BEN WADE Regent

April 12, 2015January 31, 2019

Denmark, 1970s

For the readers of our local site we continue publishing of our translation of the article written by Preben Holm (the English text is available at the pipedia.org). For everyone else we are glad to represent one of Preben Holm pipes made in 1970’s in cooperation with Charatan’s.

The pipe markings are “Ben Wade \ REGENT \ HAND MADE \ DENMARK”. The length is 16.5 cm, bowl’s hight is 6.0 cm. External dimensions of the bowl are 4.7 cm, internal diameter of the bowl is 2.5 cm. The depth is 4.1 cm and this pipe weights 63 gr. Briar, acrylic stem, no filter.

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