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Post by Silver on Apr 18, 2024 12:13:10 GMT -5
I'm having some crunchy St. Bruno in a GBD Oxford billiard.
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Post by NJDan on Apr 18, 2024 12:22:35 GMT -5
Good afternoon all, I’m enjoying a bowl of Grousemoor in a Clarence Mickles billiard, stamped 1994, at least I think it’s a 4. Mix of sun and clouds today as the bird activity continues to tick up along the shoreline. I hope you all enjoy your day!  |
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Post by just ol ed on Apr 18, 2024 12:57:17 GMT -5
Apertif in SerJac Maxima bulldog, CokeOriginal by side. Another waste of time rest of the day ahead, not complaining
Ed-slow but managing somehow
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Post by Silver on Apr 18, 2024 13:08:37 GMT -5
Having a bowl of Friar's Bayou in a BBB Silver Grain billiard. Perusing eBay and doing a little yardwork.
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jonmc75
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Post by jonmc75 on Apr 18, 2024 13:45:13 GMT -5
 Evening all, hope you're all doing well, about to sit down to a football game with some Dark Flake in the Peterson Derry 03 Rusticated, and a nice big mug of camomile tea. |
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Post by turbocat on Apr 18, 2024 14:15:37 GMT -5
I had an entertaining night of pipe smoking last night. A couple of friends came here to Michigan from India on business. We went out to dinner and went back to my house afterwards for an evening of catching up and Guinness Extra Stout. When they came in, they immediately started looking at my pipes and telling me stories of how their fathers and grandfathers smoked pipes long ago and how they remembered it was common in India long ago but they don’t see anyone doing it anymore and how they hadn’t thought about it in a long time. Then they asked if I had pipes they could smoke. I set them up with pipes and I had the jar of Mac Baren Mixture out so Mixture for everyone.
We had a great night talking, drinking and smoking pipes. I gave them each a pipe and tobacco to take with them. Savinelli’s and Mixture for each of them.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 18, 2024 14:33:04 GMT -5
I had an entertaining night of pipe smoking last night. A couple of friends came here to Michigan from India on business. We went out to dinner and went back to my house afterwards for an evening of catching up and Guinness Extra Stout. When they came in, they immediately started looking at my pipes and telling me stories of how their fathers and grandfathers smoked pipes long ago and how they remembered it was common in India long ago but they don’t see anyone doing it anymore and how they hadn’t thought about it in a long time. Then they asked if I had pipes they could smoke. I set them up with pipes and I had the jar of Mac Baren Mixture out so Mixture for everyone. We had a great night talking, drinking and smoking pipes. I gave them each a pipe and tobacco to take with them. Savinelli’s and Mixture for each of them. Sounds like a great time and you are a great friend. One of my favorite memories is sitting around a picnic table with 5 friends while our kids played in and around the pool,passing around a 5th of Tullamore Dew. 2 are dead now and one is in the nursing home with dementia. But my memory is still bright. Money can't buy that kind of thing. |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Apr 18, 2024 15:40:54 GMT -5
2016 Prince Andrew in my 1949 Dunhill Shell group 2 Billiard.  |
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Post by Silver on Apr 18, 2024 17:02:17 GMT -5
After-dinner smoke time. Haunted Bookshop in the Thursday cob on the back porch. Chilly breeze off the lake.
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Post by urbino on Apr 18, 2024 17:33:58 GMT -5
Trying to sneak in a bowl of OGS before the storms hit, in the Iafisco Lovat:  |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Apr 18, 2024 17:36:30 GMT -5
2017 Father Dempsey in my 1939 Dunhill Bruyere group 3 Billiard. (top pipe in pic)  |
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Post by urbino on Apr 18, 2024 17:37:25 GMT -5
That is one hell of a Dunnie, John. Nice get.
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Post by olbluesmoke on Apr 18, 2024 17:55:40 GMT -5
Trying to sneak in a bowl of OGS before the storms hit, in the Iafisco Lovat: Very nice briar, truly a stunner! |
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Post by urbino on Apr 18, 2024 17:56:49 GMT -5
Trying to sneak in a bowl of OGS before the storms hit, in the Iafisco Lovat: Very nice briar, truly a stunner! Thanks, Geoff. Don't know if I'll get it smoked, or not. Forecast says the storms are still a ways off, but I've got wind, thunder, and scattered raindrops that say otherwise. |
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Post by urbino on Apr 18, 2024 18:32:03 GMT -5
Forecast was wrong. It is pouring right down out here, but I've managed to shimmy up into the corner of my little smoking porch and stay pretty well out of it. Just watching and hearing and smelling the rain.  |
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Post by olbluesmoke on Apr 18, 2024 18:40:56 GMT -5
Time to indulge in some Peter Stokkebye Proper English while utilizing a Stanwell Bulldog.
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Post by Silver on Apr 18, 2024 19:41:31 GMT -5
Having a bowl of Friar's Bayou in the Thursday cob in front of the TV. Still searching on eBay.
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Post by urbino on Apr 18, 2024 20:09:58 GMT -5
Lagonda in the cob.
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Post by johnlawitzke on Apr 18, 2024 21:09:26 GMT -5
That is one hell of a Dunnie, John. Nice get. Thanks! Chance find. I got a great deal on it as the dealer hadn’t worked out the pipe's date and had priced it like a 60's Root Briar. 😎 |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2024 21:25:46 GMT -5
Caking it...I once was offered "freezer cellared" wedding cake with 10nyears age on it...I passed, but this is better at that age. Growing more chest hair.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 18, 2024 21:42:59 GMT -5
That is one hell of a Dunnie, John. Nice get. Thanks! Chance find. I got a great deal on it as the dealer hadn’t worked out the pipe's date and had priced it like a 60's Root Briar. 😎 Those markings don't hold up that well over the decades. My 49/50 Root Briar takes good light and a magnifying glass to make it out. |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2024 21:52:29 GMT -5
Thanks! Chance find. I got a great deal on it as the dealer hadn’t worked out the pipe's date and had priced it like a 60's Root Briar. 😎 Those markings don't hold up that well over the decades. My 49/50 Root Briar takes good light and a magnifying glass to make it out. Indeed...a fine find, John! |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Apr 18, 2024 22:05:57 GMT -5
Thanks! Chance find. I got a great deal on it as the dealer hadn’t worked out the pipe's date and had priced it like a 60's Root Briar. 😎 Those markings don't hold up that well over the decades. My 49/50 Root Briar takes good light and a magnifying glass to make it out. More like he never looked to try and date and admitted so. Yes, the stampings were buffed down some, but are good enough that I could tell there was a patent number ending in /20 before pulling out my LED flashlight and lifting my glasses to look close. The dealer has 10 to 15 years younger eyes than I have. |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2024 22:10:23 GMT -5
Those markings don't hold up that well over the decades. My 49/50 Root Briar takes good light and a magnifying glass to make it out. More like he never looked to try and date and admitted so. Yes, the stampings were buffed down some, but are good enough that I could tell there was a patent number ending in /20 before pulling out my LED flashlight and lifting my glasses to look close. The dealer has 10 to 15 years younger eyes than I have. I try to remember bringing a good glass magnifying glass when on the hunt, more often than not I do not have one on me....  |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Apr 18, 2024 22:32:11 GMT -5
More like he never looked to try and date and admitted so. Yes, the stampings were buffed down some, but are good enough that I could tell there was a patent number ending in /20 before pulling out my LED flashlight and lifting my glasses to look close. The dealer has 10 to 15 years younger eyes than I have. I try to remember bringing a good glass magnifying glass when on the hunt, more often than not I do not have one on me.... If you carry a phone with a camera you do…. |
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Post by Silver on Apr 18, 2024 22:38:15 GMT -5
Haunted Bookshop in the Thursday cob, while I pick out another pipe and tobacco pairing.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2024 22:42:47 GMT -5
I try to remember bringing a good glass magnifying glass when on the hunt, more often than not I do not have one on me.... If you carry a phone with a camera you do…. Probably just me, but glass works better than the Iphone… (at least for me). |
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Post by Gypo on Apr 18, 2024 23:00:43 GMT -5
Some Mississippi River in short sandblasted Ropp bulldog while sharpening a few more chains I found in the shed at Boss's. Getting ready for the season to start.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2024 23:47:38 GMT -5
Some Mississippi River in short sandblasted Ropp bulldog while sharpening a few more chains I found in the shed at Boss's. Getting ready for the season to start. Says the guy that gets such a fine edge, he trims his beard with a Husky chain saw. |
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Post by Silver on Apr 18, 2024 23:51:22 GMT -5
Old Gowrie in an Ashton Old Church Canadian.  |
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