THE LAST PRECIOUS FEW PIPES

After listing my pipe collection on eBay, it’s time to part with the favorites - my Ashtons by Bill Taylor, my Ferndowns by Les Wood, and a few other high end pieces. Any of these that don’t sell, I will gladly keep.

RARE 🇬🇧 1988 Ashton OS (oversized) Billiard pipe with nice 360° ring grain in the pebble grain finish. Genuine First Five Years of production Bill Taylor made in EXCELLENT/ near MINT CONDITION

From 1983-2005 The Ashton Pipe company creator Bill Taylor made WONDERFUL looking and incredible English briars that are so fabulously good smokers, thus highly collectible to this day.

Aston continues with Jimmy Craig who trained under Bill so Ashton quality continues to this day. But we Ashton fans know that Bill Taylor Era pipes are special.

This pipe is dated 1988 - First five years for Ashton which started in 1983 and relief / ring grains - so reasonably rare. IN ORIGINAL ASHTON LEATHER SLEEVE.

In addition, this is the fairly rare OS (oversized) Billiard. But still it weighs only 1.65 ounces.

The Relief grain of the pipe is outstanding. Check out the grain on all sides the bowl and shank. Dunhill would be jealous! It has a deep black ashtonite stem. There are no scratches, dents, shop wear, rim char, excessive cake and teeth chatter.

Its dimensions are:

LENGTH: 6"

HEIGHT: 2”

WIDTH: 1-1/2”

CHAMBER DIAMETER: 13/16"

WEIGHT : 1.65 oz

(making it about a Dunhill group 5-6)

Marked

OS

Ashton

PEBBLE GRAIN

Made In England 8

Bid well my Ashton friends.....or I will be very glad to keep it.

From my personal collection. Am liquidating what I have left of a large collection as I retire. Be sure to check out my other fine pipes, and lighters etc. listed at buy it now prices or best offer.

From a fifty year collection of an avid pipe collector - now scaling back for retirement.

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