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10 photographsArchive Record FUH-PCYT-PGDF-3
Royal Star 749 Smooth Bent Billiard Estate Pipe, Vulcanite Saddle P-Lip Stem
undetermined
Dating: Owner-statedDenmark10 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
ROYAL STAR over 749 on the shank of a smooth bent billiard in very good condition.
This is a smooth bent billiard with a vulcanite saddle stem and a P-lip bit. It is a pre-smoked estate pipe in very good condition.
THE MARKS - ROYAL STAR - 749
Our intake note calls it a Stanwell second. The stamp itself does not name Stanwell or a country, and we hold no record that confirms who made Royal Star pipes, so we give no maker story and no year.
THE SHAPE A bent billiard keeps the classic billiard bowl, round and straight-sided, and adds a bend in the stem, so the pipe hangs comfortably from the teeth. On this pipe the vulcanite saddle stem steps down from a wide section at the shank to a slimmer blade. The P-lip bit has a raised lip with the smoke hole on top rather than at the end, a design many smokers choose because it turns the smoke stream upward. The briar is smooth.