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10 photographsArchive Record FUH-4ERG-J9D6-4
Bruyere Garantie Smooth Straight Cutty Estate Pipe, Vulcanite Taper, Fishtail
undetermined
Dating: Owner-stated10 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
A slim, light pipe of only 19 g (0.67 oz), signed in flowing script on the shank: Bruyere, with GARANTIE beneath.
This is a smooth straight cutty with a long vulcanite tapered stem and a fishtail bit. There is no filter. It is a pre-smoked estate pipe in very good condition.
THE MARKS - Bruyere, in script - GARANTIE
"Bruyere garantie" is French for "guaranteed briar": a promise that the bowl is cut from real briar. Many makers stamped it, so it names the wood rather than the workshop, and the pipe carries no maker's name of its own.
THE SHAPE A cutty is one of the oldest pipe forms, a small bowl that leans gently forward on a slender shank. This one keeps a light build: a small, narrow chamber of 16 mm (0.63 in) across, a slim shank and a long stem that tapers all the way to a fishtail bit, which flattens and widens at the tip for a comfortable rest. The briar is smooth.