Charatans Make 4420, Lane Era Sandblasted Straight Billiard Estate Briar Pipe

Description: Charatans Make 4420, Lane Era Sandblasted Straight Billiard Estate Briar Pipe Charatans Make 4420, Lane Era Sandblasted Straight Billiard Estate Briar Pipe 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 pipe is quite interesting. Those with a keen eye will note that the pipe has the £/L logo common to all pipes made during the Lane era of Charatan. This was the period, following the death of Reuben Charatan and the end of the Reuben era, from 1961 to 1976, when Charatan was purchased and helmed by Lane Ltd. But there are two connected things on this pipe that are not found on Lane era Charatans: the stem and the shape code. Because most Lane era pipes had Lanes proprietary Double Comfort saddle stems, which this pipe doesnt have, and because Lane era pipes that didnt have a Double Comfort stem had an X after their shape code, which this pipe doesnt have either. So, whats the answer to this mystery? Well, while Lane Ltd didnt take the helm of Charatan until 1961, they did import Charatan pipes in the United States from 1955 onwards, and those pipes were stamped with the Lane logo. I am therefore led to conclude that this is a Reuben era pipe that was imported by Lane Ltd for sale in the United States. That would certainly explain the craggy sandblast typical to Reuben era pipes. The condition is great. Theres a little residual oxidation on the pipes ebonite stem and its Charatan CP stamp appears to have rubbed off, but Reuben era stem stamps were notoriously fine and prone to flaking and effacement. Details: Length: 6″ / 152.4mm Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.3mm Bowl Depth: 1.77″ / 44.9mm Weight: 1.8oz / 52g Shipping Shipping cost:replace this text with your shipping information Delivery time:replace this text with your shipping information Payment We accept the following payment methods: first payment option second payment option third payment option Please contact us if you have any questions. Service replace this text with your service information

Price: 180 USD

Location: Rockmart, Georgia

End Time: 2024-09-19T01:44:14.000Z

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