England
The brand was founded in 1900 and integrated to Parker-Hardcastle Ltd in 1967. This example dates from the 1930’s.
The pipe is 15.5 cm long, 5.4 cm tall and weights 34 gr. The bowl’s external diameter is 3.5 cm, inner – 2.2 cm, inner depth – 4.5 cm.The marking is “Masta Patent Standard 513”.Vulcanite stem, no filter, the bowl has been protected with the carbon break in paste.
GBD is renowned as one of the most innovative manufacturers, having always offered a vast range of shapes and series while frequently introducing new designs. Naturally, GBD responded to the growing interest in Danish pipes in its own sophisticated manner. From the late 1960s until the late 1970s, GBD enlisted the expertise of Horry Jamieson,…
Italy, 2000s An unsmoked pipe of the very rare Savinelli series produced in the early 2000s. As it’s typical for the great Italian brand – excellent work with finish, shape, engineering. The pipe comes with the bag, papers, box (marked with another model, it’s a frequent situation when a seller in a tobacco shop takes…
Ireland, 1970-80s The pipe does not need any long and detailed representations. It’s the real lightweight, shining and still unsmoked Peterson’s system pipe made in 1970-80s (we have obtained it together with a Peterson’s Dunmore pipe made at that time).
England, 1980-90s Almost every pipe needs a stand, so why not to combine the stand and the pipe itself? Looks very useful for a man whose desk is covered with reports, diagrams, financial magazines and whatever else we can imagine 🙂 A beautiful and fresh implementation of this idea from the 1980-90’s made by Comoy’s….
Denmark, 2020s A fantastic catch from the last trip to Copenhagen: fresh, breathtaking and (of course:-)))) unsmoked Poul Winslow Crown 300 freehand pipe directly from the Danish Pipe Shop. Will stay in our own collection as warm remembrance about the country, people and cordial welcome in TDPS.
Germany The history knows Ascot pipes produced in the UK by H. Perkins & Sons since early XX century. Also a brand with the same name was produced in France by La Bruyère (since 1932) and then – by Chacom. This timei it’s an Ascot series pipe made by German leading manufacturer – Vauen. The…
What is “break-in paste” and how does it protect the bowl. I’ve been smoking & refurbishing pipes for a couple years, but still have a universe of information to learn.
thanks
special paste that contains activated charcoal. The exact mixture is a master’s secret 🙂