@OzPiper the Clay King enjoyed his clay pipe of Elizabethan Mixture in memory of Queen Elizabeth II at Nottingham Pipe Show 2022.A couple of French GBDs
French silver hallmarks - diamond and boar’s head. No date hallmark
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1st is the straight billiard, tapered stem with an orific bit
With a bowl of Peterson’s Elizabethan Mixture
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@FurCoat Do you think it would suit the King's Clay?EGR in a Mistella GemView attachment 322328
good catch, a quick spin on SPcom’s pipe locator is only showing Picollo and Rubino Antico’s as vulcanite, neither line having a shape for me currently.Thanks man. It’s the 207 shape from the Savinelli tre rusticated line. They’re my favorite briar pipes. Rossi sells the same shape (8207) in their Notte line. They might sell it in their Sera line as well but I don’t smoke filtered pipes and the draw is just too open for me without the filter. I got this one during that July 4th sale for 15% off. $85 was just too good of a deal to pass up for a brand new Savinelli.
Here’s my small Savinelli tre rusticated collection:
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From left to right shape numbers: 626, 104, 207
EDIT: I seem to remember that you prefer vulcanite stems and these are all acrylic stems in this line.
Both of those blends are fantastic on their own. Winchester is one of probably 4-5 blends that could satisfy me if it was all I had to smoke.Three days in the noodle press made a 50/50 of Match Victorian and Winchester into a nice crumble cake that’s held its shape well for over two months.
Makes a nice “pinch off a chunk, stuff it in the bowl and fire it up” no muss/no fuss blend.
I’ll be making more down the road.
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That's quite the drop!C&D Ghost of Christmas Present in a St Nicholas with a drop of Macallen 18. These hibiscus’s are amazing!
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