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[Dshift]

@Dshift
Lovely pipe !
And do the Britwood collection grows
Enjoy

Don't ask... I have culled half of my collection to make room and free budget for some Britwood and I am still struggling not to go broke.... The newest acquisition is crazy straight grain Astley, made by Charatan's, hopefully i will be able to show it off next week when it arrives

 

[OzPiper]

Don't ask... I have culled half of my collection to make room and free budget for some Britwood and I am still struggling not to go broke.... The newest acquisition is crazy straight grain Astley, made by Charatan's, hopefully i will be able to show it off next week when it arrives

Tell me !

I fell down the Britwood rabbit hole some years ago thinking I’ll just collect the “classic” brands - Barling, Charatan, Sasieni, Comoy, BBB, GBD, Dunhill
Little did I know how many Britwood brands exist

One thing about this “hobby” - you keep learning something new every day.
Keeps it interesting

 

[OzPiper]

Tell me !

I fell down the Britwood rabbit hole some years ago thinking I’ll just collect the “classic” brands - Barling, Charatan, Sasieni, Comoy, BBB, GBD, Dunhill
Little did I know how many Britwood brands exist

One thing about this “hobby” - you keep learning something new every day.
Keeps it interesting

Apologies - double post

 

[Dshift]

Astley’s made by Charatan’s
What an absolute Jewel

 

[Dshift]

A Huber Munich extra large free hand relief - stunning pipe which should be from the first Lane era if I am not mistaken. It doesn't have the £ stamp because it wasn't made for the US market?

 

[Briarcutter]

Another beauty! What's that funky looking stamp to the left of all the other nomenclature?

 

[Dshift]

Another beauty! What's that funky looking stamp to the left of all the other nomenclature?

That's the Huber München Stamp - a lot of you guys in the Us dislike when there is a tobacconist stamp on a pipe, but let me tell you that if you see a Diehl München or Huber München Stamp on a pipe, you are getting a better the best of the best from that line/grade 9/10 times. Especially if we are talking about Huber and Peterson - i have seen so many examples of pipes from lower grades with high grade quality. For Huber most of the times the pipes were personally chosen by a representative or someone in the factory and most factories had their stamps in house.

 

[Dshift]

I will be the first to admit that I have a PAD problem, but the temptation to keep such beauties is just too strong.... I think a second wave of collection culling is in order soon...
I love how genius the stamps positioning is on this gorgeous Lane era Executive Free hand

 

[Briarcutter]

I love how genius the stamps positioning is

They got a lot of money for that positioning

 

[Dshift]

They got a lot of money for that positioning

They sure did