestically grown briar wood, called [[Mission Briar]] or manzanita early in 1941. The [[Pacific Briarwood Company]], a subsidiary founded for this purpose, began harvesting the burls growing on the slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Though this wood is botanically the same as briar form the Mediterranean countries, the smoking characteristics were not quite as good and the project was abandoned after the war. | ||
Was it for that reason? Advertising from the 1940's pictures the Yello-Bole "Honey Girl", who gently urges the pipe smoker to smoke the pipe with "a little honey in every bowl." In fact, honey was an ingredient of the material used to coat the inside of the bowl. It was said to provide a faster, sweeter break-in of the pipe. | Was it for that reason? Advertising from the 1940's pictures the Yello-Bole "Honey Girl", who gently urges the pipe smoker to smoke the pipe with "a little honey in every bowl." In fact, honey was an ingredient of the material used to coat the inside of the bowl. It was said to provide a faster, sweeter break-in of the pipe. | ||
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<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Example of KB&B Standard, courtesy Fletcher Hiner"> | |||
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<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Example of KB&B Sandy, from Tanzanian Briar, courtesy Charles Wilder"> | |||
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<gallery widths=250 heights=250 caption="A 'Fairway' branded bent with a faux amber (likely bakelite) stem, Courtesy Brian | [[File:KB&B-ClassMonogramChart.JPG|thumb|Ad for Class and Monograms in a 1920's Kaufman Bros. & Bondy (KB&B) catalog, courtesy Gene Umberger (via Brian Robertson).]] | ||
<gallery widths=250 heights=250 caption="A 'Fairway' branded bent with a faux amber (likely bakelite) stem, Courtesy Brian Robertson collection"> | |||
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