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  1. kenbarnes

    The Worst British Pipes To Date?

    Hello Kottan, I cannot answer your question. This has given me the opportunity to look through all my Frederick & Reuben Charatan pipes and later ones from 1964 onwards. I see from the 1951 catalogue that some of the pipes that are illustrated have no apostrophe although some do. I have a very...
  2. kenbarnes

    The Difference in Colour of Aged Briar

    These two pipes have been sanded and mopped in exactly the same way and are now ready for fitting and finishing. The old dark briar bowl was incredibly hard to sandpaper and heavier than a standard Billiard shape of that size. I notice that the chamber-drill has left burn marks in the tobacco...
  3. kenbarnes

    The Difference in Colour of Aged Briar

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob This photo shows the colour of the shavings from the tobacco chamber of a plateau block that was in the show room at the Charatan factory in 1972. As well as being darker in colour it is also harder wood. The lighter colour is newer plateau...
  4. kenbarnes

    Dunhill Dating - Help appreciated

    I am certainly not an expert but I reckon it is between 1948-1950. In 1951 I think they changed the stamping from Shell to Shell Briar.
  5. kenbarnes

    Frederick Charatan Pipes

    "I wasnt meaning the shape numbers, but the actual shape of the pipe itself" This is a handmade Cutty shape. In those days the shapes tended to keep to the previous era of clay pipes. No, I have never seen a picture of Frederick Charatan
  6. kenbarnes

    Frederick Charatan Pipes

    No, no shape numbers in this era. I can imagine this being turned by hand on a treadle lathe and then using sharkskin as the abrasive rather than sandpaper! Here is one which is later possibly 1910-1915 ( very early Reuben era). The stamping is Charatan's Make London - Eng. This logo is the only...
  7. kenbarnes

    Frederick Charatan Pipes

    Yes, they are super rare. This is my only one. It is in such good condition, possibly because it was in a fitted case for years. The stamping is Charatans Make (no apostrophe after the n) then under this London. Eng. Lovely small pipe (Dunhill group 2 or 3)
  8. kenbarnes

    Dating Advice

    Oh, right - I learn everyday!
  9. kenbarnes

    Dating Advice

    I have just seen a BBB own make 1904 with maker's mark AF&Co. So earlier than I had originally thought.
  10. kenbarnes

    Dating Advice

    Jon Guss is the person to ask. I know that Adolph Frankau started stamping BBBs with AF&Co in or before 1911.
  11. kenbarnes

    Charatan Size and Shapes Observation/Question

    Strictly speaking, this thread is not for pipes other than Charatan but I need to try to attach pictures and I am trying to attach a pipe that I made and finished last week to blend in with the previous pipe pic from lucilucius.... and it works!
  12. kenbarnes

    The Worst British Pipes To Date?

    I do not think he bent them like that because he couldn't be bothered. In those days this type of 'curve' was a tendency with some pipe-makers. Barry and me called this kind of bend 'hooky'. In those days Reuben used a candle or a Bunsen burner and gently warmed the mouthpiece which may have...
  13. kenbarnes

    Charatan Size and Shapes Observation/Question

    Ooooooooh, I love this pipe! Gorgeous shape in straight grain. Please remind me of the other side, is it nice?
  14. kenbarnes

    The Worst British Pipes To Date?

    I am pretty sure that yours was made by Reuben Charatan. Why? because of the bend on the mouthpiece. I am sure this pipe is pre 1962. Reuben hated making bents with taper mouthpieces, especially the larger ones like this, as they used to take so long to warm up and since Reuben died, the curve...
  15. kenbarnes

    The Worst British Pipes To Date?

  16. kenbarnes

    The Worst British Pipes To Date?

    The Charatan shape 44 is the Giant Bent. If these numbers are stamped near the shank it is an old one definitely before 1967. Another date indicator is the size of the Charatans Make London England. The stamping was considerably smaller in the early to mid 1950s and no apostrophe between the n...
  17. kenbarnes

    Charatan Experts--What Do I Have?

    This straight Countryman is a lovely looking, craggy blasted pipe and, looking at it now, I think it is an old one from the 1960s. On this link, someone asked when the first freehands were produced at Charatan. Well, last week I visited Barry Jones and he has allowed me to 'clean up' the first...
  18. kenbarnes

    Charatan Experts--What Do I Have?

    I think that this Charatan deep relief Lovat that you have here is typically from the early 1960s. The X stamp is an indicator that it is fitted with a saddle mouthpiece, unless you are saying that there are numerous Xs which cover the whole name? I would need to look at the stamping to gain a...
  19. kenbarnes

    Charatan's Make Dating

    This, in my opinion is an early one. I think Barry told me that in 1967, after some discussion he had with my father, for various reasons they changed the shape numbers to include the size of the shape and this 33 became a 333 X (at that time). In the catalogue, which I am looking at, and from...
  20. kenbarnes

    HELP: Charatan Make Distinction (I'm Confused)

    I can see the feint outline of the Cp logo. The Cp was heat pressed over white tape and if the pipe has been in a warm place for some time, the vulcanite expands and 'pushes itself back' to before it was stamped or nearly. I love the orange finish of the Distinction quality and I reckon this one...
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