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Post by darktater on Jan 23, 2022 16:00:20 GMT -5
Imperfect equipment + imperfect briar + imperfect carver = this freehand. Plateau rim stained, sanded and light application of shellac. Shank end carved (there was no plateau there). Scavenged stem (want to buy something nicer for this pipe). Maiden voyage with Marlin Flake. Here goes nuthin'.   very cool! |
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Post by just ol ed on Jan 23, 2022 16:17:34 GMT -5
looks good from here Pete, looks like nice start to becoming a carver, congrats. Tea at desk, Exotique in LaughingBacchus meer in smoking room. Nap due, then to sups. Sure will be many "sounds" from wifie starting 6:30pm, Bills at Chiefs. I might well have ear plugs in at times, fer sure not hearing aids!
18, cleard dusting of snow with broom earlier
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
gots 'em, smokes 'em since '62
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 23, 2022 16:19:11 GMT -5
Firedance Flake in an old but not previously smoked Lane Crown Achievement pot. Lemonade on the side.  |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 16:26:25 GMT -5
Imperfect equipment + imperfect briar + imperfect carver = this freehand. Plateau rim stained, sanded and light application of shellac. Shank end carved (there was no plateau there). Scavenged stem (want to buy something nicer for this pipe). Maiden voyage with Marlin Flake. Here goes nuthin'. very cool! Thanks, Pete. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 23, 2022 16:26:53 GMT -5
looks good from here Pete, looks like nice start to becoming a carver, congrats. Tea at desk, Exotique in LaughingBacchus meer in smoking room. Nap due, then to sups. Sure will be many "sounds" from wifie starting 6:30pm, Bills at Chiefs. I might well have ear plugs in at times, fer sure not hearing aids! 18, cleard dusting of snow with broom earlier Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY gots 'em, smokes 'em since '62 Them Bills look pretty awesome, KC I predict are going to have their hands full dealing with them. Watching the Rams manhandle Brady’s Buc’s… they sure manhandled my Cardinals last week. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 23, 2022 16:29:01 GMT -5
Firedance Flake in an old but not previously smoked Lane Crown Achievement pot. Lemonade on the side. That was a good deal when they had that find of all of them old Lane pipes, I bought a couple pipes and quite a few tins of Crown Achievement tobacco. |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 16:29:17 GMT -5
looks good from here Pete, looks like nice start to becoming a carver, congrats. Tea at desk, Exotique in LaughingBacchus meer in smoking room. Nap due, then to sups. Sure will be many "sounds" from wifie starting 6:30pm, Bills at Chiefs. I might well have ear plugs in at times, fer sure not hearing aids! 18, cleard dusting of snow with broom earlier Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY gots 'em, smokes 'em since '62 Thanks, Ed! |
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Post by urbino on Jan 23, 2022 16:59:36 GMT -5
Imperfect equipment + imperfect briar + imperfect carver = this freehand. Plateau rim stained, sanded and light application of shellac. Shank end carved (there was no plateau there). Scavenged stem (want to buy something nicer for this pipe). Maiden voyage with Marlin Flake. Here goes nuthin'. Hey, that looks like nice work, Pete. I'll be interested to hear how it smokes. |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 17:02:14 GMT -5
Thanks, Urb. Smokes pretty good so far. I don't think it's a clencher, for me anyway.
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Post by urbino on Jan 23, 2022 17:13:37 GMT -5
Ha. It doesn't look it.
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Zach
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First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 23, 2022 17:24:57 GMT -5
Just finishing 2021 C&D Carolina Red Flake w/ Perique in 1960's BBB Own Make blasted zulu.
2012 GH & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake next in a 1970 Pioneer rusticated acorn meer.
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 17:35:29 GMT -5
Three Friars in the Sunday cob. Gonna help with dinner in a few minutes.
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Zach
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Posts: 4,369
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 23, 2022 17:35:44 GMT -5
Silver For that being your first freehand, I'm being honest here it looks just as good as most Preben Holm, Ben Wade, or others that I've seen in the same Dublin shape size. No disrespect to Preben Holm, of course. Ben Wades, well... they're overvalued and have bad airways. 
(The newest Ben Wade's that were after Preben's death. His earlier are really nice pipes.)
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Post by Gypo on Jan 23, 2022 17:56:14 GMT -5
GH Balkan Mixture in shallow smooth rusticated Danish billiard
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 18:17:59 GMT -5
Silver For that being your first freehand, I'm being honest here it looks just as good as most Preben Holm, Ben Wade, or others that I've seen in the same Dublin shape size. No disrespect to Preben Holm, of course. Ben Wades, well... they're overvalued and have bad airways.
(The newest Ben Wade's that were after Preben's death. His earlier are really nice pipes.)
Thanks, Zach. I'm not gonna pretend to have that kind of talent. It turned out pretty good, I guess. It'll sit with my Ben Wade and Soren freehands, though. |
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Posts: 4,369
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 23, 2022 18:18:58 GMT -5
Silver For that being your first freehand, I'm being honest here it looks just as good as most Preben Holm, Ben Wade, or others that I've seen in the same Dublin shape size. No disrespect to Preben Holm, of course. Ben Wades, well... they're overvalued and have bad airways.
(The newest Ben Wade's that were after Preben's death. His earlier are really nice pipes.)
Thanks, Zach. I'm not gonna pretend to have that kind of talent. It turned out pretty good, I guess. It'll sit with my Ben Wade and Soren freehands, though. And, how do you like the smoking qualities of your Ben Wade and what year was it made? |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 18:21:46 GMT -5
I don't smoke it often, because its huge. When I do, its a two-hour commitment and smokes nicely. I bought it from another pipe smoker I knew back in '86 or '87. Don't know how long he owned it before selling it to me. It's a Ben Wade Regent.  |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 23, 2022 18:44:20 GMT -5
Beautiful grain on that one, Pete!
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 18:58:34 GMT -5
Beautiful grain on that one, Pete! Sometimes you're pleasantly surprised by what a block of briar has inside. There's a thumb-sized spot on on other side where the grain disappears. There were a few good-sized sand pits, too. Not bad for $35 and some time at the work bench. If you meant the Ben Wade, yeah, its like that pretty much all the way around. |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jan 23, 2022 19:06:28 GMT -5
Partway through a bowl of 2011 GLP Union Square in my Savinelli De Luxe Milano 104 Billiard. Great looking pipe Silver. The time that I shaped a pre-drilled block into a Billiard garage me even more appreciation for what the professionals do and showed me just how little they make per hour for hard work.  |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 19:38:41 GMT -5
Partway through a bowl of 2011 GLP Union Square in my Savinelli De Luxe Milano 104 Billiard. Great looking pipe Silver . The time that I shaped a pre-drilled block into a Billiard garage me even more appreciation for what the professionals do and showed me just how little they make per hour for hard work. Thanks, John. Definitely won't be doing this to pay the bills. Having fun, though. |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jan 23, 2022 19:54:16 GMT -5
Chatham Manor in my Eltang Billiard.  |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 20:06:26 GMT -5
LC Va-Or in the Sunday cob.
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Post by Gandalf on Jan 23, 2022 20:16:19 GMT -5
Sutliff Black Vanilla (SPS-21) in a Lorenzetti bent apple
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Post by Gandalf on Jan 23, 2022 20:26:48 GMT -5
Dayyy from Athens-Greece.  Dan Tobacco Sweet Vanilla Honeydew. Very nice looking pipe! |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jan 23, 2022 21:06:23 GMT -5
Got 2 smokes in today (still unpacking stuff from Miami) first was Butternut burley in a small Rhodesian and then a bit of RDF in a legend cob.
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Post by darktater on Jan 23, 2022 21:11:28 GMT -5
Watch City Slices in the Sunday Savinelli
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 23, 2022 21:16:35 GMT -5
Silver For that being your first freehand, I'm being honest here it looks just as good as most Preben Holm, Ben Wade, or others that I've seen in the same Dublin shape size. No disrespect to Preben Holm, of course. Ben Wades, well... they're overvalued and have bad airways.
(The newest Ben Wade's that were after Preben's death. His earlier are really nice pipes.)
I have a couple of early Preben Holm pipes that smoke great. |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 21:25:43 GMT -5
The rest of the Marlin Flake I'd rubbed out earlier, in a GBD Oxford.  |
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Post by Silver on Jan 23, 2022 23:12:00 GMT -5
Three Friars in the Sunday cob.
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