Schulte’s / Max Schulte Sandblasted Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, American Estates

Description

Schulte’s was an American pipe tobacconist, located in New Jersey in the second half of the 20th century. Like many pipe stores, Schulte’s sold house brand pipes, but unlike most pipe stores, many of these house brand pipes were made by the store’s owner, Max Schulte. Similarly to a few other American pipe tobacconists, like Boswell’s, Schulte himself would divide his time between sales and both restoring and making pipes, during which time he served as a teacher in the craft to a young Jack H. Weinberger.

After having a handful of Schulte’s pipes come in via our trade-in program recently, I’ve become a real fan of Max Schulte’s work. We’ve had classically-inclined pieces as well as more “freehand” designs, and they’ve all been great. This one is a stout, but still very traditional, sandblasted saddle Dublin, and a modest, near-black stain.

The condition is very good. Some rim darkening and minor finish fading.

 

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm

Bowl Depth: 1.86″ / 47.24mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g