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G.W. SIMS zulu
England, 1960-70s G.W. Sims (just the modest G.W., though some consider that he was George) is known from the first half of the XX century, and the first pipes of the artisan (and at times a repairman) were marked even more modestly – “GWS”. According to some sources, G. W. used to work for Charatan’s…

G. W. SIMS freehand
England, 1970s This is one of the most striking and expressive freehand pipes by G.W. Sims that we’ve had the pleasure of handling. A truly organic blend of form, briar grain, and luxurious plateau—unsurprising for an artisan often referred to as the ‘most Danish of English pipe makers’ and the father of English freehands. At…

HTL 182 unsmoked
England The pipe markings are “HILAND’S \ ENGLISH SANDBLAST”, “MADE IN LONDON \ ENGLAND” и “182” . The length is 14.9 cm, bowl’s height is 5.3 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 3.3 cm, internal diameter is 2.3 cm. The depth is 4.5 cm and this pipe weights 43 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no…

JOHN REDMAN Old Master De Luxe
England It’s ‘s a very nice and remarkable example of the John Redman production in the second half of the XX century. The pipe is remarkable at least due to two reasons: it’s still unsmoked and it’s completed with the twin bore stem – much more reliable than traditional “slot button” stems. Actually it seems…

CALABRESI L’Artigiano bent
USA, 1980-90s An exquisite, nicely styled (and still unsmoked!) pipe made by Thomas Cristiano. Tomas Cristiano was the Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved into production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began at the S.M. Frank & Company factory – one…

T. CRISTIANO Metamorfosi C509
USA, 1980-90s An exquisite, nicely styled (and still unsmoked!) pipe made by Thomas Cristiano. Tomas Cristiano was the Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved into production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began at the S.M. Frank & Company factory – one…













