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That's not the equipment I was thinking of, and that looks modern by comparison to those steam driven cutters that most people think of when we talk about ancient GH&co equipment.
Hell, it looks like they are even using an electric vent hood there. Not what I think of when I think of ancient.
Nope. The presses and formulas and such are, but their processing equipment is not
I LOVE THESE PICTURES!!! But, how did you get into heaven with a camera and return to post them here? 
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He’s rendered speechless ?
Ummm, whatever. That is not ancient equipment. I mean, the trays may be... The funny thing about the differences between Americans and the English is that the English think 100 miles is really far away, and Americans think 100 years old is really ancient.
right I’d say this stuff is turn of the century. Lots of factories even in the US use stuff that’s this old. At the athleticwear factory where I used to work some of the looms were well over 100 years old.
So, he is wearing stone washed jeans. Ha ha, either this was taken in the 90's or those jeans are a part of the "ancient" things at GH&co we were talking about.
Gotta get me one of them Gals for myself... keep her barefooted in the garage all day, making my tabaky!!! - Sherm NatmanThe ladies making ur ropez
They've posted a few pictures of the old building they are renovating with some of the relic stuff to their Instagram page. There's not a ton there but there's a few good ones of the building practically falling apart and a few pulley/belt driven items.
What? Their new building is state of the art. There is no telling how old these pictures are, or whether they are just posting some marketing bullshit. But, Woodsroads (I believe) posted some pictures of their new building (lots of modern stonework and glass) and modern equipment maybe a tad over a year ago. Sure, keep posting the old pictures. That doesn't prove anything. And, it just perpetuates this forum mythology of the company. And, talk about way taking a post off track guys. Thanks! You could have made your own thread. Maybe it would have provoked a better discussion.
Bah... these upstarts and their production necessitated upon on all manner of "steam" apparatus. I long for the days when the leaf was convened the old way, as intended. The déclassé impedimenta produced by these new methods isn't worth the space it would take up in my Tow shirt much less my Surtout.
Of course, in my area, I have seen pipesmokers out and about with pipes here, even before I started. And, I've noticed more people at The Briary since, also. Before covid, our pipe club had actually outgrown the Briary's smoking lounge. And, I run into guys smoking in their trucks while awaiting their wife shopping at the grocers more lately.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was an upswing in smokers, especially in our area with a great B&M like The Briary.
I have no idea where you're located, but if you are in traffic in Central Alabama, you may just see several people smoking pipes in their cars or trucks, just within a few minutes of each other. I attribute this to having an excellent B&M in our area, but RYO places are also increasing our folds by selling pipes for smoking bagged tobaccos they sell. This is how I got into pipes.
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