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11 photographsArchive Record FUH-29X8-RD8Q-E
Chevalier Docteur 905 Smooth Bent Billiard Pipe, Algerian Briar, Made in France
undetermined
Dating: Owner-statedFrance11 photographs
Reference example
This pipe is documented here as an example for study — it is a record in the archive, not an item offered for sale. Everything below is what the piece itself, and the evidence around it, will honestly support.
Attribute checklist
Rim cleaned (no wood removed)
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Refinished
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Chamber reamed
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Smoked
Yes
owner stated
Facts, not a grade. We do not score a pipe out of ten: a number would rank a restored pipe above an honest one, and restoration is exactly what this hobby prices down. Every line above is checkable by anyone holding the pipe. Lines marked Faridunhill standing declaration rest on our published, dated statement of shop practice (v1.0, 2026-07-29) — not on an inspection of this individual pipe. It is one document, in public, that you can hold us to.
The entry
CHEVALIER DOCTEUR, 905, ALGERIAN BRIAR and MADE IN FRANCE are stamped on the shank. This is a smooth bent billiard from France, with a tapered acrylic stem that ends in a fishtail bit, and a bore for a 9mm filter.
It is pre-smoked and in very good condition.
"Algerian briar" names the wood: briar burl from Algeria, one of the North African sources of pipe briar. The maker behind the Chevalier name is not known to us; Pipedia's list of French pipe brands carries "Le Chevalier" with question marks in place of a maker. So we give no maker story, and nothing on the pipe gives it a date.
THE MARKS - CHEVALIER DOCTEUR stamped on the shank - 905 stamped on the shank - ALGERIAN BRIAR stamped on the shank - MADE IN FRANCE stamped on the shank