England Authoritative pipe community members advised that H.T.L. stands for Hiland’s Tobacco Locker, a southern California retail tobacco chain. Pipes have been ordered from leading Europian manufacturers such as Savinelli, Comoy’s and GBD. That explains also why some of HTL pipes are stamped “Made in Italy”, while the majority of them has the nomenclature “Made…
England, 1964 We are working now on a detailed article dedicated to this brand, therefore this post will be updated very soon. The story promises to be very interesting and even a bit detective. But so far we’d like to brag about the very lucky acquisition – unsmoked Ross Arundel canadian pipe from 1964 with…
England, 1950-70s A full-grade pipe from the most reputable oldest English tobacconist! Not a “Reject”, though their “Rejects” are pretty good and we’re always very glad to offer them. But this time it’s a nonpareil lightweight “Vintage” series pipe. A rare and very collectable addition to any good collection!
England This is the Parker pipe. Despite the brand name is missing on it, you may easily find many other Parker pipes of the shape Nr 567 in Internet to make sure absolutely. The pipe has been made the most probably in the 1980s the earliest and looks quite unusual with its acrylic stem and…
England Unsmoked upper grade pipe of the export series made by John Redman factory in London.
England, 1979 An absolutely amazing pipe of the absolutely classical bent shape and absolutely comfortable size (Dunhill’s Group 4 pipes fit great both the aromatic and oriental (English) tobacco smokers’ needs) made by absolutely luxury manufacturer at the absolutely lucky times (the pipe comes from 1979). Lightly smoked, the chamber doesn’t have any substantial wear….
England, 1950s A pipe of the second Charatan’s higher grade next to the highest “Supreme”. It seems the pipe was made before 1960 – the shape number is located together with the nomenclature on the left side of the shank like it was on “family era” pipes. The encircled “L” is not a misunderstanding –…
England, 1960s An amazing example of the Lane era Charatan’s very high grade pipes art. That’s not yet an incredibly huge creature specific for the Charatan’s late 1960s, but the pipe has at the same time almost no conservative family era traits, thus we would date this fine piece of art by the middle of…
England, 1950-70s This GBD pipe from the 1950-70s is undoubtedly worth attention and may become a great addition to every pipe collection! Unique shape (such an interesting and very GBD-specific interpretation of a pot), perspex stem (another one GBD innovation!), “Collector” stamping refers to larger than usual pipe’s size. The “Century” series was introduced in…