England
The pipe was very lightly smoked, the chamber is the perfect condition except a very small scratch inside, probably made on a production line.
The pipe markings are “Hardcastle London Made Reject” . The lenghts is 14.5 cm, bowl’s hight is 3.7 cm. External and internal diameters of this bowl are 3.2 cm and 2.1 cm. The depth is 3.1 cm and this pipe weights 27 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.
England, 1960-70s Fribourg & Treyer was perhaps the most reputable English tobacconist. “While most collectors are familiar with the “Royal Appointment” accorded certain well-established businesses in England (most commonly seen on Dunhill packaging) FRIBOURG & TREYER’s not only held an identical appointment by the King of England, but they also had a similar “Royal Appointment”…
England, 1930s While the hands are busy with a restoration (and sometimes a reanimation) of the next pipe, the mind is busy with… random things indeed. Well, it’s almost not busy and can be used for anything you prefer: to listen to a music, to watch a film, to improve your English (Spanish, Hindi, Hebrew),…
England, 1960-70s Fribourg & Treyer was perhaps the most reputable English tobacconist. “While most collectors are familiar with the “Royal Appointment” accorded certain well-established businesses in England (most commonly seen on Dunhill packaging) FRIBOURG & TREYER’s not only held an identical appointment by the King of England, but they also had a similar “Royal Appointment”…
England, 1946-67 A very interesting and very rare example from the first “dunhill” period, i.e. 1946-1967. While Dunhill Root Briar was the highest serial grade, in this case the finish is rather a hint on a natural structure of a briar root. Unlike the main stream of Hardcastle’s pipes processed at these times by a…
England, 1946-67 A nice and practical Hardcastle’s pipe from the early “”Dunhill” era of the Hardcastle’s history, it was born in the period from 1956 to 1967, i.e. at the time of a harmonious merge of “family” technologies and Dunhill management.
England We have carefully examined all our records and found only one manufacturer with the exactly such COM (Country of Manufacturing) stamping where the letter E in “England” is placed below the DE in “Made”. Therefore we are absolutely sure this is the well preserved and lightly smoked Parker Hardcastle product made after 1967. And…