England
The pipe marking is “LONDON MADE”. The lenghts is 14.7 cm, bowl’s hight is 4.0 cm. External and internal diameters of the bowl are 2.6 cm and 1.7 cm. The depth is 3.6 cm and this pipe weights 21 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.
Czechoslovakia The pipe markings are “ Made in Czechoslovakia ”. The length is 13.3 cm, bowl’s height is 3.7 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 2.9 cm, internal diameter is 1.8 cm. The depth is 3.1 cm and this pipe weights 22 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.
Ireland Everyone knows that Sherlock Holmes used to smoke a Peterson pipe. And of course everyone knows that Peterson is one of the most popular and traditional Irish brands. It may sound strange but the Peterson (Kapp & Peterson!) company was founded by two German immigrants at the end of XIX century. And mister Peterson…
USA, 1980-90s The pipe is from the T. Cristiano’s old stock. It was shaped and drilled approximately in the 1980s, but finished nowadays. Tomas Cristiano was the Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved into production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began…
USA, 1980-90s The pipe is from the T. Cristiano’s old stock. It was shaped and drilled approximately in the 1980s, but finished nowadays. Tomas Cristiano was the Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved into production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began…
England Yes, there were the great times when a good pipe could cost only four shillings and a pipe for more than 20 dollars was a collectable and crazy expensive one! One of those great pipes we are glad to offer today. According to some sources it could be a Orlik subbrand made in 1950-60’s….
England, 1930s A moderately smoked and well preserved canadian pipe from the Hardcastle’s family period (before the complete acquisition by Dunhill in the 1946). However Dunhill is already invisibly present as the major shareholder (49% of stocks), but doesn’t influence technical and commercial issues of the company. The pipe was made most likely before the…