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England, 1968 Thanks to Dunhill’s clearness and punctuality – there’s everything crystal clear with this pipe dating and grading. This is the wonderful and lightweight Root briar pipe (the highest mass market grade) made in 1968. The shape number 83 is called a horn or a yacht – what you like more. Nice, amazing and…

Straight Grain London Made
2 CommentsEngland Another one old good pipe from the 1950s. Some sources say that “Straight grain” was a kind of Comoy’s second (like other makers marked their pipes “Reject”) but we didn’t find a confirmation.

G.W. SIMS horn
England, 1960-70s According to Pipedia, George W. Sims used to work for Charatan’s (which is clearly visible in some Sims pipes) and for Barling (which is also not excluded). But finally, he found himself as an independent tobacconist and the owner of a little shop in Northern London, which existed until 1980. “G.W. Sims was…

GEORG JENSEN Antik 7244
Denmark Among with the Stanwell Georg Jensen pipes become also a symbol of Danish pipe making. For the long and successful history (1954 till 2001) the company pleased thousands of smokers around the Globe both with the reliable and affordable smoking devices and extremely rare and collectable freehands, such as “Straight Grain” series.

COMOY’S London Pride 87
England, 1950-70s The pipe markings are “Comoy’s \ LONDON PRIDE”, “MADE IN LONDON ENGLAND” и “87” . The length is 14.7 cm, bowl’s height is 4.6 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 3.2 cm, internal diameter is 2.4 cm. The depth is 4.0 cm and this pipe weights 30 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no…

JOHN REDMAN Redman’s Royal 181
England The highest grade pipe made in the second half of the XX century at the John Redman LTD & British Empire Pipe Co factory. Unlike many other large and quite “freehandish” designed “Royals” this pipe is made rather according to the classical British tradition – a capacious (but not chubby) English horn pipe (some…














