No rubber, no plastic: The Kaywoodie Allbriar

This pipe recently came up for auction on eBay, and although I couldn't get in on the bidding, I grabbed the pictures for my own benefit. I have seen illustrations of these pipes before, but not actual photographs.


As the name suggests, the Allbriar is made from all briar, including the bit. They were made in different shapes, and some with meerschaum inserts. According to The Collector's Guide to Kaywoodie Pipes by Robert Stokes, they were listed in the 1955 catalog, but by the mid 1960s were no longer listed.

The seller of this pipe specified that the stinger had been removed, something which usually decreases desirability of a Kaywoodie pipe. However, the relative rarity of this all briar pipe still generated a lot of interest, and it sold for over $50.