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[[Image:charatan1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Early Lane period, courtesy [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=681 SmokersHaven]]]'''Important announcement:''' '''''An excellent article, '''''[[Dating of Charatans]]''''' has been translated for Pipedia by Mathias Acciai. This study by '''[[Fabio Ferrara]]''' of Monterubbiano - Italy is based on more than 2000 old Charatan pipes he studied from the "Basciano stock" purchased by Mario Lubinski - Fermo. This fantastic addition to the Charatan knowledge base is now in English here on Pipedia.''''' | [[Image:charatan1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Early Lane period, courtesy [http://www.smokershaven.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=681 SmokersHaven]]][[File:CharatanAd.jpg|thumb|Lane Era Charatan Ad, courtsy Doug Valitchka]]'''Important announcement:''' '''''An excellent article, '''''[[Dating of Charatans]]''''' has been translated for Pipedia by Mathias Acciai. This study by '''[[Fabio Ferrara]]''' of Monterubbiano - Italy is based on more than 2000 old Charatan pipes he studied from the "Basciano stock" purchased by Mario Lubinski - Fermo. This fantastic addition to the Charatan knowledge base is now in English here on Pipedia.''''' | ||
'''Note:''' In the United States, Charatan is often miss-pronounced. Rick Newcombe interviewed Ken Barnes and reports, "The pronunciation of CHaratan pipes (not Sheraton) is likely to cause controversy, but the people who knew the Charatans say the matter is not open for debate. As Ken said, "Barry Jones would have gotten his ears boxed if he had called Reuben “Mr. Sheraton.”" | '''Note:''' In the United States, Charatan is often miss-pronounced. Rick Newcombe interviewed Ken Barnes and reports, "The pronunciation of CHaratan pipes (not Sheraton) is likely to cause controversy, but the people who knew the Charatans say the matter is not open for debate. As Ken said, "Barry Jones would have gotten his ears boxed if he had called Reuben “Mr. Sheraton.”" | ||