Products of Ashton
Bill Ashton Taylor was a master pipe maker in the world renowned company Dunhill, until he opened his own workshop in the north-east of Longon. After his death in 2012, his right hand Jimmy Craig took over the production.
The line up is strictly English. The pipes are famous for their taste, which is a result of a special 'secret' treatment of the wood – the so called oil curing.
The mouthpieces are also very special. They are made with a mixture of ebonite and acrylic, in pipe circles called 'Ashtonite'. It combines the advantages of both materials, the soft bite of ebonite and the light resistance of acrylic.
Our senior, Bernd Kopp, is a passionate Ashton smoker. He has over a dozen of them in use. No pipe tastes better he sais.