Stanwell, Copenhagen, Denmark

"To smoke a pipe is not to be considered as a vice, it is art and a way of life!"

Stanwell, a factory made classic from Denmark

I had been puffing my first Stanwells already in the early 60ies

and had not regarded them as bad pipes at all! Then I was with-

out smoking about ten years, and when again beginning to yearn

after pipes I did not buy but the Stanwell cheapos, "Royal Da-

nishes". Funny enough, the cheaper the pipe, the greater its

name, as the Dane Jesper Klith once wrote.

BTW, Jesper is working for a tobacconist FF-Piber. They are

from a small town Randers in Jutland and Jesper is a great chap

selling also other pipes, e.g. many great Danish brands and even

Dunhill via FF-Piber. Also many blends are available through them.

BTW, I am in no connection with FF-Piber other than as a satisfied

client.

Another source of my new Stanwells is the German Dan Pipe, which

distributes its wonderful catalog for free. Almost the only drawback

with DP is the fact that almost all the pipes they sell are made for

the German market, which means they are bored to 9 mm. My newest

Stanwell ("Rondo Sand" below) arrived from Dan Pipe just a couple of

days after Christmas 2000:

My latest Stanwell, a gift from December 2001

Sandblasted Stanwell: odd logo with a dot to the right

of "S"

I got this pipe as a gift from a dear friend in December 2001.

I believe this is a year pipe with the silver plate on which one can have his

name engraved. The Stanwell logo on the stem is new to me because of the little

silver dot to the right and vertically in the middle of the "S".

I have smoked it half a year now and it is a very good smoker like all my Stanwells.

In fact, when writing this I am puffing Dunhill "De Luxe Navy Rolls" in it with

a great pleasure. Its tobacco chamber was precarbonized, but the pipe was very soon

broken in. It is bored to 9mm, but I smoke it with the plastic insert available from

well-stocked tobacconist or from e.g. Dan Pipe, Germany.

There is no need for a filter. The only filter I can accept is the Savinelli balsa

stick, which actually is not a filter at all. :)

Stanwell "Rondo Sand" Apple, Dec. 28.2000

A beautifully sandblasted Apple, isn't it!

A right view, the insert is artificial amber and brass

The blast shows a rather regular ring grain pattern at bottom

Stanwell "Brazilia" Rhodesian

Sanblasted "Brazilia" with a horn insert

I bought this "Brazilia" Rhodesian from FF-Piber. It is a

sandblasted pipe, with the typical characteristic of a horn

insert between two brass mountings.

Stanwell Brazilia from right

According to Jesper the Brazilians are quite rare, i.e. Stanwell

makes relatively few of them. He also wrote that he chose this

very pipe in an exhibition to sell through FF-Piber via the WWW.

My first impression is very good, although I prefer a virgin

tobacco chamber better than a precarbonized like in this pipe.

A pipe feels more like one's own when one has begun puffing it

from the scratch without any precarbonizations whatsoever!

2.9.99

Today I can say that the Brazilia is broken in and it proves Stanwell

must be among the best factory made pipes together with Savinelli.

The smokes are now smooth and mellow but excellently able to bring

forth the best quality of a Va. blend. I have smoked only Virginia and

Va. - Perique blends in it. As a pipe for Escudo this pipe seems to

excellent!

Stanwell "Bamboo" Billiard

After the experiences with the Brazilia I bought another Stanwell,

where else than FF-Piber and Jesper! This is a straight SB billiard

with a bamboo shank. This is my first bamboo pipe and if you ask me,

it is looks great! It is very light-weighted relative to its size

(Dunhill group 5). I am expecting great puffs from it. I'll tell

later how I'll find it, but at least the smoke channel is just as

it is supposed to be; not too narrow, the pipe doesn't whistle.

Stanwell Bamboo from left

Nice ring grained blast

Two old Royal Danish, i.e. seconds from Stanwell:

I have chosen the following two pipes to represent my older Royal

Danish category. They are very good pipes, although they did not

cost much at the time I purchased them in the 60ies.

Royal Danish

This "Royal Danish" by "Stanwell" is called "military" based on

its shaft. The stem penetrates inside of the shank without a shoulder.

The shank also happens to be ferruled. This way the stem can be removed

from the shank even in the midst of smoking (e.g. while in battle) and put

in the pocket without the fear of breaking while crawling or riding a horse.

Royal Danish Rhodesian

I have two identical Royal Danish Rhodesians like this one. A good shape!

Le Nuvole, light like a cloud

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Updated July 4,2002