Show Us Your Ashton Pipes

[AroEnglish]

My two Ashton bent billiards. I really like both of these. They are both near the top of my list. Love the Cumberland, the traditional lines and proportions, and unique blasts. These two were both made in 2023 and show truly fantastic drilling, fit and finish, and the buttons are plenty good for me. (I did have an earlier example and do understand the large button thing people talk about) but these do not suffer from that.
The “old church” tanblast is a recent acquisition, a XX, which is funny, because it is about as close to size as the brindle XXX as you could get lol!
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That light one is blowing my mind. How long and heavy are they?

 

[ssjones]

My two Ashton bent billiards. I really like both of these. They are both near the top of my list. Love the Cumberland, the traditional lines and proportions, and unique blasts. These two were both made in 2023 and show truly fantastic drilling, fit and finish, and the buttons are plenty good for me. (I did have an earlier example and do understand the large button thing people talk about) but these do not suffer from that.
The “old church” tanblast is a recent acquisition, a XX, which is funny, because it is about as close to size as the brindle XXX as you could get lol!
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Great looking Ashtons!

That's one gripe with Craig Ashtons, his X sizing is very inconsistent. You need to also consider pipe weight, when buying from the modern era.

 

[Seeleybc1]

That light one is blowing my mind. How long and heavy are they?

It’s interesting…and goes to show how measuring pipes itself is a whole other subject lol, because the tan blast is actually just a touch larger dimensionally, both in overall length and bowl height. I’ll see if I can get my wife to help take a pic. I don’t have enough hands ! In the meantime, here’s the specs from the original SP.com measurements and listing.

 

[Seeleybc1]

Great looking Ashtons!

That's one gripe with Craig Ashtons, his X sizing is very inconsistent. You need to also consider pipe weight, when buying from the modern era.

That light one is blowing my mind. How long and heavy are they?

Generally speaking, they’re right in that sweet spot, for me at least. But yea, if you were to go off of the “X” sizing alone, you might wind up with a pipe larger or smaller than intended! Lol

 

[Seeleybc1]

Ok so here’s my wife and my three handed extremely scientific precision pipe comparison and photography session…calipers?…
Anyways, holding them both up against a 90 degree surface, you can see that the xx is indeed just a little longer, maybe 1/8”, and the bowl just a mm or two taller!
Doesn’t mean much, but is interesting, none the less

 

[filmguerilla]

Scored this Ashton Achievement for a low price on EBay. Lovely smoker and an elegant pipe overall with the thin, long Bing style stem.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

My collection has 15 English pipes--assorted Dunhill, James Upshall, Comoy's, GBD, and this one beautiful 1994 Ashton Sovereign:










I also have 4 modern Barling Guinea Grains but they bear no country stamp. I think they are made in either Italy or Germany.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

oops, forgot to include this view of the Ashton.
Also forgot to mention my two lovely CHARATAN'S MAKE pipes.
Shortly after purchasing the new Ashton, I entered into a 10 year sabbatical -- during which I rarely smoked pipes (not sure why ). I am back to a pipe a day, now mostly filtered pipes. 9mm, like my glock

 

[KORNEY]

Pebble Grain

 

[KORNEY]

Sovereign X

 

[ssjones]

Sovereign X
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Thats a great pipe- I aspire to a single X size Taylor Ashton! How many grams does it weigh?