Fantastic 1986/8 Preben Holm Hand Made Ben Wade Martinique Sitter.
Item History & Price
Pipe length......6.70 inches Bowl height.....2.70 inches Internal bowl diameter......1.10 inches.
Full details of the pipe to follow later.............
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.On 20-Jul-19 at 09:16:04 BST, seller added the following information: This is a Fantastic Refurbished Lightly Smoked Hand Made Ben Wade Martinique Freehand Sitter Made in Denmark between 1974 and 1985 by Preben Holm (1942-1989). Ben Wade history is very complex post World War 2 and the purchase of the brand in the early 1960s by Lane & Co. of New York. Lane's had closed the Leeds factory by 1965, had pipes made by Charatan and closed that, sold the brand to Dunhill then took it back, finally getting pipes made by Preben Holm in Denmark who had already taken the USA by storm with his Danish Design in the late 1960s and 1970s. Exactly when Preben Holm Ben Wades first appeared seems unclear, it was thought to be a narrow window before his death in the mid 1980s, as by 1985 he was already very ill and running down his business, but newer information seems to indicate production for 10-12 years between the early 1970s and mid 1980s.... SO PLEASE IGNORE THE TITLE DATE!!... The briar of this Freehand Sitter is an almost pink/tan with wonderful Straight Flame and Birdseye graining, bowl rim and shank end are carved to a "Plateau finish". The push-mount stem is superb, a non-filter pearlescent gold/brown acrylic with Preben Holm's Ben Wade logo, a decorative saddle. A Stunning Pipe by a Danish Pipe Legend. 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 wonderful finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, it sit so comfortably in the hand, balanced and so tactile. Simply Stunning.
Full details of the pipe to follow later.............
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.On 20-Jul-19 at 09:16:04 BST, seller added the following information: This is a Fantastic Refurbished Lightly Smoked Hand Made Ben Wade Martinique Freehand Sitter Made in Denmark between 1974 and 1985 by Preben Holm (1942-1989). Ben Wade history is very complex post World War 2 and the purchase of the brand in the early 1960s by Lane & Co. of New York. Lane's had closed the Leeds factory by 1965, had pipes made by Charatan and closed that, sold the brand to Dunhill then took it back, finally getting pipes made by Preben Holm in Denmark who had already taken the USA by storm with his Danish Design in the late 1960s and 1970s. Exactly when Preben Holm Ben Wades first appeared seems unclear, it was thought to be a narrow window before his death in the mid 1980s, as by 1985 he was already very ill and running down his business, but newer information seems to indicate production for 10-12 years between the early 1970s and mid 1980s.... SO PLEASE IGNORE THE TITLE DATE!!... The briar of this Freehand Sitter is an almost pink/tan with wonderful Straight Flame and Birdseye graining, bowl rim and shank end are carved to a "Plateau finish". The push-mount stem is superb, a non-filter pearlescent gold/brown acrylic with Preben Holm's Ben Wade logo, a decorative saddle. A Stunning Pipe by a Danish Pipe Legend. 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 wonderful finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, it sit so comfortably in the hand, balanced and so tactile. Simply Stunning.
