My Old Pal Chubby Rhodesian

[shaintiques]

I just acquired this beautiful vintage pipe as a gift. I met a lady with an amazing collection of pipes that belonged to her father. I'm looking to buy the collection. After meeting her and looking through all of the pipes she gifted this pipe to me. All of the pipes ere made before 1948. This pipe is an Old Pal made in France and is potentially from around 1902. I cleaned it up and smoked the first bowl today. I chose some 15 year aged Escudo for the first bowl. I love chubby Rhodesians like this. And to have one this old is just amazing. It smoked wonderfully too.

 

[redglow]

That's a beauty!

 

[xingpao]

Dayum. Very nice.

 

[rfernand]

The patina is incredible!
Do you have a picture from the top? Curious to see the bowl.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Very nice! Is she beautiful and rich? If the answer is yes and you bomb out with her, text me her phone number please ... before she sells you the collection of course. ::

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I do like the look of those old chubby rhodesians. Congrats, and enjoy the heck out of it :clap:

 

[ssjones]

Wow, those Old Pal Rhodesians are excellent! That looks in excellent shape.

Post some pix of the nomenclature please.

 

[upnorth1]

That is one nice looking pipe! Lovely patina and she looks to have been well cared for. Enjoy!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Pretty cool, but is it setting on top of some kind of malformed cantaloupe and an alien egg of some sort? ::

 

[pipeanddrum]

Beautiful pipe.

 

[npod]

:clap:

Lovely pipe. I see you worked your magic on it.

 

[tbradsim1]

Lovely, that shape is what speaks to me in a pipe.

 

[bnichols23]

I'm not normally a fan of really close-coupled pipes or actual Rhodesians that much; don't *dis*like them, just not partial to 'em, y'know? That one's sweet, though; nice score!
Bill

 

[ofarrell]

Absolutely gorgeous! I love that style as well

 

[jpmcwjr]

Very nice. Hope you collect the whole lot!
I once dated a slightly overweight senior Zimbabwean.

 

[shaintiques]

Thanks guys. I’ll try to post nomenclature soon. It is a great smoker and lighter than it looks.

 

[oldbaccy]

Nice fatty briar. The more I see of fat pipes, the deeper I start to dig into the pocket $.

Any pokers in the bunch?

 

[addamsruspipe]

Bulldogs and Rhodesian are my favorite shapes. And that is beauty.

 

[puffy]

It's nice to have a pal

 

[snagstangl]

I think Old Pal was distributed by GBD as one of the lowest priced pipes in their offerings.