Month: December 2019

  • 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.