England We suspect that GBD was a pipe maker with the best protection against an industrial espionage. Hundreds of shapes (changed every year), production on both sides of the Channel, lack of accurate dating of pipes could dement any James Bond who attempted to steal even a trifling secret.
England Among other normal human wishes (such as piece in the World, a new house with four smoking rooms and a weekend trip to Kilimajaro) we had a wish to have a Redman’s poker pipe. And finally one wish from this list came true!
Denmark Nobody knows where his investigations can bring. We looked recently for an information about a rare Danish manufactory and came across the description of the American patent No. US3750677 (1971). There is described a basically new (at least according to inventor’s believe) construction of a smoking pipe: it has to be made as a…
England When we looked for Comoy’s pipe recently in Internet we have discovered that many modern Comoys are produced in Denmark. That’s difficult to say something about their quality (same story is with a number of brands that has been moved there like Barling or Ben Wade) however their prices are suspiciously budgeted . Yet…
England, 1960s Unlike other competitors Dunhill’s approach to shapes and grades was pedantic and systematic indeed. Pipe smokers want variety. Which variety can we offer when all pipes are with the same white dot? First of all, a size (Group size from 1 till 6). Then a modification of a stem: tapered (0) or saddle…
USA A poker pipe is close to a sandwich. Both pipe and sandwich were invented for card players to make the game more comfortable for gentlemen. Of course it would be interesting to look at the pipe for chess players, we suspect it should be something like the Charatan’s pot – our another today’s pipe.
England, 1960s The pipe is really lightweight as for its dimensions. That’s reached by using of a very accurate and thin stem and by selection of good and lightweight sort of briar. Similar pipe made by someone else would be substantially heavier, but this one is just like a feather!
Denmark, 1970s This is the second Preben Holm pipe in our store. The previous one was made for Dunhill under the trade mark Harcourt. Our today’s pipe was carved for the Dunhill’s biggest competitor – Charatan managed by Hermann Lane. Such an interesting turn, isn’t it?
England, 1960-70s If we had to describe an ideal vacation we would express many ideas, but one of the most attractive intentions would be to go in the year, say, 1974 to London and visit Fribourg & Treyer pipe shop at 34, Haymarket. It would be really amazing to look at their pipes, to test…
USA This nice canadian shape pipe from 1950s required some more efforts than an usual pipe. First of all the stain and varnish was destroyed over many years and we decided to remove them all except pipe markings area. Second problem was a lost or damaged part of an air cooler and we had to…