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    Estate find - G Fish

    Yeah me too, which shocked me when it wasn't under "G" or "pipe shapes" on pipedia.
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    Estate find - G Fish

    That was exactly the vibe I got. Looks like a bizarre sea monster on the edge of an old treasure map.
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    Estate find - G Fish

    Hello! Just found this at a thrift store and was wondering if anyone could help me learn a bit about it. Cheers!
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    Craziest tamper

    I have liquorice root sticks to chew on and they're really nice hard wood so I've carved and sanded a couple of the larger ones down to use as pipe tools and I've been really happy with them. If I lose them I just make another.
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    Show Us Your Savinelli Pipes!

    Today's vintage store find was a Punto Oro 605. Cleaned it up a little and had a little smoke out of it. Can anyone tell me anything about this pipe? Wasn't able to find much.
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    The Perfect Outdoorsman Hat

    Edit: I should say, I love it because you can crush it into a fist sized ball, secure it with a rubber band and throw it in a bag and it will pop right back into shape when you need it.
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    The Perfect Outdoorsman Hat

    I love my American Hat Makers' "Crusher"
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    School me on Gourd Calabash Pipes

    Yeah I read through this whole discussion to see if I could figure anything out so I kinda figured that was the case. :) appreciate ya.
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    School me on Gourd Calabash Pipes

    Thanks for the advice! Is it silly to ask if anyone knows anything about its origins? Doesn't seem to have and discernable maker marks on it. :/
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    School me on Gourd Calabash Pipes

    Wow, wasn't expecting the stem to be original. I've never heard of them straightening back out, very interesting... When I was looking it over it had a little bit left of a white ring between the pipe and burl piece that looks to have long since crumbled (pic #3). Edit: also the stem falls out...
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    School me on Gourd Calabash Pipes

    This Calabash is the only surviving (barely) relic of my SO's grandfather's pipe collection. I've been interested in getting it restored for her for a long while now but as much as she'd love the sentiment, she would be a bit unenthused about the use of funds. Bonus picture: the silly stem...
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    Hello from CA/MT/TN

    Here's my Meerschaum Oom Paul.
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    Hello from CA/MT/TN

    Hiya folks! Been reading all I can to inform myself. My SO has a couple pipes from her grandfather so I tried smoking one of those (Dr. Grabbow) to decide if I wanted to get my own.... Well I didn't last long. Got a few bowls into my very own Meer Oom Paul and now I'm here. Now I guess how...