Charatan’s Make Executive Smooth Dublin Briar Pipe, English Estates, 9mm

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.

This particular Charatan is an impressively cut Dublin from the make’s freehand workshop. The sides of the bowl are covered in straight grain, while the rim is ringed by bird’s-eye patterns – the perfect combination.

The condition is very good. Some inner rim darkening. I will say that I think this Charatan may have been converted to a 9mm bore, so as to accommodate 9mm filters. I’ve adjusted the price to reflect this.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 1.12 / 28.44mm

Bowl Depth: 1.45″ / 36.83mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 60g