Slartibartfast
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No dunghill rats, ehh? Ah well, prolly just me then. Seriously tho, I'm down wit da lip. :cheers:
This comment surprises me a little. Perhaps the surprise rests in a different sense of what the "cool" pipes are?Dave_In_Philly":597o2f9x said:...but it seems all of the "cool" pipes are big and clunky.
I'd like to hear more about this questionable stem work. I haven't purchased a Radice since the early 90s, and I don't remember the stems being a problem; typical high-grade stem work from the many I had. Consistent, specific problems? I know I wish fewer Retros had the twin bore. No thanks on the twin bore.Sasquatch":vchnde5w said:Radice's shortcomings might be their bulk and their stem work, but the smoking properties are not to be questioned. They smoke fantastic, and that's all there is to it. Far better off buying Radice pipes than many other brands at that (and higher) price points for how they smoke.
Blew my combined Christmas-Birthday allowance on a Caminetto from a guy here last year -- an Ascorti/Radice era smooth kind-of-a-billiard (narrow moustache which, of course, fell out long ago & nobody makes replacements). Always wanted a reasonable size smooth A/R, so I jumped on it. It has the arguably most ridiculous airway drilling ever : 4 mm at the end of the tenon going as far back as the stem design would allow, then finished for the last 25 mm. @ (guesstimating) < 2 mm. Getting a cheap (narrow) cleaner through the stem is a tricky job.an older gold mustache Caminetto . . . was a bit of disappointment, mainly due to a cone bowl shape that I did not expect in a short, bent pot. I could just never get the thing to smoke "right".
can you explain this logo and stem? Until the 80s, with the white inlay mustache, I wasn't aware they ever had an inlay of any kind.Yak":xq5n9n0x said:-- an Ascorti/Radice era smooth kind-of-a-billiard (narrow moustache which, of course, fell out long ago & nobody makes replacements)
hmmm...it doesn't say anything about a wire logo. this is honestly the first I've ever heard of such a thing. I've been watching eBay for several years now, too. Caminettos are something I check a few times a week. I know some of the early pieces had silver/white ink in the logo and not gold. no mention of wire at the other sites talking about logos and markings, either. I'm going to have to ask around and see if I can get anyone to take a photo if they have one. I have to see one now that you say they exist. kind of cool.Yak":p3vmb0xo said:The first moustaches were narrow, metal wires.
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