Early Era Ashton (Sovereign XX)

ssjones

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• Nov 4, 2017

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I've never been able to find an early year Ashton, and I've lost out on the few that come up on Ebay. This one, a Sovereign XX from 1985 was sold by SmokingPipes a few months ago, I was too late. That buyer needed money so he sold it on Ebay just recently. This one hit all of my key points, single digit year, XX size and Sovereign grade. It doesn't look like he smoked it from SmokingPipes, but I cleaned it anyway.

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

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• Nov 4, 2017

• #2

A Beautiful thing Al.

 

tschiraldi

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Dec 14, 2015

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• Nov 4, 2017

• #3

Beautiful! I do love Ashtons, and that one is special!

 

uperepik

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• Nov 4, 2017

• #4

I saw that on eBay, great looking pipe

 

anthonyrosenthal74

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Jan 8, 2013

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• #5

Lovely pipe! Congrats and enjoy the heck out of it :clap:

 

weezell

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Oct 12, 2011

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• #6

Yes sir, nice pipe Al...

 

doctorbob

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• Nov 4, 2017

• #7

I wondered if you were selling pipes to make room for a special acquisition. Wonderful pipe, just wonderful.
Doc

 

ssjones

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@Doc - not really, this one just fell into my lap.

I had purchased an Peterson Amber Spigot, that was the prize, but it was flawed, so it was returned.

 

doctorbob

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Sorry to hear about the Pete, but I envy you the Ashton.
Doc

 

huntertrw

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Jul 23, 2014

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• Nov 5, 2017

• #10

Based upon the images above, it is obvious that Mr. Taylor learned his lessons well during his tenure with Dunhill! May this exquisite pipe please you for years to come.

 

wyfbane

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Apr 26, 2013

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• Nov 5, 2017

• #11

Dang! That's a beauty, Al!

 

ssjones

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Wow, this time change has me all screwed up, wide awake at 4 AM. I smoked the pipe and caught up on three days of newspapers (and the NASPC The Pipe Collector). A one match affair with a bowl of MM965, she's a winner.
I forgot to add that this one came with the typical Ashton leather bag, but this the first Ashton bag I've seen that is also stamped RD Field. It has a velcro closure, versus the typical leather tie, which actually makes it look that it might be useful

 

paulfg

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Feb 21, 2016

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• Nov 5, 2017

• #13

thats a beauty Al,enjoy

 

mso489

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Feb 21, 2013

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• #14

I avoid shopping higher end, but I do flirt with Ashtons when the opportunity presents itself. That is one beautiful pipe.

 

papipeguy

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Jul 31, 2010

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• Nov 5, 2017

• #15

Congrats, Al. That pushes all of the right buttons. Enjoy.

 

saltedplug

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• Nov 5, 2017

• #16

Fine!

 

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lestrout

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• Nov 5, 2017

• #17

Yo Al
Great backstory! Good on you. FWIW, R. D. Field was a member here at Morley's before he moved to the Southwest. He brought a number of excellent brands into the country, including Radice. He is an important Dunhill expert. At his garage sale, I got an estate Harris tweed that he wore very little when he was in England.
hp

les