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FurCoat

Lifer
Sep 21, 2020
10,167
96,137
North Carolina
Going to have Sutliff Cringle Flake 2021 in a Clay Figural (Santa Claus?) with Cherrywood stem with orific bit.

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This is the maiden voyage for this pipe, which I plan on dedicating to Holiday/Seasonal blends. I’m unfamiliar with the maker’s mark, which emulates a red wax seal—“RR” inside a crest (a wide crown above the shield portion). The orific bit suggests this could be late 19th Century, or early 20th Century.

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Any help with the ID of the maker, or suggestion of who might be depicted (other than Santa) would be most welcome.
I've been looking for a Santa pipe for awhile the appeals to me. Now that there is what I'm looking for. Love it.
 

Winnipeger

Lifer
Sep 9, 2022
1,288
9,690
Winnipeg
Old Joe Krantz Blue in my new (to me) Tsuge Tokyo Sandblasted Cherrywood. Someone didn't want this pipe, I assume because it doesn't sit perfectly. It's a little unstable. I guess that could be a disappointing bug for a Cherrywood. A steel ball in the chamber will do fine. I've been wanting a Tsuge for a long while. I notice the shanks on all the new models are shorter — one knuckle instead of two — probably for better balance. I'll just need to get a cake going to weigh down the stummel a little more! I like the long shank. Sits fine with tobacco in the chamber. BTW, OJKB is A-OK.

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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,383
643,594
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, wild caught catfish and pinto beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I've about a quarter of a bowl left of year 2013 FVF in a smooth 2002 medium bend eight sided panel top straight grain Rinaldo Collection Silver Line F Egea 05 Titania bulldog with a black acrylic stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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