Pipe, Tobacco, and E-Bay Acquisitions

[sepia5]

Thanks for the input, guys. I loaded up my only current meer--an SMS bent egg--with Blackwoods Flake tonight and had just an outstanding smoke. I'm looking forward to adding another, though I don't know whether a calabash would make for a good flake pipe (maybe it would be decent with plenty of rubbing?) Maybe this isn't the place to pose this question, but for those of you that do smoke a gourd calabash, what do you usually smoke in it?

[Plazma]

Yay My Nording came in today here's some pics

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This one does need some work though, it'll be the first pipe I do a big clean on.

[plexiprs]

Ahhh, another young Italian lass has alighted at Casa Plex. Seems I can't keep them away .......

This one has quite the set of, uh, I mean, bowl, perhaps more than even the double-D's!

[morefifemusicanyone]

Had a bad case of TAD hit this month. Ended up with:

Savinelli Hercules 611EX from Ebay:



Johs Bent Apple from smokingpipes.com



Savinelli Hercules 803EX from cupojoes:



4 Pipe Carrying Pouch from pipesandcigars.com:



And the following tins:

1 - GL Pease Maltese Falcon
1 - GL Pease Westminster
1 - McClelland Frog Morton
1 - McClelland Christmas Cheer 2008
2 - Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake
2 - AC Peterson Escudo
1 - Dunhill Nightcap

[Dedalus]

Just received an order that included a senior pipe reamer, a 3 pipe rack, and a bunch of stuff to get my buddy started (2 cobs, pipe cleaners, pipe tool, sample of 5 different baccys). So, here's a picture of my collection now that I can display all my pipes.

[Mad Hatter]

I love the fish Ded

[BrSpiritus]

3 e-bay buys all refurbed pipes and I got them for less than $15 each. 1st is a Carey Magic Inch, 2nd is a Dr Grabow from the 60's and the last is a Kaywoodie from 60's.

[bigkev77]

A Two Cousins cedar pipe rack I won last night.



I also picked up 9 super cheap pipes to practice refurbishing.

[ghe]

That's a great looking pipe rack. They really do nice work.

[dillonmcmurphy]

Here's a Wally Frank 1/4 bent rhodesian I won on ebay. I just did a salt and alcohol treatment on the bowl, shined up the briar with a little elbow grease, and cleaned/sterilized the stem and shank. I still need to sand the vulcanite stem because it's a bit rough. The previous owner must have bleached it or something along those lines. It has a few dings and fills but it's a decently old pipe and I like the shape.

[BrSpiritus]

I just picked up a wally frank last night. Don't know anything about them are they good smoking pipes?

[VoteKinky06]

I've been shopping pipes all day on and off for literally weeks now to find the perfect first briar. I started out thinking I wanted a smooth bent, but then ran across one that was seriously love at first sight, and surprise surprise, its straight rusticated. I'll throw some pics up if I win it, just don't want to jinx it for now....don't know what I'll do if I lose it..never seen one like it...we are perfect for each other

[DeadFrog]

Originally Posted by bigkev77

A Two Cousins cedar pipe rack I won last night.



I also picked up 9 super cheap pipes to practice refurbishing.

Wow, that is a beautiful pipe rack. I need to invest in something like this.

[morefifemusicanyone]

Originally Posted by DeadFrog

Wow, that is a beautiful pipe rack. I need to invest in something like this.

I agree, the wife might actually let me keep my pipes out in the open if I had one of these!

[sepia5]

I've been falling hard lately. First, I scored this Upshall Canadian on eBay:





Then I decided to order pretty much all the stuff smokingpipes carries that I've been wanting to try. One tin of each:

Erinmore Flake
Dan Da Vinci
Dan Sweet Vanilla Honeydew
GLP Barbary Coast
GLP Blackpoint
SG Kendal Cream Flake
Mac Baren Navy Flake
G&H Rum Flake
Davidoff Royalty
McClelland's Blackwoods Flake (actually, I have tried this--it's a favorite!)
McClelland VA #27
McClelland Navy Cavendish
McClelland Dark Star
Rattray's Old Gowrie
C&D Autumn Evening

And I'm still itching, though I'm sure my girlfriend is going to give me quite a scratching when all this arrives . . . .