Just Bought My First Astley.

[hauntedmyst]

Looking forward to getting it. Probably made by Upshall

 

[alaskanpiper]

Sweet.

 

[scloyd]

Very nice. Enjoy!

 

[cigrmaster]

Very nice looking classic Billiard. I hope it smokes great for you, congrats.

 

[workman]

That's a beauty!

 

[tenton]

Super nice looking pipe!

 

[ssjones]

Definitely has an Upshall look to it.

 

[puffy]

Looks Great

 

[bayareabriar]

Is this brand new?

 

[chilly65]

I suspect Ashton made it.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Nice piece

 

[madox07]

Not bad ... their tobaccos are not too shabby either.

 

[pitchfork]

Looking forward to getting it. Probably made by Upshall

Definitely has an Upshall look to it.

I suspect Ashton made it.

Looks like Dunhill to me. :D

 

[hauntedmyst]

Thanks all! The mouthpiece has a Dunhill quality to it. I'll compare them when they get here. I didn't know Ashton ever made Astley's. I heard Upshall and Ferndown did.

Is this brand new?

It's an estate. :D

 

[chilly65]

Bill Taylor made pipes for Astley's, and they got first pick of Bill's production. He would take the pipes to the London store and let them pick out the ones they wanted, and then would take the pipes back to the factory and stamp the shanks and imprint the A logo on them, and then take the pipes back to Astley's. He said Astley's was his best customer since they paid in cash on delivery.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Thanks Chilly, good to know!

 

[hauntedmyst]

Got it today and it's a beautiful pipe with one minor issue - it's a 9mm filter stem and that wasn't in the ad. So I ordered a dummy filter for it. Excited to see it has an acrylic stem, unusual for an English pipe.