This is one of my favourite Stanwell shapes and lines. Great job on the finish and on the stem rework! Well done
I acquired this attractive Stanwell Handmade Canadian from a seller in Kallithea, Greece, just south of Athens. The final bid was sufficient and the Canadian made its way to Sofia, Bulgaria, where we were living, and it joined other pipes in the ‘For “Pipe Dreamers” ONLY!’ where pipe men and women can commission pipes that whisper their names benefiting the Daughers of Bulgaria – helping women and girls who have been trafficked and sexually exploited. Pipe man Darren, of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Chester County Cigar Club – Holy Smokes that meets in Landenberg, PA., saw the Stanwell and added this pipe to the others he had commissioned. Here are pictures of the Canadian on the worktable. The nomenclature is stamped on the upper side of the Canadian oval stem. From larger to smaller and larger lettering again is stamped, STANWELL [over] HANDMADE [over] DENMARK, the COM. The…
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