Schulte’s / Max Schulte Smooth Bulldog Sitter 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.

As with the last Schulte’s bulldog we listed, this one has some fantastic grain. The shaping is great, too, but it’s a little different from the norm. I mean that in a good way, of course, I just don’t think I’ve ever seen a bulldog sitter before. It’s an impressive feat of engineering, that’s for sure, without loosing so much as a gram of the class that the traditional bulldog commands.

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

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.10″ / 27.94mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 43g