England, 1935-52 This Dunhill pipe came to us with the noticeably chewed mouthpiece and very faint nomenclature, and of course it was hardly possible to make it clearer, the challenge was to save at least a few more or less visible symbols during the restoration. So you may need very bright light and a good…
An unsmoked block meerschaum pipe from a 1950-70s English pipe collection. Length 13.9 cm (5.47″)Bowl Height 4.6 cm (1.81″)Outside Diameter 3.9 cm (1.54″)Chamber Diameter 2.2 cm (0.87″)Chamber Depth 3.5 cm (1.38″)Weight 54 gr.
Denmark, 1970s A pipe from the greatest Danish tobacconist made in the 1970s. There were many legendary pipe carvers working for W.Ø. LARSEN and it’s usually difficult to say who exactly made a specific pipe. But such the elongated, specifically bent stem hints that our today’s pipe was made by (or at least inspired by)…
Denmark, 1980s The W.Ø. Larsen Port pipes are relatively affordable and they were made already during the 1980-90s, when the company tried to enter a mass market. Due to its unique shape the pipe sits in a hand very comfortably and naturally. A wonderful example! Pipe markings “Port”, “84”, “W.Ø. LARSEN \ MADE IN DENMARK”…
France “Lupenrein” is a German word meaning “flawless”, “perfect”, “clean” (f.e. “clean diamond”) and we really couldn’t identify any issues with briar. Also interesting that the number 309 for such canadian shape pipes was widely used by Comoy’s during its best times and we suspect even refined experts couldn’t distinguish the pipe and English made…
Ukraine A pipe from the oldest and the most famous Ukranian manufacturer: the company was founded as a “Veresk” (Briar) cooperative during the Soviet times and first pipes were made of different kinds of fruit wood: cherry, pear, peach, apricot. Production of briar (Italian briar) pipe started in the early 1990s when political changes allowed…
Germany A pipe of the VAUEN’s pipoo series invented to attract more young and active people who prefer quick and easy occasional smoke. The best it’s smoked with the VAUEN pre-made tobacco rolls, though smoking of conventional tobacco in the pipoo is also possible, of course avoid overheating of the device. Currently the series is…
Germany Vauen is a kind of a “thing in itself” and it’s usually difficult to date a specific pipe due to conservative stamping approach and lost during the WWII company’s archives. So we couldn’t say so far why our today’s Vauen De Luxe Pipe has no shape number at all and when exactly it was…
England, 1930-50s This is the oldest (so far) John Redman pipe we have in our private collection. We’ve mentioned recently the issues with the briar supply which were experienced by English pipe makers since the beginning of the 1960s. This shortage caused by political situation in Algeria affected Dunhill (you may be interested to look…
Germany A pipe of the VAUEN’s pipoo series invented to attract more young and active people who prefer quick and easy occasional smoke. The best it’s smoked with the VAUEN pre-made tobacco rolls, though smoking of conventional tobacco in the pipoo is also possible, of course avoid overheating of the device. Currently the series is…