Italy This pipe is definitely worth your attention: the most successful and recognizable Savilellis canadian shape Nr.804, distinct almost ideal straight grain, thoroughly and precisely carried out carving and drilling – that’s really a great Italian pipe from great Italian manufacturer!
England, 1950-70s H. Simmons was one of the most famous London tobacconists with a long history and very nice tobacco shop in the Burlington Arcade. The pipes were ordered from different sources including the Dunhill company. In the 1980 the business was acquired by Dunhill. We can’t confirm that this pipe was made by Dunhill;…
Italy Here’s an eye popping, incredible, large & heavy and lightly smoked top grade pipe from Il Ceppo. Along with Mastro de Paja and Ser Jacopo Il Ceppo belongs to the famous Pesaro school of design. Yes, the company was started in 1978 in Pesaro, Italy (this city name you may read on numberous more…
England, 1960s A large and very accurately smoked high grade Charatan’s pipe from the most glorious period of the company history: in 1960s Charatan’ factory lead by Herman Lane was perhaps the most famous and blossoming English pipe brand and the top competitor to the Dunhill white spot. The pipe has no shape number ,…
England “At James Upshall, no part of the production is trusted to pre-set machines or copy-fraisers. Each pipe is shaped on a single flat bed lathe by chisel and the craftsman’s artistic skill. Each James Upshall pipe is the result of perfect briar quality as well as the skill of the hand-turner, no two pipes…
France All available sources unambiguously classify the pipe as a Chacom product. The series is very probably named after Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476 – 30 April 1524), “a French knight at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his…
England Fortunately the name “Straiht Grain” is not a proprietary trade mark and each manufacturer can distinguish the best samples of the briar grain with such stamping. Usually internet search gives Comoy’s Straight Grain series or Barling Straight Grain pipes. However this pipe is hardly a Comoys or Barling creature. Comoys used substantially different serif…
England, 1960-70s An absolute rarity! The 2nd highest grade (“Selected” follows their fantastic “Supreme” grade) 2nd Lane era (1965 – 1976) Charatan’s Selected pipe of the cavalier shape.
Ireland, 2007 A pipe from the luxury 7-pipes series initiated by Peterson’s in 1987 to honour Sir Arthur Conan Doyle characters: Sherlock Holmes Original, Watson, Squire, Professor, Deerstalker, Baskerville and Baker Street. Soon after the “Original” series success an additional “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” collection was launched with the 7 additional shapes: The Mycroft,…
England, 1960-70s The largest Charatan’s pipe we have ever offered! This giant high grade Distinction was made in the “Second Lane era (1965-76), the period of the brightest blossoming of this brand, delightful shapes and grains, which eclipsed all others pipe makers including Dunhill. There’s no shape number on the pipe, thus it was made…