what is your latest pipe purchase

[Bruck]

Also from the P&C customer appreciation sale.

Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff

[Bruck]

Picked up a couple items on e-bay, just arrived today.



A few unfinished pipes for me to try my hand at. Problem is, they were supposed to be drilled but weren't so I am "disputing."

And this:



It's a bit smaller than it looks in the pic, with a very tiny bowl. Looks pretty cool though

[Cool Breeze]

A few tins of tobacco.
Also, 4 oz of PS Luxury Bullseye Flake. Its still on sale for $1.75 oz so I grabbed some.
And a MM Country Gentleman.

[Haebar]

My latest Pipe tobacco of the month club shipment for September from Pipes & Cigars:

Club Price Separate price
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Cult Abacus 1.75 tin 2 8.76
McClelland Truffle 4 bulk 1 8.76
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Half & Half 1.5 pouch 2 8.74
MacBaren Old Dark Fired 4 bulk 1 8.74
35.00 $35.00 P&C Price $41.08
I paid $35.00
$6.08 total savings

Usually there is a more significant savings with this program; this month was very marginal. In addition, they are supposed to include 4 tins for the double-down sampler but this month they substituted another 4 ounces of bulk for the second group of tins without explanation. I would much rather have the tins than a bulk offering as it is described in the item's description. This is the second month of only marginal savings ($3.26 in August); I'm considering discontinuing after buying the samplers since late 2014. The surprise of not knowing which tobaccos will be in each months offerings are one of the factors for participating in this "club". It seems that they are getting cheaper and cheaper with each month's choices. While I'm complaining, another little thing that slightly disturbed me is that they didn't even bother to label the bulk tobaccos. Of course I can tell which is which by doing a little research, but it just seems lazy to not label the bags. As some of you expressed in the past, I can do better by just spending the $35 on tobaccos that I know that I will enjoy rather than have someone pick some out for me. One factor that is in their favor is that the tobacco club shipments are "free"; no postage is charged.

[Haebar]

The top one is a Savinelli Punto Oro that I got on Ebay from judperl a few months back. It smokes great.

The bottom one is a MM custom by James Estes (farmerje on Ebay).

[NeverBend]

The top one is a Savinelli Punto Oro that I got on Ebay from judperl a few months back. It smokes great.

The bottom one is a MM custom by James Estes (farmerje on Ebay).

Nice paid of pipes Tab.

I've been a fan of the Punto Oro Corallo for nearly 40 years. Even after I was importing several lines of fine pipes, I sold a lot of Punto Oro Corallos, enough that we remained a Savinelli national Top-5 pipe account.

When I went to England, in 1980 (First Dunhill Pipe Conference), I brought a mediocre smoking, group 5, Dunhill Bruyere Zulu to the (Dunhill) factory and had Bernie Knighton carve it like a Punto Oro Corallo in natural rustication. It actually smoked a little better but I traded it some time later .

By 1981 I discontinued all my other private label branded pipes in the store, except for a Punto Oro knockoff that was made for us by US Tobacco. I was assured that it was our exclusive (and I was ordering in multiple gross quantities) but they started appearing in other stores so that, effectively, the Tilshead (James Upshall 2nd) became my house brand pipe in the last half year that I had the store. All the Punto Oro look alike pipes, (that I've seen), that sometimes surface on eBay, originally with lucite stems and sometimes ferrules, were my design.

You have the original and glad that it smokes well, they're excellent pipes!

[Haebar]

Nice paid of pipes Tab.

I've been a fan of the Punto Oro Corallo for nearly 40 years. Even after I was importing several lines of fine pipes, I sold a lot of Punto Oro Corallos, enough that we remained a Savinelli national Top-5 pipe account.

When I went to England, in 1980 (First Dunhill Pipe Conference), I brought a mediocre smoking, group 5, Dunhill Bruyere Zulu to the (Dunhill) factory and had Bernie Knighton carve it like a Punto Oro Corallo in natural rustication. It actually smoked a little better but I traded it some time later .

By 1981 I discontinued all my other private label branded pipes in the store, except for a Punto Oro knockoff that was made for us by US Tobacco. I was assured that it was our exclusive (and I was ordering in multiple gross quantities) but they started appearing in other stores so that, effectively, the Tilshead (James Upshall 2nd) became my house brand pipe in the last half year that I had the store. All the Punto Oro look alike pipes, (that I've seen), that sometimes surface on eBay, originally with lucite stems and sometimes ferrules, were my design.

You have the original and glad that it smokes well, they're excellent pipes!

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the interesting input of your experience with these pipes! You have a wealth of information about pipes and tobaccos. I have a fondness of the Savinelli Punto Oro Corallo pipes myself. Once I had one and sold it on Ebay and regretted it, so I went hunting for another one. They do seem to be lighter and to smoke a little cooler than most.

[NeverBend]

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the interesting input of your experience with these pipes! You have a wealth of information about pipes and tobaccos. I have a fondness of the Savinelli Punto Oro Corallo pipes myself. Once I had one and sold it on Ebay and regretted it, so I went hunting for another one. They do seem to be lighter and to smoke a little cooler than most.

Glad that you got a nice one Tab.

I originally under-bid this pipe at $43.07 but two days later received an offer to Buy-It-Now for $42.07 (my last bid), presumably because the buyer backed out. $42.07 was too high (my bad) so I bid the minimum and got it for $29.95 + $7.50 shipping, more realistic. It's a 1963/4 Barling, handmade bowl and stem. I've owned only one or two Barling Pots and haven't had one in more than 30 years. A lot of smokers love the Barling Pots, I never understood the fuss, but at the price, to get mostly pre-transition quality, I'll re-visit.

The color and density of the stain and patina are lighter and different from later Barling pipes. The thickness of the rim shows that it was a cut-down that was probably intended to be a large billiard. Needs a sound restore but it looks structurally sound.


Very heavy cake but the shank/stem join is nice and tight and hasn't been abused. Should restore pretty well.

[Aguineapig]

I think that pot is rather handsome, Neverbend. But then, I guess I find that most shapes, well executed, are pretty handsome. Especially more traditional ones.

I picked up a very neat little Jeantet Prince that came in the mail today. It was 15 shipped. I will get some pictures tomorrow. I cleaned the rim, reamed, and did some sanitizing. The stem is a bit oxidized which I will get to, but it's in quite nice shape over all, and I like the small size.

[Haebar]

That's a nice Barling pot, Pete!