
Updated: May 18, 2010
Kaywoodie was created in 1919 by
Kaufman Brothers & Bondy (see
KB&B). It is a brand of
S. M. Frank & Co since March 1955.
The cloverleaf logo: the round logo (black cloverleaf in white circle or white cloverleaf in black circle) was first used in 1937. Up until the late 40's this logo was used on all of the upper grades pipes. The concomitant use of the plain white cloverleaf and the disk inlaid logo continued untill the early 80's.
Up until the late 1940's/early 50's, the logo was on top of the stem. After that the logo was moved to the side of the stem.
Early Kaywoodie (1919-1924)
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kaywoodie (Arched over) KB&B (In clover) ◊ (Right side) ◊ 4223 ◊
▲ ◊ KBB (in clover) Drinkless, Kaywoodie, 05/27 ◊
Gold foil clover inlay in stem
05 should be the shape code (short shank billiard), and the 27 (1927) may be the production year. Push tenon design (pre-synchrostem) .
▲ (Left side) ◊ KBB (In clover) Drinkless, Kaywoodie ◊
(Right side) ◊ Rock Ambera, Aged Bruyere, 7605 ◊
(Bottom) ◊ Synchrostem, PAT. APP. FOR, LA ◊
Period: 1929 - 1931
▲ Rock Ambera: Bakelite stem with appearance of amber. These pipes had a black cloverleaf.
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PAT. APP. FOR stamping
▲ (Left side) ◊ KBB (In clover) Drinkless, Kaywoodie ◊
(Right side) ◊ Aged Bruyère, 7704 ◊
▲ KBB clover on the shank (prior to 1933).
No "PAT. APP. FOR" stamping would indicate the synchrostem patent was allready granted (1932) when this pipe was crafted.
The KBB Clover stamp on the shank indicates a pipe crafted in the old KB&B plant at Union City (NJ) prior to 1933.
▲ ◊ KAYWOODIE Super Grain, Grecian Briar, 5123, Synchrostem PAT. APPL. FOR ◊
Period: 1931 - 1938
Cloverleaf logo embedded in the shank. Shank embedded logos were stoped by
1938.
This pipe is stamped with a four digit number which situates its production year between 1931 and 1938.
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PAT. APP. FOR stamping
Early Suntan

▲ (Left side) ◊ KBB (in clover) Drinkless Kaywoodie ◊
(Right side) ◊ Suntan, Algerian Bruyere, 7002, X ◊
Period: 1928-late 1950's
"Made in England" Suntans have been produced more recently.
Early Thorn
▲ (Bottom) ◊ KBB (in clover) Drinkless Kaywoodie, Thorn, 7329 ◊
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kaywoodie, Allbriar ◊ (Right side) ◊ All Imported Briar, 07 H ◊
Briar mouthpiece.
Period: 1952 to late 1960’s
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Campus, Imported Briar ◊
The Campus Kaywoodie line was introduced in 1968.
▲ (Left side) ◊ Carburetor, Kaywoodie, U.S.PAT.2082106 ◊
(Right side) ◊ 98 R ◊
A valve on the bowl's bottom (see detailed pics) is supposed to regulate the air stream.
Period: 1937-1938, 1948-1976
Same device:
Dunhill Airstream,
Passat
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kaywoodie, Connoisseur ◊ (Right side) ◊ 88S ◊
Period: 1947-1972, 1996-now
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kaywoodie, Durobit ©, Imported Briar ◊
(Right side) ◊ 09B ◊
Period: 1966-1972
Pipe with a double-bore stem which is more durable if a smoker has a tendency to chew a stem.
Other "twin bore" pipes:
Grand Master,
Leonard's,
Radice
▲ (Underside) ◊ Kaywoodie, Filter Pipe ◊
Period: 1961-1968
▲ (Underside) ◊ Kaywoodie ◊
Period: 1955 - 1959
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Filtronic, Pat. Pend. ◊
Period: 1971 - 1975
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Flame Grain, Imported Briar ◊
▲ ◊ Flame Grain, Kaywoodie ◊
Early Flame Grains were stamped Flame Grain over top of Kaywoodie.
Prior to 1935 Kaywoodies never were stamped "Imported Briar"
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kayvoodie, Flame Grain Meerschaum ◊ (Right side) ◊ 41 ◊
Period: 1950 - 1955
▲ Briar pipe with a removable meerschaum inner bowl.
▲ (Left side)◊ Kaywoodie, Gale ◊
(Right side) ◊ Aged Bruyere, 04 ◊
Period: from 1938 to 1942
Characteristic feature: the lid (see enlarged view)
Cloverleaf on top of the stem
4-hole stinger, with drinkless stamped on it (see enlarged view)
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, HI-BOWL, Imported Briar ◊
Period: 1961 - 1966
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kaywoodie ◊ (Right side) ◊ F ◊
The color of the stem and/or the finish of the bowl could change: see detailed view for three variants.
The issue with this model was the rhinestones which often came off the bowl.
▲ ◊ Liberty Bell, Commemorative, by Kaywoodie ◊
This pipe was made in 1976 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the independence of the United States.
See also
the pipe commemorating the 200th anniversary of the French revolution.
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie Mandarin ◊
The Mandarin line was produced from 1960 to 1967
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Magnum, Imported Briar ◊
Period: 1974 - 1989
▲ No markings on the shank.
Twin bowl model. Meerschaum pipe with two screew-in and interchangeable bowls made of meerschaum too.
Period: 1958 - 1968
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kaywoodie, Meerschaum, Imported Briar ◊
(Right side) ◊ 13 B ◊
▲ (Left side) ◊ Hand Made, Kaywoodie ◊
(Right side) ◊ Imported Briar ◊
▲ Among the seven Oversize finishes shown in the 1947 catalog, two were banded: the "Goliath" (Virgin finish) and the "Hercules" (Walnut finish). This pipe seems to be a "Hercules".
▲ ◊ REDROOT, Imported Briar ◊
The Red Root is not a part of the original Kaywoodie line. It is a style of pipe that was introduced in 1976 by
S.M. Frank after that company purchased Kaywoodie.
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Ruf-Tone, Imported Briar ◊
This line was introduced in 1977
▲ (Left side) ◊ Super Grain, Kaywoodie ◊
(Right side) ◊ Imported Briar, 5131C ◊
▲ This pipe is stamped with a four digit number which situates its production year between 1931 and 1938. Because of the introduction of the "Imported Briar" stamping in 1935, the pipe could have been manufactured between 1935 and 1938.
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Compare the stampings of these two pipes: Early Super Grains were stamped Super Grain over top of Kaywoodie.
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, La Roche, St Claude - France ◊
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Saxon, Italy ◊
Period: 1978 - today
In the early 80's the switch was made to a stamped outline of a cloverleaf logo.
Fine Line
Made in England
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Fineline, London.England ◊
Traveller
Made in England
▲ ◊ Kaywoodie, Traveller, London England, 103 ◊
English Kaywoodie pipe made by Oppenheimer pipes
▲ (Left side) ◊ Kaywoodie, Chessman ◊
(Right side) ◊ Made in England, 155 ◊
English Kaywoodie pipe made by Oppenheimer pipes.
See also: "Checker" from
Yello-Bole