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10 photographsArchive Record FUH-WBAU-3A47-C
Old Briar Smooth Straight Dublin Churchwarden Estate Pipe, Fishtail, No Filter
undetermined
Dating: Owner-statedIreland10 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
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
Old Briar, stamped on the shank, is the only mark on this long and elegant churchwarden.
This is a smooth straight Dublin churchwarden: a smooth briar Dublin bowl on a short shank, with a long tapered vulcanite stem that ends in a fishtail bit. There is no filter. It is a pre-smoked estate pipe, smoked once, in excellent condition.
THE MARKS - Old Briar, on the shank
A churchwarden is a pipe with a very long stem, which keeps the bowl well away from the face. On this pipe the stem does most of the length: the bowl and shank are short, and the vulcanite runs on in a slow, even taper.
The bowl is a Dublin, the shape that opens a little wider toward the rim, with the front line of the bowl leaning forward. The briar is smooth, in a warm medium brown stain with the grain showing through the finish. The photographs show the pipe from every side, the chamber from above, the stem taken out of the shank, and the stamp close up.