It's a slightly underrated shape, personally it's my second favorite shape after slightly bent apple.
Pay it forward giveaway
- Thread starter bassbug
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It's yours!
It will take a couple days to get to the post office, but it will be on its way soon. I know where you live!
That wasn't a threat, I'm just saying I have your address....sheesh.
Awesome, thank you, sir! And I’ll poke around and figure out a good offer for my pay-it-forward.
Just don't hunt me down after you see the fills. I ain't kidding, they are MONSTROUS. But after a few smokes, they dissappear. I have no clue why they didn't color match the putty better. But it's straight/flame grain all the way around.
Still a nice looking Prince, even with the fills. I've never been bothered to much by fills. As long as the pipe smokes great, that's all that matters to me.
I have a Savinelli 141KS Fiammata, that if I recall correctly is a "second" for the Giubileo d'Oro line of pipes. It has a small/medium size fill on the bottom, but other than that it's a beautiful pipe and is an excellent smoker. Plus I paid less than half for what the d'Oro pipes go for, so it was a win-win for me.
I have a Savinelli 141KS Fiammata, that if I recall correctly is a "second" for the Giubileo d'Oro line of pipes. It has a small/medium size fill on the bottom, but other than that it's a beautiful pipe and is an excellent smoker. Plus I paid less than half for what the d'Oro pipes go for, so it was a win-win for me.
Watch it - there are those on this forum who consider fills, oxidized stems, and even cracks in the bowl to be the hallmarks of high quality pipes.
It's interesting when washing down an old pipe to prepare it for restoration, the fills will very often just fall off during the cleaning.
Wait, are you implying that this may be made of the vaunted Algerian briar?
But it's already oxblood color....so I'll be fine.
But did GBD boil in the sweet sweet oil?
Until the sap oozes from the soft virgin briar.......I can taste it in the wood.
Actually they used Rum.
Hopefully this is ok. I'd like to join the the "pay it forward" group and offer this. Let us know if you've wanted to try it.
Potlatch has been claimed by a guy who has yet to experience the generosity here. Let's hope it inspires more generosity.
The prince arrived from the very princely @Sig, and he really undersold it: my wife declared it to be “the cutest thing on your pipe rack.” It’s truly adorable. And as if that weren’t enough, the man included two jars of 6-year-old tobacco to load into the little thing: Habana Daydream and Star of the East! What a man!
Now for my pay-it-forward: three sealed tins to the first to speak up via DM (CONUS, please), plus a few unspecified bonus samples - pipe tobacco and nasal snuff. Tins include: Dunhill Three Year Matured Virginia (2015), Orlik Golden Sliced (2023), Charatan Flake (2024).
Now for my pay-it-forward: three sealed tins to the first to speak up via DM (CONUS, please), plus a few unspecified bonus samples - pipe tobacco and nasal snuff. Tins include: Dunhill Three Year Matured Virginia (2015), Orlik Golden Sliced (2023), Charatan Flake (2024).
My pay-it-forward set of tins is spoken for! Keep your eyes peeled for the next stage from @Sobrbiker.
When Mama was still limber enough to milk the cows, my neighbor, Hank, used to smoke an entire tub of Prince Albert a day out of his Grabow. That's about 450 bowls a day out of Hank's little Grabow that only held about 1 gram of tobacco.
The year was 1425 and at the time, one tub of Prince Albert only cost a man $.01.
I never did hear what happened to Hank but last I heard, he had hit hard times on his farm. Even though times were tough for Hank, he had upgraded most of his pipes to the finest, slow-cooked Algerian briar with enough sap to make a pine tree jealous.
Was this anywhere near Humansville Missouri per chance?
I’ve been remiss, but if anyone’s interested:
Tin each of ‘23 Bob’s Chocolate Flake, ‘21 Ennerdale, a few ounces of Sutliff London Mixture Match, and who knows what else might fall in a box…
Tin each of ‘23 Bob’s Chocolate Flake, ‘21 Ennerdale, a few ounces of Sutliff London Mixture Match, and who knows what else might fall in a box…
The London Mixture Match is on its way to a member, but the two tins are still up for grabs.