Did Charatan made pipes stamped "Own make" ? BTW: the text by Ivy Ryan is most interesting, but some consider it as not exactly accurate, we read in Pipedia:
Note: Memories of Charatan Pipes and Notes on their Dating, an article that appeared in The Pipe Collector written by Ivy Ryan has been removed from Pipedia. Charatan experts and enthusiasts indicate that this article contains miss-information as to the dating of Charatan pipes.
Pipedia further says:
The following Charatan Article in Italian is reported to be excellent. It is a study by Fabio Ferrara (Monterubbiano - Italy) based on more than 2000 old Charatan pipes he studied from the "Basciano stock" purchased by Mario Lubinski - Fermo). Unfortunately in Italian.
http://digilander.libero.it/tempioedonismo/CHARATAN.htm
There is also text on Charatan by Tad Gage
http://www.pipeguy.com/cp-gage.htm
But the link seems to be dead. I trust that some of us saved it in some readable format and are ready to help.
Back to the matter
I found nothing on BBB Own Make Perfection. Nothing also in here
http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm
In general it seems, that there were two main grades: Own Make and Best Make. The sources published here
http://pipepages.com/bbb.htm
may create an impression that main lines within the Own Make grade were: Virgin, Sterling Silver, Thorneycroft, Rare Grain, Walnut, Block Meerschaum Lined Virgin. These names in a way dominate the BBB scene as we see and read in sources published at Pipepages.
But there is an exception: in the Tinderbox catalog from 1979
http://pipepages.com/tinderbox2.htm
we see something new. It is BBB Golden Legacy..."The reminiscent of the halcyon days of pipe making, we present the BBB Golden Legacy. Those of you who remember the BBB pipes of yesteryears will know and appreciate these classic reissues...
http://pipepages.com/pics/tbox11.jpg
So I still know nothing for sure, but I am not excluding, that by analogy this Own Make Perfection may be of a similar to this Golden Legacy edition. Maybe the people who are more knowledgeable on Tinderbox may add something ? maybe somebody is in a possession of other catalogs, flyers etc ?
EDIT:
Beforementioned lines of the BBB seem to be characteristic for time when these catalogs were published and earlier. With time going on new edition were offered; I have now in my hands nice looking bent rhodesiana BBB, MINERVA, MATT, London, England, model number 421. This very pipe was manufactured in late '80, maybe at the beginning of '90. No stamping like Own Make or Best Make. Maybe the pipe marked Own Make and Perfection cames from time, when the Own Make stamp was still in use, and new lines were indroduced ?