I bought a pipe! First prize to whoever can tell me what shape this is. Seriously, I should know or at the very least be able to come up with an answer, it's almost a Hillcrest shape. Waiting to see it in hand to find out if has an oval shank, still not quite that shape though...
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It does look like a Hillcrest shape.Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:06 am I bought a pipe! First prize to whoever can tell me what shape this is. Seriously, I should know or at the very least be able to come up with an answer, it's almost a Hillcrest shape. Waiting to see it in hand to find out if has an oval shank, still not quite that shape though...
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Actually that looks like the same shape that they are using for this year’s special edition Apollo 13Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:06 am I bought a pipe! First prize to whoever can tell me what shape this is. Seriously, I should know or at the very least be able to come up with an answer, it's almost a Hillcrest shape. Waiting to see it in hand to find out if has an oval shank, still not quite that shape though...
Holy Cow! That's beautiful!Tennessee Dave wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:03 pm Always wanted an Eltang so I got this one in yesterday.
Enjoy your smokes
Thanks for the warm welcome @MikeDennison @Fr_Tom . Here's the Grabow all cleaned up:
And a Kaywoodie shake 95b I picked up in pretty good condition
And a Kaywoodie shake 95b I picked up in pretty good condition
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Holy hell.. Good to see ya!
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“Nowhere in the world will such a brotherly feeling of confidence be experienced as amongst those who sit together smoking their pipes.”
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein