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Another Swan Neck Adventure
French-turned "LC" stummels---meaning full bent pipes with a curved airway---showed up in many places back in the day. Pretty much any company with access could buy some, and either farm them out to be finished or do it themselves. There's a guy here in the US who has made finding and...- georged
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Cats? Lazy? For Them It's an Art Form, Like Ballet
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The Matrix is Designed so that Everyone Sees a Clue
It's a bit of a game The Architect enjoys playing. Something that strikes you as absolutely impossible, 100% NFW, and simply can't be true... but the world around you insists it is. i.e. no one else has any trouble with it. For me, it's humans eating raw oysters. Seriously??? Disgusting...- georged
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Did You Know that Greg Pease is also a Serious Foodie?
Pro level taste, knowledge, and skill set. He wrote a blog about it years ago, and the site is still up. Well worth a look. (and if you do, I bet you'll get sucked in... he's a hella-good writer as well) https://flavorevolutions.com/EpicuresAsylum/- georged
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Do You Prefer Burgers with...
...extra cheese: ...or extra bacon?- georged
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Killer Straight Grain Barling Re-stem
The guy this belongs to uses this board from time to time, so I thought I'd let him know his pipe is finished by sending him a link to here, instead of dealing with Gmail's pic size limit hassles. :col: Also figured it's worth showing off in general for being a Fred Hanna-worthy straight...- georged
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Swan Neck Indulgence
The Britwood swan neck "thing" started in the 1930's, when high level craftsmanship and the "streamline moderne" aesthetic converged. Mostly found on billiards and billiard variants, but occasionally on Rhodesians. They've become increasingly prized by pipe buyers in general (collectors have... -
1953 Dunhill #59 Tanshell --- Back From the Dead
The shape 59 is one of Dunhill's all-time stars in popularity terms---a benchmark for medium sized billiards---and patent-era Tanshells are highly prized because of their rarity (only two years were made), and because they have a deep & craggy Shell-like blast. Meaning they are worth bringing...- georged
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School me on Schooling Methods
I hate looking stuff up---the Internet and search engines make that so much more dreary than when you had to dig through a warehouse of those heavy paper things on shelves as far as you could see---but I still want to know it, right? If other people do the work of finding the information...- georged
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Chris Thile---Pipeworld VIP Scott Thile's Musician Son---Plays on National TV
Scott has been a fine pipe carver for many years, and is the guy who created and maintains Pipedia: https://pipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page He's also a lifelong serious musician who's muscian son Scott is considered one of the best---many say THE best---mandolin players in the world. Here he is...- georged
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Must Watch Movie for Hard SF Lovers
It just showed up on Amazon, so should be around for the next month. I saw it several years ago and was hoping it would come back around. This is NOT a comic book-y, superhero-y, action-filled film, but a documentary(ish) one that is scientifically plausible (within reason). It's also...- georged
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Adjusting the Lines of a Dunhill Shape 56
My perfectionator never stops zeroing in on things to perfectionize. Last week I took a 1956 Dunhill shape 56 from my rack to snap a photo of its manufacture date to help someone determine if their Dunhill was from 1956 or 1966. When I did, I noticed I hadn't smoked it in years. I thought... -
The Food Game
The Food Game You have a special-purpose magic wand that creates only two things: food, and tax-paid money in your bank account. The food it produces will magically appear as a complete meal whenever you want, consist of anything you want, and be prepared perfectly from only perfect...- georged
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"Greeneyes" Featured in SP.com's Online Magazine!
He's a member and frequent contributor to historical BritPipe threads here, as well as old tobacco discussions. https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/conversation-with-fernando-santiago-molecular-biologist-father-esteemed-pipe-collector- georged
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This Will Make You Want a Greyhound
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Example of "Invisible Repair" (Dunhill EC)
Something that gets brought up occasionally around here is that so-called "pipe repair" is a spectrum that runs from only restoring functionality without regard for appearance, to making a pipe look literally new again. Meaning, if the repaired pipe was sent back in time and dropped onto the...- georged
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Slicing Up Dead Blue Whales While Smoking a Pipe
Proof positive that "correct" pipe smoking situations are in the mind of the smoker, thankyouverymuch. This guy was the only capable whale slicer-upper (the proper term is flenser) anyone knew when a half dozen blue whale carcasses washed ashore and made their nearby town uninhabitable, so they...- georged
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Spectacular Doug Finlay XL Bamboo Belge
Doug is getting scary good at this pipe making thing... From a dead start six years ago to designing several "never seen before" shapes, and world-class execution. I am very difficult to impress. 7" long, 66 grams, chamber size .98" x 2.45" -
Patent-era Sasieni "Viscount Lascelles" To Die For
In the collecting world, from cars to watches to pipes, there are ultra-rare, never used, never sold "time capsule" specimens, and there are desirable specimens, but they hardly ever overlap. Meaning, not many people care about a zero-miles Yugo with the option sticker still in the window, but... -
I Want To See the Rhino Better, Honey... Drive Closer
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