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England The highest grade pipe made in the second half of the XX century at the John Redman LTD & British Empire Pipe Co factory. Unlike many other large and quite “freehandish” designed “Royals” this pipe is made rather according … Continued
England, 1950-60s A stylish Parker pipe made in late 1950s or early 1960s, before merge with Hardcastle Pipe Ltd. It was the period, when Parker succesfully combined Dunhill’s resources and production facility and its own, at times very different from … Continued
Denmark, 1970s An impressive Stanwell’s freehand pipe desgined by Tom Eltang and made in 1970s the earliest and definitely still at the Danish factory. The shining brass band creates an amazing contrast with black sandblasted briar surface.
USA, 1930s A mysterious pipe from William Demuth Company. The bowl has no markings, but the collar is stamped with three faux hallmarks plus the equilateral triangle containing the “WDC” trademark. Therefore we’re unable to date this pipe exactly. But … Continued
England, 1968 Thanks to Dunhill’s clearness and punctuality – there’s everything crystal clear with this pipe dating and grading. This is the wonderful and lightweight Root briar pipe (the highest mass market grade) made in 1968. The shape number 83 … Continued
England, 1950-60s Children should have some degree of a freedom. Especially such “children” as the Parker trademark. That’s very well known story: the Parker company was founded by Alfred Dunhill in 1922 for the quite utilitarian purposes: to finish and … Continued
England, 1950-70s The pipe markings are “Comoy’s \ LONDON PRIDE”, “MADE IN LONDON ENGLAND” и “87” . The length is 14.7 cm, bowl’s height is 4.6 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 3.2 cm, internal diameter is 2.4 cm. … Continued
Denmark The pipe markings are “GEORG JENSEN \ made in Denmark PIPES”, “REBILD” and “14” . The lenghts is 13.2 cm, bowl’s hight is 4.9 cm. External and internal diameters of this bowl are 2.6 cm and 2.0 cm. The … Continued
England Another one old good pipe from the 1950s. Some sources say that “Straight grain” was a kind of Comoy’s second (like other makers marked their pipes “Reject”) but we didn’t find a confirmation.
