WCC English Erniental in my Becker billiard.
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That's going to be a stubborn ghost. I love EP and have a cob dedicated to it. The bowl note matches the tin note.
Yeah, I probably should have thought twice about smoking it in that Ben Wade. I do have a MM Little Devil Acorn cob - maybe I’ll follow your lead and dedicate it? On the plus side the Tashkent was pretty good with a little citrus zing
C&D Carolina Red Flake 2017 in a Altinay translucent meer.
Ending the day with Hamborger Veermaster in my new BST.
Almost half way through this bowl of Wilke No. 515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Going to work in a couple of minutes.
Of the big three traditional/classic briar pipe shapes - the 'Dublin', the 'Billiard' and the 'Bulldog' - it's the ''Bulldog' that has impressed me the most because it has so many iterations including different levels of quality - from the upmarket models with gold or silver furniture to the economy models with electo-plated mounts or unmounted. There's the handmade look with visible carving cuts, the oversized or the chunky as well as the dainty. There are the patent models and the squat bowls as well as the tall, the dark stain or the natural, the carved etc.
Basically a 'Bulldog' for every taste
Silver ferrule from 1882, bowl mounted later in 1890
Fine 'n' elegant from 1884
Oversize also from 1884
Bent (late 19th century)
Bent w/ tall bowl (early-mid 20th century)
Patent from 1896
Chunky from 1899
Chunky from 1905
Plated mount (early 20th century)
Dark stain typical of the 1920s - 1940s
Handmade look (1920s)
Squat (1930s/1940s)
Carved
Well, that's my 15
Basically a 'Bulldog' for every taste
Silver ferrule from 1882, bowl mounted later in 1890
Fine 'n' elegant from 1884
Oversize also from 1884
Bent (late 19th century)
Bent w/ tall bowl (early-mid 20th century)
Patent from 1896
Chunky from 1899
Chunky from 1905
Plated mount (early 20th century)
Dark stain typical of the 1920s - 1940s
Handmade look (1920s)
Squat (1930s/1940s)
Carved
Well, that's my 15
Beautiful collection!
Can you clean under those Patent 4351 plates?
Cornell and Diehl Burley Flake #3 in a rusticated Peterson System Standard 302
About a quarter of a bowl left of Wilke Peanut Butter in a 1980s black sandblasted slight bend Savory’s Argyll 281 Cherrywood with a black vulcanite tapered stem.
Half way through this bowl of year 2018 C&D Yorktown in a 1991 Ashton Brindle X straight brown sandblast dublin with a square shank and tapered square acrylic cumberland stem.
Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Brown Flake unscented in a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Squire
Morning smoke of Mc Barens Navy Flake rubbed out in an Ashton Old Church Long Canadian from 2020
Fairly laid back weekend closes with a bowl of GLP Quiet Nights.
Just finishing this bowl of Peretti Cuban Mixture in a 2016 straight smooth dark brown Peterson Sportsman 87 apple with a nickel cap military mount and a tapered black acrylic fishtail stem.
Just finished some 2001 Haddo's Delight in a small Tonni Nielsen freehand. Magnificent!!
Now smoking D&R Windsail in a smooth straight dark brown family era “Canadian” by Sasieni with a black tapered vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Listening to the Lux Radio Theater version of The Westerner starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan. Still working.
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