England
An attractive lightweight classical English pipe of the one of the most famous grades produced by John Redman factory in the second half of XX century. The “Aristocrat” series was destined for export and the company introduced such version of this grade to satisfy more USA customers.
The pipe markings are “ARISTOCRAT \ LONDON MADE”, “SUPERMAN”, “92”. The length is 13.5 cm (5.31″), bowl’s height is 4.5 cm (1.77″). External diameter of the bowl is 3.4 cm (1.34″), internal diameter is 2.0 cm (0.79″). The depth is 3.8 cm (1.5″) and this pipe weights 29 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter. The air hole is not ideally centered in the chamber, but it shouldn’t be a big problem taking into account such the small chamber. The shank had a small neat cracks which were carefully fixed and the shank has been clamped by a collar for the maximal reliability.
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