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USA, unsmoked The origin of this pipe isn’t very much clear. Some experts mention Excelsior pipes made in USA and England, but it look rather like an Italian (or Italian American) – nice briar, rich rustication, tasty combination of the … Continued
France, 1980-90s, unsmoked A nicely made (and still unsmoked!) French bent dublin pipe made approximately in the last decades of the XX century. Some sources claim the “Lord Nelson” brand was made by Comoy’s in England but the lily logo … Continued
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 … Continued
Italy We hardly can remember any other country with such a variety of magic tasty music, wine and pipes like Italy. Some Italian makers show an absolutely incredible performance (Rossi did make 50 000 pipes a day during some periods) … Continued
Ireland, 1970-80s The Dunmore series was produced in 1970-80s and represents in fact the same highly popular Peterson’s System design. But the shank is decorated with a nice carving instead of an nickel or a silver endcap. Now such Dunmore … Continued
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).
USA, 1930s The history of Briarcraft began in 1910 in the State of New York and was rather short (the company existed till 1950), but really bright and memorable. In the pre WWII years Briarcraft was one of leaders of … Continued
USA, 1930s The history of Briarcraft began in 1910 in the State of New York and was rather short (the company existed till 1950), but really bright and memorable. In the pre WWII years Briarcraft was one of leaders of … Continued
USA A very impressive unsmoked pipe of a very rare series made by the one of the largest USA pipe manufacturers (currently acquired by S. M. Frank & Co. Inc.). There’s no shape number therefore we’re unable to say for … Continued
USA, 1980-90s The pipe is from the T. Cristiano’s old stock. It was shaped and drilled approximately in 1980s, but finished nowadays. Tomas Cristiano was Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of … Continued
