My collection of the pipe

Table of Colors and Shapes of the pipe

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Color/Shape Apple
Apple		 Author
Author		 Bent
Bent		 Billiard
Billiard		 Bulldog
Bulldog		 Canadian
Canadian		 Dublin
Dublin		 Pot
Pot
 Ebony Check  Check Check Check  Check Check   Check Check   Check Check Check   Check Check  Check
 Oyster White Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
 Burnt Orange Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
 Coral Check Not Manufactured   Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 Avocado Green
Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
 Sage Green Check Not Manufactured Check Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 Forest Green Check Not Manufactured Check     Not Manufactured   Check
 Ash Grey Check Not Manufactured   Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 Morocco Grey Check Not Manufactured Check Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 Federal Gold(o) Check Not Manufactured Check Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 Federal Gold(n) Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
 Horizon Blue Check Not Manufactured   Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 English Blue Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
 California Rosé Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
 Maroon    Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
 Raspberry Check Not Manufactured Check Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 Burgundy Red Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
    Apple Author Bent Billiard Bulldog Canadian Dublin Pot
 Mocha Brown Check Not Manufactured Check Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check
 Rare Woods Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check Check Not Manufactured Check Check Not Manufactured
 Real Briar Check Not Manufactured Check Check Check Not Manufactured Not Manufactured Not Manufactured
 Real Briar Sandblast   Not Manufactured       Not Manufactured Not Manufactured Not Manufactured
 California Style Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check

(n)= believed to be newer more yellow shade when paint was changed to acrylic
(o)= believed to be older more brown shade from 2-part epoxy paint

A ninth shape - Giant Pot - is said to have been manufactured briefly circa 1969. I have three Pots with unusually large Inner Diameter bowls. One is Ebony another is the older Federal Gold and the third is Ash Grey. Whether or not these are the shape advertised is still uncertain, but after over ten years of searching I am prepared to believe that the shape was announced before manufacturing was begun and the final product varied from the initial concept.

Bulldogs were sometimes made with the top half of the bowl in a contrasting color. These were called Bulldog Buff Designs. It is supposed that the bowl was masked and painted twice to get the second color. The name comes from the method of removing paint from the top half of the bowl - buffing. Eight Buff Designs are mentioned in the Literatue. Black buffs on Burnt Orange, Oyster White, Federal Gold (o), and Avocado Green were first offered between 1967 and 1970. Beginning in 1973 or so white buffs on Federal Gold(n), Burgundy Red, Avocado Green and English Blue were presented.

This second table shows pipes in the collection which have Fashion Stripes added to the basic color. So far as we know, Apple, Author, and Dublin pipes never had Fashion Stripes. Numbers are which of the eight patterns so far identified the pipe has. A number appearing more than once in any cell indicates different colors of stripes or packaging or some other variation but having the same pattern of stripes. A thorough discussion of striping patterns can be found on the Valuing the pipe page.

 Color/Shape Bent
Bent		 Billiard
Billiard		 Bulldog
Bulldog		 Canadian
Canadian		 Pot
Pot
 Ebony

Pattern 3  Pattern 3  Pattern 4

Pattern 3  Pattern 4  Pattern 5  Pattern 7

Pattern 1

Pattern 3

Pattern 2  Pattern 3  Pattern 7  Pattern 4
 Oyster White

Pattern 1  Pattern 3  Pattern 6  Pattern 8

Pattern 1  Pattern 3  Pattern 6  Pattern 7  Pattern 7  Pattern 8

Pattern 8

Pattern 2  Pattern 8

Pattern 1  Pattern 1  Pattern 6  Pattern 7  Pattern 8
 Burnt Orange

Pattern 1  Pattern 2

Pattern 1  Pattern 3  Pattern 7

 

Pattern 1

Pattern 1  Pattern 7
 Federal Gold(o)

Pattern 3  Pattern 7

Pattern 3  Pattern 2

 

Not Manufactured

Pattern 7
 Federal Gold(n)

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

Pattern 1  Pattern 3
 English Blue

Pattern 3  Pattern 7

Pattern 1  Pattern 3  Pattern 7

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

Pattern 1  Pattern 5
 California Rosé

 

 

 

 

Pattern 1
 Maroon

Pattern 2

Pattern 1  Pattern 2

 

 

Pattern 2
 Burgundy Red

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

Pattern 1

This last table shows the feather ROCK Collection. I have an example of each color and shape.

Color/Shape
Sierra
Blue Ridge
 Brown
Check
Check
 Green
Check
Check
 Grey
Check
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Last update: 2008-05-28