I know Sir Brent pipes were basket pipes, but I don't know who made them. I bought mine in 1979. Can anybody help me out on this?
Who Made Sir Brent Pipes?
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I chased every rabbit hole I could find and simply can't find anything on that brand. I found nothing on "Sir" Brent and only a few auction listings for "Lord" Brent. The listings had Italy as the origin but no other information on pipe maker. It is maddening to reach a dead end but I am at a loss here. I would LOVE to hear if you find a definitive answer!
I don't have a picture, but I will take one later this day. I got both from the Tinderbox in 1977 and 1978, respectively. As I recall, there were several others, but I got the only rusticated billiard (model number 253). The other is a smooth Danish style pipe with no number. Both are Italian briar. Both also have "Imported Briar" stamped on them, which made me think perhaps they were made for an American company.
Tinderbox has catalogs so that may help narrow it down. Let me check
The three options I see are Lorenzo, Savinelli and Mauro Armellini who were all making stuff for tinderbox at that point. Maybe a picture of the stamping will help.
Lorenzo was the only one to stamp imported briar on any of their pipes, and not many of them, mostly seconds.
I cant find it in the Tinderbox catalogs. The rusticated one reminds me of a similar shaped Estella I have as far as stem and rustication. Looking back through the pipephil listings for savinelli. the boring or generic looking stamping of SIR BRENT, looks like the generic stamping Savinelli used for quite awhile. So that is my half ass educated guess.
I appreciate your efforts. Funny how this brand escapes everybody who has looked for it.
Wow. I love a good mystery. I thought I found the answer, but, I noticed rusticated pipe has "IMPORTED BRIAR" on the stem and that wrecked my hunch. You know that stuff is rare. ? The game is afoot!
Cheers,
Chili
Cheers,
Chili
Identifying basket pipes is rarely possible, unless it is a unique shape . There are some Kings Cross pipes from Sav that are marked Imported Briar, but not all of them. I think they were for the US mainly. But also two other companies made pipes with the Kings Cross name to further confuse. I would think that the shape of the smooth Sir Brent should be identifiable by a maker if I looked enough.
I can recognize a number of specific shapes from Weber, Charatan and Custombilt by rustication/shape.
The other thing I found is JimInks posts on about 6 different forums recording his pipe smoking back at least ten years.
I can recognize a number of specific shapes from Weber, Charatan and Custombilt by rustication/shape.
The other thing I found is JimInks posts on about 6 different forums recording his pipe smoking back at least ten years.
What a nice billiard shape! The name Sir Brent cracks me up. I guess Brent just doesn't seem like the kind of name you expect to follow "Sir."
Call the Tinder Box 800 number. You might get lucky. Someone there might know, or have access to records stating, the mfr of Sir Brent.
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