GBD Sable Standard #12186605BM (SOLD 2/25/10)
This pipe is in sharp condition, including inside the tobacco
chamber.  There are very minor teeth marks (hardly
indentations) on the top and bottom of the stem.  The draw is
also wide open.  Expect a good smoke.  Used.  Price: $45
5.25" long, bowl 1.5" high.  Weight:  1.5 oz., 42 grams.
1975 Group 4 Dunhill Root #12186541CG
For a simple Root Briar, this pipe has good cross grain, with the
Bird's Eye on the front and back of the bowl, and the cross
grain on the side, which is opposite of what you mostly see. The
condition is excellent and the draw is wide open.  With a slight
tweak of the pipe cleaner tip, it goes through to the bottom.
4.5" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight:  1.5 oz., 41 grams. $215
Ashton Pebble Grain LX Bent Billiard. #1884
This pipe draws fine, the blast is good, and tight and the
smooth top looks almost round. The stain is uneven, but expect
any discoloration to be extinguished with enough smoking.
Stats: 6 ¼” long, bowl 2 ¼” high: Weight; 2.26 oz. 64.2 grams.
New. $365
Ashton LX Pebble Grain Bent Billiard. #1890
This is almost indistinguishable with #1884, down to the uneven
staining. Even the sandblast grain pattern is about equal, I’d
say. The only real difference is that this one has a sandblast
bowl rim and the 1884 has a smooth rim. I’m curious as to what
the stats will be when I weigh them.  New. $365
Stats: 6 ¼” long, bowl 2 1/8” high: Weight; 2.43 oz. 69.1 grams.
Pulvers' Prior Briar
P.O. Box 61146
Palo Alto, CA  94306

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Charatan Distinction with Plateau Top and Gold Band
#9600
For such a high grade pipe, this is really large.  Despite rather
thick wall, the tobacco chamber opening is well over an inch in
diameter.  The straight grain is quite good, but not terrific, as is
the way with most, if not all, Distinctions.  It was "Made by Hand
in the City of London and the gold band is stamped both "CP"
and 686 or 989.  It also carries the Charatan DC stem.
6 5/16" long, bowl 2 7/8" high: Weight; 4.53 oz., 128.5 grms.New
Price. $650
Ferndown Bark Silver Spigot Billiard #12151411
6" long, bowl 1.9" high. Weight: 1 7/8 oz., 54 grams.
New. Price: $375
Ferndown Bark Silver Spigot Apple #12151425
6.95" long, bowl 2.07" high. Weight: 2.5 oz., 71 grams.
New. Price: $375
Ferndown Bark  Bent Spigot with Silver Rim #14151413
If silver goes as  high as when the Hunt bros. tried to corner the
market, this pipe could be somebody's retirement fund.
6.5 inches long, bowl 2.15" high.  Weight: 2 5/8 oz., 76 grams.
New. Price: $425
Peterson Standard System Shape 307 #2147067 (SOLD)
None of the nomenclature so proclaims it, but I really think that
this pipe is one of the retro models that Peterson produced.  
The stem, particularly (although also the color of the bowl) is
reminiscent of the Peterson pipes at the turn of the 19th into
the 20th cnetury.  And notice that there is no "P" on the stem.
That absence is not due to wear or buffing.  It simply was not
there, and I am fairly positive that this is an original P-lip.  In
any case, it is in near-new condition and is larger than standard
5.8" long, bowl 2" high.  Weight: 2.25 oz., 63 grams. Price: $50
Peterson Limerick #2147100BM
Unsmoked and with a very good draw, esp. for a Peterson, it
also has well placed Bird's Eye.  Good large size, too.  New.
5.4" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight: 2 3/8 oz., 66 grams. $75
Dunhill 1949 Patent Number Shell #2274925 (RESERVED)
The bowl is clean and crisp, as is the nomenclature.  The end
of the stem is buffed quite a bit, but all is intact and there are
no teeth marks (well, one very minor, slanty one, not a gouge
at all).  Did I say 'great blast'?  No?  Well, it is.  Used.  $250
5.4" long, bowl 1.9" high. Weight: 1.25 oz., 37 grams.
1960 Dunhill Bruyere ODA Shape #806 #2147025MG SOLD
The inside of the rim is not pristine, showing just a little wear in
two spots, but the pipe is in superb cond. for a 1960.  The stem
is original, in near-new cond., and the draw is wide open.  Used.
6.3" long, bowl 2" high.  Weight: 2 1/8 oz., 62 grams. $425
Peterson's Dublin #4105115 (SOLD 2/16/10)
On the silver rim it simply says Peterson Dublin with an illegible
hallmark.  The Hallmark on the silver band on the shank has an
"M" and I think it is for 1998, but I don't know for certain.  the
condition of the pipe is excellent, as is the cross grain and
Bird's Eye.  The silver rim is imperfect, but only  in a way that
shows a little use.  Quite minor, in other words. Used.  $95
6" long, bowl 2" high.  Weight: 1 7/8 oz., 54 grams.
Charatan Distinction #2274838
There is just a little wear on the inside of the rim at two spots
and the stem has a couple of annoying looking tooth marks, but
none deep, just long.  It's all original, has the Lane "L" and the
inner chamber is very clean.  Used.  Price: $95
5.8" long, bowl 2" high. Weight: 1.5 oz., 43 grams
Ashton Old Church XX Apple. #1888
Stats: 5 ¾” long, bowl 1 ¾” high: Weight; 1.59 oz. 45.3 grams.
New. $340
1925 Dunhill Shell #6275466JA
What I wouldn't give to be in this good a condition when (and if)
I made it to 84 years old.  The nomenclature is crisp, the stem,
too.  A beautiful example of early Dunhill blasting.  Used. $495
4.7" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight: 1 1/8 oz., 31 grams.
1999 Dunhill "Las Vegas" Shell 6275476JA (SOLD 3/3/10)
this ppe was very lightly smoked, (maybe once) and is in
near-new condition.  The "Las Vegas 1999" is on the band; to
short circuit any discussion, the band does not indicate that it is
gold, so I can not make any claims to that effect.  It is a Grp. 5,
and if it is not a Ring Grain, it is damned close.  Used. $265
5.75" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight: 2 1/8 oz., 59 grams.  
Dunhill Pat. # Shell #6275588CD
I don't know the exact year of this pipe, but it looks like 1949 to
me.  It's not that the nomenclature has been rubbed down,
because that is not the case.  It just looks like a little double or
over-stamping, so the date area is fuzzy.  If I cared, I could
probably look it up.  I don't care, so don't ask me to.  This pipe
is in exec. cond.  Used. Price: $315
6" long, bowl 1.35" high.  Weight: 1 oz., 28 grams.
1973 Dunhill Red Bark P #6275625CD
A little darkness on the rim and a little more brown than red due
to smoking are all that keep this from being called pristine. Used
5.1" long, bowl 1.5" high.  Weight: 1.25 oz., 36 grams. $225
1968 Dunhill Group 4 Root #6275627CD
There are 4 exceedingly minor teeth marks on the stem (2 top, 2
bottom of stem) and the one dark mark (no wear...just color) on
the rim.  Otherwise, the pipe is in superb condition, and it is a
beauty, too.  Fine cross grain and lots of Bird's Eye.  Used.
5.5" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight: 1 3/8 oz., 40 grams. $245
1977 Dunhill DR C 2 Star  Root #6275630CD
There is no good reason to blame the previous owner from
wanting to smoke this baby, so there is a little wear on the rim,
so it is no longer perfectly round.  Also, there is a very shallow,
but visible, line, or scratch, across one panel of the diamond
shank (where it says "Dunhill Root Briar").  The grain certainly
commands the high rating.  Used. Price: $485
5.3" long, bowl 1.45" high.  Weight: 1.25 oz., 38 grams.
Comoy's 1979 Christmas Pipe #6275525  
The inner chamber rim isn't perfect, but even that is very good
(it looks better in person than it does in the photo above) and
the stem, etc., are in exc. cond.  1979 is already 30 yrs. ago.
5.6" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight: 1 3/8 oz., 38 grams. $55
Charatan Executive #186790
"Made By Hand in The City of London, this is incontrovertibly a
Lane era pipe, although having been bought in Europe,
perhaps, it does not have the Lane stamp.  The stem is original
and the Regis. # on it.  the condition is just shy of excellent with
that spot of wear on the inside of the bowl rim.  Used.  
5.8" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight:  2 oz., 57 grams. Price: $155
Peterson's Sherlock Holmes #186892BM (SOLD 2/22/10)
For whatever reason, I do not recall this kind of contrasting
rustication and stain on any of the Sherlock Holmes series
pipes.  Clearly, it is my memory that is faulty, because here is
living proof of a handsome version.  The condition of the pipe
is exc.  The draw could certainly be more open, but isn't that
the case with most Petersons?  It is certainly not a problem for
Peterson devotees, who make this about the most popular pipe
brand that I know.  Used. Price: $65
5.9" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight: 1 7/8 oz., 54 grams.
1984 Dunhill ODA Shape 840 #2147088
In near-new condition, but because of the drilling on such a
deep bent, the draw could be better.  I suppose it could be
worse, and I am sure the French manufacturers of ODAs will do
their best to see that the next one they produce is worse. Used.
5.4" long, bowl 2.2" high.  Weight:  2 5/8 oz., 76 grams. $325
Peterson's Standard System shape 314 #12186592BM
This is in excellent condition, with a crisp rim and clean, sharp
stem and button.  Looking at the quality of the sandblast, I can
tell you that this was made from very hard briar.  So hard, in
fact, that it almost looks rusticated.  Open it up and enjoy a
tremendous smoke.  Used.  Price: $45
5.3" long, bowl 1.75" high.  Weight: 1 5/8 oz., 46 grams.
Pre-Transition Barling EXEXEL Pot #7285678JH (SOLD 3/4)
A customer wrote earlier today asking whether a pipe that
looked like a Pot was a true Pot, the image not depicting
enough of the pipe for him to make a judgement.  He was
correct in that case.  In this instance, it is pretty clear that when
Barling made a Pot, it was not a debatable matter.  This pipe
has the block letters, as well as the fossil, Ye Olde Wood and
T.V.F. designations.  As you can see, the bowl is clean and
crisp and the stem is original, with the crossed "Barling" letters
barely legible, and thus not buffed and therefore oxidized.  Used
6.5" long, bowl 1.6" high.  Weight: 1 5/8 oz., 48 grams. $350.
2000 Dunhill  4103 Group 4 Root #7285680JH
I wonder if the double zero date stamp, and the fact that it
signifies a new millenium will create a greater demand for
Dunhills of this era?  Just a thought.  There is a spot of wear on
the rim, and an inconsequential tooth mark on the stem right at
the button.  The rest of the pipe is in excellent condition. Used.
5.8" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight: 1 5/8 oz., 46 grams. $245
1972 Dunhill ODA #72856993JH
I can find no trace of tobacco use but I am reluctant to declare
that this pipe is unsmoked;  I would much prefer to err on the
side of caution.  The chamber walls are smooth, the rim is crisp
and carbon-free, there isn't a trace of a tooth mark on the stem
(and I am using a magnifying glass) etc.  I am fairly sure it is new
5.8" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight: 1.75 oz., 50 grams. $375
1959 Dunhill Bruyere Gold Spigot #2147064CB
The button on the stem of this rare beauty was not what it
should be, so after photographing the pipe I sent it off to the
great Ronni B. to get a new stem for you all.  I called this rare
because every Gold Spigot I have seen was on a Root.  
the condition of the pipe is excellent.  Used.
6" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight: 1.25 oz., 36 grams. $1250
1922 Dunhill "Inner Tube" 8285893JF
So much of this pipe is in mint cond. that it is hard to distinguish
it from new, and that includes the interior of the bowl.  The
inner tube is there, too.  There is a ding on the side of the
shank; the rest is near-perfect.  Used.  Price: $800
5.1" long, bowl 1.6" high.  Weight: 1 oz., 28 grams.
1980 Dunhill DR XL 3 Star Root #8285889JF
The pipe is in near-mint condition.  You can see a bit of carbon
on the inside of the rim, so it isn't quite mint, but that is about
the only negative.  Used. Price: $1350
4.8" long, bowl 1.95" high.  Weight: 2 oz., 56 grams.
Peterson's Irish Whiskey #8285932
Pretty decent looking pipe, but the drilling in the shank could be
more open.  This time, it is not the stem that is the problem and
with the slightest of work, the issue could be rectified.  New.
6" long, bowl 1.75" high.  Weight:  1.5 oz., 44 grams. Price: $65
Charatan Special #12186474FH
the pipe is in excellent condition, although I can not quite tell if it
has an original stem; any "CP" may well have been buffed off.
This is a Lane Era pipe, with the appropriate "L" symbol in a
circle.  It also has a wide-open draw.  In short, a good pipe.
6.4" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight: 1.5 oz., 44 grams. Used. $65
Transition Era Barling #8286093
The shape number of the pipe is 3109, so I guess that makes it
a transitional piece.  The condition here is pretty good, with no
teeth marks on the stem, for instance, although there are minor
issues of wear on the rim.  Also, although I would bet heavily
that this is an original stem, the "Barlings" have been buffed out.
In size, this is a Group 3.  Used. Price: $40
5.4" long, bowl 1.7" high.  Weight: 1 oz., 28 grams.  
Pre-Trans Barling's Guinea Grain Reg. #12186549YM
No less an authority than Tad Gage has confirmed that this is a
Pre-Transition Barling.  Although there are no numbers
indicating date, it does have an "EB" for one of the Barling
brothers.  the condition, as you can see, is excellent.  For
historic reasons, I have not cleaned, buffed or polished the
original stem.  Bent Barlings are not all that common.Used.  
4.5" long, bowl 1.75" high.  Weight: 1.5 oz., 41 grams.  $365
1976 Dunhill Shell #2147037 (RESERVED )
Clean crisp pipe and clean crisp lines.  You can, perhaps, see
the two very little teeth marks on the top of the stem and that is
as close to criticism as I can come.  Even the blast, which is not
deep, is pretty good if you look carefully.  I almost forgot...the
shape number is 333, indicating that this might have been
graded a Group 3 in size.  It is not.  it is a 4. Used. Price:  $135
6" long, bowl 1.7" high.  Weight:  1 1/8 oz., 33 grams.  
Peterson Pre-Republic Kapruf #2147103BM (SOLD 2/22/10
Pristine is the way i will describe this "Made in Ireland" pipe
because I much prefer to err on the side of caution.  But, it
might well be unsmoked.  It is that close.  It is also very small,
probably qualifying as a Group 2 in size.  The stem is original
and the "P" stamp is fully there, although the white is faded.  
5.3" long, bowl 1.5" high.  Weight:  .75 oz., 23 grams. Price: $75
Comoy's Pebble Grain #12186664  (SOLD 2/17/10)
By some measure of coincidence, we have two Pebble Grain
Princes on the site at the same time.  The first one is reserved,
so I guess we really have only one.  This pipe is in exc. cond.
with an open draw.  The nomenclature is a little dull in parts,
but is certainly completely legible.  Used.  Price: $45
5.8" long, bowl 1.4" high.  Weight:  1 1/8 oz., 33 grams.
1959 Grp. 4 Dunhill Bruyere #2147090 (SOLD 3/9/10)
The stem is in excellent condition, the pipe is in excellent cond.,
but there is a bit of wear on the rim where the owner tried to
actually light the tobacco, which may make him foolhardy but
which makes both him and the slightly scorched rim perfectly
understandable.  I hope you do not attempt the same but rather
put this uncommon shape on your shelf to show and impress
your buddies (who, despite their oohs and aahs will not care
less but will, while you are not looking, wink wildly at your wife,
who, let's face it, is desperate for some attention, what with you
devoting all your caressing and care to your pipes.  Used. $225
6.8" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight: 3/4 oz., 23 grams.
GBD Xtra #2147015JH (SOLD 3/3/10)
A 1909 GBD in excellent condition, as this pipe is, will not be an
easy find.  In short, "get 'em while they're hot."  The stem is
clearly a very old, round-buttoned piece, and that it does not
have what we now recognize as the GBD rondelle does not
signify that it is not original.  BTW, the draw is wide-open. Used.
5.7" long, bowl 1.45" high.  Weight: 1.5 oz., 42 grams. $345
Pat. # 1953 Dunhill Group 3 #1186380BM (SOLD 2/19/10)
It is always nice to see a Pat. Number Dunhill in this kind of
clean, crisp condition.  Indeed, the stem is more reminiscent of
a between-the-wars stem than a post-war style button.  it is
rounder, in a word.  Used.  Price: $245
5" long, bowl 1.5" high.  Weight:  7/8 oz., 24 grams.  
1964 Dunhill Group 4 #1186395BM (SOLD 3/10/10)
This pipe is not perfect.  If you look carefully, you will see a
touch of a flattening on the top of the button.  If I had not
revealed that, it would probably not be noticed, but I have to
say something about a pipe or the lack of commentary seems
to create a belief that something is wrong with a pipe.  Used.
5.4" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight:  1 1/8 oz., 32 grams. $225
1974 Dunhill ODA 845 #12186691DD
This pipe is in near-new condition, having been smoked for a
very short time, and with no trace of use on the bowl rim or stem
the blast on the other side of the bowl is deeper and shows
some ring grain, so it is clearly better than the side you are
seeing.  Of course, the draw is open.  Used. Price: $375
6.5" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight: 1 3/8 oz., 40 grams.
Peterson Standard System Shape 309 #186877BM (SOLD)
This seems to be not the most common of the Peterson shapes
,but I could be wrong,  as many of you seem to take great
delight in pointing out.  The condition is excellent, but with some
minor teeth marks on the top and bottom of the stem.  We are
now going to try to illustrate the stem whenever it is not perfect,
to save me effort while providing more info.  How is that for
improved service?  Oh, the draw is pretty open, too.  Used.
5.2" long, bowl 2" high.  Weight: 1 7/8 oz., 52 grams. $40
1977 Dunhill Shell #12186621BM (SOLD 2/18/10)
This pipe has me a bit puzzled.  The stem is in near mint cond.,
and the band is original, with the "AD" properly stamped on it.
But the bowl does look a bit used...but not really worn, and the
blast is sneakily terrific.  I think this pipe turns out to be one of
those that you don't smoke to show off, but to feel a bit inwardly
smug, knowing that you've got a good one, and no one else
either knows about it, or wants to take it from you.  The best
kind of pipe, I think.  I was talking with Regis about getting
myself a Dunhill shell Pot, and this could be in the running, but I
do want one a bit older.  Used.  Price: $135
5.8" long, bowl 1.6" high.  Weight:  1 1/8 oz., 32 grams.  
1969 Dunhill Shell R #12186577JH (SOLD 2/20/10)
This old Pot is in exemplary condition, with a very crisp inside
rim and an equally fine stem and button.  On top, I should have
included the "F/T" stamped on the shank to indicate the fishtail
stem.  The sandblast is also good.  Used.  Price: $195
5.3" long, bowl 1.6" high.  Weight:  1.25 oz., 34 grams.
Comoy Royal #12186564JH (SOLD 3/10/10)
I think this pipe is unsmoked.  I hate to be wrong about such
pronouncements, because it can only make me look bad, but I
can not detect any sign of it having been smoked.  Even the
coating in the bowl exhibits the white stuff that unsmoked pipes
sometimes develop but that I have never seen in a used pipe
in 42 years of handling and cleaning used pipes.  The stem
button does look buffed, but the stem itself shows no tooth
wear at all, even under a magnifying glass.  The stem is
oxidizing, and I can clean that upon demand, but for the
moment I prefer not to tinker with the pipe's originality.
5.2" long, bowl 1.5" high.  Weight:  1 1/8 oz., 32 grams. $145
1968 Group 4 Dunhill Shell #12186552SW (SOLD 2/14/10)
This is much closer to Grp. 5 in size than it is to a typical Grp. 4.
The condition is excellent.  I am not certain about the originality
of the stem.  Regardless, this is an fine looking pipe.  Used.
6.2" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight:  1.25 oz., 36 grams. $165
1964 Group 3 Dunhill Shell #12186547SW ((SOLD)
The bowl and rim are in excellent, crisp condition.  The stem,
which looks original, does have two teeth marks, not deep, one
on the top and one on the bottom.  The draw is open.  Used.
5" long, bowl 1.7" high.  Weight:  1 1/8 oz., 31 grams.  $150
Comoy's Millenium.  #13 of 175 #12186698CG (SOLD 2/24)
The pipe is unsmoked, and the briar cup (bowl) is fully
removable.  That is the good news.  The bad news is that
despite having broken their own arms patting themselves on
the back for having been in business for 175 yrs., the stupid
bastards still do not know how to make a pipe.  This pipe is very
tough to draw on as is, and with a bowlful of tobacco it would be
nigh on impossible. But, the problem is in the stem, not the
shank or bowl, and I think it can be readily fixed.  Price:$135
dunhill Thames Oak #416 of 500 8285858JF
I have just seen this pipe listed for over $1300 on a European
site.  That, of course, was for a new pipe.  This one is used,
but, if I did not tell you that, you would not know it.  It is in
pristine condition.  The only reason I know it is used is because
its consignor insists it is not new.  I have to take his word.  It has
a shape # of 4103, although I say that it is a grp. 5 in size.  It is
called a Thames Oak because the tamper handle and a secton
of the ferrule is made of timbers that had been sitting in the
Thames river, covered by silt and gravel for as long as 2000 yrs
So, the oak is from the an actual section of the first Roman port
which was built in London in 63 AD.  The band surrounding the
oak is made from Titanium.  Used.  Price: $750
5.9" long, bowl 1.85" high.  Weight:  1.75 oz, 51 grams.
Comoy's #2147220JTL
The mode in which they put that "C" on the stem indicates that
this Comoy"s is not from a great era, yet the grain is good and
the draw is wide open, so I can see nothing wrong with this pipe
other than some catty sniping, in which I freely engage. Used.
5" long, bowl 1.5" high.  Weight: 1 7/8 oz., 54 grams. $45
1979 Dunhill Grp. 3 Tanshell #186914BM
The pipe is in excellent condition and the rest of the info you
can find on the subject line for this pipe.  So, there you have all
the info you need to make a decision and I can go get a beer.
5.85" long, bowl 1.6" high.  Weight: 1.25 oz., 34 grams. $150
1981 Dunhill Tanshell Grp. 5 #2147029MG
Shape #51031 in excellent condition and a true Group 5 size
bowl.  The blast is good and sharp, too, and the draw open.
An admirable Dunhill.  Used. Price: $225.
5.8" long, bowl 1.95" high.  Weight: 1.75 oz., 50 grams.
Peterson Standard System 307 #186929BM (RESERVED)
Excellent condition throughout.  The sad truth, to me, at least,
is that this attractive pipe has far too restricted an air flow, due
to that stem, for it to smoke properly.  Happily, statements like
that do not deter Peterson devotees.  Used.  Price: $45
6.3" long, bowl 2" high.  Weight: 2 5/8 oz., 74 grams.  
Willmer Supreme #2147046 (RESERVED)
The condition of the pipe is near-new, and the draw is open.  
The cross grain is good enough and the draft hole is right on
the bottom, where it ideally should be.  So, what's my gripe (do I
usually have a gripe?  It seems so)?  This just does not look or
feel like a Willmer.  It does not have the gravitas, the heft, if you
will, of an early Willmer.  It looks more like a mid-level Italian or
even Danish pipe, not an English pipe.  Does my perception
diminish the pipe in any way?  No, not in any way I could
support.  Actually, it is quite comfortable, with a capacious bowl
and a good quality stem.  Ignore my crankiness.  Used. $60
5.9" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight: 1.25 oz., 36 grams.
1978 Dunhill Cumberland Group 5 #2147023MG
This pipe is in excellent condition, although they sort of
double-hit the stamp so that the date is not all that clear.  They
double-hit the "Made in England" also, but we can figure that
one pretty easily. Otherwise, everything is clean and crisp,
including the brindle stem.  The draw is open.  Used. $185.
5.75" long,  bowl 1.75" high.  Weight: 1 3/4 oz., 49 grams.
GBD Prodigy Super Grain #2147084 (SOLD 2/22/10)
Much larger in size than one expects from a GBD.  Clearly, an
attempt to get into the Freehand market, with as much Danish
creativity as the English could muster (i.e., not much).  The
condition is excellent, the draw very good and the bowl capacity
rather large.  Actually, huge.  Don't do it, unless you think
you're a lumberjack (and not the Monty Python type). Used.
6.5" long, bowl 2.5" high.  Weight: 2 5/8 oz., Price: $55
GBD International #2147061 (SOLD 3/4/10)
The pipe is in excellent condition and has a wide-open draw.  It
also has a plateau top, which is not common among classically
shaped English pipes.  That rim is black and provides a nice
contrast to the brown-stained bowl.  Used. Price: $40
5.3" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight:  1 5/8 oz., 46 grams.
Peterson Hand Made #2147131 (SOLD 3/5/10)
This is designated XL and it is large, but not at all unwieldy.
The condition is near-new and yes, it is a straight-shanked
pipe, but it also has a P lip, so harken when I say that it has an
open draw.  Used. Price: $45
6.4" long, bowl 1.9" high.  Weight: 1 3/8 oz., 39 grams.
Ferndown Root Two Star #2146988JT
Large Octagon by Les Woods in like-new condition with open
draw.  The band is, as you would expect, sterling and the stem
is hand cut.  On the bottom of the bowl is lots of Bird's Eye.
6.5" long, bowl 1.7" high. Weight: 2.5 oz., 72 grams. Used. $240
James Upshall #2147207
Handsome, rusticated pipe with the designation "6FH" on the
bottom of the shank, which I am going to take refers to
free-hand, although I do not know what the 6 means.  The
cond. is exc., although there is a slight touch of wear on the rim.
The draw is wide open, and although the stem is vulcanite, it is
too thick for my taste.  You might well like a thicker stem.  Used.
5.7" long, bowl 2" high.  Weight: 1 5/8 oz., 45 grams. $95
1963 ('65?) Dunhill Root Shape 59 #2147031MG
The nomenclature is worn, but legible, and there is a little wear
on the inner rim of the pipe.  The stem is in exc. cond. and the
draw is open.  Used.  Price: $225
5.75" long, bowl 1.8" high.  Weight:  1.5 oz., 42 grams.  
Sasieni 4 Dot "Oom Paul" #2147020MG
Two slight tooth indentations on the bottom of the stem and
one on the top keep me from calling this pipe "in excellent
condition."  it is clearly family era and the stem is original. Used.
3.8" long, bowl 2" high.  Weight: 1.5 oz., 44 grams. Price: $150