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- Mr Beardsley
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I just snagged this GBD pot. Now I just need to wait "patiently" for its arrival
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It looks like a 789. I predict you will like that pipe a lot.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:26 pm I just snagged this GBD pot. Now I just need to wait "patiently" for its arrival
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I think you're 100 % correct as usual. It's kind of funny because I don't always care for the most proper / traditional / rigid shaping but for some reason a pot shape between 5 & 5.5 inches has tickled my fancy from the day I started shopping for pipesFr_Tom wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:16 amIt looks like a 789. I predict you will like that pipe a lot.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:26 pm I just snagged this GBD pot. Now I just need to wait "patiently" for its arrival
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My most recent GBD was a 789. I have at least one more in that shape (probably 2). I have always liked the GBD stems.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:19 amI think you're 100 % correct as usual. It's kind of funny because I don't always care for the most proper / traditional / rigid shaping but for some reason a pot shape between 5 & 5.5 inches has tickled my fancy from the day I started shopping for pipesFr_Tom wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:16 amIt looks like a 789. I predict you will like that pipe a lot.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:26 pm I just snagged this GBD pot. Now I just need to wait "patiently" for its arrival
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I have the stuff to re-work a stem or drop it off to my friend and have him do it but I actually never have done it. This will be my first GBD but my 3 Comoy's and 2 Old England pipes tell me that the British manufacturers of old really knew what they were doing and took some pride in their stem work.Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 6:50 amMy most recent GBD was a 789. I have at least one more in that shape (probably 2). I have always liked the GBD stems.Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:19 amI think you're 100 % correct as usual. It's kind of funny because I don't always care for the most proper / traditional / rigid shaping but for some reason a pot shape between 5 & 5.5 inches has tickled my fancy from the day I started shopping for pipes
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FR_Tom is going to have us all chasing down vintage pots. Might have to change the words under PSF to say Pot Shape Forum pretty soonMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:26 pm I just snagged this GBD pot. Now I just need to wait "patiently" for its arrival
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You're not wrong lol. I kept seeing all of the old pots posted and started casually looking. Then I was hanging out with my friend Neal one day and he gave me an old Challenger pot. A few days after that I came across the Svendborg straight pot in my collection and it's been snowballing ever since. I'm not sure what it is but those dang pots are all great smokers, I haven't gotten a dog yethoutenziel wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:18 pmFR_Tom is going to have us all chasing down vintage pots. Might have to change the words under PSF to say Pot Shape Forum pretty soonMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:26 pm I just snagged this GBD pot. Now I just need to wait "patiently" for its arrival
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You should see my ebay watch list.. it's getting unmanageable, and it's all from watching the WAYS thread..lolMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:28 pm
You're not wrong lol. I kept seeing all of the old pots posted and started casually looking. Then I was hanging out with my friend Neal one day and he gave me an old Challenger pot. A few days after that I came across the Svendborg straight pot in my collection and it's been snowballing ever since. I'm not sure what it is but those dang pots are all great smokers, I haven't gotten a dog yet
As far as pots go, there is something magical about the wide bowl that really brings out flavors in blends with a lot of components. English blends especially(for me), have a lot more complexity, probably due to a much larger cross-section of different tobaccos burning vs. a narrow chamber. Just guessing here also, but the larger chamber diameter probably spreads and slows down the volume of air for a given draw, causing the tobacco to burn cooler. Pair that with a nice giganto-hunk of briar with thick chamber walls, and you got yerself the fixin's for a sweet smoker.
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