DUNHILL Root Briar 53 F/T
England, 1966 The top grade Dunhill pipe from 1966. Great pipe making period, elegant classical bent shape, patented fishtail (F/T) stem, almost no staining, moderately smoked condition – a real treasure!
PETERSON’S Sherlock Holmes “Professor”
Ireland, 1991 A pipe from the luxury 7-pipes series initiated by Peterson’s in 1987 to honour Sir Arthur Conan Doyle characters: Sherlock Holmes Original, Watson, Squire, Professor, Deerstalker, Baskerville and Baker Street. Soon after the “Original” series success an additional “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” collection was launched with the 7 additional shapes: The Mycroft,…
G. W. SIMS dublin
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…
HARDCASTLE Special Quality
England, 1946-67 A very well preserved tall (already with an obvious hint on a chimney) billiard from the early “”Dunhill” era of the Hardcastle’s history, it was born in the period from 1946 for 1967, i.e. at the time of a harmonious merge of “family” technologies and “Dunhill” management. The pipe was smoked perhaps once…
Palm Pipe 2
England One of the mysterious pipes with the palm (hand) logo on the stem (it still visible on this pipe, but it’s a bit faded already). Our investigation brought us to the McGahey tobacconist in Exeter, UK. Some of such “palm” pipes were created or repaired by their carver and stamped with this logo. Unfortunately…
VAUEN De Luxe 42
Germany A true German mainstream! Among with Siemens, Lufthansa, Mercedes and many many other names Vauen became a real World known symbol of German quality, hard work and systematic approach in any manufacturing area! The De Luxe series is traditionally completed with silver collars. Quite lightly smoked pipe with the original pipe bag and box.
LUIGI VIPRATI La Pipa Collection unsmoked
Italy An unsmoked and really large Collection grade pipe of the one of the most respected and collected modern Italian high grade pipe makers. Luigi Viprati (1953) started to carve pipes during his military service and since 1982 he’s a full time pipe maker.
CHARATAN’S MAKE Selected 102
England, 1950s One of very high grade Charatans pipes made before Lane era, most probably in the 1950s. Charatan’s admirers know the highest grade was the “Supreme”. Another one of the highest grades, “Selected” level was the second from the top. Perhaps the most sophisticated and mind-blowing “Selected” pipes were made during the 1960-70s period….
ASCORTI lovat
Italy Roberto Ascorti (born 1958) is a pipe maker in the second generation. His father, Guiseppe Ascorti, from Cucciago, known to his friends as “Peppino” was the pipemaker at Castello and a co-founder of the brightest Caminetto brand. Nevertheless Roberto decided to start own separate project and since 1980 this project is well known and…
KRISWILL Chief 1850
Denmark, 1970s A product of the major Stanwell’s competitor – Danish manufactory named Kriswill after the foundator’s name – Karl Robert Kris, a former engineer for the shipping company (initially it was named Kriswell , but Stanwell believed that name was too close to theirs :-)). An impressive full bent (Oom Paul) pipe made in…
