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2 photographsArchive Record FUH-V227-BBD5-F
Mac Baren Navy Flake Tobacco Blend
undetermined
Dating: Undetermined2 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
Original stem
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Stem replaced or re-cut
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Rim cleaned (no wood removed)
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Refinished
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Chamber reamed
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Smoked
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
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
This entry documents Mac Baren's Navy Flake tobacco blend, a flake-cut mixture composed of fine Virginia tobaccos with additions of Burley and Cavendish. The blend is characterized by its enhancement with rum and a touch of honey, creating a smoking experience described as exceptionally smooth. The preparation results in a slow, cool smoke typical of well-balanced flake tobaccos. As a tobacco reference rather than a pipe specimen, this archive record serves to document the composition and smoking characteristics of this particular Mac Baren blend without accompanying physical pipe attributes or dating evidence.
The log
2020-02-23
Logged from the Faridunhill archive — photographed and posted on Instagram, 2020-02-23.
2026-08-27
6 checklist facts recorded under Faridunhill's standing declaration of shop practice (2026-07-29).
This record is append-only. Nothing is deleted — a correction is a new entry that supersedes the old one, and both stay visible.
What this record still doesn't carry
- Not yet measured on this example: length, bowl height, chamber depth, chamber diameter, bowl width, weight. Measurements are added to the record as examples are re-handled.
- The attribute checklist is open on: topped. These are facts, not opinions — anyone holding this pipe can close them.
- Stem material is still open on this example. Vulcanite and acrylic age differently, and it is the first thing collectors ask — if you own this model, tell us what yours carries.
- No factory date code or nomenclature stage has been read on this example, so the era stays deliberately wide rather than guessed at.
- No shape number recorded — the maker's own catalogue designation for this form is still open.
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.
The witness
Instagram post, 2020-02-23. 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. 2 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.
Handle FUH-V227-BBD5-FBrand Mac BarenDating Undetermined