England, 1960s A pleasant Charatan’s make bulldog pipe from the Lane era (1961-1976). The absence of the markings “DC” or “X” after the shape number shouldn’t confuse. During the “family era” shape number was stamped at the left side, together with the brand name, and soon after the acquisition by Dunhill in 1976 the Belvedere…
England, 1950-70s A nice example of the incomparable and legendary rustication from Sasieni – one of the most aggressive and active competitors of Dunhill for many years. The family business successfully worked till 1979 – until the recession of demand in pipes has forced to sell business to new investors, and interest in Sasieni among…
England, 1950-70s A “special edition” of one of the most successful GBD Prehistoric series. The designation “Collector” (along with “Conquest” and “Colossus”) served for marking of especially large pipes. At the same time the name Collector is really justified: pipe smokers from many countries (and furthermore refined collectors) appreciate and extol such convincingly large pipes….
England, 1960-70s G.W. Sims (just the modest G.W., though some consider that he was George) is known from the first half of the XX century, and the first pipes of the artisan (and at times a repairman) were marked even more modestly – “GWS”. According to some sources, G. W. used to work for Charatan’s…
England A wonderful sound classical English bulldog from the London John Redman factory. The pipe was made approximately in 1960’s and it was moderately and very accurately smoked. A great examle of a traditional English pipe from the middle of the last century!
England A bright and stylish example of the middle segment pipes produced by John Redman factory, London . A very unusual combination of rusticated and smooth finishes, very remarkable and typical for this manufacturer. This is the really uncommon billiard with the large chamber and a light hint on a freehand 🙂
England A very nice English poker pipe from West Sussex. There’s no much information on this brand name, the most probably it was one of numerous English tobacconists, who ordered pipes from large manufacturers. Anyway, this is a live stylish English classic!
England, 1946-67 A very interesting and very rare example from the first “dunhill” period, i.e. 1946-1967. While Dunhill Root Briar was the highest serial grade, in this case the finish is rather a hint on a natural structure of a briar root. Unlike the main stream of Hardcastle’s pipes processed at these times by a…
England, 1960-70s G.W. Sims (just the modest G.W., though some consider that he was George) is known from the first half of the XX century, and the first pipes of the artisan (and at times a repairman) were marked even more modestly – “GWS”. According to some sources, G. W. used to work for Charatan’s…
Ukraine A rare pipe made by one of the most famous and respected Ukrainian artisans Alexander Berezhnoy from city of Kharkiv. He carved his first pipes in 2010 and such the stamping with conjunction of cyrillic “A” and “B” was applied to his first 50-60 pipes. Currently Alexander makes 50-60 pipes a year, he’s world…