1945 'Newsreel' Footage of Charatan Factory

briarfriar

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themagpiemason.blogspot.com

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Charatan began making briar pipes in London in 1863, and was the first pipemaker in London to import briar ebauchons and turn them into bowls, as you'll see in the film, instead of importing ready-made bowls from France.
From British Pathé in 1945, click here.

 

gnatjulio

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• Jun 13, 2013

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Very cool.....

 

peckinpahhombre

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Thanks. I enjoyed this.

 

swhipple

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Cool video thank you for finding it. I'm always amazed when I see old factories like that with all the exposed belts and lack of guarding on the saw blades.

 

numbersix

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• Jun 13, 2013

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Awesome find briarfriar - thanks for sharing it with us.

 

bobpnm

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• Jun 13, 2013

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Very Cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

captainsousie

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That was really great. Thanks for sharing.

 

puffy

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• Jun 13, 2013

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Thanks..I noticed that what we call the shank they called the stem.

 

lonestar

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• Jun 13, 2013

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Nice video !

 

foggymountain

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• Jun 14, 2013

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Thanks briarfriar, very informative. I had 3 Charatans as a teenager 55 years ago. They were beautiful pipes but the taste was poor. According to the video they did not stain and wax, but used linseed oil. That is a drying oil that forms a somewhat hard surface. It is not porous as far as I know. The linseed oil may have been the cause of the not so great taste problem.

 

patiobum

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• Jun 14, 2013

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Nice video. Thanks for sharing !!

 

papipeguy

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• Jun 14, 2013

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Thanks, I love those old Pathe movies. I can only imagine what OSHA would have done in that factory.

 

cortezattic

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• Jun 14, 2013

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Great video! Thanks for posting it.

 

oklansas

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• Jun 14, 2013

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While watching that film, I was struck with how pipe making is done essentially the same in videos I've seen of the Chacom factory in action. Go with what works!

 

colorduke

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Nice video,thanks for sharing,machine made pipes just like Grabow.

 

wyfbane

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• Jun 14, 2013

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Awesome Video.
I love me some Charatans!