what is your latest pipe purchase

[GWBowman]

A gentleman was getting rid of his cellar. I had never tried these, so I bought them off him.

[NeverBend]

I was slumming for values and got nipped at the wire on several pipes, only buying this one for $16.85 ($10.50 + $5.35 ship) but regret being the under bidder on a 1930s KBB Paragon billiard that looked the part (and I would have smoked it) that went for $20.52 (total).

I believe that this pipe is a Charatan handmade 2nd because of the flat bottom of the tobacco chamber (made by a lathe), wall thickness, shape and grain. Very Charatan in shape as well. I have a fuzzy memory that Herman Lane told me that his retail store was called Tobacco Lane and that dovetails perfectly although the pipe doesn't look 60 years old and I'd want confirmation on the name to make that claim.

[Tgs679]

A gentleman was getting rid of his cellar. I had never tried these, so I bought them off him.

Pre-STG painted top Escudo, nice score.

[NeverBend]

Bull Moose and Bull Cap are (classically) straight pipes. The Moose is heavier and usually a taller bowl. The Rhodesian is similar to a Bent Bulldog but it has a rounded bottom (as in this pipe). The straight counterpart to this pipe, properly, would be a Bull Moose. I don't know that anyone would mind if you called this a Bent Bull Moose.

@Ropey , This is a classic Bull Cap (smaller pipe).

[NeverBend]

Seller's history of the pipe claims that it's a Peter Matzhold. I thought that whoever made it had a lot of talent. I should get another late night hobby besides PAD.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SUPER-LARGE-PIPE-PETER-MATZHOLD-/261887086984?nma=true&si=%252FDwvRz39D5NdRUpDrN62H tuOhQg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675. l2557

[GWBowman]

Seller's history of the pipe claims that it's a Peter Matzhold. I thought that whoever made it had a lot of talent. I should get another late night hobby besides PAD.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SUPER-LARGE-PIPE-PETER-MATZHOLD-/261887086984?nma=true&si=%252FDwvRz39D5NdRUpDrN62H tuOhQg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675. l2557

Looks like it beats late night infomercials.

[Bruck]

These Nordings are on sale for $40 at P&C:



I pulled the trigger on a rustic natural brandy.

[mooster]

Seller's history of the pipe claims that it's a Peter Matzhold. I thought that whoever made it had a lot of talent. I should get another late night hobby besides PAD.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SUPER-LARGE-PIPE-PETER-MATZHOLD-/261887086984?nma=true&si=%252FDwvRz39D5NdRUpDrN62H tuOhQg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675. l2557

I was very happy for you when I saw the pictures. Then I saw the final price and pure envy took over. Damn.

[Tgs679]

Picked up a couple Vulcanite Forever stems and a couple Fancy Forever stems, a 3" Ocean Blue and a Green Swirl Nosewarmer.

[NeverBend]

I was very happy for you when I saw the pictures. Then I saw the final price and pure envy took over. Damn.

Hi Mark,

Good to see ya.

It's not a Matzhold and I bid on it accordingly but I liked the work, very meer in it's smooth lines and that's hard to do in briar.

I like to have a plan for my pipe purchases but I don't with this one. Its big and I've got some ideas but no plan.

The Tobacco Lane arrived and it's a handmade Charatan 2nd but some ninny extruded the tenon (slightly) so that it's a loose fit and I don't mess with tenons.


Bought this 100gr tin of Murrays Erinmore Mixture ($12.00 shipped). Contents are dry so it'll need a year or more in the hopper.
Made in Northern Ireland (Murrays) but 100gr (instead of 4oz) so it would appear to be a later original but I'm not sure of the year.