Show Off Your James Upshall & Tilshead Pipes
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A question for you Upshall fans - did they ever sell rejects? I recently bought a job lot of pipes (for a completely different pipe - a Barling) and it contained this Tilshead (not much to look at yet, but hopefully it will clean up nicely). It also contained two pipes stamped 'Reject' with the same 'Made by Hand' stamp, and similar styling. I was just wondering if anyone had come across Upshall rejects before.
I have only one JU (not a reject) and it’s a Churchwarden. Of the few I’ve seen I’ve never seen a reject so to speak.
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I’ve never seen one & as far as I know they never did.
Your rejects look like Charatan or Ben Wade to me.
You may well be right - Charatan also used the 'Made by Hand' stamp. They do look a bit Charatan-esque. Not sure if Ben Wade used that stamp.
It is also stamped MADE BY HAND on the other side of the shank - both the rejects are.
I presume with the LONDON MADE and MADE BY HAND stamps, and the style, that these are Charatan rejects from the late 50s/early 60s, which would put them around the same age as all the other pipes in the job lot except the Tilshead.
I recently came into this nice estate Canadian. Lightly smoked estate. Wonderful condition.
I haven’t bought a pipe in ages. A couple of years maybe? But sometimes a pipe just demands to be bought. That first happened around 1997 in Chief Catoonah’s wonderful B&M in Ridgefield, CT. I was browsing his wall o’ pipes when an unusually thick, long shanked bent billiard leapt off the display hooks and thrashed me soundly on the head like a scene from Harry Potter. I turned it over in my hands, still wriggling, saw the Upshall stamping, and bought it.
Something similar happened recently: the online version, courtesy of Blue Room Briars. Yes, another Upshall. Damned things are aggressive. It’s mine now. Clicked a button and in my hands a couple of days later.
Scalp is still bleeding, but I’ll get over it.
Something similar happened recently: the online version, courtesy of Blue Room Briars. Yes, another Upshall. Damned things are aggressive. It’s mine now. Clicked a button and in my hands a couple of days later.
Scalp is still bleeding, but I’ll get over it.
I have 3 Upshalls, added to my collection decades ago, all great smokers and lookers
This is my favorite, with plateau top
B JAMES UPSHALL (circled) TILSHEAD ENGLAND MADE BY HAND
This was an estate purchase, large eighth bent squat bulldog
P JAMES UPSHALL (circled) TILSHEAD ENGLAND MADE BY HAND
This is one of the few sandblasts in my collection, note the excellent vertical grain and growth rings
JAMES UPSHALL (not circled) FH HAND MADE IN ENGLAND
This is my favorite, with plateau top
B JAMES UPSHALL (circled) TILSHEAD ENGLAND MADE BY HAND
This was an estate purchase, large eighth bent squat bulldog
P JAMES UPSHALL (circled) TILSHEAD ENGLAND MADE BY HAND
This is one of the few sandblasts in my collection, note the excellent vertical grain and growth rings
JAMES UPSHALL (not circled) FH HAND MADE IN ENGLAND
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oops, forgot a recent acquisition, an estate purchase from smokingpipes.com, Sept 2023
"While much attention and devotion is paid to the great English marques and factories of yesteryear, it's easy to forget that there exists some fine British briars made by hand, like those by James Upshall. This Apple is a robust rendition of the classic shape, placing a plump, curvaceous bowl atop a rounded heel at the fore of a comparatively slim round shank an tapered vulcanite stem. Dressed in a rich chestnut finish, the stummel boasts fine flame grain all around the bowl."
"While much attention and devotion is paid to the great English marques and factories of yesteryear, it's easy to forget that there exists some fine British briars made by hand, like those by James Upshall. This Apple is a robust rendition of the classic shape, placing a plump, curvaceous bowl atop a rounded heel at the fore of a comparatively slim round shank an tapered vulcanite stem. Dressed in a rich chestnut finish, the stummel boasts fine flame grain all around the bowl."
Congrats; this is a very fine B graded, so Straight Grain graded pipe.
Very sweet
Thanks! Upshall is an excellent alternative to $$$Dunhill$$$ if you are looking for quality English pipes.Congrats; this is a very fine B graded, so Straight Grain graded pipe.
Very sweet