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gord

Part of the Furniture Now
Best laid plans of mice and men. A friend broke a pipe, and I gave him one I didn't use. Decided to replace it with a vintage pipe on Evilbay. This is a Ropp 350 from the 1950s. It was advertised as unused, but obviously wasn't. As it only cost $35 Canadian, I figured I'd keep it as the return would have cost me more in postage than I paid for the pipe. Vendor knew dick, obviously. In any case, it's a piece of history, my first vintage and estate. Okay by me.

Previous owner gooed it up with some nauseating aromatic, so I've spend a couple of days not only on a media fast but in cleaning it up and re-breaking it in with a fast burning semi-aro codger I like, Smioker's Pride Whiskey Tobacco. Good stuff. Might stick with this as a fodder for the occasional smoke with this pipe, as I've pretty much dedicated all of my pipes to a particular tobacco or group of tobaccos.

In any case, here's my "new" Ropp 350 and my morning smoke. Busy day today so we'll see what the rest of the day brings. Sorry for the lousy focus . . . was wearing my readers. :rolleyes:

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Dec 3, 2021
5,420
46,559
Pennsylvania & New York
Going to have @Humblepipe Silverado Fire (stoved Black Virginia, Dark Fired Burley, 10% Exotics, in Maker’s Mark) in an HS Studio Sandblasted Eskimo while I watch dart vids from the 2024 Machineseeker European Championship in Dortmund. I love the visual aesthetic of the Eskimo shape, but I have to say it’s almost like gripping the cutting wheel of a pizza slicer and not the most comfortable to hold.

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PaulRVA

Lifer
May 29, 2023
4,585
76,564
“Tobacco Row” Richmond Virginia USA
Going to have @Humblepipe Silverado Fire (stoved Black Virginia, Dark Fired Burley, 10% Exotics, in Maker’s Mark) in an HS Studio Sandblasted Eskimo while I watch dart vids from the 2024 Machineseeker European Championship in Dortmund. I love the visual aesthetic of the Eskimo shape, but I have to say it’s almost like gripping the cutting wheel of a pizza slicer and not the most comfortable to hold.

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It’s a great looking pipe 👀
 

avail

Can't Leave
Oct 13, 2015
402
3,330
Michigan
Morning Smoke in the Doc Grabow Viking...coffee/vanilla latte mixture. The smoked cheese from two weeks ago turned out nice...it was tough to wait two weeks, but worth it.

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gord

Part of the Furniture Now
Going to have @Humblepipe Silverado Fire (stoved Black Virginia, Dark Fired Burley, 10% Exotics, in Maker’s Mark) in an HS Studio Sandblasted Eskimo while I watch dart vids from the 2024 Machineseeker European Championship in Dortmund. I love the visual aesthetic of the Eskimo shape, but I have to say it’s almost like gripping the cutting wheel of a pizza slicer and not the most comfortable to hold.

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At least it's stylish!
 

MisterBadger

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 6, 2024
212
1,850
Ludlow, UK
Peterson's Irish Flake, in the Ropp Zulu mule. It's a really nice smoker. Back in the 17th century they used to describe smoking as 'drinking tobacco', and now I begin to understand why. When the smoke is allowed to glide slowly into the mouth as if it were a liquid, the flavours also seem to liquefy. Milk and honey. Bittersweet Oxford marmalade. Ambrosial...
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MisterBadger

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 6, 2024
212
1,850
Ludlow, UK
Best laid plans of mice and men. A friend broke a pipe, and I gave him one I didn't use. Decided to replace it with a vintage pipe on Evilbay. This is a Ropp 350 from the 1950s. It was advertised as unused, but obviously wasn't. As it only cost $35 Canadian, I figured I'd keep it as the return would have cost me more in postage than I paid for the pipe. Vendor knew dick, obviously. In any case, it's a piece of history, my first vintage and estate. Okay by me.
@gord I have acquired a peculiar loathing for eBay pipe vendors who don't trouble to learn anything about what they're selling and consequently post little or no information or use AI-generated cliched sales blurb and don't answer questions; if I nonetheless feel I have to deal with them because I really want a particular pipe, I console myself with the thought that I am rescuing it from the abusive paws of ignorant barbarians :)
 

avail

Can't Leave
Oct 13, 2015
402
3,330
Michigan
Going to have @Humblepipe Silverado Fire (stoved Black Virginia, Dark Fired Burley, 10% Exotics, in Maker’s Mark) in an HS Studio Sandblasted Eskimo while I watch dart vids from the 2024 Machineseeker European Championship in Dortmund. I love the visual aesthetic of the Eskimo shape, but I have to say it’s almost like gripping the cutting wheel of a pizza slicer and not the most comfortable to hold.

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The pipe is wild...