what is your latest pipe purchase

[Pugsley]

This one just needed to get bought...I really like this shape.
http://webshop.amsmoke.com/images/products/1953.jpg

You won't regret this purchase. I have two Mark Tinsky pipes, both terrific smokers.

[Alligator Gar]

I picked up this GBD Clubhouse 269 for $12 on a whim. I was taken with the diamond shank and chair leg stem and dammit, I wanted this pipe. When I inspected it I discovered the shank was plugged and the bowl and finish was hurtin'. It was represented honestly enough and the price was right; I just wasn't prepared for the reality of the situation. It was just close enough to disposable to encourage me to risk screwing it up with my first restoration.






I rolled up my sleeves and got busy.






I've got to tell you, I was not sad. She's now one of my favorites, sweet and cool smoking and easy on the eyes.

[GWBowman]

Wow Jim. Nice work. Doesn't look like the same pipe.

[JustTroItIn]

I picked up this GBD Clubhouse 269 for $12 on a whim. I was taken with the diamond shank and chair leg stem and dammit, I wanted this pipe. When I inspected it I discovered the shank was plugged and the bowl and finish was hurtin'. It was represented honestly enough and the price was right; I just wasn't prepared for the reality of the situation. It was just close enough to disposable to encourage me to risk screwing it up with my first restoration.






I rolled up my sleeves and got busy.






I've got to tell you, I was not sad. She's now one of my favorites, sweet and cool smoking and easy on the eyes.

That pipe turned out great!

[Haebar]

Excellent job you did on that one! It's amazing.

[NeverBend]

I picked up this GBD Clubhouse 269 for $12 on a whim. I was taken with the diamond shank and chair leg stem and dammit, I wanted this pipe. When I inspected it I discovered the shank was plugged and the bowl and finish was hurtin'. It was represented honestly enough and the price was right; I just wasn't prepared for the reality of the situation. It was just close enough to disposable to encourage me to risk screwing it up with my first restoration.






I rolled up my sleeves and got busy.






I've got to tell you, I was not sad. She's now one of my favorites, sweet and cool smoking and easy on the eyes.

Hi Jim,

Good to see you back and having seen some 'ashtrays' I'm not surprised at the quality of your restoration.

I'm most impressed with the way that you handled the bowl rim. You restored it without compromising it, very nice job. Glad that it smokes well.

Pete

I promised a friend that I'd re-evaluate McClellands so I bought tins or 1oz samples of their #2010, Tawny Flake and Black Woods along with Orlik Golden Sliced, and Gawith Hoggarth Kendal Mixture (and some pipe cleaners), all before the current P&C 48-hour 15% sale (site-wide) that's a good vehicle to buy some McClelland tins.

I'll also be buying a cobb, first one in many years, as part of my 'Perestroika', a bit like if Mao buying a McDonalds franchise to stick his toe in to Capitalism.

[Bruck]

Just picked up this on the bay of E - should arrive next week.



Purports to come with original contents - we'll see; I was mainly interested in the tin as it appears to be in pretty close to mint condition.

Can anyone hazard a guess as to how old this might be? A slightly older BOTL co-worker says he remembers Velvet coming in tins well into the 70's but couldn't remember when they switched to plastic.

[Alligator Gar]

Pete,
Never really gone, traveling and working late. I kept an eye on you fellers. Since you mentioned it, I recently finished my first pipe ashtray.

Here is the tabula rasa.



Graduated bi-level pipe holder.



Cigar elf hidey hole. So that's where my tampers disappear to.



Drying table and match shelf.



Reverse angle.



Tampers and tiny shovels with captive ring.



Kind of turned into a pipe command center, but the field of pipe ashtrays is wide open, so I'm okay with that.

[NeverBend]

Pete,
Never really gone, traveling and working late. I kept an eye on you fellers. Since you mentioned it, I recently finished my first pipe ashtray.

Here is the tabula rasa.

Graduated bi-level pipe holder.

Cigar elf hidey hole. So that's where my tampers disappear to.

Drying table and match shelf.

Tampers and tiny shovels with captive ring.

Kind of turned into a pipe command center, but the field of pipe ashtrays is wide open, so I'm okay with that.

Love it!

[Haebar]

Went to the Gatlinburlier on Friday. I had picked this one out on the Pipes web cam but I couldn't get the website to work right. We parked at the Gatlinburg Visitors Center Park and Ride parking lot and rode the trolley into town. It's a lot less hassle than looking and paying for parking in town. They were closed the first time we went by so we walked to the other end of the strip and had breakfast. When I got back to the Gatlinburlier, the customer service was impeccable; I was given expert advice and 100% attention. In particular, I was hoping that the house pipes were stamped Gatlinburlier so that I would have it as a souvenir. The manager found a few stamped ones but not anything I was interested in, so I decided to buy this pipe which is a H.I.S. pipe. Also got the 8 oz. sampler of Cades Cove Cavendish, Mellow Moonshine, Mountain Mall Mix, and Newfound Blend. When you buy this combo, they also give you a Czech tool, a pipe cleaner holder full of pipe cleaners, and some matches. I've been wanting to try out some of their pipe tobaccos; they have high ratings on Tobaccoreviews.com.