The joys and dangers of Ebay pipes

[OC Richard]

And speaking of D&N silver mounts, here's a Piob Mhor set.

It's also within USA borders though it's unclear whether the mounts are ivory or imitation.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/22542900855...ndition=4%7C10

I delved into the Piob Mhor history a couple years back, including contacting Michael Phee, their principal turner.

He said that in the mid-1970s Paul Blackburn and Ian MacGregor, the sons-in-law of owner John Ruthven Milne, began turning pipes for the Piob Mhor shop in Blairgowrie.

Ruthven and his wife Gwen were both pipers and kiltmakers, who moved from Australia to Blairgowrie and established Piob Mhor in 1974. They bought out sporranmaker Nicoll Brothers in 1983 and tailor Thomas Gordon & Sons in 1992.

In 1986 another son-in-law, Michael Phee, became the turner. He's said to have made around 550 sets before moving to Australia in 2008, at which time pipemaking at Piob Mhor ceased.

Michael said that Piob Mhor pipes were Henderson-based.

He also said the pipes are date stamped, 1291 means December 1991.