A GBD Prehistoric Conquest #755 I purchased new in 1973. I love this shape filled with Anniversary Kake vintage 2010. My drink is Kilbeggan Irish Whisky.
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No, it's a bit broken on the stem end and there's a slight chip on the bowl but honestly what's really stopped me is figuring out what kind of tobacco to put in a pipe of that age. If you (or anyone else) has any suggestions I may give it a go one of these days. I just feel it would need to be a special tobacco for this one, and certainly a blend that tastes great in clay.
C&D Eight State Burley in a MM Country Gent 
I am impressed you're keeping your rim so pristine. Mine is smoked dark.
DT Salty dogs in smooth flame grained Michail Kyriazanos Lovat.
Appreciate it, I try. My cobs are treated the same as my briars.
Peter Heinrich’s Curly Block in an Ashton half bent sitter of vaguely brandy shape.
Did you sand the top of the bowl and rim? I followed some advice, but this was my first pipe and looking back probably got the flame too close. It is not burned damage, but just looks like stain.
Evening bowl of GL Pease Quiet Nights in a Savinelli Giubileo d'Oro smooth Billiard 824KS with flattened shank with matching stem while examining a box of new tobaccos just delivered by UPS. A good night indeed.
Good Evening Folks, woke up in the early hours, and having a smoke, Gawith American Caribbean C in a Xmas 2019 Sandblast Peterson XL 02.
Enjoyed a long nap and a bowl of C&D Eight State Burley (Small Batch) in a smooth straight pre-transition Barling 313 T.V.F. EXEXEL pot with a black ebonite saddle stem. Dinner will be next.
My little girl must have found a mouse’s nest because I came home to find several bits that were obviously from different bodies all over the rugs, she brings them in for her brother to play with, he couldn’t catch sushi on his own bless him. (These are my cats not children, my kids only get mouse on birthdays and Christmas)
I’m having Tuskegee Airman in the Kikob poker before I call it a night.
I’m having Tuskegee Airman in the Kikob poker before I call it a night.
Burma Road in a little Butz sitter
It's not a great blend and I don't think a Cavalier would have enjoyed it any more than I do today.
The fact that King Charles II was not a fan of tobacco there's definitely an irony to his mug being on the tin and what grandpa King James I wrote in his "Counterblaste to Tobacco" is well known
‘A custome loathsome to the eye, hatefull to the nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoake of the pit that is bottomlesse.’ etc.
Yes, all the Tanga Amboseli meers (and not just that brand) from the '70s that I've seen have that pre-smoked look:-
Doesn't go into the pre-smoked look but offers other info on your African meer pipes and the company that made them:-
Snap (or close), young man, except my example is from the late '70s:-
He could always do something similar to what a previous owner did to this early 17th cent portion - mount it with a silver or gold coloured band, add attractive stem and hey presto a thoroughly smokable pipe is reborn:-
Kendal Flake in a Hilson Vintage Acorn.
I spit clean the rim after each smoke and use a little Everclear on a paper towl about every six months when I clean them. Of course I do not clean the rims of my briars with alcohol. One thing I do with a new cob is use 200 grit sandpaper to smooth out the bowl somewhat. Keeps from shredding a paper towel when wiping out after a smoke.
Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake in a Falcon with Meerschaum Bowl
D&R Rimboche A.P. In a Imp meer.
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