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    Pre-Lane Charatans?

    Thanks for that :) I was thinking about it being seconds as well. Knowing that Charatan's 'factory' was located at Charatan Street in London, it seems rather logical :) But, I still hope for a Charatan-expert to give his/her 2 cents on it.
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    My Lonely Canadian

    I also have just one Canadian shaped pipe. I must say, when comparing this to Billiards, the Canadian is my prefered pipe. I usually smoke bent pipes tho, but this one earned itself a place in my smoking set :) I nice looking Shalom Mosaic I picked up in a refurb lot about a month ago. Resting...
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    Pre-Lane Charatans?

    Hi all! I recently bought a batch of pipes for refurbishing and there were two pipes that stood out to me due to the 'strange' shape and the usage. Heavily caked bowls and load of damage from emptying the bowl on an ashtray or something. Most of the markings were difficuly to read or had worn...
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    Re-Stamping Vulcanite Stems?

    If you have a steady hand you might be able to do this yourself! I know of a guy that uses his dremel and a used dental drill to make marks deeper so they stand out more. This same method could be used to re-engrave a logo me thinks ;)
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    ***What Are You Smoking*** (April 2014)

    Just finished a bowl of Rattray's Bagpipers Dream in my Peterson 307 System Standard.
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    Free Pipe Project

    Ok WOW, the sheer size and scale of this amazes me a LOT! Being from The Netherlands, I also am a member of the dutch 'pijprokersforum' and being a new pipe smoker, I am happy to have received a few samples of tobacco from some of it's members. Usually that's about two bowls in a ziplock bag...
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    A New Pipe For Eighteen Dollars

    Looks like a Falcon/Lindbergh-ish pipe? Can't make out what it is due to the small picture :D
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    New Members, Introduce Yourself!

    Hello all! Yet another new member on the forums :D As my nickname suggests, I'm not from the US, but The Netherlands. The country where everything is possible, but the tobacco twice as expensive and the gasoline seriously overpriced :) 38 years old, smoking pipe for about half a year now...