Updated: Jul 04, 2012 A short history of HARDCASTLE
1903: Edmund Hardcastle establishes the brand.
1936: the family sells 49% of the Hardcastle Pipes Limited shares to Dunhill.
1946: Dunhill buys the remaining shares. The family continues to manage the company.
1967: Dunhill merges Hardcastle with Parker. The new Parker-Hardcastle Limited company absorbs the Masta Patent Pipe Company.
The line names are displayed in alphabetic order.
Cavalier
▲ (Underside) Hardcastle, London Made
This Cavalier pipe belongs to a famous Dunhill model. It illustrates the downgrading of Dunhill pipes by a Hardcastel stamping. The same adaptation is operated from Dunhill to Parker for pipes with less flaws.
Golden Jubilee
▲ (Left side)
Hardcastle's, GOLDEN JUBILEE, Super Grain
(Right side)
Made in London, England
Jack O' London
▲ Hardcastle's, British Made, JACK O' LONDON, 2
▲ This pipe was produced in the Walthamstow factory owned by Hardcastle's before it was taken over by Dunhill in 1967.
Phitu
▲ (Left side)
Hardcastle's, British Made, PHITU
(Right side)
Regd Design
N° 752535
(Underside)
265
This model is Hardcastle's answer to the Yello-Bole "Chinrester"
Royal Bruyere
▲ (Left side)
Hardcastle's, London Made
ROYAL BRUYERE
(Right side)
Made in London, England
Royal Windsor
▲ (Left side) Hardcastle's Royal Windsor
(Right side) Sandhewn RGD. Made in London England, 2
(Right side) Sandhewn RGD. Made in London England, 2
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