Sometimes you have a good birthday, and sometimes you don't. Yesterday was simple but good one for me. I bought myself an older Ascorti and my wife bought me some great Islay scotch, and my neighbor got me the good tequila. Then we all went to a local Mexican restaurant and I got some goat meat tacos with cilantro, onions and tomatoes. Oh and yeah, some more tequila with limes and salt! A great evening, and I didn't have to drive either, whoo, hoo! :mrgreen:
A few days earlier, I received this pipe I got off ebay, an Ascorti that needed some TLC. The top of the bowl was badly charred, top end of the stem was broken (bitten) off, and the pipe was rather dirty. I wavered on the buy it now price of $38 for a while before deciding to go for it and try to fix it up. I finally got some black super glue, so I figured this was a good candidate for it. It came out pretty good, got the button looking pretty perfect, and the whole pipe looks much better, in spite of there being one little char spot on the bowl top that I decided was too deep to remove. Odd thing, there's no "A" on the stem. But it looks to be original with the inset briar stripe. Can't see where it's been sanded or buffed off either. Hard to tell how old this is, but it has certainly seen some use. It has a big bowl which I normally don't smoke too often, but this smokes so nice I can see me using it for milder tobaccos when I want a long smoke.
Birthdays like this make getting older seem not so bad. Now if the aches and pains would go away....
A few days earlier, I received this pipe I got off ebay, an Ascorti that needed some TLC. The top of the bowl was badly charred, top end of the stem was broken (bitten) off, and the pipe was rather dirty. I wavered on the buy it now price of $38 for a while before deciding to go for it and try to fix it up. I finally got some black super glue, so I figured this was a good candidate for it. It came out pretty good, got the button looking pretty perfect, and the whole pipe looks much better, in spite of there being one little char spot on the bowl top that I decided was too deep to remove. Odd thing, there's no "A" on the stem. But it looks to be original with the inset briar stripe. Can't see where it's been sanded or buffed off either. Hard to tell how old this is, but it has certainly seen some use. It has a big bowl which I normally don't smoke too often, but this smokes so nice I can see me using it for milder tobaccos when I want a long smoke.
Birthdays like this make getting older seem not so bad. Now if the aches and pains would go away....
