PREBEN HOLM - Ben Wade GOLDEN MATT c1972-89 Gorgeous Straight Grain, NEAR MINT!

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PREBEN HOLM - Ben Wade GOLDEN MATT c1972-89 Gorgeous Straight Grain, NEAR MINT!
PREBEN HOLM - Ben Wade GOLDEN MATT c1972-89 Gorgeous Straight Grain, NEAR MINT!
Description
Ben Wade
- GOLDEN MATT
PREBEN HOLM Era c1972-89
Large Straight Grain Freehand
Plateau Rim, Near Mint Shape!
Offering a one of the best-looking
Ben Wade
pipes I’ve had in a while, really gorgeous and large too! It’s a GOLDEN MATT model, and it’s from Denmark, made by Preben Holm in the 1972-89 era. The pipe looks great to my eye, with a bunch of nice fine straight grain, and the bowl is in amazing shape too! The pipe is over-sized a bit, has a good bowl volume and the inside is well seasoned. The interior has a light cake, should smoke great early on, and the draw hole is bottom center. Stem is a nice looking pearl gray acrylic, with the “BW” Crown logo on top. It has very slight tooth marks, with a nice hand-cut design. Pipe weighs in about 2.8 ounces, which isn’t that heavy for a good-sized bowl. The top rim is natural plateau, or root ball exterior, and in great condition.
Expertly reconditioned, polished and ready to smoke!
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Additional cleaning may be desired on some pipes, as I focus on the exterior reconditioning and reaming, and leave the shank interior to the new owner. Pipe stand not included with any pipe.
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Markings:
Ben Wade
, GOLDEN MATT, HAND MADE, IN DENMARK
Approximate Dimensions:
Overall Length – 7 1/8”
Bowl Height – 2 3/4”
Internal Depth – 1 7/8”-
Inside Diameter – 1 3/16”
Weight – 2.8 ounces
Pipes bearing the label Ben Wade were made in Leeds, England, at least as early as 1922. The Leeds company was purchased by Charatan in 1965, which itself had been purchased by Lane Ltd in 1962. In this period, production of Ben Wade pipes in the UK moved to London.
As of 1965, Lane Ltd effectively owned the rights to the Ben Wade label in the U.S. and famous Danish pipe maker Preben Holm made pipes bearing this label for Lane from about 1972-89
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