Charatan Factory, 1940s, from British Pathe

[fred]

This one came up on another Forum and just seemed too good not to

spread around. For those who only know modern machinery,

it's a look at the days of belt drives and transmissions,

instead of individual motors.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=48227

 

[bubbadreier]

Thanks for the link fred! It is great to see how they used to make pipes back in the day, and I would give anything for one of those bags of briar blocks.

 

[admin]

It is great to see how they used to make pipes back in the day

Handmade pipes are still made that way now, Jeremiah.
That was how I made my pipe at Peter Heeschen's workshop.

 

[chero]

i have a couple of charatan pipes.

 

[python]

Thanks for the link Fred.

 

[fred]

Thanks guys. These old clips really do show a lot of

information about the times, as well as the products.