I'm a huge Ashton fan, especially the Taylor pieces. Whether Taylor or Craig, show me what you got!
Show Us Your Ashton Pipes
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I'll start. Here is one of my prized possessions - a Sovereign XX Canadian from the year I was born. I use it quite regularly, hence the need for a stem buff.
1991 Pebble Grain XX
1996 XXX Sovereign
2008 LX Oldchurch Canadian
1997 xx Oldchurch with repair band
1996 XXX Sovereign
2008 LX Oldchurch Canadian
1997 xx Oldchurch with repair band
Hi Paul! We know each other. I sold you those Old Churches. It's great to see you here! The repaired 1997 is looking great!
Hi Paul! We know each other. I sold you those Old Churches. It's great to see you here! The repaired 1997 is looking great
I did wonder,as you commented on the lack of pipe smokers in Gib,I thought there was a chance it was you.
yes the canadian is your photo from the listing .
I finally got to smoke them this week as it is 3 months since my op.
I've had a few over the years but this '86 had a great blast. Eventually sold it because the bit was just too wide for comfort (for me).
This '85 I got on my birthday this year. Tremendous blast on this Pebble Grain Liverpool - my favorite shape and sizing with a red brindled stem.
This '85 I got on my birthday this year. Tremendous blast on this Pebble Grain Liverpool - my favorite shape and sizing with a red brindled stem.
Glad to hear you're on the way to recovery. You had me worried for a bit there.
And yes, I don't expect to run into any other Gibraltarian pipe smokers anywhere. Off the top of my head I think there's just the three of us, and we don't have a club or anything like that, sadly.
That '85 is gorgeous. I love cumberland/red brindle and the colour combination is top notch. Always been a straight billiard man myself.
Here are the four that I own currently:
2003 XXX Old Church
1998 ELX Sovereign
1995 XXX Old Church
1986 XXX Pebble Grain
2003 XXX Old Church
1998 ELX Sovereign
1995 XXX Old Church
1986 XXX Pebble Grain
Fine looking classic traditional pipes, without getting grimly black and brown about it. Ashton does dynamically deep blasts.
Wow, those are some of the nicest Ashtons I've ever seen! The sandblasting is exquisite. Is the Sovereign a Straight Grain?
Here's another of mine: a 1989 Sovereign X with a solid gold band.
Thank you!
No, the Sovereign doesn‘t have the SG stamp although I can’t imagine why not. Oddly enough I’m not sure it deserves the ELX stamp that it does have- it’s a big pipe for sure, 6.875” x 2.3” and 70g, but I’ve seen plenty of LX’s just as big and plenty of ELX’s that are a good bit bigger.
That's odd, but either way, it's a hell of a pipe. I'm jealous (but then again I'm jealous for all of the pipes in this thread).
It's good to meet more ashton-heads. It seems only recently that people are getting clued in to just how good they are.
Here’s one I happen to be smoking. A 1999 Ashton Old Church 3x bent billiard. Currently smoking Dorchester.
I always favored the Old Church finish.
I always favored the Old Church finish.
Two that I picked up to restore and sell. Bill Taylor pieces. Lovely, large pipes.
*cracks knuckles* I thought you’d never ask!
2016 XXX Pebble Grain Rhodesian (my favorite pipe of any that I own. This one gets smoked the most. It is the standard by which I judge all other Rhodesians)
2019 X Brindle Apple
2018 XX Brindle Poker
2014 “Corps 30th” XXX Pebble Grain Prince
2018 XX Brindle Lovat
2016 XX Pebble Grain Lovat
Finally, the crown jewel: 1989 (birth year) XX Sovereign Rhodesian
2016 XXX Pebble Grain Rhodesian (my favorite pipe of any that I own. This one gets smoked the most. It is the standard by which I judge all other Rhodesians)
2019 X Brindle Apple
2018 XX Brindle Poker
2014 “Corps 30th” XXX Pebble Grain Prince
2018 XX Brindle Lovat
2016 XX Pebble Grain Lovat
Finally, the crown jewel: 1989 (birth year) XX Sovereign Rhodesian
Great pipes! I love that rhodesian. It's much more conventional than I see a lot from Craig. Very classic. Always good to have a birth year too. Real icing on the cake.