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1911 H. Comoy, Ltd. Catalog CoverThanks to Delaware collector Bob Herbert, I had the good fortune to see and study a copy of  H. Comoy & Co. Ltd.’s 1911 catalog, the first that the House of Comoy ever issued. It was a remarkable catalog for its day, replete with color cover and photographs of all the pipes the company offered its customers at the time. Imagine, this catalog is 103 years old!

As you might imagine, perusing the catalog was not unlike stepping into a time machine. Most of the shapes offered then were very different from what is offered today. While we might think of the depicted shapes as classic, they were actually progenitors of what we think of as classic shapes today. Over time, proportions have changed. Shanks and stems are not as beefy as they once were. Stem tapers are longer and more gradual. Button profiles are more refined. Even the smoke stream orifices changed from circular or oval to fluted and rounded rectangles.


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