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A Gert Holbek Polonius Landed
Landed a white whale yesterday - a Gert Holbek Polonius I reached out to a collector of Danish pipes - Pibe Dan and Gert Holbek in particular. He very generously agreed to sell me one of his 9 (yes, nine) Gert Holbek Poloniuses. He has the most enviable collection of Gert Holbeks - at least one... -
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An Estate Sasieni
Just received this tiny Sasieni (5 ins length). I didn't read the full description when I pressed the "buy" button ! "Sasieni with fish" in cursive script over "London Made" (so family era pipe). "R" at the end of the shank. No other nomenclature nor dot(s) to be found. I'm positive the stem is... -
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A New Dane
I've posted this on the "Show Off Your Danes" thread, but I'm so pleased I found this that I'm doing a double post. Not sure what you'd call this shape - a canted egg ? Help with approximate dates will be appreciated It's a S Bang with deeply grooved rustication and sandblast reminiscent of... -
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Which are Your Least Favoured Shapes
Following from the "Anyone Dislike Billiards" thread - name your 3 most disliked shapes. There has been previous threads on this theme, but not recently. I appreciate that "one man's meat, etc". This is not intended to belittle anyone's tastes or aesthetics. This selection is based solely... -
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A New (To Me) GBD Bent Bulldog
New to me but not these Forums - a 1922 GBD bent Bulldog courtesy of a very generous Jason (@klause) who has decided to pass this on. The original post was titled "GBD Xtra Bent Bulldog" on Sept 18, 2014. It's in terrific shape for its age - no fills that I can see or chatter on the stem...- OzPiper
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Most Popular "Show Us Your...." Threads
It's a cold, wet and miserable day in Sydney, so I trawled through this section to come up with the most popular threads. And the winner is ........ No 1 Petersons with 695 posts, a long way ahead of the rest No 2 Dr Grabow 468 posts No 3 Dunhill 376 posts No 4...- OzPiper
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Show Off Your Danes
My new Danish pipe (estate Tom Eltang) arrived yesterday. Checked and discovered that Danes were really under-represented amongst my pipes. There is a lot of love for Stanwells on the Forums (I have 4), but there are not a lot of threads dedicated to Danish pipes. So here are mine From top...- OzPiper
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Pipes With a Similar DNA
I received this Ferndown bent Bulldog during the week and noted more than a passing similarity to a Dunhill I'm my kennel. Not surprising as Les Wood trained and worked at Dunhill for years prior to setting up on his own. I realise that with "classic shapes" there is less room for variations...- OzPiper
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Your Top 5 Pipes
Some years ago @fishnbanjo started a most interesting thread, which I thought I'd revive. Please nominate and show (photos please):- 1) Your most elegant pipe 2) Your most true to form (ie classic shape) pipe 3) Your most unique pipe 4) Your most smoked pipe 5) Your oldest pipe I'll... -
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Peterson Experts - Help Please
I received this estate silver-banded Peterson XL 90, and was pleasantly surprised it was unsmoked. Can any of the resident Peterson experts tell me which Series it belongs to ? -
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Altering The Look Of A Pipe
I bought this Stanwell featherweight in the '70s. Unfortunately the stem got horribly oxidised and no amount of alcohol and pipe cleaners could get the rank sulphurous taste out. I sent it to a The Danish Pipe Shop and requested a shorter acrylic stem with a slight bend. I much prefer the new... -
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The Weather and Piping
I live in Sydney, Australia where the weather is temperate most of the year. I only smoke outside - front porch or in the backyard. However after a mostly mild summer, we have just had 4 days of @ 40C (@ 100F) temperatures - much too hot (at least for me) to be outside enjoying a smoke - apart...- OzPiper
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How Glossy or Shiny Do You Like Your Pipes ?
I like pipes with a soft waxed glossy finish. After a smoke, I always clean the pipe with some pipe cleaners and buff the bowl with a soft cloth impregnated with Halcyon wax or Mark Hoover's "Before and After Restoration Balm" ahead of the next smoke. I'm put off by pipes with a high gloss... -
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Dirty Estate Pipes
Disclaimer: I buy a lot of estate pipes A lot of the estate pipes I buy cost less than USD$50, and a few more than USD$300 (which I categorise as expensive, being an estate) The pipes arrive in all conditions - from pristine condition to having 50years of cake in the bowl and a mortise and stem...