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.
USA, 1980-90s An exquisite, nicely styled (and still unsmoked!) pipe made by Thomas Cristiano. 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 at the S.M. Frank & Company factory – one…
Czech Republic, 1990-2000s A middle grade pipe from the very interesting and perhaps the most famous modern Czech artisan Oldrich Jirsa (born in 1962). A really good piece of briar, no excessive staining (if any), stylish interpretation of the billiard shape, handsome use of the acrylic insert on the stem – a really nice product!…
USA, 1980-90s An exquisite, nicely styled (and still unsmoked!) pipe made by Thomas Cristiano. 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 at the S.M. Frank & Company factory – one…
France The pipe obtained recently with a batch of unsmoked French pipes including “Brittay” ones made by Jean Lacroix. Despite this sample doesn’t bear any specific makers mark we are pretty sure it’s a Lacroix creature as well – you may check how looks the stamping ALGERIAN BRIAR \ MADE IN FRANCE on his pipes….
USA An exquisite, nicely styled (and still unsmoked!) pipe made by Thomas Cristiano. Tomas Cristiano was Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved in production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began at the S.M. Frank & Company factory – one of the…
England, 1964 We are working now on a detailed article dedicated to this brand, therefore this post will be updated very soon. The story promises to be very interesting and even a bit detective. But so far we’d like to brag about the very lucky acquisition – unsmoked Ross Arundel canadian pipe from 1964 with…