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Two New Danes
A couple of new arrivals this week - both lightly smoked estates The first is a Soren Refbjerg Rasmussen straight grain (his only grading) straight tomato with a tapered stem The second is a 2003 Carsten Idskov brandy with a tapered acrylic amber stem with his hallmark sperm whale tooth ring. -
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Friday Lunch
A leisurely Friday lunch at a friend’s home Homemade prawn dumplings followed by pork and chive dumplings Magnum of 2006 Comte de Champagne, 2005 JJ Prum and 2008 Trimbach Frederic Emile- OzPiper
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A Sherry Evening
Dinner for 8 at a friend’s home last night Sherry (and a couple of ring-ins) was the theme. A few bottles brought home from Spain by my friend who hosted the dinner. Finished quite late as conversation flowed, and we ended up solving most of the world’s problems by evening’s end 😁- OzPiper
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Another Bulldog for the kennel
Just arrived today - a 2011 unsmoked Carsten Idskov quarter bent, squat bulldog, tapered stem with a sperm whale tooth stem adornment I had not heard of Idskov before. There are a lot of his pipes (many unsmoked) in the estates section of Bisgaard Pipes Most of his strangely proportioned... -
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A new Soren Refbjerg
Soren Refbjerg Rasmussen sadly passed away in 2021 Some years ago I came across a site with several of his pipes - most were unsmoked bulldogs. Regrettably I passed on them as my focus then was on old Britwoods This rusticated, straight, squat Bulldog/Rhodesian came in today. It is stamped... -
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Happy Lunar New Year
A Very Happy Lunar New Year to Everyone Australia has a large Asian diaspora. More so in the past 3 decades Celebrations galore where there are large congregations of Chinese and Vietnamese But also amongst plentiful households due to mixed marriages May the Dragon bring Good Health and...- OzPiper
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A Family Lunch
A family lunch for my wife’s family - a couple of her sisters, one of whom will be moving to live in France. And one of her nieces who will be returning to Berlin where she is based Aperol spritz to start - refreshing on a summer’s day Cold wild-caught jumbo prawns Braised beef ribs With a...- OzPiper
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New Year’s Lunch with Three Mates
A blokey, simple no fuss, no cooking lunch to catch up with 3 mates Anchovy gildas with a Fino Foie gras on toast with an ox heart tomato and buffalo mozzarella salad With a German spatlese Single farmyard Swiss Alpine cheese, panforte and Eccles cakes With a Banyuls Sicilian cassata...- OzPiper
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Show off you Blakemars
I received this Blakemar Sir Douglas (Litchbruyere grade) today My interest in Lovats was piqued when I came across a few older threads on Blakemar and Lovats. Unfortunately none were available for quite a while. And when they became available, the site wouldn’t accept payment from outside the...- OzPiper
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A Lunch With Friends
Had a bunch of friends over for lunch yesterday. Started off with a couple of German wines instead of the usual champagne Onto an anchovy tasting with Sherry and a Vin Jaune (from the Jura) A couple of Italian reds with a mushroom risotto A cheese course with the Gonzalez Byass Millenium...- OzPiper
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A Mystery Britwood
The vendor who sold me this Dublin a few years ago labelled it as an Orlik. On closer examination “Orlik” does not appear anywhere on the shank nor stem. The stem bears a solid brass dot rather than the Orlik “O” One side of the shank is stamped “Straight” above “Grain” The reverse side has... -
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Truffles and a 1948 Taylor’s Vintage Port
A dinner at a friend’s home last night A friend turned up with an abundance of Australian truffles - as good as any in France Served simply on bread with a good butter and a sprinkle of salt 😋 And to drink, a lovely dry Sherry- OzPiper
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A Cherry Wood Pipe
Feeling nostalgic so I bought this NOS cherry wood (the wood, NOT the shape). Unbranded The draught hole is drilled in the bottom of the chamber And the mortise is BELOW the chamber cray The end of the threaded tenon protrudes and can be seen through the draught hole (2nd pic) So far it is...- OzPiper
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Porridge Anyone ?
It's winter Downunder and that means porridge for breakfast My preference is a 50:50 mix of rolled and steel cut oats. The steel cut oats giving it a chewier texture Made with full cream milk (absolutely no water added) And a pinch of salt Slightly runny rather than thick and gloppy. Then raw...- OzPiper
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An Offal(ly) Good Lunch
Home alone while my wife is staying and looking after one of her sisters after some minor surgery Great opportunity to have 4 mates around for an offal lunch Started with some anchovies, olives, pickled saffron fennel and Chinese duck liver sausage With 2 sherries- OzPiper
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A Stilton Dinner
Some years ago a generous mate put on a Taylor’s Vintage Port (all the great vintages from 1927 - 1977) vs cheese dinner. The Brits got it right with Stilton bring the pick. All the other cheese came a long way behind On Friday night a small group had a Stilton cheese taste off- OzPiper
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A Tale of Two Horns
The horn shape is one I do not have. A common comment is “love the shape BUT a bit impractical lighting/smoking” This time last year I “won” this Sven Knudsen horn (dubbed “The Swan”) Only to be told “you did not win this pipe” when I went to complete payment 2 minutes later. The vendor didn’t... -
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Soy milk junket
There are those of you who may be familiar with junket (that nursery and boarding school staple) and the much superior blancmange, especially those with freshly made almond milk This is the Chinese version made with soy milk. Served with a gingery sugar syrup 😋 A hawker stall and YumCha staple- OzPiper
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A Malaysian Afternoon Tea
Onde onde - mochi with Gula Melaka (palm sugar) and grated coconut And chendol - mung bean “noodles” coloured green with pandan extract in coconut milk and Gula Melaka- OzPiper
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A LHS Sterncrest Lovat
Just in today is this NOS LHS Sterncrest Lovat This is my very first American factory pipe. My interest was picqued when I re-read an old thread on LHS pipes. Ex-Forums members Danielplainview and Tuold posted some wonderful pipes. I was particularly taken with the silver-banded Sterncrests -...