HARDCASTLE Sandblast
England Great, convincing and unsmoked product of the Alfred Dunhill company.

England Great, convincing and unsmoked product of the Alfred Dunhill company.

USA An unsmoked pipe born in a house with a view on Manhattan! L&H stern was established in 1911 and initially resided on Manhattan, but moved to Brooklyn in 1920. Except the location, popularity of L&H Stern Inc. was caused by high quality pipes of top series, such as Sterncrest, and the status of the…

England Every respected pipe manufacturer tried to expand the range and to attract buyers not only with a variety of models, shapes and finishes, but also with numerous “delicacies”: accessories, pipes sets – for 7 days, for 5 days, “evening – morning”, and so on and so forth. Naturally, the value of such set is…

England, 1960-70s If we had to describe an ideal vacation we would express many ideas, but one of the most attractive intentions would be to go in the year, say, 1974 to London and visit Fribourg & Treyer pipe shop at 34, Haymarket. It would be really amazing to look at their pipes, to test…

France The name of the pipe means “Conference of the pipe masters”. It’s at the same time both an event conducted in St Claude, France for all pipe manufacturers, professionals and enthusiasts in this area (a heart of French pipe industry!) and an association of these people and companies. So this is an event pipe…

England There’s probably no other local so much appreciated and collected trade mark on the other side of Sea than Doctor Grabow. In despite of democratic price and positioning as a mass market product many American pipe smoker like their Grabows, smoke with please and even take pictures with the favorite pipe somewhere between American…

England The pipe markings are “HILAND’S \ ENGLISH SANDBLAST”, “MADE IN LONDON \ ENGLAND” и “182” . The length is 14.9 cm, bowl’s height is 5.3 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 3.3 cm, internal diameter is 2.3 cm. The depth is 4.5 cm and this pipe weights 43 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no…

Czechoslovakia The pipe markings are “Bruyere Garantie” and “Made in Czechoslovakia”. The length is 12.8 cm, bowl’s height is 3.7 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 3.0 cm, internal diameter is 2.0 cm. The depth is 3.1 cm and this pipe weights 23 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.

Czechoslovakia The pipe markings are “ Made in Czechoslovakia ”. The length is 13.3 cm, bowl’s height is 3.7 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 2.9 cm, internal diameter is 1.8 cm. The depth is 3.1 cm and this pipe weights 22 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.

Ireland Everyone knows that Sherlock Holmes used to smoke a Peterson pipe. And of course everyone knows that Peterson is one of the most popular and traditional Irish brands. It may sound strange but the Peterson (Kapp & Peterson!) company was founded by two German immigrants at the end of XIX century. And mister Peterson…