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10 photographsArchive Record FUH-MTQX-TD9X-G
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.
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.
JB is the small mark on this pipe, while the reddish sandblast and broad pot bowl supply the rest of its character. This is an unsmoked straight briar pot, fitted with an acrylic tapered stem, a fishtail bit and a 9mm filter fitting.
The initials are recorded simply as JB. They do not establish a fuller maker's name or a production date, and neither is assigned here. The interest of this pipe lies in the combination of a low, broad bowl, a textured finish and the clean line of a straight stem.
THE MARKS
- JB stamped on the shank
The pot shape is distinguished by a bowl that is broad in relation to its height. Here the external bowl measures 40 mm high and 40 mm wide, with a 20 mm chamber diameter and a 35 mm chamber depth. Those measurements describe the actual proportions without relying on a size grade or an undocumented shape chart. At 140 mm long and 42 g, the pipe brings that broad bowl into a straightforward, compact profile.
The sandblast gives the briar a textured surface in place of a polished one. Blasting works across the wood's differing densities, leaving relief that follows its structure. The reddish colour noted on this example is carried across the bowl and shank, contrasting with the dark acrylic mouthpiece. The photographs show the texture from the sides, above and below.
The stem tapers toward a flattened fishtail mouthpiece. A tapered stem narrows progressively from the shank rather than stepping down at a saddle; the fishtail refers to the flattened form of the bit. The fitting is specified for a 9mm filter. The stem-out photograph shows the connection between bowl and mouthpiece.
Condition: Unsmoked. Please examine the photographs of the bowl, rim, chamber and stem for the pipe's appearance and details.
THE MEASUREMENTS
- Length: 140 mm (5.51 in) - Bowl height: 40 mm (1.57 in) - Bowl width: 40 mm (1.57 in) - Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in) - Chamber depth: 35 mm (1.38 in) - Weight: 42 g (1.48 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. 10 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.