Blasted Reject

When I first set eyes on this my immediate reaction was,'Wow! Gorgeous Celius - shame they changed the stem!'
Then I looked more closely and saw that it wasn't a Celius - t'was a Reject London Made.
Does anyone recognise the shape as being specific to any particular manufacturer? For a reject it's gorgeous, and that blast is wonderful.

Thanks, Walt - simply looking at the pictures makes my heart beat just a little faster - I think it's gorgeous, a real classic. Looking forward to actually getting it in hand. :D

I have it in hand - it was waiting for me when I got home.
It is a massive pipe - huge - hardly smoked; and the Blast!!! Wow! Deep, craggy, perfect.
Michael, it says, "LONDON MADE," under "REJECT".
This thing is absolutely beautiful - far better than I hoped for, or expected.
Walt, you said it

Michael, thanks for that - great info - I very much appreciate it.
On close inspection this has layers of stain, resulting in a black finish, which, even after a bit of a soapy clean, is still shiny and 'solid'. I can't see anything to make this a reject, but, I'm not sure what I'd be looking for - no obvious fills, or flaws - at least not that I can see. That's not to say they aren't there, of course - they must be.
Interesting thing, the stem has a bore so wide that it can accommodate 2 fluffy pipe cleaners - the big ones - in one go. If I try to use a single cleaner it literally just falls through with next to no resistance. The only time I've come across a stem with a bore like this was on a very old Barling, and that was a very big pipe.
The pipe has been hardly smoked, maybe only a few time - it really is spotless, apart from some minor stem oxidation. I think I'm going to enjoy this pipe - but, perhaps only when I'm feeling financially flush - it'll take a lot of tobacco to fill - and have a few hours to spare.
Thanks again for the info.

the shape and the way they rusticated the final end of the shank is usually a tell-tale sign for me,

along with the stamping space

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Troy, your eye for tiny details, knowledge and understanding never cease to amaze me - humbled, mate. As I am by all the contributions to this threat - thanks very much to everyone - you make this more than just a piece of briar.
The dip in the front of the bowl is the only thing i can find that may designate this as a second - but, i dismissed that as it seemed so 'right' - well, to my eye at least - but, I can see how some purists would be repelled by this ;-) Me? I'm drawn to it.