From: "Patrick N. North" <??????????????>
Subject: Re: Pipes Digest #247 -- January 26, 1998

Hello all-
A question for the group--
I recently acquired a new (to me) pipe and am puzzled by the nomenclature.
The pipe is what I know only as a shepherd's pipe (it has a silver wind
cap, and a chain runs from the cap to the stem) and is Swiss in origin.
The letters "B.B.K." also appear on the shank.  If anyone has any
information as to the maker of the pipe, I'd appreciate it.  By the way-
I've ruled out the possibility that the pipe was owned by B.B. King.
Thanks in advance,
Patrick North
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[ Wilczak and Colwell lists a "B.B.K.", made in Switzerland by
Ski-Heil. Though ya gotta admit, B.B. King's got a dang good set of
pipes...  -S. ]


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