What is Your most Ridiculous piece of Kit?

[Chasing Embers]

Or Mrs. Bobbitt used a steam iron instead of a cutting utensil....OUCH!!!!

Damn John, OW!?

 

[sablebrush52]

I would have to say it's a large heavy gauge leather satchel, tooled on one side with a portrait of Sherlock Holmes smoking a pipe, that's fitted inside with crocodile leather hammocks to hold over 60 pipes.

 

[OzPiper]

I would have to say it's a large heavy gauge leather satchel, tooled on one side with a portrait of Sherlock Holmes smoking a pipe, that's fitted inside with crocodile leather hammocks to hold over 60 pipes.

And is there a matching satchel for an adequate supply of tobacco tins ?

 

[sablebrush52]

And is there a matching satchel for an adequate supply of tobacco tins ?

Plenty of room in the base for a pound or two. It's a large satchel.

 

[sandollars]

I have the same style lighter and use it all the time. It has a nice feel to it and functions great. I would put it to use but that's just me.

It also stays clean-looking a lot longer because of the antique finish around the lid and flame area. To some of you this is not a factor, I get it.

 

[Servant King]

Or Mrs. Bobbitt used a steam iron instead of a cutting utensil....OUCH!!!!

IBTL

 

[OzPiper]

Plenty of room in the base for a pound or two. It's a large satchel.

Just what every gentlemen needs for a 6 month sea voyage along with his 6 Louis Vuitton trunks and valet

 

[jpmcwjr]

IBTL

Well, ah, yeah, ok, I'd find it odd to lock a thread that I, ah, er, uh, caused to be closed!... Maybe someone will revive it (the thread) by going back to the o.p.'s topic.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I would have to say it's a large heavy gauge leather satchel, tooled on one side with a portrait of Sherlock Holmes smoking a pipe, that's fitted inside with crocodile leather hammocks to hold over 60 pipes.

There has to be a great story or two inside that satchel.... Might it have been a salesman's kit?

 

[sablebrush52]

There has to be a great story or two inside that satchel.... Might it have been a salesman's kit?

It was definitely a commissioned piece. I found a Caminetto still in it that the seller missed.

 

[mikethompson]

Maybe someone will revive it (the thread) by going back to the o.p.'s topic.

I will try to keep this rig between the guardrails.

So no one on here has (or is willing to admit to having) a Briar Dryer?

 

[chilllucky]

@sablebrush52 That is a thing I would very much like to see pictures of.

 

[didimauw]

Well, ah, yeah, ok, I'd find it odd to lock a thread that I, ah, er, uh, caused to be closed!... Maybe someone will revive it (the thread) by going back to the o.p.'s topic.

If I ever contribute to the derailing of a thread I just end my post with something relevant.


I don't have anything strange in my pipe gear. I'm too classic I guess.

 

[jpmcwjr]

My worst bit of kit would now be my bottle of Everclear. When I joined, everyone was all about it and salt for removing ghosts. Now, since the hot water flush has replaced the need for salt (used up now in cooking) and alcohol, the Everclear sits abandoned in a cupboard. (You ask, why not mix if with grape juice and drink it?) Cause I don't drink alcohol now.

 

[mikethompson]

Everclear

When I first heard about Everclear being used to clean pipes, I assumed it was a specific pipe cleaning product. I had no idea people actually drank the stuff.

 

[sandollars]

When I first heard about Everclear being used to clean pipes, I assumed it was a specific pipe cleaning product. I had no idea people actually drank the stuff.

Just college kids with an agenda....

 

[sandollars]

I will try to keep this rig between the guardrails.

So no one on here has (or is willing to admit to having) a Briar Dryer?

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WINNER!!!!!!!

 

[romaso]

I will try to keep this rig between the guardrails.

So no one on here has (or is willing to admit to having) a Briar Dryer?

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We need more info on that! Looks like it's from the 1970's? Is it forced air or a heater (or both)?
What does the manual say? From The Smithsonian Collection?

 

[romaso]

For your next challenge, find yourself a WW2 era kukri as your plug knife.

That would be a great keepsake. There were many Ghurkas in WW2 Burma and I've done alot of reading on that campaign. (A great memoir is 'Quartered Safe Out Here,' by George MacDonald Fraser; also good is 'Behind Japanese Lines: With the OSS in Burma' by Richard Dunlop )
I've also seen several great stories in recent years, including some bandits that tried to hold up a train in India and, too bad for them, they were charged by a Ghurka with his kukri. The Ghurka won.
More:
Why Gurkhas Are the Fiercest Fighters on the Planet (popularmechanics.com)

 

[leonardbill1]

Rubber stem bits. Looked like a good idea, but just didn't work for me.