Very beautiful pipe, the carving is simple, and unmistakably Turkish. I love it.
Have you had Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake? If so, how does it compare to Escudo. I've never seen them put side by side.
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Very beautiful pipe, the carving is simple, and unmistakably Turkish. I love it.
Have you had Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake? If so, how does it compare to Escudo. I've never seen them put side by side.
Eternally jealous of this work of art
@Wake&Flake I enjoyed the Full Virginia Flake in my clay pipes.
Smoked two clays today. I perfer Gawith Hoggarth scented blends in a clay.
Just finished a great Zoom meeting and this bowl of year 2016 Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Kentucky in an undated Family Era Sasieni Natural Four Dot Grosvenor smooth medium brown quarter bend bulldog with a black tapered vulcanite stem.
The only pure Virginia I've had is Ashton Gold Rush, which I would describe as all icing and no cake. I had been eyeing Capstan blue for a (hopefully) uncased, untopped Virginia. Smokingpipes is out of Full Virginia Flake, but there's a decent chance my local tobacconist has a tin. I'll keep an eye out, thanks!
2012 Astleys no 44 Dark Flake in a Jack Howell Paneled Billiard.
@Wake&Flake Thank you. I haven’t smoked much LNF and haven’t smoked it in a while. When I ordered it SP had just received a new batch so I set it aside and kinda forgot about it lol.
Now smoking Wilke No. 515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
I've got some GLP Quiet Nights in a Grabow Duke.
This is my favorite English so far, but I'm new and always looking for recommendations. I've had EMP, Balkan Sobranie, Plum Pudding, and Quiet Nights, which is my favorite. Thinking about Chelsea Morning next, but I welcome any input!
This is my favorite English so far, but I'm new and always looking for recommendations. I've had EMP, Balkan Sobranie, Plum Pudding, and Quiet Nights, which is my favorite. Thinking about Chelsea Morning next, but I welcome any input!
I am soldiering through these Cascadia Plugs. I just don't know what to make of Down Wind. I like it, I really do but I just cannot place the taste.
C&D Manhattan Afternoon, rubbed out, in a Sandblasted J Alan Crabapple
I won't discourage you from Chelsea Morning, but that blend is going to be a more Virginia/Oriental forward blend compared to what you have been smoking. The blends that you seem to like are heavier in Latakia. I wouldn't disuade you from smoking it, as it's good, but I would recommend Gaslight next. It's in the sweetspot you have been dabbling in.
Jason
Rattray’s Hal O’ The Wynd in a 1907 Peterson Patent Meer Bulldog.
Thanks! I checked it out on SP, and it will be in my next order for sure. I'm excited to try plug too
If you haven't lookin into your pipe's history here's some info gleaned from the internet:-
"In 1951 Marvin Greene, renowned artist and film producer, set out to change the face of pipe smoking in both a stylish and functional manner. He decided to employ the pipe making genius Tracy Mincer to assist in designing such a pipe. The first goal of the team was to make the pipe the coolest smoker of its time. To this end they decided to place as many air intake holes as they could around the bowl of the pipe. This was their first mistake. The holes actually served no practical purpose as they only hampered the draw without any of the cooling properties they sought. The second goal was to create a pipe that mirrored the space-crazy styles of the early 1950s. To achieve this, they carved deep rings around the outside of the bowl to mimic the rings around Saturn. While quite stylish for the time, it actually further hampered the smokeability of the pipe as it created alternating cool and hot sections surrounding the bowl. Not only did this cause rampant burnout, it made it virtually impossible to correctly gauge the heat of the tobacco and further reduced the cooling of the smoke sought by the intake holes. As the project deadline approached, they realized that there was no way to save the pipe and, even worse, they were out of money for the project. While neither man wanted to have his name attached to such a horrific piece of pipe technology, they had to put it into production to cover the cost of the prototypes. They both spent the last few days of production trying desperately, and in vain, to discover a solution. As chance would have it they were assisted by Mr. Greene's son. He suggested that they market the pipe at such a price that it would only be available to the super rich. Such a person he reasoned would be unlikely to broadcast the fact that he had purchased such a horrendous, expensive item. Instead they would all speak of it as the best pipe they had ever purchased. As for the name, he said that they should name it "doodler" because it was artistic and it aptly described the pipe as no better than dog doodle. The pipe went into full production and saw record sales. Mr. Greene's son was entirely correct as to its reception and both Mr. Greene and Mr. Mincer retired a few years later as very wealthy men."
From: The Complete Guide to Pipes of the Early 20th Century by Phillip J. Fry
"I'll buy that for a dollar"
While your example is clearly not made of briar "genuine briar" was definitely used as seen in this 1941 advert
Off The Rails in my BST LC.
GL Pease Chelsea Morning from October 2011 in a Paykoc Meerschaum Dr Watson - From Sherlock Holmes/ Dr Watson two pipe set
20th Anniversary XX Flake Dark in a Castello Old Antiquary GG hawkbill shape 84.
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