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11 photographsArchive Record FUH-JPH5-CFTQ-N
Ronson England Metal Pipe, Removable Rusticated Briar Bowl, Fishtail Mouthpiece
undetermined
Dating: Owner-stated11 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
RONSON over ENGLAND, struck in a circle on the underside of the metal bowl cup, is the main mark on this pipe, and it tells you at once that this is not an ordinary all-briar pipe.
This is a classic English metal pipe made by Ronson: a black matte metal shank and bowl cup that hold a removable briar bowl in a black rusticated finish, with a black tapered mouthpiece that ends in a fishtail. There is no filter. It is a pre-smoked estate pipe in very good condition.
THE MARKS - RONSON, in an arc, over ENGLAND, inside a circle on the bottom of the metal cup
A pipe of this kind is built in parts that each do their own job. The briar bowl sits in the metal cup and lifts out, so the bowl can be taken off for cleaning and drying. The mouthpiece carries a long, thin metal tube that runs inside the metal shank; one photograph shows the pipe taken apart into bowl, cup and shank, and mouthpiece with its tube. As noted when the pipe came in, the Ronson has its own cooler system.