▲ (Left side) Chairman, Selected Briar
(Right side) Mauro Armellini
After
Mauro Armellini passed (2004), his daughter,
Vilma Armellini, answered for the brand's destiny.
Seconds:
Mauro,
Converti
▲ Broadcaster, Selected Briar
Brand of the
Penn Tobacco Company. The pipes were manufactured for Penn by
Henry Leonard & Thomas
See also:
Bruce Peters,
Vox Pop,
Royalton
▲ (Left side) UNDERBOAR REG. NO 682372, 120
(Right side) CHARATAN'S MAKE LONDON.ENGLAND
The Underboar line has been made for a period from the 1920s to WWII. Because of the system equipping these pipes, Charatan gave it the catchphrase "the pipe that cleans itself". (See document)
▲ Craft Briar
According to Michael
Lindner, "Craft Briar" was an early label used by Julius Vesz.
▲ D. Jud, Handgemacht, Erlen CH, 07 04
Artisan:
Daniel Jud, Doctor of medecine.
Other physician carving pipes :
Dr Bob
▲
A brand of Supreme Imports Coorporation
▲ (Right side) Made in England 6
"Opera" pipe with oval bowl
▲ (Left side) Esquire
Fine Briar
▲ The Esquire font
looks similar to the US fashion magazine by same name.
Title of the "Esquire" magazine
Verona
▲ Frabenver, Old Briar
Acronym for:
FRAtelli
BENzon
VERona
See also:
Benzon
Toronto, ON
▲ Julius Vesz, Hand Made, 2 (In circle) Canada 45
Artisan: Julius Vesz of hungarian origin
Two series:
- Hand Cut (entirely by hand, very old briar)
Grading (ascending): 3 - 9, then A - D
- Hand Made (smaller and simpler pipes)
Grading (ascending): 2 - 4
See also (early label): Craft
Kikusui
Tokyo
▲ ◊ 榎作◊
Perrysburg, OH
(Richard)
▲ (Left side) ◊ Monarch, Pat. Pend. ◊
▲ The patent pending (1935) is for a system pipe that had the metal tenon in the shank and screwed on stem. (See enlarged view #3)
Fred Warnke established the brand in the late 1930 in Hartford (CT). The company moved in the 1950s to Tusla (OK).
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Stockport
Founded 1958
Current owner: Ian Walker
Artisan: Ian Walker
▲ Orlik Giant Made in England GX22
▲ (Left side)
Raffaello, Fiamma Bruna
(Right side)
AP 102
▲ Orchidea, Produced by Tagliabue
▲ 20 TH CENTURY, Super Sport
Pipes carved by Lorenzo Tagliabue († 1987) before he headed the "
Lorenzo" company in 1969.
Tagliabue's second brands:
Dr Hardy
▲ Vanderbilt, Imported Briar
▲ [Emblem] Vox Pop, Selected Briar
Brand of the Penn Tobacco Company formed in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania in 1901 by Russell Uhl († 1914) and Henry Weigand († 1942).
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▲ (Left side) Wolf, London, HHW
(Right side) (In circle) England Made, 9F
According to Wilczak & Colwell (
op. cit) a brand of the
Wolf Pipe Co (USA) despite the English origin stamped on the shank (?).
▲ Honey-cured briar, KBB 2003
▲ ◊ O (Yellow) KBB (In clover)
Yello-Bole, Reg US Pat Off,
Imperial, Cured with real Honey 3024 B ◊
Logo on shank and stem
▲ KBB (In clover) Yello-Bole, Algerian Bruyere, 2323
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