Show Off Your James Upshall & Tilshead Pipes

[orlandofurioso]

Thanks! Upshall is an excellent alternative to $$$Dunhill$$$ if you are looking for quality English pipes.

Apart from their often poor quality stems ( this one looks fine ), for sure !! And Smokingpipes are good people to deal with .

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Apart from their often poor quality stems ( this one looks fine ), for sure !! And Smokingpipes are good people to deal with .

I tend to chew through vulcanite so most in my collection have been replaced with acrylic.

 

[AroEnglish]

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."

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Yeah, that's not ugly... What are the specs?

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Yeah, that's not ugly... What are the specs?

 

[AroEnglish]

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Beefier than I normally like but I wouldn't say no if it came calling. Congrats!

 

[Pipejan]

What shall we call this JU B FH 4?

Thanks for looking, any input welcome.

 

[craig61a]

What shall we call this JU B FH 4?
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Thanks for looking, any input welcome.

I’d call it a paneled bent Dublin…

 

[ssjones]

What shall we call this JU B FH 4?
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Thanks for looking, any input welcome.

Magnificent! We haven't seen a B here in a long time. Where did you find this?

 

[Pipejan]

Magnificent! We haven't seen a B here in a long time. Where did you find this?

Thanks! I got it from Denmark, Havnens vin och tobakshus. A wine and tobacco shop. I treated myself as it was my birthday. I like the shape, it has a bit of Charatan and of Danish pipe makers mix. I know it must be after Ken Barnes left Upshall due too the FH and size stamping. But I'm hoping it was made before mr. Jones retired. Any thoughts?

 

[Pipejan]

I’d call it a paneled bent Dublin…

Thanks! Bent Dublin it is then. It was listed as A Billiard!

 

[Bbailey324]

Upshall Bulldog P FH.

 

[craig61a]

Thanks! I got it from Denmark, Havnens vin och tobakshus. A wine and tobacco shop. I treated myself as it was my birthday. I like the shape, it has a bit of Charatan and of Danish pipe makers mix. I know it must be after Ken Barnes left Upshall due too the FH and size stamping. But I'm hoping it was made before mr. Jones retired. Any thoughts?

I guess it’s an early 90’s pipe. Well executed, so Barry Jones probably made it. At that time more people were beginning to accomplish the pipe making, and examples of craftsmanship began to suffer somewhat. Barry was running the business, so he was not as involved in the day to day manufacturing.

Grading was always a little subjective. It varied based on the quality of the briar and strength of production. As you move up through the grades the striations and fineness of the grain become straighter and thinner.

IMHO after 1995, the quality quickly went down, as the new owner capitalized on the name and turned out pieces that were graded higher than they would have previously.

I don’t actually recall when Barry retired. But by the late 1990’s the glory days were over for Tilshead.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

A gift from a friend in Boston. My first Upshall.

 

[Brig]

Here's mine... the bowl is freaking huge, takes 1.5-2 hours to smoke fully

 

[Dshift]

My first Upshall and it's love at first sight!

 

[Backwoods Briar]

My favorite Upshall

 

[Backwoods Briar]

 

[Dshift]

My second Upshall arrived today and we're going up the grqde ladder - from P to B. Gorgeous pipe with just one flaw...9mm filter...

 

[doctorbob]

I've only got the one, a rusticated so it was CHEAP. It is a very nice pipe with really fantastic rustication.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I posted this James Upshall Empire Series Old England FH (Freehand—Rhodesian?) Magnum with Cumberland stem in a WAYS thread in 2024, but this might be a better place to archive for posterity.