Kaywoodie - have been made in the USA with a history that starts in 1851. They are without a doubt the longest continually operational pipe maker in the USA. The Kaywoodie pipe was introduced in in 1915.

"The KB&B briar pipe brand existed from 1900 until just after World War I (with some overlapping with the Kaywoodie from 1915 -- 1917), and collectors refer to the KB&B as a Kaywoodie transition pipe. During the early years of the 20th century a number of filter systems were designed by the KB&B firm and incorporated into their Kaywoodie Pipes under the names of Synchro-Stem and Kaywoodie Drinkless3 filters. During the late 1920's and throughout the 30's the Kaywoodie became a highly respected pipe in spite of its filter system (which was popular among many smokers of the era) primarily due to the fine quality of the straight grain and the flame grain models. Unfortunately, the hard-to-get-briar years of World War II marked the decline of the Kaywoodie Pipe." Richard Carelton Hacker

Kaywoodie is still manufacturing pipes and for sentimental reasons, - my 1st good pipe was a Kaywoodie - I picked up from them 7 of their pipe(s) of the year. In 2003 there were two shapes. Each pipe is individually numbered and way above their lower end pipes in quality. I took one for myself and they are surprisingly good smoke, not surprisingly , as they are getting their blocks from the same Italian mill as Dunhill.

Maxim W. Engel

N.B. These are normal fitting stems. Twist & pull.