First Timer on Ebay/Medico Silver Filigree

[jerwynn]

Ok, so my wife says to me “do you think you could find a certain vintage Dr. Seuss Grinch mug for a gift for my boss for xmas?” “I’m sure I could, dear, but you know I’d probably have to get an ebay account or similar…” She KNOWS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE that I have been many times afflicted by PAD/TAD and the like. “Ok”, she says. HA!! I had the mug nailed down in 5 minutes (which I didn’t tell her until after an hour of surfing pipes and tobacciana)…”Whew”, says I, “that was tough, but I got ‘er done.” “Oh you’re sweet”, she says, “thank you!” “No problem, my sweet… by the way, there was this silver filigree Medico pipe there, just like the one Walter Cronkite used to smoke… mind if I pick it up?” “Sure, go ahead”, she said, still in the brain-dead glow of delight that I could have actually have scored exactly the mug she wanted!!! YEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAW, ol’ Jerwynn jumped fer joy and got it in the pipeline long before she came back to ask how much! And here it is:

And here's Uncle Walter smoking the self-same pipe:

I've just always had a thing about those Medico silver-filigree jobs... don't know why... just tickles my fancy for some unfathomable reason. Now I have it sitting on it's own little hardwood stand on my dresser. HA! Whattaya know??!!! Merry Christmas!!

jerry

 

[jackswilling]

That is too cool

Good for you

Life was so much better back in the day as a general mater.

 

[jerwynn]

I guess you could say I'm a complete fan! What a first-class gentleman, journalist, and pipester! I remember watching him from the first manned space-flights through the rest of his career. Maybe I should have made this its own post. sigh...

 

[Chasing Embers]

I have one of those, and as much as I like it, that metal can really heat up! Smoke it nice and slow. :wink:

 

[jerwynn]

Chase... thanks for the HOT tip!!!!

Sorry... couldn't help myself!

:D

 

[tuold]

Congrats on finding one in good shape! I've been waiting for one to show up with the horse racing motif.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Sorry... couldn't help myself!

:mrgreen:

 

[crashthegrey]

Nice work, and congratulations. That's a real beauty.

 

[jacks6]

Tuold are you talking about the Kaywoodie with the horse racer?

 

[hawky454]

Cool post... I've got one in my collection too. I'll try to remember to post a picture of mine when I get home. It makes for a good aromatic smoker.

 

[woodsroad]

Good score.

I bought the same pipe on one of my first eBay PAD excursions. Still haven't smoked it, though.

 

[jerwynn]

Well, I've got 'er buffed up and silver-polished. I want to do just one last deep cleaning of the airway and bit and then should be ready to give 'er a go! Then again, I might just leave her in her little stand and admire her til she just starts to tarnish ever so slightly.
Maybe hawky and woodsroad you could post pics of yours too? Twould be fun to see!

 

[tuold]

jacks6 wrote:

Tuold are you talking about the Kaywoodie with the horse racer?

Maybe it was a Kaywoodie.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Mine

 

[hawky454]

^^^That one is really cool, ChasingEmbers... I've not seen that Dublin shape with the silver filigree before. Cool!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Have had that one for over a decade. Got it in a case at a yard sale for $25. ::

 

[jerwynn]

Wow, chasi, cool! Can't beat that price! Is the design something fer real? I see a road-killed-squirrel with his head on an artist's palette laying on a music 5-line-staff??!!! Are there notes on the staff?? Hmmmmm.... maybe a quote of Beethoven's pastorale symphony?! Now THAT would be cool!!

 

[Chasing Embers]

It is a very worn design, but the lines are a fence row, and the design is a farmer on the right next to a goat.