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  1. Duke of Erinmore

    FS/FT VERY Old Mac Baren Tins 04/19/24

    Spring clean in the cellar. 3x MB Plumcake 100g - 1980's - $75 / EUR 70 each MB Mixture 100g - 1980's - $75 / EUR 70 MB Club Blend 100g - 1980's - $85 / EUR 80 MB Dark Twist 100g - 1980's - $85 / EUR 80 MB Stockton 25g trial tin - very rare 1980's - $55 / EUR 50 MB Virginia Flake - 90's - $55...
  2. Duke of Erinmore

    Dunhill Blends - Murray-Orlik Transition Question

    Amongst some vintage blend aficionados, we recently discussed tin design during the transition from Murray's to Orlik in 2005. A friend just aquired this specimen of Dunhill Flake: Clearly an Orlik tin, but it says "Manufactured in the UK". Were there any "leftovers" at Murray's that were...
  3. Duke of Erinmore

    Strange Markings on a Charatan Special

    Hi folks, this lot I've acquired becomes more and more interesting. It also contains an unsmoked Charatan Special (unfortunately with a little scratch in the shank) which is quite puzzling. The pipe only shows a number "3" on the rear side of the shank, and the logo on the stem is quite...
  4. Duke of Erinmore

    What does Dunhill Shape 339 look like?

    Hi all, I scored a collection of old pipes to restore, among them a bowl without stem. Oval shank Billiard/Canadian type It is stamped DUNHILL SHELL / MADE IN ENGLAND16 and has the shape number 339 . No group stamp (which seems fine, as it says in the dating guide they were dropped in 1976...
  5. Duke of Erinmore

    Danish Semi-Freehands - Best Value for Money

    Hi, anyone else who likes the typical so-called Danish Semi-Freehands, meaning pipes from the 70s or 80s that were made from pre-drilled ebauchons but then hand-carved and finished? For me these pipes are the best all-day pipes. Great design, fabulous smokers and really way underpriced at the...
  6. Duke of Erinmore

    Help Needed: Dating Three Nuns Tin

    A fellow pipesmoker just sent me some images of a tin he purchased, and I can't really say anything about it. Even after reading the awesome "Shriek of no Perique" piece from Kevin, I can't really date it. I suppose it is a "domestic sale" Nuns tin for the UK because it bears the design that...
  7. Duke of Erinmore

    My first CO Pipe

    At my first pipe exhibition since the pandemic I have purchased a really beautiful pipe and had a really nice chat with the artists that have produced it. The CO pipes are made by two Germans in co-production, one makes the bowls and the other one the stems. And they really know their business:
  8. Duke of Erinmore

    Terrible Experience with Shipping and Customs from Europe to the US

    As some of you may have read, I recently sold a couple of vintage tobaccos here in the Tobacco Sell/Swap/Search section. I imagined that COVID-related delays would be a problem, but there was worse. USPS and US customs. It seems to be unpredictable what happens there. I managed to sell tins to...
  9. Duke of Erinmore

    Need Help Dating Peterson Kapruf "London Made England"

    I have recently obtained a Peterson Kapruf Billiard I'm about to restore. The stamp indeed puzzles me. It says PETERSON KAPRUF LONDON MADE ENGLAND 135 I checked Pipedia, where it says about the London Petes...
  10. Duke of Erinmore

    Tommi Teichmann

    Just got my second Tommi Teichmann. He's really the Godfather of Rustication.
  11. Duke of Erinmore

    Take A Walk On The Wild Side!

    As already mentioned my wife is a steampunk artist, and today she made this one:
  12. Duke of Erinmore

    Unknown London Made Pipe

    Got this one between a few crappy pipes. It is marked as a house pipe from a German tobacconist (whom I gave a call, but the current manager didn't know the producer). And it says "MADE IN LONDON ENGLAND". The W on the stem stands for "Wagner", the name of the tobacconist. As it looks quite...
  13. Duke of Erinmore

    My Wife is Back to Pipe Smoking

    A few years ago my wife, who is a moderate cigarette and shisha smoker, also tried pipe smoking but did not stick to it. Start this week, to my surprise, she cleaned her pipes (she had her own from the beginning), asked me for some tobacco and started again! For most blends, we have a different...
  14. Duke of Erinmore

    David "Baff?" Wagner

    David Wagner - when I hit the forum search I do not get many results so maybe there are a few people out there that find an introduction interesting. Unfortunately he's pausing making pipes at the moment, but every now and then some of his pipes show up on the estate market. He's an Austrian...
  15. Duke of Erinmore

    Awesome Tool: Pipeholder / Tamper / Key Ring

    Want to share a simple and easy to copy, yet awesome device that a fellow German pipesmoker built and gave me (a few might have seen it already in the "What are you smoking thread). It's a leather pipeholder with a Czech tool in the middle. When you fold it, you can rest your pipe on it. And...
  16. Duke of Erinmore

    Report - Smokefree Ideology (in the UK)

    Via Spiked I came across a really frightening report by Josie Appleton (a non-smoker) for a Civil Liberties magazine: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/09/30/now-they-want-to-ban-smoking-at-home/ Full report here.
  17. Duke of Erinmore

    Need Help: Dating Sandblasted GBD New Era

    Dear GBD experts, I have just restored an estate GBD pipe that I acquired in a collection. But as I am not at all familiar with this brand and really confused from information on pipedia etc., maybe someone can help me. It's a sandblasted billiard with tapered stem. Quite a nice pipe, I must...
  18. Duke of Erinmore

    Bruno Nuttens Bing

    Hi all, I would like to share my latest purchase - a wonderful sandblasted Bing shape from Belgian pipemaker Bruno Nuttens. I really love its classy elegant shape:
  19. Duke of Erinmore

    Germain's Special Latakia Flake - When Available Again?

    Hi all, I just discovered that the Special Latakia Flake is out of stock at most shops. Anyone know what the problem is and if/when it will be back?
  20. Duke of Erinmore

    Lekker Smaakelijk: Troost Slices

    As I could not reply to the first Troost Slices thread, I will start a new one and publish this review here. I am often on the road in the Netherlands and on one of my trips I bought the most common tobacco there - the Troost Slices. It must be said that the Troost Slices are not "Dutch"...
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