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When J.B. Russell went out of business in 2002 Dunhill re-purchased Charatan and called on '''Colin Fromm''' of [[Invicta Briars]] and [[Castleford]] fame to produce Charatan freehands now. Since Colin Fromm and his foreman Colin Leeson, both belonging to the small number of English pipe artisans skilled in making high-end freehand shapes, had already been making exquisite freehands for Dunhill for a couple of years in Chatham, Kent. [[Image:CharatanFreehand.jpg|thumb|center|A Charatan Freehand sandblast from the period after Dunhill acquired the company - Courtesy of Mike Ahmadi]]
When J.B. Russell went out of business in 2002 Dunhill re-purchased Charatan and called on '''Colin Fromm''' of [[Invicta Briars]] and [[Castleford]] fame to produce Charatan freehands now. Since Colin Fromm and his foreman Colin Leeson, both belonging to the small number of English pipe artisans skilled in making high-end freehand shapes, had already been making exquisite freehands for Dunhill for a couple of years in Chatham, Kent. [[Image:CharatanFreehand.jpg|thumb|center|A Charatan Freehand sandblast from the period after Dunhill acquired the company - Courtesy of Mike Ahmadi]]
[[File:B 1-3.jpg|thumb|300px|Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]]
[[File:B 1-3.jpg|thumb|200px|Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]]
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