Comoy Pipes
Allen Lee
Just wondering if the Comoy make of pipe is worth the money?
Have found a nice looking Wembley and considering purchase.
Thanks
Al
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Fr. Terry W. Specht
Allen Lee wrote:
>
> Just wondering if the Comoy make of pipe is worth the money?
> Have found a nice looking Wembley and considering purchase.
I have a couple Comoys and have always found them a good value. I have
one Wembley and I must say that it is on my short list of favorite
smokers. If the Wembley is going at a reasonable price I would recommend
it.
Fr. Specht
Michael Lindner
I find the older Comoy's to be tremendous values and great smokers. One of
my favorite pipes is an elegantly curved Comoy's Patina that is light as a
feather and smokes incredibly cool.
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Michael Stanley
In article <35055B...@ix.netcom.com>,
"Fr. Terry W. Specht" <frsp...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Allen Lee wrote:
>>
>> Just wondering if the Comoy make of pipe is worth the money?
>> Have found a nice looking Wembley and considering purchase.
>
>I have a couple Comoys and have always found them a good value. I have
>one Wembley and I must say that it is on my short list of favorite
>smokers. If the Wembley is going at a reasonable price I would recommend
>it.
>
>Fr. Specht
I have two Comoy Traditions that look very nice and,usually,smoke very
well.The one is a "pot" shape and can be a challenge if I don't take my
time with the charring light and get the entire tobacco surface burned
evenly.The second is a rather thin walled canadian which smokes as well as
any other small(group three) bowled pipe I own.I bought both as estate
pipes from the late Barry Levin(Man! do I miss that guy and LPI!) Now that
i think about it,I have a third Comoy that was also an estate pipe from the
Ohio Pipe Collectors(or whatever we're calling ourselves now:)) show.It's a
real nice billiard ,I can't remember the model name;but it smokes great.
Mike Stanley
richard bies
I find the older Comoy, and the "seconds" (GuldHall, Royal Falcon, Coat of
Arms, Gresham) to be fine pipes, regardless of positioning (Blue Riband
and Straight Grain tend toward "collector" pricing -- many find GrandSlam
to work very well, though the estate value is not high). Not quite so
resistant to the abuse of constant use as a Dunhill.
Current production -- Wembly ? -- I know nothing of.
r.m.bies
Joseph H. Kovacic, Ph.D.
I'm a collector of circa '60s Comoys. Most are Traditions with one each
of London Pride, Grand Slam and BR. They all smoke quite well. I
recommend the older Comoys but have no experience with later production.
Joseph
Allen Lee wrote:
> Just wondering if the Comoy make of pipe is worth the money?
> Have found a nice looking Wembley and considering purchase.
Skydog
Joseph H. Kovacic, Ph.D. <jkov...@usa.net> wrote:
: I'm a collector of circa '60s Comoys. Most are Traditions with one each
: of London Pride, Grand Slam and BR. They all smoke quite well. I
: recommend the older Comoys but have no experience with later production.
I have older Grand Slams, Londong Prides and Sandblasts in my collection,
a few OLD Virgin Briars, DeLuxes and Old Bruyeres, and a coupld of
Specimen Straight Grains and a couple of Traditions. These are all excellent
smokers. My faves, I think, are the older Sandblasts, the Grand Slams and
the London Prides, in that order. I've had mixed results with Traditions,
and have never had a Blue Riband that smoked worth a damn for me. It could
all be coincidence, but other Comoy collectors I know have echoed this
sentiment.
Now that GBD and Comoy are basically one and the same, expensive basket
pipes, two fine old marques have died in the same crash. Whatever greatness
they once enjoyed is now just dust in the winds of time.
Regards,
Gregory
: Joseph