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Heres mine, it was a 109. No grade stamp, I believe they were known as "rough". I gave it my buddy, Dave Jacobsen, who passed away last year. He had a pretty big pipe collection, I always wonder where those pieces went. I'd love to have this one back.
Very nice ring grain on the blast.
Hope it ends back with you.
I wouldn’t have been so generous ?
A Charatan's Make Special shape 1147 - a Dublinesque pot sitter with a tapered vulcanite stem.
The CP logo is missing ??buffed out ?? Replacement stem
No £ logo, so presumably pre-Lane (though NOT necessarily so)
The CP logo is missing ??buffed out ?? Replacement stem
No £ logo, so presumably pre-Lane (though NOT necessarily so)
Wow, this thread has been dormant for a year and a half! Come on Charatan fans! This one is pretty nice for a Belvedere. It appears to be Reubens era.
This one belongs to a forum member. Restoration details are on the Reborn Pipes site:
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This one belongs to a forum member. Restoration details are on the Reborn Pipes site:
Charatan Belvedere Acorn Restoration.
By Al Jones This is another pipe that belongs to a fellow PipesMagazine.com forum member, that I was asked to restore. With help from Pipepedia, I date this Charatan to the Reubens era (1910-1960) …
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Had a few over the years, last one I have, a Supreme FH bought at a tag sale in Chappaqua, NY ...$20. Someone else got a nice Dunhill for $20 too.
For some reason I believe that every english pipe lover must have at least one Charatan.
Arrived this morning.
Charatan Make Belvedere 361 DC.
I placed a bid and forgot about it and finally I won it for 98 euro.
There where only 7 bids so it doesn't seem to haver much collector's value but it is pretty and like new. The double comfort stem is not bad either.
Arrived this morning.
Charatan Make Belvedere 361 DC.
I placed a bid and forgot about it and finally I won it for 98 euro.
There where only 7 bids so it doesn't seem to haver much collector's value but it is pretty and like new. The double comfort stem is not bad either.
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Charatan (pronounced chair-a-tan) pipes are beautifully made, with a wide open draft, 4mm on the straights and 4.7 on the bents, according to Ken Barnes. They often exhibit beautiful graining, unique models and inventive freehands. As a person interested in the history of Britwood I find it curious that there is no really detailed information on them, at least in English. What gives?
I recently bought a Tilshead (Upshall second) from @ssjones and I love the way it smokes. Any chance you know how Upshall drilled their pipes?
Not offhand, but since Upshall was founded by Charatan veterans and followed many Charatan practices, drilling open like that wouldn't surprise me.
Well, I just checked off another thing on my "bucket list" and acquired my first Charatan pipe. I had posted that I really wanted to get one and a fine member of this forum, @Briarcutter contacted me and put me in contact with Marty Pulvers of "Pulvers' Prior Briar." Some of you probably know Marty as he has been in the pipe world for a while.
Marty was a pleasure to work with and I found this beautiful Executive in an apple shape. Comes in at over 6.5" so it is quite long but very well balanced and smokes like a dream. For my maiden voyage, I chose an English blend from the Country Squire, "Angry Cornishman" and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Some photos below show the beautiful grain. It does have the "MADE BY HAND" lettering in block and has the "L" in circle for "Lane" distribution but the stem does not have the "CP" logo. Most of you will know more than I about what that may tell.
I am so very pleased with it and how it smokes and feels and I am indebted to both Larry and Marty for their help in finding this.
Marty was a pleasure to work with and I found this beautiful Executive in an apple shape. Comes in at over 6.5" so it is quite long but very well balanced and smokes like a dream. For my maiden voyage, I chose an English blend from the Country Squire, "Angry Cornishman" and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Some photos below show the beautiful grain. It does have the "MADE BY HAND" lettering in block and has the "L" in circle for "Lane" distribution but the stem does not have the "CP" logo. Most of you will know more than I about what that may tell.
I am so very pleased with it and how it smokes and feels and I am indebted to both Larry and Marty for their help in finding this.
Great looking piece! I'm happy you had a good experience with Marty, he's a solid pipe guy from way back
Marty is one of the remaining legends.
Great choice, classic Charatan, and I love the ones that don't have the DC stem.
Great choice, classic Charatan, and I love the ones that don't have the DC stem.