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16 photographsArchive Record FUH-5PKT-NMEC-4
undetermined
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.
No dating evidence has been recorded on this example yet.
Owner-stated. Facts as reported with the piece; not yet independently corroborated.Attribution is our documented expert opinion with its evidence — never a certification.
Rim cleaned (no wood removed)
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Refinished
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Chamber reamed
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Smoked
No
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 rusticated churchwarden is stamped CHURCHWARDEN over REAL BRIAR and has a long black acrylic tapered stem with a fishtail bit. Farid describes the bowl as pear-shaped and records the pipe as unsmoked, with a tiny dent on the stem. The measured overall length is 275mm, or 10.83 inches, corresponding to the approximate 11-inch description in his note.
The churchwarden form is defined here by the stem's extended reach in relation to the compact bowl. Its profile has a gentle curve, while the bowl has a rounded lower section and narrower upper outline. Deep grooves and raised ridges cover the brown bowl and continue along much of the shank. The photographs contrast that textured surface with the smooth black stem and the light-colored collar at the junction.
The stem tapers over much of its length toward the fishtail mouthpiece. A detached-stem view documents the metal fitting at the tenon. Farid records no filter. The long stem and the 38g recorded weight describe the physical proportions of this example; no claim about smoke temperature or draw performance is made.
THE MARKS CHURCHWARDEN is stamped above REAL BRIAR on the shank. The close-up records those words without a separate maker name or model number. The stamp supports the briar identification, but it does not establish a country or production date. The pear wording in the intake describes the bowl's shape here.
CONDITION Unsmoked, with a tiny dent on the stem, as disclosed by Farid. The dent remains part of the condition description. All sixteen photographs are included, covering both sides, the rim and chamber opening, the underside, additional views along the stem, the detached stem and the stamp. These views should be considered alongside the unsmoked status.
THE MEASUREMENTS Length: 275mm (10.83 in) Bowl height: 45mm (1.77 in) Bowl width: 34mm (1.34 in) Chamber diameter: 18mm (0.71 in) Chamber depth: 36mm (1.42 in) Weight: 38g (1.34 oz)
2026-11-09
Logged from the Faridunhill shop - photographed and listed on faridunhill.com, 2026-11-09.
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.
Faridunhill shop post, 2026-11-09. 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. 16 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.