Beautifully Grained Masta Patent Standard 1/2 Bent Billiard, London.
Item History & Price
Pipe length......5.20 inches Bowl height.....1.80 inches Internal bowl diameter......0.725 of an inch.
This is a Lovely Refurbished Masta Patent Standard 47 Billiard 1/2 Bent Made in London. The Masta Brand was created around 1900 in London and Masta pipes were mostly exported to Scandinavian Countries. In 1967 Dunhill amalgamated 3 Brands, Parker, Hardcastle and Masta to create Parker Hardcastle Ltd i...n Parkers St.Andrews Walthamstow London Factory, but while Parker and Hardcastle flourished, it seems Masta production ceased in the mid-late 1990s. The briar of this Masta Billiard is a Mid Brown colour with some well defined lovely Birdseye and Straight graining, the odd flaw, but the bowl rim is crisp with tight straight graining. The stem is non-filter, has no visible logo, and just the lightest of tooth chatter. The bowl was lightly reamed and cleansed, the stem was fully sanitized to make the pipe ready to smoke as soon as you receive it, before the whole pipe was lightly polished and waxed to give the lovely finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, it sits so snugly in the hand, balanced and tactile.
Thanks for looking and as usual I will combine postage if you buy more than one of my items from this auction. European tracked postage is £9.85 and for the rest of the world is £11.85......I have had to increase charges following Royal Mail price increases in April but will still combine any number of pipes for the price of one.
This is a Lovely Refurbished Masta Patent Standard 47 Billiard 1/2 Bent Made in London. The Masta Brand was created around 1900 in London and Masta pipes were mostly exported to Scandinavian Countries. In 1967 Dunhill amalgamated 3 Brands, Parker, Hardcastle and Masta to create Parker Hardcastle Ltd i...n Parkers St.Andrews Walthamstow London Factory, but while Parker and Hardcastle flourished, it seems Masta production ceased in the mid-late 1990s. The briar of this Masta Billiard is a Mid Brown colour with some well defined lovely Birdseye and Straight graining, the odd flaw, but the bowl rim is crisp with tight straight graining. The stem is non-filter, has no visible logo, and just the lightest of tooth chatter. The bowl was lightly reamed and cleansed, the stem was fully sanitized to make the pipe ready to smoke as soon as you receive it, before the whole pipe was lightly polished and waxed to give the lovely finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, it sits so snugly in the hand, balanced and tactile.
Thanks for looking and as usual I will combine postage if you buy more than one of my items from this auction. European tracked postage is £9.85 and for the rest of the world is £11.85......I have had to increase charges following Royal Mail price increases in April but will still combine any number of pipes for the price of one.
