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  1. Duke of Erinmore

    Always the Expensive Pipes…

    I'd lie blatantly if I said I had never relisted a pipe I bought for a bargain price. Generally that's what merchants do ;) What I don't do is relist an Estate pipe without giving it another cleaning. So I make sure it's up to the standards my customers can expect. And I daresay in most cases...
  2. Duke of Erinmore

    Your Own "Best" Tobacco

    I'm not sure if my "best" tobacco would also be my desert island tobacco. Why's that? My "best" tobacco would be the 3 Oaks Syrian. But as there is really limited supply, I hold an open tin as long as I can, so it is not allday material for me. Desert island tobacco needs to be an allday...
  3. Duke of Erinmore

    Always the Expensive Pipes…

    That's nice to hear! 👍
  4. Duke of Erinmore

    Always the Expensive Pipes…

    As I run an estate pipe shop, and have exhibited at several pipe shows, I have some first-hand observational experience on which pipes my potential customers first lay their hands. It's almost fifty-fifty between people that only check out budget pipes in the 50 to 70 euro range and others that...
  5. Duke of Erinmore

    Need Help Dating a GBD Prehistoric Pipe

    Hello community, as there are some GBD experts out there. I've just restored a GBD Prehistoric, but I cannot date it. It has a stamp on the shank and a "non-brass" logo on the stem. When I check Pipedia, it's either REALLY old or not old at all. Thanks in advance
  6. Duke of Erinmore

    TAD Acquisitions 2024

    @Terry Lennox no it doesn't - I believe Estervals is the only German based tobcconist that ships (shipped?) to the US at all.
  7. Duke of Erinmore

    What Type of Stems do You Prefer?

    Vulcanite stem with drilled tenon. Both for the same reason. I like to restore pipes, and vulcanite stems are easier to repair because of the softer materials. And a drilled tenon is easier to replace. For smoking, I also go with vulcanite in general for the softer bite.
  8. Duke of Erinmore

    Charatan Belvedere, lowest smooth grade??

    That, or it was originally sold in Europe. The L stamp only appears on pipes sold in the US. And there were also non-DC stems during that period, though less common. Actually more likely than Reuben, because the CP stamp looks more like Lane.
  9. Duke of Erinmore

    Dishonorable Mentions

    Didn't take me long 😅 I think it's wrongly named for 2 reasons: - it barely contains Latakia - it's a Mac Baren. I rarely like Mac Barens but I do enjoy this one as a sweet tooth virginia with a little dash of Lat.
  10. Duke of Erinmore

    Dishonorable Mentions

    I would not discourage anyone from trying a blend unless I have sufficient knowledge on their preferences. If that were the case though, I would discourage any serious Lat aficionado from smoking SG Perfection. It's the most boring, dull, tasteless Latakia blend I've ever come across.
  11. Duke of Erinmore

    In What Year were You Born?

    That's probably true, but I referred to the later years someone born in 1978 experienced. Can't speak about the US, but here in old Europe my perception is that both wealth and civil liberties have peaked.
  12. Duke of Erinmore

    In What Year were You Born?

    78 as well. A lucky time to be young.
  13. Duke of Erinmore

    Who Taught You to Smoke a Pipe?

    My first girlfriend's dad. He was a long-time pipe smoker and at her graduation party, he saw me struggling with my first pipe (Smoking was allowed, unbelievable nowadays). Then he showed me how to pack it properly, always making funny comments like "When you set the tobacco on fire, it raises...
  14. Duke of Erinmore

    Charatan Belvedere, lowest smooth grade??

    According to pipedia, the Chippendales are regular Belvederes sold through Tinderbox. https://pipedia.org/wiki/Dating_of_Charatans#Identification_of_a_fifth_era_pipe_.28First_Dunhill_era.2C_1977-1981.29
  15. Duke of Erinmore

    Moving From English Blends to Pure Virginias

    Well, I try VA or decent aromatics from time to time, and smoke them with some pleasure. But my alldays are all English, and I rarely finish a tin of the others (except for Erinmore, Ennerdale and Daddy Gefftl) but give huge parts to people that are more into that stuff. So no matter how I look...
  16. Duke of Erinmore

    Old European Pipe identification

    I don't think anything was done with the bowl. The repaired parts start with the silver ring and the black ebonite structure above. Have you seen the image in your pn? That's how it looked like in the first place.
  17. Duke of Erinmore

    Old European Pipe identification

    Haha, not the slightest. I just had the impression that some things do not really fit and try to figure out why. I have done some research in the meantime and found some similar pipes. I send you a link per pn, as mods are not in favour of ebay listings posted here. Bowl and shank are from a...
  18. Duke of Erinmore

    Old European Pipe identification

    I would assume someone mounted the bowl of an ancient peasant's/hunters' pipe on a briar socket with a churchwarden stem.
  19. Duke of Erinmore

    Dunhill Blends - Murray-Orlik Transition Question

    Interesting. Maybe due to obligatory health warnings?
  20. Duke of Erinmore

    Opening a 21 Year old tin of Skiff.

    I have cellared a couple of tins before the Brexit-induced Gawith shortage in the EU. Not going to touch them for a while 😎
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