Nice Canted Billiard Stack - Made by Charatan?

[agnosticpipe]

Saw this on eBay and it caught my eye. A fairly sizable pipe, nice grain, but only stamped Selected Collection, London England. I couldn't find much about it but found a few other pipes stamped like that in my search. A couple of them (smokingpipes) accredited Charatan as the maker. I've never seen or heard of this stamping before, but it is a nice pipe with a few small pits. Over 6in. long, 3in. tall bowl. Anybody come across anything like this before, or have any info?

 

[pepesdad1]

Fine looking burner. What are you planning on smoking in it?

 

[agnosticpipe]

Already finished a bowl of MB Vanilla Cream Flake in it. First half the bowl, 1 hr. smoke, then 2 half hr. smokes to finish the bowl. I have a hard time sitting for a single two hour smoke. :lol:

 

[kenbarnes]

Is it stamped Selected Collection or Special Collection?

This piece does look very Charatan-like.

 

[agnosticpipe]

Sorry Ken, I must have had a brain fart. It is indeed stamped Special Collection. Ever heard of them?

 

[kenbarnes]

I think I have seen one or two others on ebay a while back and they also looked like they were made by a Charatan craftsman

 

[ssjones]

Very interesting. So Ken, you think one of the Charatan carvers went out on their own for this line? It sure screams Charatan and that name is surely no mistake.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Oh man that is a looker! 8O

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

It's certainly a lovely pipe, whatever the maker. :clap: Enjoy the heck out of it.

 

[mso489]

Tall not extra wide chambers speak to me of fast-burning burley such as Five Brothers or especially Tabac-Manil Semois thick or medium cut. The narrow bowl slows down the burn a little while the tall chamber provides plenty of leaf. I don't have any stacks, but an Oom-Paul/Hungarian or Missouri Meerschaum tall freehand, for example, serve the same general purpose.

 

[bnichols23]

Whoa, *very* nice! I have to admit, my first thought on seeing it was more Moretti than C'sMake!

 

[Civil War]

Wow, beautiful pipe!