Serial Number: P0173
Status: Display
Description:
Vintage Ben Wade Wooden Pipe, Hand Made in London, England, Straight Finish, measures 10 cm in length and weighs 54. 27 grams, RAF London Trip 17 July - 12 August 2017.
Ben Wade is one of the great names in English pipe making.The company was founded by Benjamin Wade in 1860 in Leeds, Yorkshire, where it was located for over a century. Ben Wade started as a pipe trader, but yet in the 1860 s he established a workshop to produce briar pipes. The pipes were made in very many standard shapes - always extensively classic and very British . Many models tended to be of smaller dimensions. Ben Wade offered a very high standard of craftsmanship and quality without any fills. Thus the pipes were considered to be high grade and a major competitor to other famous English brands. The often heard comparison to Charatan seems to be a little bit inadequate because those days Charatans were entirely handmade.
