I Know it's Been Done Before, but Post Some Cool Piping Photos.

[Infantry23]

Sorry, but there's a lot that's not quite right in this photograph. Firstly, he's too old to be in uniform; secondly, beards only became allowable in the British Army on 29 March of this year, so how had he found time to grow a beard like that? Thirdly, the leather jerkin went out of Service issue after 1945. Fourthly, the kit he is wearing dates from WW2 to the 1950s, and fifthly, the regimental badge is completely unfamiliar to me, and it looks like either an AI mashup of three different unit badges, or one pinched from somebody else's army. And I'll tell you what else: I wouldn't want to be his age, still in uniform and still only a corporal.

To my eye the Union Jack just looked artificial. No creasing or folds. That's one reason why I guess AI.

 

[badbriar]

I'll start. This is the man we all wish we were.
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Now, THIS is the most interesting man in the world!

 

[Douglas]

 

[AsmyWhimsytakesme]

Ricardo de la Huerta y Avial, 12th Duke of Mandas, on a hunting trip in British West Africa, 1907

 

[stewartu]

 

[gamzultovah]

This is one of the coolest guys I know. It’ll have to do…

 

[Warlee]

I believe these are French sailors around 1900.

 

[Douglas]

Ol’ Remus

 

[stewartu]

 

[cynyr]

Ol’ Remus

Sadly missed; his time came too soon.

 

[Douglas]

Sadly missed; his time came too soon.

Way too soon. I bet he’s still avoiding crowds.

 

[Zamora]

King Edward VIII with asparagus for some reason. I'm not sure if any other recent British kings were pipe smokers, as far as I know they all smoked cigarettes and / or cigars but not pipes. His brother George VI was a heavy cigarette smoker which led to his death, at one point it was proposed putting his likeness on warning labels which I think would've backfired hilariously. Edward VII smoked both voraciously but not pipes as far as I know which is ironic considering Prince Albert is named after him.

 

[Waning Embers]

Edward VII smoked both voraciously but not pipes as far as I know which is ironic considering Prince Albert is named after him.

During its early years, Prince Albert and several other brands were multipurpose RYO and pipe tobacco.

 

[Zamora]

During its early years, Prince Albert and several other brands were multipurpose RYO and pipe tobacco.

Yeah I've seen a lot of ads that stress the dual use

 

[Warlee]

 

[Briarcutter]

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I'd like to know the story behind this photo!

 

[Elric]

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The guy in the bucket hasn't fully bought into the proceedings.

 

[JoeW]

 

[Snook]

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Dude in the bucket: "WHAT YEAR IS IT?!"

 

[keith929]