Kaywoodie Filter Plus Pipe

The Kaywoodie Filter Plus is a mid-20th-century smoking pipe produced by Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy (KB&B) under the Kaywoodie name. It represents one of the more unusual Kaywoodie designs — combining a metal shank/body with a genuine briar bowl and a classic vulcanite stem with the Kaywoodie clover inlay.  

Rather than a traditional all-briar stem, the Filter Plus uses a solid metal shank and body that screws to a briar bowl. This design is documented as being among the most durable and indestructible metal-shank Kaywoodies, originally sold with replaceable bowls and often fitted with internal filter elements.  

Early Filter Plus pipes featured internal insertable brushes or filtering components — users today find that a folded pipe cleaner works effectively as a modern substitute. The bowl bottoms have vent holes allowing smoke to pass through into the metal stem body, keeping tobacco entirely in the briar and preventing direct contact with the metal.  

• Brand: Kaywoodie (KB&B)

• Era: Mid-1950s to 1960s (first introduced after 1955) 

• Body: Brushed or polished metal shank and frame

• Bowl: Genuine briar that screws into the metal body

• Stem: Black vulcanite with Kaywoodie club logo (nylon or hard rubber) 

• Filter: Originally equipped with an internal filter/brush system (often removed or replaced by modern cleaners by today’s owners)