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tfdickson

Lifer
May 15, 2014
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East End of Long Island
Steamworks in my Jesse Jones bent billiard.

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bluegrassbrian

Your Mom's Favorite Pipe Smoker
Aug 27, 2016
6,677
64,615
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Louisville
Sad day. What do you think happened? Was it already showing signs of weakening?
Well. Definitely an old piece, and that blast was wicked deep, which couldn't be helping its structural integrity.

Back when I first acquired the pipe I was cleaning it up and dropped the stummel. A section. Surrounding the mortise chipped off. Luckily it was one piece and a clean break so I was able to epoxy it back together with little issue.
Flash forward a couple years.. I was puffing along reading a book and suddenly I felt a slight pop. It finally gave way...
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,903
656,890
Spent most of the day at the hospital visiting an ill friend. Been relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm half way through this bowl of aged Rattrays Hal O’ The Wynd in a straight smooth brown pre-WWII (Comoy’s) Corinthian De-Luxe 126 pot made for Sutliff in San Francisco with a black tapered vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Watching the Braves-Rockies game, and will listen to the rest of the game when I go to work on a new Betty and Veronica Super-Teens story.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,903
656,890
A quarter of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite.

Best wishes to you, @UncleRasta !
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,903
656,890
Passing the half way mark of this bowl of Watch City Queequeg’s Moby Dick Series in a straight brown sandblasted post-WWII family era Sasieni “Canadian” London Made with a sterling silver band with a tapered black vulcanite twin bore stem. Fed Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave. It's raining, so I don't expect Abner the Eager to show up.
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