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Jun 23, 2019
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I may have discovered a new favorite mixture:

2015 Dunhill Elizabethan Mix with about 2in x 1in of a Padron wrapper crumbled and sprinkled in - puffing in this 'Troll Stoker' by Nate King:

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Waning Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
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128,979
How the hell does one work with a hippo tooth?
No kidding. He was certainly nuts for a challenge. He enjoyed working with organic accents like exotic woods and ivory but this is the only example of teeth I've seen. He also had a lot of fun with multi piece stems

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and one time cut a disk of lapis lazuli for a mortise.

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Feb 12, 2022
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North Georgia mountains.
No kidding. He was certainly nuts for a challenge. He enjoyed working with organic accents like exotic woods and ivory but this is the only example of teeth I've seen. He also had a lot of fun with multi piece stems

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and one time cut a disk of lapis lazuli for a mortise.

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I've seen that stem before and can't even begin to fathom the process. Just insanity. And how does one cut Lapis Lazuli with that kind of accuracy? I was a stone mason for a decade. My job was cutting rocks and that still baffles me.
I feel like "artisan pipemaker" is an understatement for some of these carvers
 

Hillcrest

Lifer
Dec 3, 2021
4,881
27,671
Connecticut, USA
Early evening back to back - 2/3 bowl of Country Squire Rivendell in a Vauen Olaf bent egg (20x46 chamber)
- it didn't taste very good and burned fast and hot. I didn't notice much flavor no matter how slow I tried to smoke it --- I think I just got a bad or unmixed pinch from the bag. Second pipe was a bowl of country Squire Whatever ????? in a rinsed Savinelli Erica Fiamma 128 Billiard with new charcoal filter --- Whatever never fails to please ! Variety of tastes and strong. And ... it slow sips fine and lasts a long time --- in fact 1/2 of it is waiting for me for later and will taste as pleasant ! Good evening to all !!
 

VDL_Piper

Lifer
Jun 4, 2021
2,508
22,732
Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Gee whiz he was a master of his craft, stunning use of accents.
No kidding. He was certainly nuts for a challenge. He enjoyed working with organic accents like exotic woods and ivory but this is the only example of teeth I've seen. He also had a lot of fun with multi piece stems

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and one time cut a disk of lapis lazuli for a mortise.

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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
70,183
803,156
Half way through this bowl of year 2018 Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching the Braves-Mets game.
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