Pipe, Tobacco, and E-Bay Acquisitions

[Scott M]

A Cheratan Belvedere

Might not be much of a find, but it's nice to see an Ebay seller with a sense of humor.

[Nooner]

Originally Posted by Scott M

A Cheratan Belvedere

Might not be much of a find, but it's nice to see an Ebay seller with a sense of humor.

I am beginning to collect Charatan pipes and know very little, but unfortunatly that one appears to be fairly new(1988-current), not that it isn't a good pipe, it is certainly superior to most Peterson's, and probably on par with a Dunhill, but not one of the ones that seem to be such good smokers - of course I could be wrong, I have been wrong many times in the past, and will likely be wrong many times in the future...

The thing to look for is the little 'L' in script inside a circle(see picture below - best I could do, look to the top left). That will indicate it is a Lane-Era pipe, if it does not have a DC anywhere on it, that is even more desireable, because that would mean it was made prior to the purchase by Dunhill(DC = Dunhill's Charatan).

a pretty cool Charatan artice is found here:

http://www.pipeguy.com/cp-gage.htm

[Nooner]

found a better pic on ebay:

[Nooner]

I gave in to temptation again...

5456262928

[Nooner]

A nice and unique Radice Horn

A Eltang Freehand in a similar shape to a horn with amazing grain!

[mr.c]

I won these 2 on ebay, hope I did ok. The peterson is almost new. $30.08 for both shipped to me, didnt see how I could go wrong but, will see when I get them.
Item # 5455603631

peterson aran 999



Savinelli roma and peterson

[IHT]

nice looking bulldogs.

i like that shape, need to get one.
matter of fact, i know Jeff is looking at getting a peterson 999.

just make sure they're nice and cleaned up, joe, i'm sure they'll smoke great.

i'm finally cleaning my last Stanwell that i bought (horn shaped), and boy, the salt is turning dark brown.. it barely looked smoked at all.

[Kayak_Rat]

Congrats Mr. C. Love the pipes. Gonna have to get me a couple now.
Damn Slope.

[mr.c]

$10.50 for a peterson july 4th bulldog. ends at 4 pm cst \


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2509%26fvi%3D1

[Nooner]

A Nice Ben Wade Golden Walnut

A Reasonably Priced Nording Bulldog

A Cool Nording Candian

Another Golden Walnut

An interesting Pipe.. but I don't know anything about it...



And the Two Auctions I may bid on:

A set with a couple GBDs and a Stand

A VERY attractive Straight Grain by Tim Fuller

I was just checking out his website today: http://tcfullerpipes.com/ and thinking about emailing to see he would make me a custom pipe, but that one is pretty darned nice... I think it'll sell for a little bit more than $80 though... but I am already thinking about how I can justify the purchase. I have purchased a couple of Pipes from this same seller - both on and off ebay... I need to give him a call and speak in person vs. over the internet via email!


and one last auction:
A "Cigar Pipe"? Looks like maybe you put a cigar inside it?

[Kayak_Rat]

Yes I got the fever too. Just won these. 5456437476
Christmas all over again. Any opinions?

[IHT]

just get 'em cleaned.
the one with the star, i forget what brand that is... i know there's a very expensive american pipe maker who uses a star.

the bent one, man that's got some serious cake built up...

[EnyafanJT]

i am making some pipes now. as soon as i finish sommme i will post pics. i am doing almost everything by hand (by choice). I will have to buff with a wheel since carnuba is too hard to hand polish but i am very excited and it is very soothing to sit outside and file/sand them into shape. been getting killed on the ardor/winslow ebay front as of late, worth what folks are paying but ... ps lol i have a logo for my pipes anybody know how the gold leaf stuff works?

[Scott M]

Originally Posted by IHT

the one with the star, i forget what brand that is... i know there's a very expensive american pipe maker who uses a star.

the bent one, man that's got some serious cake built up...

Mark Tinsky uses a star on his stems, but I don't know which pipe you're talking about, Greg.

And yes, that's alot of cake in there.

[Nooner]

Originally Posted by Scott M

Mark Tinsky uses a star on his stems, but I don't know which pipe you're talking about, Greg.

And yes, that's alot of cake in there.

I think Greg is talking about the poker... but I don't think that is a Tinksy.