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  1. RaoulDuke

    Favorite bulldog models

    I do love myself a bulldog. My favourite one I have would have to be this little Castello number, smokes like a dream… If we’re going to include Rhodesians I can’t go past this Il Duca…
  2. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Thanks! It is a really nice pipe, some beautiful birdseye grain on it too. I managed to find the hallmark. It’s a set of scales with 925 in the middle. Still curious to the shape number though, I’m thinking XL18.
  3. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Picked up this nice silver cap the other day. Fairly unusual, no shape number, 19 x 55mm (0.74 x 2.14in) bowl, fishtail cumberland stem and strange hallmark on the silver band. The hallmark on the cap is easy to make out, F (1991), but I have seen one or can’t find anything similar to the one...
  4. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Thanks mate, I couldn’t believe it when I found it. I’d been looking at silver caps without the lid, waiting for the right one to turn up. It certainly turned up alright.
  5. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Couple of NOS Petersons I picked up recently from Bonds of London. 2017 house pipe with a fishtail saddle stem, which is a bit different to ones I’ve normally seen, and a 2001 106 silver cap with hinged lid. Pretty happy with the pair!
  6. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Barlings Here

    It’s at an antique store so I imagine they have it priced so high because it’s old, you know what antique stores are like, hah. They have it advertised as late 1800’s. I will ask about it though.
  7. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Barlings Here

    Cheers, I found the photos online but it’s at a shop just down the road from me. I’ll try and pop down there during the week for a closer look and get some more photos. I don’t think I’ll buy it, like I said, not really my cup of tea. They want about US$270 for it. Definitely an unusual and...
  8. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Barlings Here

    My apologies, I thought it could be an interesting discussion as I have not seen or heard of anything like it before. You can delete the post if you like.
  9. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Barlings Here

    Maybe not the right thread, it’s not mine but at a shop near me, but has anyone seen anything like this before? Apparently late 1800’s Barling made from a crab claw? Thoughts? Edit: looks like maybe 1910 from the hallmarks. Not really my cup of tea but quite unusual I thought.
  10. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Thanks mate. I took your suggestion and contacted Mark to see if he could tell me anymore about the pipe. He seemed quite impressed. After contacting the store where I acquired it from to see if they could add any info, Mark has said he will create a post about the pipe on his blog. Nothing...
  11. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Pipe arrived today. It is incredible! I almost don’t want to smoke it, almost. I still can’t believe the condition it’s in, a couple of tiny dings on the band but that’s it. Bone tenon extension still even unscrews. If it didn’t smell like it had been smoked it would think it hasn’t been. Came...
  12. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    He’s pretty solid isn’t he, should sit in the hand nicely I think. The bowl is 21mm across by 37mm deep, or 0.82” by 1.44” for those of you across the pond.
  13. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Looks interesting doesn’t it. I will post a close up once it arrives, should be early next week. From what I could see in the photos and video on the website it has Peterson Deluxe stamped on the shank, no COM, and the A stamp for 1916 on the band. I did see this similar shaped pipe from 1916 on...
  14. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    It wasn’t cheap but I couldn’t pass up this 1916 deluxe I found on an Italian website. Amazing condition for a pipe that’s over 100 years old!
  15. RaoulDuke

    Old Boy Troubleshooting

    I had a similar problem (kind of) with a Sillems old boy I have. I received it brand new and after filling with gas, I adjusted the screw to the minimum flame size (screwed in until I met resistance) but the flame was enormous and would empty a full tank in a matter of minutes. I assumed it...
  16. RaoulDuke

    Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!

    Managed to pick up this beauty recently. Very happy!
  17. RaoulDuke

    Your Favorite Bulldog?

    Hard to choose just one, but I’d have to say this Castello 56. Smokes like a dream.
  18. RaoulDuke

    Looking For A Really Good Pipe Lighter

    I have a xikar resource. It’s a good lighter. I’m happy with it, nothing wrong with it all. But I would describe my IM Coronas as really good. They’re a step above the xikar in quality and aesthetics I feel. In price too mind you.
  19. RaoulDuke

    Looking For A Really Good Pipe Lighter

    Thanks mate, I’ll keep that in mind. I’m pretty careful with them. I don’t usually take them out of the house, I have a xikar resource for that.
  20. RaoulDuke

    Looking For A Really Good Pipe Lighter

    You can’t go wrong with an IM Corona. Even less so with the Sillem’s version in my opinion.
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