Denmark, 1960s A creature of young Preben Holm carved in the late 1960s, when his pipes were stamped with with the “Preben Holm” name and such grade numbers in a circle. At that time the artisan was not elder than 24 years and the era of fantastic success of his Danish Ben Wade pipes had…
England, 1940-50s A lightweight elegant traditional English “woodstock” (also known as a yacht or zulu) pipe made at Barling’s family factory between 1941 and 1962, i.e. during the pre-transition period. The arched BARLING’S MAKE logo is already of a full size, larger than before WWII. There’s still no shape number, but the size designation “EL”…
England, 1960-70s 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 – it was made by one of the leading carvers at this factory regardless any catalogues….
Denmark, 1960s One of the very first and the very collectables W.O. Larsen pipes stamped “Larsen Copenhagen”. In the most sources the “Copenhagen era” isn’t precisely defined but many experts call so period from the early 1960s till early 1970s. Every such Larsen pipe is usually a subject of many discussions and investigations – who…
England, 1930-40s A moderately smoked and well preserved Hardcastle’s family era pipe made before 1946 and very probably – before WWII (during the War the company was unable to obtain briar for production as many others English manufacturers).
England, 1930-40s A moderately smoked and well preserved Hardcastle’s family era pipe made before 1946 and very probably – before WWII (during the War the company was unable to obtain briar for production as many others English manufacturers).
Denmark It’s of course a Georg Jensen product: you may find in the Internet a lot of S62 shape pipes with the traditional Jensen nomenclature. It’s difficlult to guess why the product was stamped with another series name except some unclear business reasons: we didn’t spot any difference to other Jensen pipes.
Belgium An attractive large sandblasted pipe made by “Belgian Hilson” yet before 1980 when the company was acquired by Big-Ben. A really nice smoking device and a great addendum to any good collection!
England The stamping, finish and the shape of this pipe look very similar to pre-Cadogan Orlik products. But of course we don’t have enough information to proove that. Therefore let’s keep calling the pipe simply “Made in England”.
Czech Republic, 1990-2000s The brand is distributed by Mostex Group, run by Dr. Josef Stanislav since 1991. Nowadays Stanislav pipes are very well known in the Central and Eastern Europe (Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine) and respected among practical smokers: good briar (most probably from Italy), precise work of carvers, reasonable prices and traditional classical…