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Kock off? They can't even spell 'knock' properly now these counterfeiters?
Just messing with you man. Enjoy your new pipe! I've been wanting one with a horn stem myself for a while.
Just messing with you man. Enjoy your new pipe! I've been wanting one with a horn stem myself for a while.
I lived in Paris through the fall into early summer a little while back. Spring time was a nightmare.
I had never seen a city transition into a disneyland caricature so suddenly and drastically. For about two weeks in the spring before the official calendar or expected spring, there was a tranquil calm and the parks gently bustled with locals stretching their blankets out for some relaxation.
Then suddenly, BOOM! -about 50,000 planes of tourists landed at once and tore the place to pieces. It was insane.
I would only ever go back in the winter.
Some good tobacconists there though. I wonder what the age is on that pipe.
I did not buy! Had a good laugh and wanted to share. Here is the link:
BEAUTIFUL KOCK PARIS HORN STEM BILLIARD FRENCH ESTATE PIPE UNSMOKED! W/ CASE | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/BEAUTIFUL-KOCK-PARIS-HORN-STEM-BILLIARD-FRENCH-ESTATE-PIPE-UNSMOKED-W-CASE/123975669854?hash=item1cdd86985e:g:HdUAAOSwHt9dyZHX
BEAUTIFUL KOCK PARIS HORN STEM BILLIARD FRENCH ESTATE PIPE UNSMOKED! W/ CASE | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/BEAUTIFUL-KOCK-PARIS-HORN-STEM-BILLIARD-FRENCH-ESTATE-PIPE-UNSMOKED-W-CASE/123975669854?hash=item1cdd86985e:g:HdUAAOSwHt9dyZHX
I’m a little afraid about the button shape on a kock pipe....
It might be the “other” P-lip style, the one that didn’t market test so well as the more circumcised, er ... I mean circumspect one that Peterson designed.
It might be the “other” P-lip style, the one that didn’t market test so well as the more circumcised, er ... I mean circumspect one that Peterson designed.
Thats a nice pipe. The French used to knock out some awesome meerschaum 'cutty' pipes, I have quite a few and I know Dave has a few as well. Both the Parisian carvers and the Austrians made some fabulous meerschaum pipes in the late 19th century. Here is one from my collection which is an extremely rare 19th century unsmoked meerschaum in a perfected case with original amber stem untouched for 140 years as if it had just left the work shop in Vienna yesterday.
I’m pretty sure that phrase was coined well before I was born, when it may have been accurate. Nothing ruins a place more than being lucky enough to get popular.
Once, the lovely wife and I managed to get a week stay in a fancy hotel in the mountains during one of their two off weeks per year, where the hotel was deliberately almost empty for cleaning and renovations. We felt like the only two people in the place: the best table at each meal, no wait to see or do anything, grand halls with nothing but silence to curl up next to a fire with a drink. We vowed to only vacation there on the off weeks.
Paris is a strange city, come spring time. In winter, I used to drop my son off at school in the morning, then cycle down to Notre Dame and the Louvre, riding along the Seine and stopping in random cafes on side streets as the days passed.
I thought it was a really nice city. And it is. I have great memories of it. But timing is everything. Spring hit, and suddenly I realized what all of the locals had been talking to me about. It's weird to see it happen. Nice, quiet cafes suddenly overloaded with rude tourists, long lines in art galleries, nowhere to ride a bike along favourite paths...
I can understand the stereotype Parisian attitude.
Friendly as can be in the winter, but come spring, you're just another asshole clogging up their good time.
Winter may be a little chilly and sometimes wet, but if you want to really get to know the place, that's the time to go. It functions like a real city in that time, before it becomes a carnival and everyone stuck there gets grumpy.
Didn't see any pipe smokers when I was there. They sold plenty of the tobacco, so some pipers must be around, but cigarettes were the mode at the time.
I thought it was a really nice city. And it is. I have great memories of it. But timing is everything. Spring hit, and suddenly I realized what all of the locals had been talking to me about. It's weird to see it happen. Nice, quiet cafes suddenly overloaded with rude tourists, long lines in art galleries, nowhere to ride a bike along favourite paths...
I can understand the stereotype Parisian attitude.
Friendly as can be in the winter, but come spring, you're just another asshole clogging up their good time.
Winter may be a little chilly and sometimes wet, but if you want to really get to know the place, that's the time to go. It functions like a real city in that time, before it becomes a carnival and everyone stuck there gets grumpy.
Didn't see any pipe smokers when I was there. They sold plenty of the tobacco, so some pipers must be around, but cigarettes were the mode at the time.
This goes back to that Canadian pipe discussion.
*Embers runs away before Olkofri finds another trout. ?
@condorlover1 , Simon,thats a stunning pipe,never seen such a rarity,very nice looking, I wonder if this was bought at antique brokers located in England ,,?
I purchased it in a private sale from a gentleman who acquired the pipe in the mid 1970s from a pipe 'dealer' based in London. If I remember correctly I paid Three Hundred Pounds for the pipe since it was an exceptional once in a life time find. I have two others in a similar condition and I have never been tempted to smoke them for some odd reason even though I do not consider myself a pipe collector.
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