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All Ashton pipes now greatly reduced in price - I need to make way for new stock!
Ashton Pipes - made in England by
Bill Ashton-Taylor
Bill Taylor must be one of the best known - and best loved - pipemakers in the world. He started his career as an apprentice with Dunhill as a teenager and rose to the position of Quality Control Manager before leaving to start his own pipemaking business in 1984. Ashton pipes were an instant success.
The rest, as they say, is history. The Ashton name is now revered by pipesmokers all around the world.
Ashton pipes are oil-cured. This process - which Bill has patented - involves repeatedly heating each individual bowl to open the grain, then soaking it in a secret mixture of precious oils, which replace the sour-tasting moisture which is naturally present in briar. This not only shortens the "breaking in" period, it dramatically reduces the chances of burn-out, cracking, etc., which are so often caused by moisture remaining in imperfectly cured briar.
Most of Bill's pipes now have a mouthpiece made from "Ashtonite", a specially developed material which combines many of the advantages of both acrylic and vulcanite. It keeps its polish and does not discolour, yet it not so hard on the teeth, nor so brittle, as Acrylic.
Bill and I have been close friends for many years. He was kind enough to give me much encouragement and advice when I started this business - even though I was then a competitor. I am therefore delighted that I am now able to work in collaboration with Bill, in bringing you these pipes.
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All Ashton pipes now
greatly reduced in price - I need to make way for new stock!
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| Section 2 - Standard Ashton pipes, sizes X, XX, XXX, LX and ELX (as available) |
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No. 1055 Ashton Pebble Grain Bulldog Size XX Weight: 32g / 1.1 ounces 1.4" x 0.8" dia. (35mm x 20mm dia.) A delightful smaller (size XX) Classic taper-stem Bulldog with polished rim. Was £ |
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No. 1057 Ashton Pebble Grain Dublin Size XXX Weight: 43g / 1.5 ounces 1.9" x 0.8" dia. (47mm x 20mm dia.) A classic Dublin with thick walls and a bowl slightly more than two inches tall Was £ |
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No. 1100 Ashton Carved Quaint Size XXX Weight: 48g / 1.6 ounces 1.8" x 0.85" dia. (45mm x 21mm dia.) A rare and hard-to-find Ashton hand-carved eight-panel Quaint in in the famous "Oldchurch" tan finish. This pipe also has the benefit of a Cumberland Ashtonite mouthpiece. Was £ |
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No. 1221 Ashton Oldchurch Poker Size LX Weight: 67g / 2.4 ounces 1.8" x 0.8" dia. (45mm x 20mm dia.) A Classic Poker of generous proportions, in Oldchurch tan finish and with a Cumberland Ashtonite mouthpiece was £ |
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972 Ashton Sovereign Billiard Size XXX Weight: 73g / 2.5 ounces Tobacco Chamber: 1.75" x 0.9" dia. (45mm x 22mm dia.) was £175.00 Reduced - now
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Ashton Pipe Stands These limited edition, luxury stands will display your Ashton pipes to perfection. Available in models to display one, two or three pipes, in a choice of dark wood finish with silver-colour stand or pale wood finish with gold-colour stand. Single pipe stand, silver - No longer available Double pipe stand, silver - £30.00 Triple pipe stand, silver - No longer available Stocks of these stands are limited, so please state a second choice, if possible, when placing your order. |
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