England, 1960s In the beginning Dunhill created Bruyere. And several years (1910-1917) it was the single brand made by the company of a firm and dense Calabrian briar. And though pre WWII “bruyeres” were marked just by a letter “A” instead of model, the Bruyere series is the one of the oldest long-livers not only…
England, 1971 In the beginning Dunhill created Bruyere. And several years (1910-1917) it was the single brand made by the company of a firm and dense Calabrian briar. And though pre WWII “bruyeres” were marked just by a letter “A” instead of model, the Bruyere series is the one of the oldest long-livers not only…
England, 1983 A younger sister of Dunhill Cumberland. “Cumberlands” have been started to be produced in 1979 on the occasion of closing of warehouses on Cumberland Road. The series was very popular and in 1983 Dunhill decided to start a smooth version of this series – a “Chestnut”. Surely, you won’t mistake its family trait…
England Every respected pipe manufacturer tried to expand the range and to attract buyers not only with a variety of models, shapes and finishes, but also with numerous “delicacies”: accessories, pipes sets – for 7 days, for 5 days, “evening – morning”, and so on and so forth. Naturally, the value of such set is…
USA, 1950s An American classics from 1950s, the era of rock’n’roll, big beautiful cars with loud radio receivers (is the series name a hint on the Oldsmobile Strafire? :-) ) and blossoming of many American pipe brands. Nevertheless, this Dr. Grabow’s Starfire with its wire carved finish can’t be confused with any other pipe from…
USA An unsmoked pipe born in a house with a view on Manhattan! L&H stern was established in 1911 and initially resided on Manhattan, but moved to Brooklyn in 1920. Except the location, popularity of L&H Stern Inc. was caused by high quality pipes of top series, such as Sterncrest, and the status of the…
England, 1946-67 An extra long canadian pipe from the “family”, “pre-Dunhill” period of the company. Some producers, such as Comoy’s or Peterson put XXL stamp willingly in such cases, bearing in mind love of consumer to large and convincing devices. But in those old times (the pipe was made precisely before 1946, and most likely…
Italy, 1950-60s A classical Savinelli billiard is interesting and valuable both by its 4-digit shape number (according to different sources, such numbering was used till 1965 or till 1970, thus the pipe is from “that time”), and by its wonderful contrast straight grain.
USA, 1950s An American classics from 1950s, the era of rock’n’roll, big beautiful cars with loud radio receivers and blossoming of many American pipe brands. Nevertheless this Dr. Grabow’s Starfire with its wire carved finish and original shape (pickaxe) can’t be confused with any other pipe from that time.
England A reliable, practical and affordable pipe made at John Redman factory in London approximately in 1950-60s. The name of a series comes from a name of the founder of the company most likely. Why to be over-modest? 🙂 A comfortable classical lightweight English billiard, nice grain, good smoker!