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That's a nice looking pipe, I think you got a good deal. Also don't smoke the green stuff in the same pipe as real tobacco, not a good mix. Especially if you forget that you used it for the green stuff. Not that I know from experience :wink: or anything. :wink:
From the looks of the photo, what you have there is genuine briar. A lot of old Medicos were pretty small in size but were indeed made of real briar. I have three of them myself, and they are all fantastic little smokers, good for a short puff. What you have to look out for with Medicos is those pipes that look like they have absolutely zero chamber walls. That thin material that doesnt have any heft to it is brylon. It offers one of the worst smokes you can have. I made the mistake of buying 2 brylon pipes when I first started out, and I have not touched them since their initial smoke.
That right there's a saddle-bit pot, a variation of your basic billiard. IMHO.
Medicos ain't always pretty, and the briar is invariably the pits, but they are darn good pipes.
Medicos ain't always pretty, and the briar is invariably the pits, but they are darn good pipes.
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