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  1. guylesss

    S.T. Dupont Lighter Owners Club

    I've never owned a Ligne 2, but with the Ligne 1 model the gas can be cut off when you change flint (a clever design feature of the latch). I frequently clean the nozzles of my Duponts between refills, and this makes it easy to avoid losing its precious super refined fuel.
  2. guylesss

    Dunbar Takes A Dump

    Et tu, Esoterica? Much obliged Jesse for the heads up, and the scrupulous confirmation; rather less so to hear a favorite may be no more.
  3. guylesss

    Anyone Bought Pipes Due to Lower Euro Exchange Rates?

    Currency fluctuations, shipping cost (transit time, likelihood of getting lost or confiscated, the possibility of my getting soaked by import duties, and at least with some new goods whether prices are adjusted by region by the manufacturer) have long figured in my calculus. But even if I'm...
  4. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    For at least a few of us the auction of the week was Todd's 1929 Dunhill LC--which almost instantly attracted bids early in the game to the tune of $700, climbed to $1000 this morning, and in a fiery sniping battle finished at an impressive $3110 (plus tax)...
  5. guylesss

    S.T. Dupont Lighter Owners Club

    There were always a couple of secret tricks to fill a Dupont with the old cartridges--like chilling your lighter in the freezer for a few minutes. But almost all the time, you could get the lighter fully filled, with zero waste, and use it daily for at least a couple of months. I cannot say I...
  6. guylesss

    Hello from Toulouse, France

    Greetings from New York, and welcome. If my memory is correct, you have what must be the most pleasant smokers "lounge" of any airport in Europe--rather like a Japanese rock garden, and actually out of doors. I cannot begin to say how much I enjoyed my hour there the summer before COVID.
  7. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    Nicely spotted! FWIW, I'd guess a 56 and an especially nice stummel in remarkably unmolested shape. Were you the lucky bidder?
  8. guylesss

    S.T. Dupont Lighter Owners Club

    From what I've gathered from not-particularly-helpful online videos (official and otherwise) the Yellow refills are threaded like the old canisters, but not the new Red ones. See eg: CF: This makes no sense to me. Indeed, a couple of days ago I used one of my few remaining old style...
  9. guylesss

    S.T. Dupont Lighter Owners Club

    You have now come to the moment of truth--which is to say fill it and see if it works. The only potential issue, insofar as I know, is whether it holds gas or leaks. Normally, a Dupont with good seals will perform happily for a month or two (or more) with daily use. Dupont (like Dunhill) has...
  10. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    Yipes! Nice spotting.
  11. guylesss

    New Female Member

    Welcome from Brooklyn, NY. Along with cleaning up your pipes, you may also want to begin thinking about exactly what you might like to smoke in them. Again, a remarkably expert and helpful group may be found here.
  12. guylesss

    First new Dunhill Purchase

    Nice!
  13. guylesss

    Just Got Some Dunhill Decor

    If you continue or indeed expand your pursuit of vintage Dunhilliana, my own favorite is the slightly oversized, ivory-color gloved display hand apparently furnished to Dunhill dealers before WW2. They don't turn up too often, most are in poor shape, and like tobacco jars in large format, are...
  14. guylesss

    EBay Shenanigans

    I suspect the second notice--regarding a problem with the sale--was key. And that eBay's various default methods of pestering buyers (and sellers) were simply grinding on. In your shoes, I'd dig to find an actual EBay phone number (or call you back page)--although finding this on their Help...
  15. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    I can confirm it's 2000. While not announced as any kind of limited edition, both 4103 and 5103 shell billiards with that wide silver band (decorated with oversized hallmarks including a stylized "commemorative" mark in the shape of a cross for the year 2000) were part of quite an extensive...
  16. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    Wow, or YOW indeed.
  17. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    A rose by any other name. . . I'd also be inclined to say it's a 120. But more than a few mid-1920s Dunhill shells stamped only with a "9" (presumably indicating the correct innertube size) have turned up over the years. Arguably a distinction without a difference (or enough of one for anyone...
  18. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    Pretty much impossible to fail being "better looking." And more importantly, a promising candidate for restoration (depending on how advanced the stem oxidation turned out to be). But while 6.25" was certainly a very decent sized for a 1925 Dunhill, LCs are considerably larger. One intriguing...
  19. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    Meanwhile, arguably in the department of very saddest looking Dunhill grail ever seen (which is to say something that apparently began life as a so-called swan neck LC shell), there was this sorry looking specimen. Listed as "Vintage LC Dunhill's "SHE" Large Pipe"--and held together with...
  20. guylesss

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    To me at least the wonder of eBay's huge global success is (or was when it was rather more transparent and not only about protecting eBay's own interests) how much everything turns on total strangers routinely trusting each other. So, whenever, as you say, something looks too good to be true (or...
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