Sandstorm

May 1, 2014September 26, 2022

USA

A poker pipe is close to a sandwich. Both pipe and sandwich were invented for card players to make the game more comfortable for gentlemen. Of course it would be interesting to look at the pipe for chess players, we suspect it should be something like the Charatan’s pot – our another today’s pipe.

Sandwiches can be with ham, cheese, fish… whatever you can imagine. Poker pipes can be pokers or “cherrywoods”. Some people believe that they are just different names of the same shape. Some others distinguish them by a flat and slanted bottom. And cherrywoods are unstable without tobacco in the bowl.

This nice american poker is also unstable without tobacco in it’s bowl. And that’s right: no sense to put efforts when you’re empty!

The pipe marking is “SANDSTORM \ IMPORTED BRIAR”. The length is 14.0 cm, bowl’s hight is 4.0 cm. External and internal diameters of the bowl are 3.2 cm and 1.9 cm. The depth is 3.3 cm and this pipe weights 25 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.

CHARATAN'S
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February 20, 2017December 30, 2018
England, 1960s A very pleasant and comfortable Charatan’s Make pipe of their best period (“Lane era”), i.e. late 1960s – early 1970s, when the glory of Charatan’s eclipsed all competitors, including Dunhill. Despite the poker shape is a quite conservative standard, Charatan’s carvers added their own unique Charatan’s vision and style to it. Sincerely recommended!
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CHARATAN'S
CHARATAN’S MAKE 381DC
October 22, 2013February 12, 2019
England The competition between Dunhill and Charatan was like a discussion what is more important – a form or a content. Or it would be better to say: the grain or the shape. While Dunhill pipes all were carved on a strictly set curve, Charatan masters preferred to allow a deviation from the traditional shape…
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DUNHILL
SAVORY’S Argyll 283 (Dunhill)
December 11, 2015January 21, 2019
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England A wonderful cherrywood pipe from the Dunhill’s family! The brand Savory (Savory’s) was created in the 1885 and very soon was acquired by Dunhill. We were advised that it was a tobacconist located on the Agryll str. in London. Savory pipes were ones of the Dunhill seconds (similarly to Hardcastle, Parker, Masta) and have…
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Classic Apple
October 14, 2013September 26, 2022
USA A skillfully made apple from 1970-80s USA. We don’t know which motives or reasons prevented to leave a marking on the pipe, but the master has nothing to be ashamed of: everything is thought over exactly and elegantly. Most likely the pipe was prepared for one of the American tobakonists.
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GBD
GBD Prince of Wales 8555
July 21, 2018December 13, 2018
England 1950-70s A very well made GBD pipe from the period before 1980 (in other words before the merge with Comoys under the Cadogans roof). Unique shape, great briar with amazing grain, transparent acrylic stem as a tribute to legendary perspex stems produced by GBD after the World War II – fantastic addition to every…
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LORD Real Briar 1920
November 25, 2015September 26, 2022
USA We can’t confirm that this pipe was cut out of briar of 1920 (but who knows, might by the carver did really found old stocks of “Doctor Grabow” or “Medico”), but the material was selected undoubtedly intelligently and with the excellent taste. Such grain could be a subject of pride for any Danish pipe…
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