On Being Cavalier
Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:38AM | Neill Archer Roan | Permalink tagged Cavalier, Clark Layton, Jesse Jones, Kansas City Pipe Club, Kansas City Pipe Show, Mark Price, Micah Cryder, Michael Lindner, Nate King, pipe shapes | in Design, Pipe Clubs, Pipe Shapes, Pipes
Updated on Friday, June 26, 2015 at 5:01PM by
Neill Archer Roan
Cavalier (Extraordinaire) by Comoy’s
The classic cavalier by Comoy’s that you see depicted above is a rare bird, the only version I’ve ever seen of the shape by Comoy’s. An Extraordinaire, it is a large pipe that is beautifully grained and impeccably made. I acquired the pipe from the Bisgaards, hitting the buy button the minute I saw the pipe. It was only upon receiving it that I realized that it was likely made in the 1950s. It has the old, arched, serifed Comoy’s type stamp.
As with other consumer products, fashion flexes its muscle in the pipe world, too, especially with respect to the waxing and waning of pipe shapes. For example, for a number of years nosewarmers have been fashionable. So have chubby rhodesians. As a result of this year’s Kansas City Pipe Club’s North American Pipe Carver’s Contest, interest may be renewed in the cavalier shape.
