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anotherbob

Lifer
Mar 30, 2019
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Thanks
I think you are probably correct
Why would it say “Hand Model”?
I thought all the mid 70s Ben Wades were all machine made series pipes?
I assume it's because some hand model really liked their pipes. You know the people that get paid lots of money for their hands to be in advertisements and who like having a job that people think is way easier then it actually is.
 
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greeneyes

Lifer
Jun 5, 2018
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If I'm not mistaken the "Hand Model" pipes were first introduced during the Preben Holm (Danish) era, but I'm going to guess this isn't a Danish pipe.

I'll need to check markings out there as this period is significantly underrepresented in my collection but if I had a guess I'd say it's "Lane/Charatan post-Preben". And I believe it's before "Duncan/Dunhill" based on the single exemplar I have, but there are lots of markings and I can't say for certain that any two markings aren't contemporaneous.

Here is a later Lane BW:
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Here is a later Duncan-Dunhill:
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LotusEater

Lifer
Apr 16, 2021
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Thanks so much to greeneyes and everyone else who weighed in. I was asking in regard to this pipe that I very recently purchased on eBay -7A85FD96-7873-4C7D-A4A4-5E31A974FAC2.jpeg8B666CA4-B6DD-4550-A3C6-238F14C5C60E.jpeg74BE6894-21F2-4AEB-8836-5338EEA232BB.jpeg I’m not too bothered about era just curious. I think it looks great and I can’t wait to smoke it. I picked up a Ben Wade Skater from the same seller -
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Thanks again for the information!
 

sablebrush52

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