Charatan of London Knight's Bridge 3102 Pipe

This estate piece is a classic testament to golden-era British manufacturing: a vintage Charatan Knights Bridge, cut in the iconic 3102 straight Billiard shape. For decades, Charatan stood at the forefront of London pipemaking, renowned as the oldest pipe house in the city and celebrated for their entirely hand-made approach to carving briar. The Knights Bridge line was designed to offer the exact same legendary Algerian briar quality and exceptional smoking characteristics of their premium lines, but dressed in a dark, rugged sandblasted finish to handle minor surface imperfections. Today, vintage family-era Charatan pieces are highly prized by collectors for their historic engineering, exceptional durability, and classic English style.

The stummel is sculpted into an exceptionally sharp straight Billiard, featuring a tall, vertical bowl and a slender, perfectly circular shank. The briar is treated to a beautiful, deeply craggy sandblast texture dressed in a dark plum and black contrast stain. This intricate finish wraps handsomely around the bowl and along the length of the shank, while leaving the flat rim top nicely textured. The long shank transitions smoothly into a jet-black vulcanite taper stem that balances the visual weight of the tall bowl perfectly while offering the comfortable, thin button that made Charatan famous.

The precise physical measurements for this English classic are: Overall Length: 5.80 inches
Chamber Width: 0.80 inches
Chamber Depth: 1.70 inches