Recent content by castellarius
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Calling on Peterson Experts
Peck, Six....you lucky guys, wonderful, wonderful pipes in stunning conditions :D- castellarius
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Who Makes Your Favorite Stems?
I love Peterson's P-lip and the old Charatan double comfort of the Lane era. But I'd like to tell about an italian artisan, Mauro Gilli, who reapirs pipes and produces very few of it's own. He really is famous among italian pipe smokers because of it's ability with stems. I've seen new stems...- castellarius
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Chacom Pipes What do You Think ?
I've got one, a Chacom Terra Natural and really like it. They probably aren't the best pipes in the world, BUT they are really well drilled, solid and nice smokers. And they are not overpriced. So I'm totally satisfied, and I think they are honest pipes from a producer (CHApuis-COMoy) who has a...- castellarius
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Wife Bought Me a New Pipe
Congratulations ! Your wife has choosen a classy pipe for you , enjoy it :-)- castellarius
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Castello Sea Rock "Cavallo" Billiard
Congratulations on the wonderful Castello. The silver work is exceptionally beautiful and of course the finish of the pipe too. Seen those beauties in the Castello Factory in Cantù, and I was very tempted to grab one too, except they told me that those pipes were already sold to various shops...- castellarius
- Post #37
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Antique Store Find In New Zealand
Congratulations, you have found a very nice Pete and it looks in excellent shape !- castellarius
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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New Peterson Arrived....
Thank you guys, I'll try to reply to the questions... As for the band, it is gold if we believe to the markings (9k gold); Anthony be careful with Petes, they become addictive eheheh As for how it smokes, it smokes beautifully, at least for the first smoke I tried today. Of course being the bowl...- castellarius
- Post #21
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Perkins Special Made In England 469 estate
Nice pipe and nice book ;-)- castellarius
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Show Off Your Freehand Pipes Here!
While not beeing a huge fan of the freehands, Some of them are really attractive and I just can't say no... I have a very few of them, and really I don't know if they can really be said "freehand". Perhaps, as I like the classic shapes, I choose "freehand" shapes that are not too far from...- castellarius
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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New Peterson Arrived....
Thank you guys =) I couldn't resist and fired it up with Dunhill 965....she smokes wonderfully !- castellarius
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Perkins Special Made In England 469 estate
I've no idea about the stampings, but cleaned up it will be a very nice billard, congratulations !- castellarius
- Post #5
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!
Wonderful meer guys, thanks for showing. Need to take a pic of my dragon, which, despite smoking, is still white :-( @Jonasclark : The bedouin is absolutely the most beautiful meer I've ever seen, thanks for sharing that beauty !!- castellarius
- Post #48
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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New Peterson Arrived....
Update: PS *should* be for : Peterson Special , I remeber having read that, but I'm trying to find where I actually did read it...- castellarius
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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New Peterson Arrived....
Thanks Six :-) A good guess, you might really be right ! I'm searching the internet, but apparently there is nothing about this...I might write an email to Peterson, I'm really curious about this marking ! Now, 2 or 3 more Petes and my little collection will be complete, but they are hard to...- castellarius
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Talk