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quietlife

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Aug 24, 2022
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Can you guys help dating this Charatan?
I got 5 Charatan's from the same smoker. 4 of which were Lane era Executive's, most pretty early.
This one was there as well. No Lane marking. Nomenclature is 211X R.
R I'm thinking is Rusticated?
X I think denotes no Double Comfort stem.

Could this be a Reuben era or is it most likely a post-Lane era?
Thanks!

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quietlife

Starting to Get Obsessed
Aug 24, 2022
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Thanks!

Also sorry the photo cuts off the stem. Its not a Double Comfort stem.
 

bluegrassbrian

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I'm not a Charatan guy but to me it looks like it could be a later Reuben era pipe. The X may denote that it had been repaired by the factory or something else entirely.
Pipedia has an excellent Charatan article, and there's a trove of info in the pinned posts from Ken Barnes.
 

quietlife

Starting to Get Obsessed
Aug 24, 2022
114
1,564
I'm not a Charatan guy but to me it looks like it could be a later Reuben era pipe. The X may denote that it had been repaired by the factory or something else entirely.
Pipedia has an excellent Charatan article, and there's a trove of info in the pinned posts from Ken Barnes.
Thanks a lot for the info.
I was hoping it was a Reuben era, but even looking through all the info I could find, I couldn't really come to a conclusion about it.