Good day all! Started with Drucquer Red Lion in an Upshall P Poker with long square shank, sterling band and matching eighth-bent tapered stem. Followed with GH Brown Flake Aromatic in an Upshall P Bulldog with quarter-bent hex shank and matching saddle stem.
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New pipe.The Luciano Pease/Di Piazza Design Virgin Sandblast Chubby Dublin
• Design & Oversight: The shapes and finishes were conceived by Greg Pease and Luca di Piazza (“Pease/di Piazza Design”).
• Manufacture: The actual briar work was done in a small Milan workshop under di Piazza’s direction, with many of the bowls being hand-finished by the Radice family.
• Stem & Tenon: Each pipe carries a custom-cut acrylic stem and turned tenon, also executed in Italy.
So, while the silhouette and concept came from Pease & di Piazza, the Virgin Sandblast Chubby Dublin was crafted for them by Italian artisan workshops—most notably Radice—and then branded “Luciano” and “Pease/Di Piazza Design”
Odd day today, but it was a good day all the same. Enjoying Nutty Irishman in my Pete Emerald Rusticated 106 with my dog, Guy, as we walk down the hill and then back up the hill to home. Have a good weekend everyone!
Ooo! Love that pipe! Does the shank get longer as it lies there?
Love this shank/stem! not really a chubby, but sturdy, not slim.. I identify!
That Pete looks like a Total. Smoking. Tool.
Do you know what year/line/model? Is it a pot?I dig this turquoise-swirl? stem! You be stylin' man!Now finished with that and getting time in on this meer I got for my birthday. No name but seems well made and came with a case
Dipped into a jar for a bowl of year 2012 Astley’s No. 55 in a 1978 straight smooth brown BBB Silver Mounted 522 pot with a silver band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Watching the Cubs-Cardinals game. I like hearing Chip Caray doing play-by-play. He certainly is better than the slacker who replaced him in Atlanta. Harry the Hairy jumped on my lap to get attention, and then went back to snoozin' by my feet.
Nice looking pipe. I think a barbecue gun with grips that match your pipe would make you the envy of the party.
Almost the last of the sample of XXV Dusk (thx QS) in a Kildare 53 w/Sterling repair band and hand cut P-lip.
I’ve been wanting a handgun, too… maybe I’ll skip the 10mm’s you guys have been talking about and just do this thing.Nice looking pipe. I think a barbecue gun with grips that match your pipe would make you the envy of the party.
While 10mm is a great cartridge, there is much to be said for the humble revolver. Also, revolvers are a potential gateway drug to hand-loading, an honorable and productive pastime. Save your brass, friends!
Edit: come to think of it, the S&W 610 is a 10mm revolver, so you may have the best of both worlds (or the worst, depending on who you ask)!
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Nice looking pipe. I think a barbecue gun with grips that match your pipe would make you the envy of the party.
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F&T Blackjack in a Hilson Bolero Rhodesian.
Earlier I had some Bayou Morning in a Savinelli Trevi Prince and now I'm puffing on some Billy Budd in a Savinelli Siena 320. Good night of music, four more gigs this weekend. My fingers will be sore on Sunday but my wallet sure wont be.
After-dinner bowl of Kentucky blend in an SMS, whilst contemplating popping an old tin of Dunhill Royal Yacht i've had in the cellar for quite a few years. The real dilema is whether to open the one with the painted lid (made in UK) or the one with the sticker (manufactured in Denmark). This gives me about an hour to stare em down through whisps of smoke like an old gun slinger in a spaghetti western.
C&D Winchester in a Vauen Oregon; don’t worry, I’m sure they’ll get around to making them for all your states, provinces and regions soon, too!
Edit to add: and islands! (sorry for the initial omission, @Scottmi)
Edit to add: and islands! (sorry for the initial omission, @Scottmi)
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
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