HARDCASTLE’S Camden poker unsmoked

August 28, 2019October 19, 2022

England, 1930-40s

An unsmoked lightweight and highly traditional British (British made!) Hardcastle’s pipe from the family period in other words it has been made before 1946 and the most probably – in the 1930s. Highly recommended!

The pipe markings are “Hardcastle’s \ BRITISH MADE \ CAMDEN”. The length is 13.9 cm (5.47″), bowl’s height is 4.3 cm (1.69″). External diameter of the bowl is 3.2 cm (1.26″), internal diameter is 1.8 cm (0.71″). The depth is 3.6 cm (1.42″) and this pipe weights 34 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.

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