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Brand Dating Guides
Danske Club is a Stanwell second. Its country stamp gives a wide window, and that is all.
Updated 2026-10-16
Welcome. If your pipe is stamped Danske Club, this guide is for you.
Danske Club is a second, or sub-brand, of Stanwell. Pipedia and pipephil both say so.
A second is a pipe from the same maker, sold under another name and usually at a lower price.
We do not know the first year of the Danske Club name. So every window here starts with Stanwell, not with Danske Club.
Each rule below has a rank: high, medium or low. Read the rank before you trust a window.
Holger Danske is a different brand. Pipephil shows it on a different logo page.
So the word Danske alone does not mean Danske Club. Look for both words together.
1948 to today
Stanwell registered its trademark in 1948.
The factory moved to Borup, Denmark. Stanwell's own catalogue says 1965; Pipedia says 1969. Sources disagree.
Pipephil pictures a Danske Club pipe and names Stanwell's workshops at Borup.
Stanwell's Danish production ended at the end of 2009. A few transition pipes exist from 2010.
From 2010 Stanwell pipes were made by Barontini in Italy.
Stanwell's other seconds include Scandia, Danish Sovereign, Royal Danish, Royal Guard, Majestic and Henley.
Pipephil shows the stamp DANSKE CLUB, then the finish word Naturel, then MADE IN DENMARK.
A shape number is often stamped too.
The country line is the only mark that dates the pipe. The name and the finish word do not.
MADE IN DENMARK points to Stanwell's Danish years, 1948 to 2010.
A bare DENMARK stamp gets the same window, but a lower rank.
2010 to today
The name did not end with Danish production.
The German dealer Dan Pipe sold new Danske Club pipes in its 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019 catalogues.
The 2019 catalogue lists them as Danske Club (Stanwell). All were drilled for a 9 mm filter.
Stanwell's Italian pipes are stamped DANISH DESIGN in place of MADE IN DENMARK.
The catalogues do not show the stamp on these Danske Club pipes. So we have not yet seen DANISH DESIGN on one.
We hold no Danske Club shape chart. It is not proven that its numbers follow the Stanwell chart.
Shape 157 is a scoop, from one restored pipe on rebornpipes. That is one source only.
Shape 84 is a smooth apple, from one dealer title that calls it Stanwell's 84. That is one source only.
Pipedia shows pipes with shape 190 and shape 229, with no shape name.
So do not date a Danske Club by the Stanwell shape chart.
A Danske Club is not a full Stanwell grade. Sell it as a Stanwell second.
A 9 mm filter Danske Club may be a pipe made after 2010. Check the country stamp first.
MADE IN DENMARK gives a window of about 60 years. That is honest, but wide.
Holger Danske is not Danske Club.
Each row comes from our Danske Club cabinet. The years are Stanwell's, because the Danske Club start year is not known.
MADE IN DENMARK or HAND MADE IN DENMARK
Stanwell's Danish years, applied to its second. The real Danske Club start is likely later than 1948.
A bare DENMARK stamp
Same window as above, from a shorter stamp.
DANISH DESIGN
Stanwell's Italian stamp. Dan Pipe sold new Danske Club pipes in 2013 and 2019, but showed no stamp.
What We Don't Know Yet
Published deliberately. If you hold the catalogue, hallmarked example, or period document that closes one of these gaps, write to us — corrections are credited. Every open question across the encyclopedia is gathered on the Open Questions page.
Changelog
Sources
Holding a Danske Clubyou can't place? Our shelves usually hold a few — documented to this same standard.
Danske Club in the Shop