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  1. orlandofurioso

    Made By Les Wood

    Can not post a picture currently, but is any of you familair with this stamp ? Possibly early LW pipes, carved for James Upshall ? MADE BY LES WOOD
  2. orlandofurioso

    Fritz Becker For Carmignani Roma

    Struggling to find its way from Italy to the Netherlands; a beautiful unsmoked bent apple carved by Fritz Becker ( you know; father to Paolo ) for the Carmignani shop in Rome. If memory serves me correctly the shop closed 1992. The pipe was carved 1975-1978 when father and son had net yet...
  3. orlandofurioso

    Dented Tins

    While clearing out the eerie cellar I noticed some tins having dents. I most likely overlooked it when cellaring them . Could it compromise the seal ? So far everything looks to be fine . Come to think of it; I finally managed to lay hands on some very fine G&H Whiskey Twist. Will problably not...
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    Black Epoxy Resin Pigment

    Would this RAL 9005 pigment do the job for repairs that require a two-part epoxy glue ? https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/gp/product/B09BJWVXBX/ref=sw_img_1?smid=A4KOI57URHRYM&th=1
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    Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma

    Dear friends, According to Pipedia MB in the beginning of his career purchased briar blocks from Carmignani. Every now and then a C. pipe shows up with a silver dot on the left side of the stem and the typical early Butera block letter stampings on the stummel. Did Butera make pipes for...
  6. orlandofurioso

    S.T. Dupont

    Is any of you sophisticated gentlemen knowledgeable about who made the brand's pipes ?
  7. orlandofurioso

    Pipa Club Roma

    Retrieved this from the www. Not sure if the website is still active, but some mighty interesting reads here : http://www.legiopraetoria.it/index.htm
  8. orlandofurioso

    Carmignani Roma

    https://pipedia.org/wiki/Carmignani Anyone of you gents familiar with Carmignani Roma and when it closed its doors ?
  9. orlandofurioso

    Baldo Baldi For Carmignani Roma

    I have an immense soft spot for BB pipes. The seller kindly accepted my not so generous offer and it is on its way to me now. He also sent me pictures of the chamber. So far the pipe looks to be in fine condition and what issue there might be I can hopefully deal with. Given this is a Baldo...
  10. orlandofurioso

    Briar Barnes Pipes

    Is any of you Old Bitwood lovers familiar with this family : https://st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/s-r-barnes-senior-sons-briar-pipes-1940s
  11. orlandofurioso

    Sodium Silicate And Mortises

    A very trustworthy and experienced German pipe seller once told me he gave the mortises of his stummels a sodium silicate treating. According to him it helped a lot to keep them clean and made possible cleaning easy-peasy. Never heard of this practice before, but it somehow makes sense . Or does...
  12. orlandofurioso

    Repairing A Chipped Off Shank Face

    Recently I purchased a wonderful Castello old Sea Rock (sixties with ivory bar ) from a pipe shop in Milan. Not only did it appear to be very dirty ( while I was promised a clean pipe, of course "ready to be smoked out of the box" ) , there is also a little chip missing from the face of the...
  13. orlandofurioso

    Owl New Haven Straight Grain Pipe

    Gents, A Dutch auction site offers a really nice straight grain pipe from the mentioned shop. Who actually carves the Owl pipes, is it Weber ?
  14. orlandofurioso

    Ultrasonic Cleaner

    Long story short; I contemplate purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner to clean my pipe stems in. Please share your thoughts .
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    A Horrible Mistake, and How to Fix It

    Dear friends, I kick myself for what happened . Refurbishing a Patent Dunhill I found the stem entirely clogged with the usual grime and tars. What always worked for me was to immerse the stem in alcohol and then remove the softened dirt etc. It It also softens up the oxidation nicely and makes...
  16. orlandofurioso

    Salmo

    Dear friends, Any of you familiair with the US based Salmo pipes brand ? Logo is a mayfly .
  17. orlandofurioso

    Rejuvenating A Block Meer .

    Dear friends, Much has been said and written about it already, so I'll be brief. Currently working on a wonderful Paul Fischer meer . I wonder if the block meer might benefit from a tiny dab of Mark Hoover's restoration balm ? Every now and then I aplly it on my briars and it works fine, but on...
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    My New Becker&Musico C Graded Smooth Pipe

    On its way to me from Italy; a wonderful 2003/2004 ( last year of the coöperation ) higher graded B&M lovat (?) I'm so very chuffed. This is my first B&M, showing excellent grain, grade C . ( Ascending f,q and c ) This pipe was designed and finished by Giorgio Musico . The Roma stamp indicates...
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    John Goldberg Estate

    On Feebay some pipes and paraphernalia from "The John Goldberg Estate " emerge. Was any of you appreciated brothers and sisters familiair with the deceased gentleman ?
  20. orlandofurioso

    Tsuge Sakura Pipe Purchase

    Dear friends , This afternoon I purchased this spot on Tsuge Sakura ( cherry blossom ) pipe and I'm chuffed. Behold the multi-layered, wonderfully undulating blast . The mouthpiece is ebonite. I suspect this to be an older line of pipes. Not much is to be found about the Sakura series, so any...
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