Charatan’s Make 409, Lane Era, Sandblasted Canadian Briar Pipe, English Estates [SOLD OUT]

Description

While Dunhill may be Britain’s most famous pipe brand, Charatan is not only older, but has the honor of being the first to have made its pipes entirely in-house. ‘Charatan’s Make’ referred to the fact that, at a time when other pipe companies were sourcing stummels and stems carved from other companies before assembling them in their factories and workshops, Charatan made every part of their pipes on the Charatan premises. So began a legacy of high-quality pipe-making under the Charatan name, one whose employees, at one time or another, included Joel Sasieni, and Ken Barnes and Barry Jones of James Upshall fame.

As Charatan has been making pipes near-continuously for over a century, it is to be expected that the company’s ownership changed hands several times, as has been the case with many British pipe brands. This particular Charatan is from a period that many pipe smokers consider to have been its best, that being between the mid-1950s and early 1980s. It’s a very classic, near-black sandblasted Canadian. Even with the dark finish, the blast is visibly craggy, and shows off some nice natural ring grain around the bowl. It’s also very light weight, meaning it’ll be an ideal clencher.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″

Bowl Width: 19.9mm

Bowl Depth: 1.3″

Weight: 1.1oz / 33g