Charatan’s Make Belvedere 4148DC Smooth Pot Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

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.

Charatan is a make famous for its convention-defying freehands during the mid-20th century, but it is also notable for its standard shapes, which helped define the design conventions that its freehands stood in contrast to. Their straight, wide pot shape is a genuine classic, with its chamber well suited for ribbon or mixture cuts (especially, and fittingly, English blends).

The condition is good. Some inner rim darkening and chamber slightly over-reamed at the lip, but nothing major.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 2.39 / 60.70mm

Bowl Depth: 1.1″ / 27.94mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 54g