Author: V. K. Pipes

  • DAVIDOFF 202

    France Zino Davidoff (1906-1994), one of the most famous tobacco businessmen and revolutionary (even iconic) people of the XX century’s culture said “the pipe is a valuable companion, the essence of tranquility and must be smoked with respect”. Of course, rich variety of luxury tobacco and tobacco related products offered under the Davidoff brand would…

  • VAUEN Dr. Perl D.R.W.Z. 3232

    Germany, 1939-45 VAUEN is really a phenomenal company – one of the oldest and largest Europian pipe businesses remains at the same time very flexible and innovative: they not only freely experiment with shapes and finishes, but regularly offer basically new solutions such as the “Pipo” or the “Zeppelin”. Unfortunately unlike other big manufacturers the…

  • (PARKER) Made In London England

    England We can pretty sure classify the pipe as a Parker-Hardcastle product: such the stamping “MADE IN LONDON \ ENGLAND” is typical for this Dunhill subsidiary. Actually there are no other English company with the same COM (Country of Manufacturing) in trustworthy sources, but please correct us if you know something.

  • DUNHILL Root Briar 2000

    England, 2000 Let’s call it a “millenium pipe”. This attractive decent size (group 5) top grade Dunhills Root Briar pipe doesn’t have a shape number at all, but it says clearly it was made exactly in 2000. We assume the shape number should be 5113 (bent apple), but absence of this number makes the pipe…

  • DUNHILL Bruyere 5128

    England, 1988 One of the largest (Group size 5) Dunhill pipes of the oldest and most popular series and very successful “Diplomat” shape. The pipe was born in 1983, but looks very young and fresh and as for its age. Highly recommended!

  • GBD Flame Grain 2871

    England, 1950-70s The grain is really remarkable! And the pipe itself comes from the very collectible and respected GBD period – it was made during the “Pre-Cadogan” times, before merge with Comoys is 1980. So there we have for you a lightweight, lightly smoked, nicely shaped witness of those great times!

  • GENOD canadian

    France, 2000s Genod brand is in fact a separate and very old branch of the French Comoy’s tradition remained in St Claude while the company was migrated, sold to a new owner, merged. The oldest French Comoy’s workshop was named Comoy-David and only in the 1970s it was renamed to Genod.

  • (JOHN REDMAN) Burlington

    England An interesting English pipe from the second half of the XX century. Wilczak and Cowell mentioned this brand was produced in due times by a few English makers including Parker-Hardcastle, John Redman, John Kent, A. Grunfeld and W. Mc Dougall ltd. The McDougall family of pipe makers is well known for their traditional clay…

  • HARDCASTLE’S Camden 54

    England, 1930-40s A pre-Dunhill (Family era) Hardcastle’s Camden lovat made before 1946. It seems the life of this pipe wasn’t so easy so we had to involve a number of restoration techniques to revive and prepare it to a new start. But now it’s ready – an old, glorious and at the same time unpretentious…