Latest Pipe Purchase 2018

Thelonious monkfish · Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:31 pm

vwdeano wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:14 pm
Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:53 pm Okay, this was a trade, I would not/could not spend this kind of money but was somehow able to barter a deal and couldn't pass it up, here's the result. One brand new Radice Rind with faux bamboo and one tub of SWRA, thinking these two will get along nicely.

Yow! that is a DANDY!

Thanks, Dean, got lucky, hot hand.

Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:56 pm

Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:31 pm
Okay, this was a trade, I would not/could not spend this kind of money but was somehow able to barter a deal and couldn't pass it up, here's the result. One brand new Radice Rind with faux bamboo and one tub of SWRA, thinking these two will get along nicely.

Looks like a decent bowl capacity. I approve!

Thelonious monkfish · Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:04 pm

Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:56 pm
Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:31 pm
Okay, this was a trade, I would not/could not spend this kind of money but was somehow able to barter a deal and couldn't pass it up, here's the result. One brand new Radice Rind with faux bamboo and one tub of SWRA, thinking these two will get along nicely.

Looks like a decent bowl capacity. I approve!

Thanks, Padre. Currently able to bottom out my index in the chamber, but I let them cake up so need to go full measure tamping with my finger while it still fits.

Mr Beardsley · Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:12 pm

Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:53 pm Okay, this was a trade, I would not/could not spend this kind of money but was somehow able to barter a deal and couldn't pass it up, here's the result. One brand new Radice Rind with faux bamboo and one tub of SWRA, thinking these two will get along nicely.

That looks like a great score!

avid · Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:09 pm

And here she is, the Crown Duke just arrived...it is small in stature, looks like chamber is similar to a Legend, maybe a bit bigger...?

About to find out how she smokes, packed with Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic...

avid · Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:09 pm

Well, double K didn't steer me wrong. The Crown Duke smokes like a dream, I would say better than the two smaller-bowl MM's I have, a quaint little ghost, it has. Can't wait to introduce a few of my beloved aromatics.

$15.84 shipped to my mailbox, and being a filter fiend, I'll probably go out and spend double that on a good supply of Dr. Grabow filters. Heck, next trip to Paul's will see if they have a few to choose from off a board display, or out of one of their random drawers of vintage pipes...

Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:21 pm

avid wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:09 pm Well, double K didn't steer me wrong. The Crown Duke smokes like a dream, I would say better than the two smaller-bowl MM's I have, a quaint little ghost, it has. Can't wait to introduce a few of my beloved aromatics.

$15.84 shipped to my mailbox, and being a filter fiend, I'll probably go out and spend double that on a good supply of Dr. Grabow filters. Heck, next trip to Paul's will see if they have a few to choose from off a board display, or out of one of their random drawers of vintage pipes...

That's great! I knew you'd like it

rekamepip · Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:59 pm

scored a little lot o pipes on ebay
patiently awaiting arrival
hoping to find a gem or two in this batch

Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:29 pm

rekamepip wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:59 pm scored a little lot o pipes on ebay
patiently awaiting arrival
hoping to find a gem or two in this batch

Whoohoo! Looks as if it has potential.

Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:05 pm

rekamepip wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:59 pm scored a little lot o pipes on ebay
patiently awaiting arrival
hoping to find a gem or two in this batch

Nice! I see more than a few in there that look like real smokers!