James Upshall Pipes - A Discussion
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I picked up this behemoth Upshall. This bowl is like a doorknob.
The draft hole is a bit off center. But that’s ok.
Done the same myself.
I picked up this behemoth Upshall. This bowl is like a doorknob.
The draft hole is a bit off center. But that’s ok.
Done the same myself.
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I loaded up a bowl of Sutliff Ready Rubbed, and the pipe smokes very well. But the fitment of the stem leaves a little bit to be desired. The shank is a little lopsided, and the draft is at about 10 o’clock. Still, there weren’t many issues with it... A little finagle to get a pipe cleaner to pass, some moisture.
B grades are amazing! Get George D to put a proper stem on it! (that would look awesome with a Cumberland stem).
Picked up this Astley's today and I'm sure it's one Upshall made for them.
If this had been a Peterson people would have knocked it from here to kingdom come
Do you mean no logo on the stem? If so, probably a replacement stem. I sell a lot of Upshall estates and that's usually the case.
There's something amiss in that logo stamping...
They didn't mark them with a group size until the beginning of the 1990's. Looks like it may have been graded a Tilshead (a second) in which case the stem would not have been marked with a JU logo. The staining matches the reddish tint that was applied to Tilshead grade pipes.
A Tilshead would not have been stamped "J Upshall". The company was Tilshead Pipe Co. James Upshall was the branding of their top grade pipes.
I suspect that this was a pipe that was made in the late 1990's or after. I have never seen a "J Upshall" stamping on a James Upshall pipe. Pipes that were made in the late 1970's/early 80's were stamped by hand "James Upshall" with an oval border (more like a capsule shape); sometime around 1981 they were stamped with the same stamp, only the impression was deeper, as they began using a stamping machine they got from Sasieni. In late 1983 they began engraving the logo using a Hermes engraver.
The "J Upshall" stamping you see might have been due to some of Moti Ezrati's "underhanded" business practices...
They didn't mark them with a group size until the beginning of the 1990's. Looks like it may have been graded a Tilshead (a second) in which case the stem would not have been marked with a JU logo. The staining matches the reddish tint that was applied to Tilshead grade pipes.
A Tilshead would not have been stamped "J Upshall". The company was Tilshead Pipe Co. James Upshall was the branding of their top grade pipes.
I suspect that this was a pipe that was made in the late 1990's or after. I have never seen a "J Upshall" stamping on a James Upshall pipe. Pipes that were made in the late 1970's/early 80's were stamped by hand "James Upshall" with an oval border (more like a capsule shape); sometime around 1981 they were stamped with the same stamp, only the impression was deeper, as they began using a stamping machine they got from Sasieni. In late 1983 they began engraving the logo using a Hermes engraver.
The "J Upshall" stamping you see might have been due to some of Moti Ezrati's "underhanded" business practices...
thanks for the answer, my friend who gave it to me says he bought it in the early 80s.