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Mr Brog pipes
Try making sense of this: http://mrbrog.com/history.html- dukdalf
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Sav 320....real deal or hype?
My Worobiec has a similar shape: . A good smoker, whether you use the filter or the adaptor or nothing. -
New versus estate pipes
The estate business is indeed a source of wonder and laughter and not only at the higher end: I've seen completely chewed-up, battered and burned 5-dollar pipes change hands for double, the buyer happily investing another five in sandpaper, alcohol and cleaners and what have you. Rational...- dukdalf
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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IM Corona lighter Questions
I've been using both the IM Old Boy and the Pipemaster for more than two decades. I've had to replace the piezo-ignition on the Pipemaster two years ago (which set me back all of ten dollars) but other than that neither has ever once let me down, which seems to make the initial investment...- dukdalf
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Post stamps and pipes
Here's one, from a Polish zodiac series:- dukdalf
- Post #6
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Northern Briars?
Ian Walker was kind enough to make our forum-pipe for 2014, a classic prince: -
Dunhill Controversy
To me, the difference between 'machine-made' and 'hand-made' is in the numbers, not the tools. A handmade pipe is turned from an ebauchon on a lathe and drilled with a power drill, one at a time. So-called machine-made pipes are turned by the dozen or more, all day long if need be, on a...- dukdalf
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Think of buying porsche design pipe~!
The original series were made by Oldenkott, in a bent shape and a straight, in either smooth or blast finish. Around ten years ago (Oldenkott had long since ceased to make them) Gubbels bought the licence and made some changes to the design: most notable is the screwed-on radiator sleeve (no...- dukdalf
- Post #42
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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When Was the Briar Pipe Invented?
According to Rainer Barbi in a story recently re'printed' on this website, the briar pipe was invented by either Comoy or Courrieu, with the first name having evidence for briar manufacturing in 1860, the latter claiming to have started a full 58 years before. Liebaert and Maya just mention...- dukdalf
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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RIP Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman certainly was a very gifted and most interesting actor, but a loss like his does raise interesting questions that seem to have a wider reach. Everyday we are at the ready to judge people around us for their weaknesses or inclinations, but if they have more social significance than a...- dukdalf
- Post #19
- Forum: General Discussion
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Show Off Your Tsuge's Here!
My one and only Tsuge (so far):- dukdalf
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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On Behalf of Crows
Last summer, I trained a small family of crows who live near my place of work to eat out of my hand and come when I call. It turned out to be surprisingly quick and easy with the mother coming to within inches of me in no more than a few days. Her three young all show signs of malnourishment...- dukdalf
- Post #30
- Forum: General Discussion
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Smoking Cat Hair
I married the cat lady: we have six of the critters, presently. You'd expect everything in the house to be covered in mixed fur, and it pretty much is... Just kidding, most of them have short furs and hardly shed at all, but there is an occasional hair in my spaghetti. I've discovered whiskers...- dukdalf
- Post #31
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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New Northern Briars Prince
After the first few half-bowls I'm pretty sure it will be a very good smoker. It's labeled a group 3 (which seems about right), for a pipe over 6.5 inches long and 5 wide. I feel like I'm holding the Schwarzenegger of princes...- dukdalf
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New Northern Briars Prince
Thank you all for your compliments. Ian Walker made us all a wonderful pipe and a great deal to match. Found that tin, so tomorrow we'll be off.- dukdalf
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Show Off Your Ferndown (or Les Woods) Pipes
Having spent the last twelve years in hiding, waiting for the right moment is this rather illegal (non-stamped) canadian:- dukdalf
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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I'm Looking for 5 or 6 Pipe Brands to Trust, Need Help Please
+ 1 for cosmicfolklore. If you're out to 'collect' a set of decent quality daily smokers, my top six or seven would differ hardly from what you've read above: Savinelli, Brebbia, perhaps Mastro de Paja, Stanwell, Big Ben, and the French brands as Chacom and Butz all offer very good smokers at...- dukdalf
- Post #21
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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New Northern Briars Prince
Arrived in the mail today: A sturdy prince by Ian Walker, commissioned by around fifty members of a Dutch-Flemish forum. Now where's that last tin of Penzance... ? :wink:- dukdalf
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Convince Me To Buy A Falcon
+1 Kashmir I own none. Speaks for itself :wink:.