Pipe Porn - Pre-Lane Charatan and GBD PixAxe

[ashdigger]

Here are two recent acquisitions. A pre-Lane era Cutty that is 5 1/2 inches long and weighs 23 grams.
The pipe is stamped Charatan's Make - London England - De Luxe with a shape number of 54



Here's the other one GBD Rallye (PickAxe) 666P. It is 5 1/4 inches long and weighs 32 grams

 

[scrooge]

Wow! Did'nt know you went for regular pipes for a lack of better words. Congrats. Like that GBD I have a few. LOL!!

 

[rodbuster3]

Very nice ive been thinking about pulling the pin and getting someting nice all my pipe are meh

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I love that pickaxe!

 

[pagan]

Nice Axe ! ::

 

[cossackjack]

Like both of the alot.

Cutty's are always jaunty & I love red(heads) in the pickaxe.

 

[ssjones]

Nice, love the cutty, I don't watch a lot of Charatans, but that has to be an usual shape.
I'll be interested to hear how the GBD smokes compared to your older pre-Cadogan GBD(s).

 

[cossackjack]

Like both of the alot.

Cutty's are always jaunty & I love red(heads) in the pickaxe.

 

[ashdigger]

Al, I'll let you know. I got sucked in by the shape and sandblast

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Both are awesome, but that pick ax takes the prize! Congrats, and I'll bet both are great smokers.

 

[aldecaker]

Damn, that cutty is nice! Out of the two, that one wins it hands down for me. Being an older model, what diameter is the draft (approximately)?

 

[ashdigger]

Matt, a standard pipe cleaner (BJ Long) slides straight through with no problem.

 

[aldecaker]

Nice. Should smoke as good as she looks, then!

 

[wyfbane]

The pick axe is really cool. I am always happy when one of us gets a pre Lane Charatan though. Those are seemingly pretty rare. Congrats on a rare-ish pipe in what must be a rare shape!

 

[ashdigger]

Okay folks I've smoked them both now. The pre-Lane Charatan is an absolutely fantastic smoker. The PixAxe, for my smoking style .... ugh.

 

[tygh]

Love the shape of the GBD, sorry to hear it isn't the best smoker. I have a few like that as well. Looks ain't everything.

 

[shotime]

like both

 

[papipeguy]

That cutty looks like a fine plug and/or flake pipe. Enjoy both of them.

 

[sablebrush52]

Nice scores!

 

[seadog]

I do like Charatan's, but man-o-man is that an outstanding GBD.