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PETERSON Sherlock Holmes pipe rack
4 CommentsIreland The wooden pipe rack made by Peterson to comfortably accomodate all seven pipes of the Sherlock Holmes “The Original collection”. Every seat is designated by a tablet with the corresponding pipe name: The Original, The Baskerville, The Baker Street, The Deerstalker, The Squire, The Professor and The Watson.

COMOY’S McGahey 34677
England, 1950-70s A very convincing and very lightly smoked traditional English billiard made by Comoy’s. Their McGahey series was made most probably for the McGahey tobacconist located in Exeter, Devon, UK. The shop is still open nowadays and you can easily find it on Google Maps. We haven’t been there yet, but every English tobacconist…

COMOY’S Guildhall 296B
England, 1950-70s An amazing Comoy’s product made during the last pre-Cadogan period (1950-70’s). Among others Comoy’s brands and subbrands Guildhalls are always an object of a special interest and attraction of collectors from many countries – who knows because of the glory and authority of the manufacturer or because of a mystery aura of the…

COMOY’S Facet 12
England, 1980-90s The 1981 merger of Comoy’s and GBD into a single company under the management of the Oppenheimer Group (Cadogan) is viewed with mixed opinions. However, it’s hard to deny that the move spurred the introduction of new technologies and the creation of fresh, interesting series and shapes. One successful example is today’s Comoy’s…

COMOY’S H.T.L. Hiland’s Fine Grain 184
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…

COMOY’S Grand Slam Patent 36B
England, 1930s The history of smoking pipes at the beginning of XX century in USA can be described as “revelry of a modernism and innovations”. Let’s make a completely new type of a stinger! No, let’s add an additional camera into the chamber! No, let’s drill an additional channel in the stem, so we could clean…








