Charatan’s Make 4148DC Sandblasted Pot Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

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 (who went on to work at Dunhill, before leaving again to start the Sasieni make), Dennis Marshall (previously of Barling, later of Milville), Dan Tennison, Stan Haney (later of Ashby Hall), and Ken Barnes and Barry Jones (later of James Upshall).

Though the nomenclature on this Charatan has been covered with a series of star stamps, that it is a Charatan is clear to see, and would be even if the shape code wasn’t perfectly visible. It is, after all, an example of the classic “Outsize Pot,” a wide, beveled Charatan rendition of that old English staple. As to why the nomenclature has been partly covered, there are a few theories among pipe scholars as to why that might be, the most accepted being either that this was a practice specifically for store sample pipes (so that they could not be sold), or for pipes replaced by Charatan’s warranty program (so that they not be submitted for a second replacement).

The condition is fair. Rim darkening and the aforementioned covered up nomenclature.

Details:

Length: 6.1″ / 154.9mm

Bowl Width: 0.89 / 22.60mm

Bowl Depth: 1.26″ / 32.00mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g