Hardcastle Executive 910 Smooth Bent Pot Estate Briar Pipe [SOLD OUT]

Description

Hardcastle is an English make founded by Edmund Hardcastle in 1908. Thanks to a merger in 1946, today it is most commonly known as a Dunhill sub-brand, focusing on mid-range, but nonetheless well made, English pipes.

While Dunhill owns Hardcastle, this particular pipe is quite distinct from the shapes Dunhill makes, being a wide, bent pot with a diamond shank. The breadth of the design has a nice, full hand-feel to it, which should make it ideal for sitting and sipping after a long day. It also has some quite lovely grain, with plenty of bird’s-eye patterns around the bowl, and an ornate, electroplated silver band collaring its transition towards a vulcanite, saddle stem.

The condition is great. I don’t see any issues that necessitate highlighting. It also comes with its original box.

 

Details:

Length: 5.7″ / 144.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.47″ / 37.33mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 66g