Updated:
Mar 12, 2013 Dobi's
Don Carlos
No notes grading on this pipe. The shank end (sterling silver) is a reference to a Roman Column. This is a recurent theme on Bruto Sordini's pipes.
Artisan: Bruto Sordini
Production (2006): ~ 2000 pipes/year
Grading: three classes - rusticated - smooth - straight grain. Within each class pipes are graded into 3 categories by 1 to 3 musical notes. Exceptional pipes are stamped "Chorale".
Dating:
2002: The pipes started to be stamped with a date reference. It is a "50/2" stamp.
- 50: was Bruto’s age in 2002
- 50/2=25: is exactly the years that Bruto spent in making pipes in 2002 (starting in 1977).
2003: No date reference stamped.
2nd April 2004: "27" stamp (25+2)
2nd April 2005: "28" stamp... and so on
Author's note: a convoluted dating system!
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Doodler
(See The Doodler)
Dorset
KB&B
Douwe Egbert
▲ (On top)
― Douwe Egberts House Blend ―
― Made in Denmark ―
(Underside)
― 603 ―
▲ (Right underside)
Douwe Egberts, X-tra, 811
The Douwe Egbert Company manufactures the Amphora pipe tobaccos.
See also: Amphora
Downie
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