Year: 2015

  • DUNHILL Root Briar 463

    England, 1955 Sometimes even a little person can play an essential (if not solving) role in large-scale events. At least there are enough movies with such moral. The same we could say about small enterprises and their influence on development of pipe making art: even a small manufactory can leave its very and very notable…

  • PARKER Root Bruyere 42

    England, 1950-60s Children should have some degree of a freedom. Especially such “children” as the Parker trademark. That’s very well known story: the Parker company was founded by Alfred Dunhill in 1922 for the quite utilitarian purposes: to finish and market pipes which didn’t went into production as the Dunhill ones. However, this split happened…

  • PETERSON’S Shamrok 155 (Pre-republic era)

    Ireland, 1940s Speaking shortly, escapism is a definition for the escape from reality. More widely this is an aspiration of the personality to “remove themselves from the rigors of daily life”, caused by some stressful factors. Any vigorous activity (career, art, sport, fashion, role-playing games, sex, religion etc.) can become the way of escapism. Moreover…

  • BEN WADE Regent

    Denmark, 1970s For the readers of our local site we continue publishing of our translation of the article written by Preben Holm (the English text is available at the pipedia.org). For everyone else we are glad to represent one of Preben Holm pipes made in 1970’s in cooperation with Charatan’s.

  • DUNHILL Tanshell 63

    England, 1967 It seems we talk about Charatan’s pipes very frequently. This Charatan’s, another Charatan’s, “Dunhill killer”… At the same time Dunhill’s pipes successfully beat all competitors and remain at the top of glory, popularity and commercial success.

  • PETERSON’S Lightweight

    England, 1950s Smurfs are fantastic creatures (appeared at first in comics, and then in the animation)  who escaped an angry wizard and appeared in the Central park of New York. Despite the blue color they are simply little men – with all manners, grimaces and habits specific to people.