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Big-Ben Koninklijke Fabriek van Tabakspijpen Elbert Gubbels & Zonen B.V. is a brand of the Elbert Gubbels & Sons - Royal Dutch Pipe Factory.
Production: 250000 pipes/year
See also: Amphora, Royal Dutch, Humbry, Thompson, Roermond and IRC
Netherlands
 
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Barbados

 

 

 

▲ ◊ Big-Ben (script) Barbados, 646 ◊  Logo on stem:  "B" in circle.     9mm filter pipe
Brands with ornate spot or disk logo

 

▲ (Underside) ◊ Big-Ben, Barbados, A-, 647 ◊
  (Right side) ◊ Made in Holland (in circle) ◊
 

Caribic

 
Brands with an unique letter logo
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Challenger

 

 

 

▲  (Side 1) ◊ Big-Ben Callenger ◊
     (Side 2) ◊ 10418 S   Dr.Key. ◊
 

Jockey

 

 

▲ ◊ Big-Ben Jockey Made in Holland 101 ◊
 

Maestro

 
Brands with ornate spot or disk logo

 

 

▲ ◊ Big-Ben Maestro Mondial 418 Made in Holland ◊ ▲ (see the logo on Big Ben's homepage)
 

Private Collection

  
Brands with two letters logo

▲ (Left side) ◊ Big-Ben ◊ (Right side) ◊ 1999 ◊
 

Ranger

 

 

▲ ◊ Big-Ben (script) -Ranger- Reg. 34468 Made in Holland ◊      Logo usually reserved for nosewarmers
▲ Same logo as the "Straight Grain" line

Reputation

 

 

 

▲ ◊ Big Ben Reputation Made in France ◊
▲ This is probably not a pipe from the Dutch Big-Ben brand for following reasons:
- No hyphen between Big and Ben.
- Pipes figuring under "Silverking" or "Gold King" display stampings and a logo entirely similar to those.

Straight Grain

Brands with an unique letter logo

▲ (Left side) ◊ Big Ben, Straight Grain ◊
▲ (Left side) ◊ Straightgrain (script) ◊
(Right side) ◊ Big-Ben, Made in Holland ◊
▲ Same logo as the "Ranger" line

Viking

Brands with an unique letter logo

▲ (Left side) ◊ Big-Ben, Viking ◊
 (Right side) ◊ 454, Made in Holland ◊
▲ The stem is made of horn.
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