Dr. Plump - An Ideal Estate Pipe for Beginners

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Brand: Dr. Plump

 

JB Rubinovich, GBD's Paris sales manager, founded this brand in 1925. They produced a great many pipes in various quality grades, and there are quite a lot of their estate pipes around.

Model: Zulu
Filter: Filterless
Mouthpiece: Ebonite
Length: 14.5 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Chamber Diameter: 2 cm
Chamber Depth: 4 cm
Weight without Mouthpiece: 23.2 g
Total Weight: 29.3 g

 

Briar Quality

 

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Shank: Very clean and light in color

 

Draft Hole (Air Hole) : Dead center in the chamber and coming in flush with the chamber floor.

 

Chamber Cleaning: Very well and symmetrically reamed.

 

Condition: 7/10

 

Flaws: On close inspection you may see one or two cosmetic issues, that is all.

 

Score: 6/10

 

Comment: I settled on a score of 6 because I counted a few pits in various places. Apart from that it has no flaws. A very nice cross-cut, with a v-cut mouthpiece. You could say the stamp brought its price down... A very ideal, lightweight estate pipe for beginners.