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  1. yachtexplorer

    St. Louis Pipe Show - Who Will Be There?

    I will. It is a one day show on Saturday the 15th. I am arriving in St. Louis on Thursday and dining with some friends I haven't seen in a long time. Looking forward to the show and seeing some of my pipe buddies. I won't have a table as I am not yet selling my pipes but will have some on...
  2. yachtexplorer

    Cob or Briar? W/hy not both?

    I just finished a pipe modeled after a Missouri Meerschaum using Briar from Mimmo in Italy, a delrin tenon and black juma (food grade, thermoset plastic) for the stem. It is 5.75 inches long and weighs 34 grams. Also, unlike a true cob, the bowl and shank are one piece. It is a properly drilled...
  3. yachtexplorer

    Billiard 2nd Chamber Pipes

    I have been experimenting with 2nd chamber pipes that more closely resemble conventional pipes. Most have been bent, Danish-style freehands. Recently I took a stab at closely following the lines on my 1950 Dunhill LB Shell (the dark blasted on in the photos)and rendering them with a 1/2"...
  4. yachtexplorer

    Thinning My Herd - 40 Nice Pipes Available; 10/6/12

    I have about forty pipes remaining for sale, many unsmoked. Included are pipes by: Volmer & Nielson Peter Heding - 3 Brad Pohlmann - 2 Poul Ilsted Kent Rasmussen Jens "Tao" Nielsen - 4 Kai Nielsen Peter Stokkebye - 2 Dunhill - 7 Peter Heeschen Stephen Downie - 2 Bruce Weaver Viprati...
  5. yachtexplorer

    A Few Photos From Alaska This Summer

    For you guys who asked for some more of my photos:
  6. yachtexplorer

    The Sea Creature Collection Continues to Grow

    I have been very busy with our charters in Alaska these past several months. For those who asked for more photos, here are some sea creatures that were added to the aquarium. Whale by Sergey Cherepanov - Russia Snail/Ramses by Sergey Cherepanov - Russia Dorado by Jan Zeeman - New...
  7. yachtexplorer

    Pipe Babe at Sea

    Kelsy, the stewardess on our charter yacht hams it up for the camera with a sea urchin pipe by Ian Walker of Northern Briars
  8. yachtexplorer

    A Proud Father Brags on His Rock & Roll Son

    I just returned from a whirlwind five days in New York. My son, Gabriel, and his band, Dog Soldier Society http://dogsoldiersociety.com had a launch party for their new CD Fire on the Bowery. Gabe writes the lyrics and is lead singer/frontman for the band. They held the party at a trendy...
  9. yachtexplorer

    International Pipe Smoking Day in Seatlle

    I had the pleasure of joining the Seattle Pipe Club to celebrate IPSD. Although I missed being able to enjoy the company of my own club, the Vancouver Pipe Club, I was made to feel totally welcome and really enjoyed the fellowship with this great bunch of people. I was struck and very much...
  10. yachtexplorer

    Humans Are Creatures Of The Sea as well...

    and we have our myths, legends and fairy tales. I had the pleasure of meeting Kjeld Sorensen of Red Hat Pipes at the Las Vegas Show. He had an artfully done pipe, recently made, that I just could not resist as an addition to my collection of sea creatures. THE LITTLE MERMAID
  11. yachtexplorer

    Restoration - Well worth the effort

    I picked up this little 1963 Dunhill 54 group 2 bent billiard shell on ebay a few weeks ago. The rim was crusty and cruddy, the stem was totally oxidized and dark olive green, and it did not smell very good in the bowl. Ebay Listing With Photos After a reaming and cleaning of the shank and a...
  12. yachtexplorer

    Pipe Show Haul

    These are the new pipes I purchased at the show (2 more sea creatures included) Little Mermaid by Kjeld Sorensen "Red Hat" Bulldog Nosewarmer by Michael Parks Sea Urchin by Ian Walker of Northern Briars I commissioned this one with a shorter shank and amberine stem. Ian very kindly hand...
  13. yachtexplorer

    Photo from the Las Vegas West Coast Pipe show

    Major kudos to Steve O'Neil, Marty Pulvers and everybody who worked so hard to make this a fantastic show. It was too much fun. Niell Archer Roan fires up his new bamboo shanked fig by Adam Davidson, while Adam joins him for an adult beverage. Pipe smoker's nirvana Danish Grand Master...
  14. yachtexplorer

    Great Pipe Tobacco ad on youtube

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIVfkq4BIlE
  15. yachtexplorer

    New Sea Creature by Michael Parks

    "Three Fish"
  16. yachtexplorer

    Tonni Nielsen Whale/Ray - A New Sea Creature

    At the Richmond Pipe Show I had the pleasure of meeting Tonni Nielsen. Tonni is a very interesting, articulate, and outspoken guy and a living legend in the artisan pipe world. He started carving pipes as a teenager at W.O. Larsen learning from and carving along side some of the very best. He...
  17. yachtexplorer

    A Pipe Worth The Wait

    I commissioned this "Pierced Calabash" from Sergey Cherepanov last fall. He sent it in mid December. After languishing in US Customs for over 6 weeks, it finally arrived today. Cherepanov has some mad skills.
  18. yachtexplorer

    Tag Team Restoration of two Dunhills

    Yesterday my friend Geoff, a fellow Vancouver Pipe Club member, came on down to help restore a couple of pipes. His was a 1958 birth year Dunhill ODA Shell Billiard, definitely a nine inning pipe. It was in remarkably good condition fut the stem had quite a bit of oxidation. Mine was a 1963...
  19. yachtexplorer

    LET US SEE YOUR BACCY STASH

    I thought it would be fun to see the creative ways in which we keep our tobacco handy. I have quite a few boxes of tobacco aging in a storage unit. Being on a boat, the shelves all of "sea-rails" to keep things from spilling out when the boat takes a roll. This is what I keep on...
  20. yachtexplorer

    1966 Dunhill Restoration

    Here is an estate that needed some TLC and elbow grease. It took about an hour to transform this classic bulldog...time well spent IMO BEFORE AFTER Catalog Shot Edit: Edited text for each picture, Bubba
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