Ashton 1991 Old Church XXX Sandblasted Zulu Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

Ashton is an English pipe brand created by William Ashton Taylor, a former Dunhill pipe-maker who left Dunhill in the 1980s to make pipes under his own name. Along with other pipe-makers such as Ken Barnes and Barry Jones of James Upshall and Les Wood of Ferndown, Ashton emerged as part of a new wave of high end, hand made British pipes in the late 20th century.

The Old Church was William Taylor’s re-imagining of Dunhill’s Tanshell finish—specifically, the early, mid-century Tanshell. Like Dunhill’s these pipes featured a craggy sandblast and a light, natural stain. Also much like the early Dunhill, Ashton’s Old Church pipes underwent seasoning and oil curing, in a precise technique patented by Taylor himself. This Old Church, produced during Taylor’s tenure at the helm of Ashton, is a classic English Zulu, pairing his signature, craggy sandblasting and a hand-cut cumberland Ashtonite (another Taylor patent) stem.

The condition is very good. Some light rim darkening.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.56″ / 39.62mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g