JOHN REDMAN Buckingham
England A very unusually designed bent pipe the most probably from John Redman factory in London. Combination of wire carving and smooth spots create a very tricky and remarkable “old stub effect”. A really rare unique sample!
ORLIK Special Grain freehand
England, 1960-70s An absolutely amazing and extremely rare finding! Did you ever heard about Orlik freehand pipes? As many English manufacturer Orlik is usually assotiated with well designed traditional classic shapes. But there’s the pre Cadogan (made before 1980) Orlik Special Grain freehand pipe. The most probably it was made in the 1960-70s when the…
JOHN REDMAN Special Best Briar
England “Specially selected fully garanteed first quality Briars…”. A really extraordinary flawless piece of briar shaped into a variation of classical English prince. The upper grade pipe from John Redman factory in London made in the middle of the XX century.
JOHN REDMAN Golden Square
England The pipe named after a very nice London place – the Golden Square located between the Upper John and Lower John streets in the city center. The most of the Redman pipes bear such topological signs and of course the popular middle range series was highly appreciated by consumers both due to smoking qualities…
DR. GRABOW Starfire pear
USA, 1950s An American classics from 1950s, the era of rock’n’roll, big beautiful cars with loud radio receivers (is the series name a hint on the Oldsmobile Strafire? :-) ) and blossoming of many American pipe brands. Nevertheless, this Dr. Grabow’s Starfire with its wire carved finish can’t be confused with any other pipe from…
CHARATAN’S Make Distinction panelled
England, 1960s A Charatan’s pipe of “the second Lane era” (1965-76), the period of the brightest blossoming of this brand, delightful shapes and grains, which eclipsed all others pipe makers including Dunhill. There’s no shape number on the pipe, thus it was made by one of the leading carvers at this factory regardless any catalogues….
HALL & FITZGERALD Craftsman De Luxe Rustic
England, 1950-70s The lovat shape was initiated in early XX century and they say Colonel Henry Fraser, Lord Lovat smoked such pipes so the name was adopted in his honour. Several sources of information state that Gerald Grundging & Company was the first manufacturer stamped the name of Lord Lovat on the pipes of this…
CELIUS Fantasy 1
Denmark, 1960-80s Another pioneer of Danish freehand pipes, Svend Axel Celius similarly to Peter Brakner started at Suhr’s Pibemageri in Copenhagen, where he learned pipe making art from Poul Rasmussen and Sven Knudsen. Also, similarly to Peter Brakner Celius went off soon for own career (1963) and was one of the very first and very…
JOHN REDMAN Captain Fortune 58
England John Redman brands were perhaps the most “londonish” – many of them were named in honour of London’s streets, squares and houses. And of course the Fortune street couldn’t be forgotten – it crosses the Whitecross Str, where the main building of the company was located for many years. Great canadian pipe from that…
MELBY
Denmark An extraordinary Danish work! As every proper Danish pipe it’s made of a good briar, shows nice grain and has skilfully designed freehand shape. But the most of all we’re absolutely amazed with its sense of equilibrium – the pipe can surely balance just on its heel (back side of its bottom). Some signs…
