The joys and dangers of Ebay pipes

[Toxpert]

Note, the seller is basing his identification using the Henderson stamp on the practice chanter.
What the picture show is that this set of pipes are non-Henderson pipes from when the company jobbed out work. This was at the end of Henderson prior to the family selling the company to RG Hardie. These sets pop up every now and then.
Buyers get all upset when they find out their investment is not a real Henderson.
This set has the Lawrie attributes that Ringo points out and illustrates on his museum website. Look for When a Henderson Isn’t a Henderson.
The beading and combing pattern on this set harkens directly to Lawrie. As for tone…I will leave that for others to comment.

For the person looking for a vintage Henderson set of pipes…this is not the item to purchase. This was a bad period for Henderson at that point in time.