Shibumi
Looking for Effortless Perfection
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For a few weeks now my Father has been looking for a pipe he said my cousin gave him after he quit smoking. My cousin has since past away. So when my Father found out I took up the pipe, he told me about it. I hadn't really thought about it and a few days ago he found it. I picked it from him sunday and cleaned it up. There was lots of cake, so I reamed it and cleaned the oxidized mouthpiece. It still needs more work, but it was in pretty good condition.
I did some research and found out it's a Marxman hand carved briar, from the 50's. They were a drug store brand that sold for $5 at the time. Based out of NY and are now out of business. I think Mastercraft bought them out. If anyone has some more info, let me know? I'm probably going to fire it up tonight for my first smoke.
So here are a few pics of it and an old advert I found...
I did some research and found out it's a Marxman hand carved briar, from the 50's. They were a drug store brand that sold for $5 at the time. Based out of NY and are now out of business. I think Mastercraft bought them out. If anyone has some more info, let me know? I'm probably going to fire it up tonight for my first smoke.
So here are a few pics of it and an old advert I found...
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![2marx3.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fpipepages.com%2Fpics%2F2marx3.jpg&hash=e25481150968df822bc3b174328a6db8)