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9 photographsArchive Record FUH-PQH6-5W9M-T
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
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.
JEAN CLAUDE is stamped on the shank of this glossy black bent pot. A broad bowl, a curved shank and an acrylic saddle stem give it a compact, rounded outline. It is pre-smoked, in good condition, with scratches, dents and wear to the stain around the briar.
The pot belongs to the same broad family as the billiard, with a bowl whose width is an important part of its character. Here the bowl measures 42 mm across and 49 mm high. The bend carries the shank upward into the black stem, while the dark smooth finish ties the two parts together visually.
THE MARKS - JEAN CLAUDE stamped on the shank
The name is recorded without assigning an unconfirmed maker biography or manufacturing date.
The finish is smooth and glossy. It follows the contours of the briar without rustication or sandblasting. The photographs also show areas where the dark stain is worn, along with the scratches and dents noted for this pipe; the surface should be assessed with those signs of use in mind.
The acrylic stem is cut in a saddle form: a thicker base steps down into a slimmer mouthpiece. It curves toward a fishtail bit, whose flattened end widens at the tip. The stem is made to take a 9 mm filter.
Condition: Pre-smoked, in good condition, with scratches, dents and wear to the stain around the briar. The photographs show these surfaces, the rim and chamber, the mark, and the pipe with its stem removed.
THE MEASUREMENTS - Length: 143 mm (5.63 in) - Bowl height: 49 mm (1.93 in) - Bowl width: 42 mm (1.65 in) - Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in) - Chamber depth: 40 mm (1.57 in) - Weight: 51 g (1.80 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. 9 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.