Searching For One Thing, Brought Home A Ropp Vintage Sandblasted 29C

[carolinachurchwarden]

Been on a kick of watching the Robert Downey Jr. flick Sherlock Holmes and in my ever present search for a pipe similar to one of the variety he smokes (believe it's been mostly narrowed to a Dunhill), I keep perusing the virtual shelves of all the usual suspects for one like it. Never fails that I can't seem to find something that's very close without a super splurge. Well every single time I look, I end up bringing something else lost and looking for a home into my beloved collection.

This time I spotted this lovely piece over at Smoking Pipes. It's a Ropp Vintage Sandblasted 29C, which is a lovely little thing with a billiard bowl and quite like a lovat shape. I've been wanting a lovat for a while and this one isn't exactly a true lovat, but it's still satisfying that itch. It also came with a horn stem, so all in all, not bad of a pickup. It added a Ropp, lovat, and horn stem pipe to my collection.

Here she is framed with the newest tin I popped for the occasion: C&D Carolina Red Flake and it sure is pretty tasty. This pipe smoke smooth and cool and I'm loving it already.

 

[coming to_falling too]

I have a Vintage Stout bulldog with horn stem. I like it.

Nice pickup. I like the vintage line from Ropp.

 

[olkofri]

Oh look! He wasn't dead, just missing!! ?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Oh look! He wasn't dead, just missing!! ?

Someone's hijacked his account! Stranger danger!

 

[Chasing Embers]

It was speculated some time ago to be a 4303.



Is the draw in the Ropp tight?

 

[carolinachurchwarden]

I have a Vintage Stout bulldog with horn stem. I like it.

Nice pickup. I like the vintage line from Ropp.

I do too, so far! I think it smokes very well! I love the feel of it too.

 

[carolinachurchwarden]

Oh look! He wasn't dead, just missing!! ?

Yeah, they found me and returned me to sender.... That rum will sure sneak up on you!

 

[carolinachurchwarden]

Someone's hijacked his account! Stranger danger!

Oh? Maybe? They shaved him too! No more beard when I woke up on an island surrounded by beautiful women, but then I woke up from that dream and realized it was just Bill and his stupid squeaking parrot and I think Anthony was doing a jig by the water mumbling something about Black Frigate dinghys for sale without the sail....

 

[carolinachurchwarden]

It was speculated some time ago to be a 4303.

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Is the draw in the Ropp tight?

Well, it looks a lot like mine except the shank is a little longer on mine. The draw was a slight bit tighter than I expected, but I was contributing it to a tighter hole in the stem. The bit it a lot smaller than I'm used to, but still very comfortable to clench.

 

[mikethompson]

Nice looking pipe, I've been thinking about horn stems for a while.

 

[scloyd]

Nice pipe Matt. I like the tamper too, I have one just like it.

 

[mityahicks]

I enjoy my horned Ropp a lot.

 

[tobefrank]

That's a nice pipe with a great blast on it!

 

[marlinspike]

Those Ropps with horn stems are a pretty good value. I really like those coffee-and-cream colored horn stems.

 

[SpookedPiper]

She looks great! How thick are the horned stems? Larger than 4mil? I have also been eyeing the ropp and smaller billiards with less than a 1.5 in bowl but worried that the bite will be too thick..

 

[mso489]

I was looking at those horn stem Ropps a few days ago. They're attractive. With flake, coin, plug, or rope, you can gt a full length smoke out of modest chambers.