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But do the stems match the grain in the wood and shape of the bowl? We must have "restrained elegance." Can't have anything out of balance, eh? RCC
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Charatans's Make for me, Huntsman shape. Now mind you, the real London made ones. Those along with Dunhill's Poyal Yacht. Very good!
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Lowell-
Another piper out of the briar patch. This might be worth another thread as I suspect there are a good number of pipe smokers among the ranks of the SxS clan. It would take me an entire afternoon to go through the pipes in my collection. Charatan is a fine make, I have a few, and as in most things the older the better (Lane era and earlier). Anybody here discovered the joys of Tracy Mincer's Custombilts? They are one of the best-kept secrets in good smoking pipes and Americana.
To tie this in so it doesn't go too far from topic. Any lover of great wood is really missing out if they don't own (and use) a few the better briar pipes. Some of these briars are the true gems of woodcraft. Although in our politically correct times, they are about as acceptable in public as a shotgun.
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You're clearly not an addict, LG. Addicts know it's just rip the filter out of new Dr. Grabow, pack it in and grab the Zippo. I used to have all that paraphenalia, humidor, pouch, tamper, special blend, might have had a 60 dollar pipe sometime around 1970. I do still have a two-bladed reamer for getting the tar buildup out but mostly use a knife blade. I also invest in pipe cleaners and isopropryl occasionally. I'm an old man now and women still comment on how good it smells. Are they idiots?
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I dabbled with pipes when I was smoker, but they couldn't satisfy my nicotine habit....damned thing wouldn't stay lit.
But I did have a love affair with "rolling my own" for awhile; and I mean Prince Albert, not funny weed. No cigarette ever tasted better and the process had a way of slowing me down, buying time to think whether to call or raise.
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Bugler was also nasty stuff for makins. Fortunately, you didn't really have to inhale it; you could just let em burn in your fingers and take in the nicotine by osmosis.
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Over the top?
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Too small. Take two:
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Boootiful!
But doesn't it beg for a forend tip with white line spacer?
You know what I mean....for "balance"?
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My pipe smoking started in college where I belonged to a Sherlock Holmes club - a pipe(never a calabash) and deerstalker were a must at our meetings. Put away for years, my Dunhills helped finance my clapped-out, Westley sleeved Churchill 12b ble. Kept a few Charatans tho'. Storms! teutonic perhaps?
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