A couple of years ago I learned that a friend of mine, back in the 70’s & 80’s, owned a
pipe shop. I asked him if he had any old pipes he might sell and one day he brought
these to me. He said they were salesman samples. They’ve had the brand name X’ed
out and all are unsmoked.
Top one is Wiley Freehand…1988
Bottom two are Charatans’
![72C4A14C-FCEA-4147-B9F0-AE4EDE4BCA62.jpeg 72C4A14C-FCEA-4147-B9F0-AE4EDE4BCA62.jpeg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/188/188977-2979cc33c3254a37871077110f1fa974.jpg)
pipe shop. I asked him if he had any old pipes he might sell and one day he brought
these to me. He said they were salesman samples. They’ve had the brand name X’ed
out and all are unsmoked.
Top one is Wiley Freehand…1988
Bottom two are Charatans’
![72C4A14C-FCEA-4147-B9F0-AE4EDE4BCA62.jpeg 72C4A14C-FCEA-4147-B9F0-AE4EDE4BCA62.jpeg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/188/188977-2979cc33c3254a37871077110f1fa974.jpg)