France Genod is in fact a separate and very old branch of the French Comoy’s tradition that remained in St Claude while the company was migrated, sold to a new owner, and merged. The oldest French Comoy’s workshop was named Comoy-David and only in the 1970s it was renamed to Genod. Pipe markings “Genod \…
France Genod is in fact a separate and very old branch of the French Comoy’s tradition that remained in St Claude while the company was migrated, sold to a new owner, and merged. The oldest French Comoy’s workshop was named Comoy-David and only in the 1970s it was renamed to Genod. We already represented the…
France In the XX century Ropp was for French smokers the same as Dunhill for English people or Peterson for Irishmen – a synonym to the “smoking pipe” concept . Though Ropp was one of the first makers who started to use briar, their affordable and unique cherry wood pipes remain popular, collectable and pleasantly…
USA, 1950s An American classic from the 1950s, the era of rock’n’roll, big beautiful cars with loud radio receivers (is the series name a hint on the Oldsmobile Starfire? :-) ) and the blossoming of many American pipe brands. Nevertheless, this Dr. Grabow’s Starfire with its wire carved finish can’t be confused with any other…
England We didn’t find any hint who could make this pipe. Some sources mention Comoy’s London Tower pipes although the stamping font on this pipe is noticeably different to Comoys. The shape and the sandblasted surface are reminiscent of Orlik creatures, such as Captain Black. But it’s just a remark. Pipe markings “LONDON TOWER \…
Germany A pipe from the one of oldest Germany artisans with the dramatic and very interesting life story. Born in 1943 in Bohemia (now Czech Republic) Karlheinz Joura grew up in Rostock, Eastern Germany, and became a famous atlethe and fantastic diver, he competed in many word diving competinions. But at the age of 19…
England, 1990s The story of Les Wood proves that Dunhill is not only a largest and most famous enterprise, but also a kind of a talent incubator. In the early 1980s Duhill’s master silversmith Leslie John Wood established an own enterprise similar to Alfred Sasieni many years before and Bill Ashton-Tayler a few years later….
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)…