Pipe, Tobacco, and E-Bay Acquisitions

[Mad Hatter]

Love that pipe

[KinnScience]

Ya! .. nice pipe. M Hatter has me going on billiards. I'm not even looking at bents these days.

[sepia5]

Originally Posted by KinnScience

Ya! .. nice pipe. M Hatter has me going on billiards. I'm not even looking at bents these days.

Billiards and Canadians have grown on me as I've taken to smaller bowl sizes. Anymore I'd much rather have 2-3 small bowls in the evening than 1 big bowl. I also find that big bowls often don't work so well with flakes.

[KinnScience]

Originally Posted by morefifemusicanyone

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

Hmmm ... don't ya love those Johs'? I'm guessing they are not going to be at these prices forever ... what ya think? They really smoke wonderfully.

Oh, and the Hercules? I love my Herc. I smoke VA/Burly in mine ... nice and cooool. Had that one last night in fact.

puffin on the Randy Wiley now .... VA/Per pipe. Solani... mmmmm. I doubt I'll finish before I doze.

Congrats on your new pipes! Did you see that Johs horn? I may try for that ... after I take a break and let a few more checks get into my bank. Of course, I don't expect it to last long. $200 for a horn with good grain? Probably be gone till I recover from my latest buying spree.

Happy puffin!

[KinnScience]

Originally Posted by sepia5

Billiards and Canadians have grown on me as I've taken to smaller bowl sizes. Anymore I'd much rather have 2-3 small bowls in the evening than 1 big bowl. I also find that big bowls often don't work so well with flakes.

I like small bowls for FVF ... and G&H sliced brown twist . If I tried to put those in a big bowl .. I'd be passed out before I got to the middle

Billiards appeal to a "traditional" perspective fostered by my esteemed collegue. Elegant in their simplicity, and traditional look.... Keeps the slobber out of the shank too.

puff puff puff

[DeadFrog]

Originally Posted by 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 . . . .

Cool pipe. Canadians are really starting to grow on me. And I'm not just saying that cuz I live here! It scares me to think of what I'd pay locally for that score of baccy. That's a pretty sweet haul.

[morefifemusicanyone]

Originally Posted by KinnScience

Hmmm ... don't ya love those Johs'? I'm guessing they are not going to be at these prices forever ... what ya think? They really smoke wonderfully.

Oh, and the Hercules? I love my Herc. I smoke VA/Burly in mine ... nice and cooool. Had that one last night in fact.

puffin on the Randy Wiley now .... VA/Per pipe. Solani... mmmmm. I doubt I'll finish before I doze.

Congrats on your new pipes! Did you see that Johs horn? I may try for that ... after I take a break and let a few more checks get into my bank. Of course, I don't expect it to last long. $200 for a horn with good grain? Probably be gone till I recover from my latest buying spree.

Happy puffin!

Thanks for the Comments. This is my first Johs, though I have a Bjarne (which he probably carved). So far so good, it is a keen smoker. The draft hole is a bit above the bottom of the bowl, but I'll throw some pipe mud in there to give it a fix. The pipe is a real looker imho.

Damn, that is one nice horn on smokingpipes!



I try not to look at pipes priced above $100

[sepia5]

Originally Posted by DeadFrog

Cool pipe. Canadians are really starting to grow on me. And I'm not just saying that cuz I live here! It scares me to think of what I'd pay locally for that score of baccy. That's a pretty sweet haul.

$125 for the tins, shipped from Smokingpipes (which I think is in South Carolina(?)). Nudge. Nudge . . . .

[DeadFrog]

Originally Posted by sepia5

$125 shipped. Nudge. Nudge . . . .

Ha! New pipe = divorce!

I've been okay with the odd $20-ish ebay estate pick up, but the wife freaked when I bought my new Pete. So I have to be relatively good for a while.

I can't stop looking at that pipe rack though.......


EDIT: I see you meant the tobacco. That same purchase would run me $450 before taxes if I bought it locally at $30/50g tin! I am going to place an online order in the next month or so. Probably go with about 200g of different blends. I'm scared of the taxes/duties I'll be assessed though!

[dillonmcmurphy]

Originally Posted by BrSpiritus

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

I have heard good things about them. I smoked mine for the first time last night with some Boswell's Countryside (great mild english tobacco). Wow, that pipe smokes like a champ! It smoked dry and cool all the way through the bowl, and I really want to emphasize how dry the smoke was. It was absoloutely fantastic! When I recieved the pipe it was a bit dirty and had a stinger. There was also a good build-up of cake in the very bottom of the bowl. I reamed it down, but didn't completely remove it. Why go through all the trouble of building up cake in the heel of the pipe (where it's hard to build) if theres some there already? I also did a salt and alcohol treatment and completely sterilized everything. One thing I want to add is that this pipe has a wider diameter bore than any of my other pipes. I don't know what the bore size does to the smoking characteristics, but it was very enjoyable. Great pipe, and great ebay find!

[DeadFrog]

Picked up another estate off ebay the other day. It was listed as an Alpha Burl Freehand Israel pipe. Looks like it'll need a bit of work, but I've been looking forward to getting a pipe that I could bring back to life. Plus, I liked the shape and the price. Got it for $9.99.

[DubintheDam]

Originally Posted by morefifemusicanyone

Thanks for the Comments. This is my first Johs, though I have a Bjarne (which he probably carved). So far so good, it is a keen smoker. The draft hole is a bit above the bottom of the bowl, but I'll throw some pipe mud in there to give it a fix. The pipe is a real looker imho.

Damn, that is one nice horn on smokingpipes!



I try not to look at pipes priced above $100

If this is only $200, that's a helluva lotta pipe for the money...very nice pipe.

[bigkev77]

I just wanted to say this has been a rare ebay experience. I got an e-mail from the seller saying shipping was less than he had quoted and he would be returning the money. That was a shock. Tim at Two Cousins is the seller and has been a great guy throughout the purchase. Check out their work here Welcome to Two Cousins Pipe Racks I had been wanting one of their racks for some time. It just so happened they were doing a little spring cleaning on ebay when I found this one.

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.

[Mad Hatter]

I won this lot on Ebay today. There were a couple of pipes in it I wanted and I plan to sell the rest, cheap, after I have a chance to clean them. If anyone's interested in picking up some cheapies I'll post them in the WTS in a couple of weeks.

[DeadFrog]

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

I won this lot on Ebay today. There were a couple of pipes in it I wanted and I plan to sell the rest, cheap, after I have a chance to clean them. If anyone's interested in picking up some cheapies I'll post them in the WTS in a couple of weeks.

Nice lot of pipes you won...congrats!