Yello-Bole was KBB’s value line, introduced in the 1930s as the cheaper stablemate to Kaywoodie, and the early ones are better pipes than the name usually gets credit for. Prewar and early postwar examples can have very respectable briar, solid drilling, and that classic old-school American shaping, while later production moved further into straight-up drugstore territory. The ones worth paying attention to are the early KBB-era pipes, better grades like Imperial, unusual or oversized shapes, and clean examples retaining their original stems and markings. They were never intended to be prestige pipes, but the good early ones punch considerably above their weight. Yello-Bole ain’t fancy, but a nice old one is an honest American factory pipe with some history behind it and usually a damn good smoker.
Stem is 9/10. Professionally restored.
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