JOHN REDMAN Captain Fortune

February 14, 2016January 19, 2019

England

A wonderful sound classical English bulldog from the London John Redman factory. The pipe was made approximately in 1960’s and it was moderately and very accurately smoked. A great examle of a traditional English pipe from the middle of the last century!

The pipe markings are “CAPTAIN FORTUNE \ LONDON MADE”. The length is 14.5 cm (5.71″), bowl’s height is 4.4 cm (1.73″). External diameter of the bowl is 3.9 cm (1.53″), internal diameter is 1.8 cm (0.71″). The depth is 3.3 cm (136″) and this pipe weights 33 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.

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