England A unique upper-grade pipe from the John Redman pipe factory in London. The finish is well-known today for Ian Walker’s incredibly beautiful “Northern Briars Oriental” pipes. However, as we can see, the idea is much older, and it was implemented at least a few decades before. Pipe markings “REDONIAN \ DE-LUXE \ LONDON MADE”Length…
England, 1950-70s Nice, well-preserved, and comfortable classical English bulldog pipe from the great London tobacconist, which has sold pipes, cigars, and tobacco since the 1870s and offered a wide range of products made by famous English manufacturers such as Barling, Charatan’s, Loewe, Sasieni, and Orlik until the 1980s. Pipe markings “Bewlay \ REJECT \ LONDON…
England, 1960s The Londoner line was introduced after the acquisition of the Barling family business by Imperial Tobacco. However, after some time, the production of most pipes, including the Londoner series, was moved to other countries such as Italy, Denmark, and France. Therefore, our pipe is quite rare because it has been made still in…
England The Invicta Briars website says, ‘Handcrafted Briar Pipes Since 1935,’ although the Invicta brand was born in 1974 when Colin Leeson bought and reorganized Medway Pipe Repair, based at Chatham Docks on the River Medway in Kent (from where, in fact, the former name of the company was Medway Briars). This was a significant…
England, 1980s By a fortunate coincidence, William John Ashton-Taylor was born in 1945 in a house next to Alfred Dunhill’s factory. It seemed like only a matter of time before he would become an apprentice in a factory at the age of 14 (Bill was still in school). Over the next quarter-century, Bill climbed through…
Italy Nobody can say that Claudio Cavicchi, a farmer from Bologna, Italy, is an impatient man. His profession as a farmer naturally lends itself to the development of a relaxed and contemplative lifestyle. Additionally, Claudio is renowned as a highly experienced pipe smoker and a multiple-time winner of Italian slow-smoking competitions (1983, 1985, and 1988)…
England, 1950s This is a pipe from Charatan’s second-highest grade, just below the highest grade known as “Supreme.” It appears that this pipe was made before 1960, as the shape number is situated alongside the nomenclature on the left side of the shank, similar to how it was done on pipes from the “family era.”…
England, 1960 A very fine example from the top-grade Dunhill series. Typically, the absence of the year suffix suggests that the pipe was manufactured in 1960, as indicated by some experts, unless it falls within a patent period. However, the most intriguing detail of this pipe is the expertly replaced shank. The quality of the…
England, 1970s Colin Fromm belongs “to the small number of English pipe artisans skilled in making high-end freehand shapes” (c) pipedia. Invicta was Colin’s first major project since 1974 when the ownership of Medway Pipe Repair changed to Colin Leeson, along with the company name becoming Invicta Briars. However, Colin soon shifted his focus to…
Ireland, 1938-41 The “Made in Eire” pipes are the rarest among the other pre-republican Peterson pipes, as they were only produced for a few years, from 1938 to 1941. This Peterson’s System pipe from that period is an amazing, compact, and lightweight piece! Pipe markings “PETERSON’S \ SYSTEM \ STANDARD”, “317”, “MADE \ IN \…