Ashton Collection 2
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The second decade of the Ashton Pipe Company

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Image #105105.jpg (53841 bytes) shows one of the first pipes to possess an Ashtonite mouthpiece, introduced in 1992. Ashtonite, unlike Kryptonite, does not glow green, nor does it weaken superbeings. To the pipe smoker, though, it is quite beneficial in that it does not tarnish and yet is easier on the teeth than acrylic.

The year 1995 was a telling one in terms of nomenclature. Midway through that year the Ashton stamp (in script) was lost along with some of the finish stamps. Because of this many of the pipes had Ashton stamped in block letters instead of script, and in addition there was no finish (Oldchurch, Pebblegrain, etc.) stamped on many of the pipes. 1995 was also the year over half of the pipes produced had no date stamp.

Pipe #143143.jpg (41538 bytes) shows an Ashton straight grain, but instead of a number designating the grade there is a letter. From this time on both letters and numbers were used interchangeably. 

Images #169169.jpg (53053 bytes) and #170 170.jpg (46142 bytes)show the only two Ashton Free hands produced to that time. #170 is a smaller version of #169.

Very few Ashton Pebbleshell pipes were made during the years 1990- 1999 and only one is in the Ashton Collection.

Continue on to the last years of The Ashton Collection