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6 photographsArchive Record FUH-3A2W-5TDQ-W
1980s
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.
Original stem
No
owner stated
Stem replaced or re-cut
Yes
owner stated
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.
This Charatan's Make Belvedere exemplifies the brand's noted tendency to interpret classic shapes with distinctive character. The pipe is a briar Dublin, designated by the shape number 481 DC, which presents a bell-shaped bowl with a slight forward cant. Its form adheres closely to the standard Dublin archetype, distinguished by a gentle, tapered transition from shank to bowl. The pipe is fitted with a tapered replacement stem. Dating relies on the owner's attribution to the 1980s, supported by the presence of the 'Charatan's Make' and 'Belvedere' line stampings alongside the model number. Charatan pipes from this period do not carry a factory date code, making such owner-stated provenance a common method for establishing an era bracket for these English-made pieces.
2021-03-28
Logged from the Faridunhill archive — photographed and posted on Instagram, 2021-03-28.
2026-08-27
3 checklist facts recorded under Faridunhill's standing declaration of shop practice (2026-07-29).
This record is append-only. Nothing is deleted — a correction is a new entry that supersedes the old one, and both stay visible.
Nobody leaves empty-handed. If you hold the catalogue page, the dated advertisement, or a hallmarked sibling that closes one of these — or simply own this model and can measure yours — send it in. Contributions are checked, credited to you by name, and the record is updated with the date it changed.
Instagram post, 2021-03-28. Published to a third-party platform on that date and archived since — a timestamp we cannot move. It is evidence that this object existed and looked like this, then.
The photographs are the identity. 6 images of this pipe's grain, stamping and stem are held as its fingerprint. The handle above is only a handle: lose it, and the pipe can still be matched back to this record from its grain.