I have two.
1991 Ashton Brindle X.
1998 XXX Ashton Pebble Grain.
1991 Ashton Brindle X.
1998 XXX Ashton Pebble Grain.
Show Us Your Ashton Pipes
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tfdickson, you've always got the best pipes, and your Ashtons are no exception! If I see you posting to a "show us your pipes" thread, I know they're going to be sweet!
And maduromadness, your smooth, well-grained pot4square is such an original design. Like 4squares.
Someone had to do it.
My 3 - Bill Taylor's bulldog and billiard, and a Jimmy Craig Prince 
My Calabash Old Church XXX by Jimmy Craig
My only Ashton and she’s a keeper.
I added another Ashton recently, it’s a big boy. 1998 Sovereign ELX, unsmoked. 6.875” long with a 0.875” x 2.0” chamber.
Needless to say it is no longer unsmoked.
Needless to say it is no longer unsmoked.
Hooray for beautiful Ashtons and their owners!
My only Ashton so far. I'm totally in love with how it looks & it smokes wonderfully:
How can you beat it? Respected maker, timeless design and great grain. And it's a jumbo!
Today, I finally got my itch scratched, I won an auction on ebay for this 1994 Pebble Grain LX Chimney Pipe. What is even greater is that it has a 9mm filter draft hole, something that you don’t find everyday especially with Bill taylor Ashtons. At least not very frequently. It came with its pouch, and it was a very clean estate, no flaws that I have seen or encountered upon cleaning it. The grain is indeed a little different than the sandblasts I have. It seems that the oil-curing process effects the birdseye the most. It shifts it into a fainted, oiled up type of painting than the normal sandblast.
After smoking it, I can assure you it smokes wonderfully. It smokes like an excellent pipe, whether or not there is actual magic in this pipe.
After smoking it, I can assure you it smokes wonderfully. It smokes like an excellent pipe, whether or not there is actual magic in this pipe.
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Well done. That’s a nice pipe from when Ashton was in the groove.
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Two Ashton Sovereigns. The top pipe (not sure what shape to call it) is somewhat of a rack queen, the bowl is narrow and intimidatingly deep; however, I love the shape and the birds eye grain. I keep thinking I’m going to smoke it some Christmas Eve.
The apple was, admittedly, probably finished on a rough morning…, some pretty deep scratches from the sanding disk visible under the finish, yet it consistently vies for the top spot in the rotation.
Bought both on a trip to London in 2004, where over the weekend I was the recipient of Bill’s legendary hospitality, including a trip to the National Slow Smoke competition and a visit to the London Pipe Club; great memories.
A sweet little one that I’d forgotten about.