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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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643,597
Have had a very busy day, and enjoyed a few smokes during that time. Right now, I'm close to finishing this bowl of Pfeifen Huber Virginia Golden Flake in a 1938 smooth straight brown patent Dunhill R 115 bowling ball prince with a tapered cumberland stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,383
643,597
A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem.
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virkia

Lifer
Jan 30, 2020
1,245
23,585
Mid 1980s ALCO UNIVERSAL ENGLAND

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+ Samuel Gawith 1792 FLAKE
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Some background on the name ALCO
The name Alco came about in 1964 when Falcon first began distributing their pipes in the UK. George Hunt (the owner from 1949) realised that Comoy's had a line of pipes with a similar name ...
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... and not wishing to infringe any copyright, had a think about it. The decision was to rework the shanks buffing out the F and N from FALCON as the thickness of the aluminium was sufficient. They could not remove the name completely without damaging the pipe. In the end the trademark issue was settled and it was not even an issue with Comoy's. The name FALCON went ahead in the UK and ALCO was kept as the name of another line of Falcon pipes, the ones with the smaller thread.
 

Scottishgaucho

Part of the Furniture Now
Jan 22, 2020
671
7,183
Buenos Aires Province.
Pressed Virginia/Burley in a Charatan 610.

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EssJaySea

Can't Leave
May 12, 2021
435
6,572
Sebastopol, CA
Busy day — enjoying a nice sized bowl of Wessex Campaign Dark Flake in this rusticated Pete House pipe.
Considered opening a tin of celpheais (I’m butchering that sorry!) after reading the great review that went up, I think, earlier today. But wanted something a bit — we’ll — less aromatic.
Last I looked my Alma mater was getting killed in the ACC Mens bball tourney.
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Laurent

Lifer
Dec 25, 2021
1,514
16,694
44
Michigan
I’m so F-ing geeked tonight. Walked in to my local B&M, I know the manager there, he showed me, not on the shelf yet, a pipe that I’ve always wanted but thought I couldn’t afford. Our very own Michigan doctor of pipes maker Lee Von Erck. I bought this pipe for a ridiculously cheap price for a Von Erck. It’s my most valuable pipe to me. I’m also smoking Mac Baron out of my Nutten’s. image.jpg
 
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