A tale of two Bulldogs

[ejames]

I thought I'd share a story about two bulldogs that recently came through my shop.A member of the Dr. Grabow Collectors Forum contacted me, he wanted me to make a tamper from from his Bulldog pipe. Although I had never made a tamper from a Bulldog I said sure-I'll give it a shot. The pipe went into the mail. This one-

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In the mean time some of us here at PM had decided to do a tamper swap. I was to get one from Jason. In a few days a box shows up and in it is two pipes,one is a Bulldog,the other a billiard. I mistakenly assumed they were from the Grabow guy. They weren't.Seems there was a little mix up and I got some pipes that Jason had rusticated for clanobucklin,and a very nice job he did on them! This was Charles' Bulldog.
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After I cut up Charles pipe I get to thinking about that extra pipe. So I contact the Grabow guy,ain't his. OH s***!! So I contact Jason and find out about the shipping mix up. A day or so later the Grabow guys pipe shows up!

Charles was very understanding although I'm sure he would have rather had his pipe,not a tamper and a shankless bowl. Here's the finished tampers-- Charles tamper is on the right.

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[ace57]

OOPS

 

[jaybird]

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

 

[unclearthur]

Well, the tampers turned out darned nice any way!

 

[ejames]

Thanks Arthur! Both gents were quite happy with the tampers.

 

[clanobucklin]

My (lip begins to tremble ...) LaCroix Bulldog!!!!

Well...sniff... the tamper works fine and looks dandy. Bwwaaaah!!!!
Well ...shit happens - the end result is that I got a beautiful replacement pipe from JasonGone and Ed fashioned me a beautiful tamper. They do excellent work guys.

 

[smokindawg]

Wow, I love the pick idea........ Too bad a good looking bulldog had to die for one of them. Ahhhhh well. "Sh*t" happens.

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Even with the oops, the pipe turned out great looking and so did the tampers.

 

[lonestar]

Oh boy does that suck for everybody involved.

On the plus side, thats one of my favorite tampers that you've made.

 

[ejames]

Thanks Gents! Now that I have made tampers from bulldogs I may have to dig around to see if I have any old beaters to make more!

 

[ace57]

Your tampers are top's. :worship: