Going to have Folklore in a Savinelli Punto Oro Bulldog 509 KS. The second and third pics are before clean up using La Belle Epoque Before and After Deoxidizer and Restoration Balm.
Now smoking Wilke No. 515 in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This was the blend Basil Rathbone smoked.
Enjoying some delicious four year old squadron leader in a no name pipe from my father’s collection. It’s the first English blend I’ve smoked in months and what strikes me is just how well balanced it is.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, wild caught catfish and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2018 Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
CHARATAN
ROYAL WEDDING 1981 F.C (Frederick Charatan) .925
(Union flag on the stem all but disappeared)
+ Samuel Gawith ST JAMES FLAKE
The 1981 Royal Wedding also in clay (by Eric Ayto)
Posting pictures of Royal Commemorative Pipes seem an appropriate thing to do in 2022 - Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee year...
A few examples including Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897) + Edward VII and Queen Alexandra's Coronation (1902)