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Vinegar Note
I was reading the recipes for old British tobaccos, like St. Bruno, that are available in the tobacco archives. The recipes are all coded, with the ingredients having code names. But there is a master document with all the codes written in. Long story short, vinegar (glacial acetic acid) is...- greeneyes
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Bad News From The UK!
A propos the Vegas Residency comment, I think they'd seen the billions Taylor Swift is taking in. Add to that a recent divorce settlement to the tune of $25 million (?) out of Noel Gallagher's pocket? I think he'll put up with his neanderthal brother for as long as he can. Sales of ticket...- greeneyes
- Post #26
- Forum: General Discussion
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Dating Charatan?
Charatan had a strange affinity for sharp curves in the stems rather than very gradual, smooth curvature. The shape 11 has a similar thing going on. I find it a bit odd looking, or perhaps the obsessive-compulsive in me does. -
Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Absolutely. My Merchants all have those rims, with the exception of one briar that is shorter and a normal billiard shape.- greeneyes
- Post #4,291
- Forum: British Pipes
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What Is The Difference
Pipes, cigarette holders... two blips along an entropic continuum toward an inevitably disordered Universe.- greeneyes
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Help with Hallmarks
When the subject was brought up a while back, I caught myself wondering how the name was pronounced. I thought briefly it might be pronounced "WHYTH-COMB" but, um, now I know it's meant to have as many syllables as "HORR-ID-BORES".- greeneyes
- Post #29
- Forum: British Pipes
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Peregrine falcon
What do you suppose he's got his eyes on? Pigeons in the square perhaps? Saw a falcon catch a baby cottontail rabbit here in the backyard just the other day. Majestic, elegant animals.- greeneyes
- Post #3
- Forum: General Discussion
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
The pipe, by the way, came from an estate in Evanston, Illinois. This particular location is significant to the genesis of the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club and several people with whom we are familiar in the pipe world. Perhaps it is from the estate of a recently-deceased collector from...- greeneyes
- Post #4,274
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I'm not sure. I'll have a closer look, and ask for an opinion from a guy I know who knows about such things. ;) I'm curious about what this single data point represents, since I'm unable to find many examples of other pipes from this approximate date. There was one on Worthpoint, but the photos...- greeneyes
- Post #4,273
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
It's just a detail, doesn't irk me much and wouldn't take much to fix. 🙏- greeneyes
- Post #4,266
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Oh it's bare briar in there. No gunk.- greeneyes
- Post #4,264
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Thank you, my friend. I sort of chuckle as it really looks no different than any of the other nearly-identical pipes I have. They all look like they came from the same warehouse. 😁 Thanks, sir! Unfortunately there was bare briar left in the mortise after the admittedly lengthy cleaning, so...- greeneyes
- Post #4,263
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
For a long while I've been after an "old" Charatan, something predating the more "modern" pipes of the '50s and, especially '60s onward and, to my mind, they are the absolute devil to date with any accuracy. Could anyone say with any certainty "this is a 1940s Charatan"? In any case, I finally...- greeneyes
- Post #4,259
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I have plenty of "$20 Dunhills" that I clean up to the best of my ability and smoke around the house. The majority of them I wouldn't sell without disclosing all the flaws they have, as was the case with a recent example I posted above. The problem is that over the years getting the stems to...- greeneyes
- Post #4,235
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
He does give me ulcers. He also takes screenshots of the trash you talk about people here on other forums.- greeneyes
- Post #4,219
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
What hardship you suffer by George's opinion that you so vehemently object to it, again and again? Do you believe perhaps that by his standards you are the "poor sucker" whose treasure finds are devalued? Like you, I polish up my oxidized stems and do my best with what is within my means, but...- greeneyes
- Post #4,215
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I have one of these--an Eire System 3. The bowl diameter is 0.95in compared to a Group 4 0.8in, but the bowl depth is a whopping 2.5in compared to 1.6in Group 4. My thumb fits inside to the second knuckle.- greeneyes
- Post #4,206
- Forum: British Pipes
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Was Pipe Smoking ever Popular in Sweden?
You mean I was smoking this stuff for nothing?- greeneyes
- Post #3
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Gathering Info on a James Upshall Pipe
The latter stamp was done by laser engraving, if I'm not mistaken.- greeneyes
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- Forum: British Pipes
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