Stalins Birthday Gifts 1949

[Winslow]

Check out the briar gifted to the monster on his birthday;

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[mark]

What's the powder horn looking thing (center right) in the pic?

 

[Winslow]

I can't tell what it is either. :?:

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[Doc Manhattan]

I was curious about what happened to all of Uncle Joe's pipes when he died, so I looked around a bit and learned: at least a few are in the Stalin Museum in Gori, Georgia.

(Except with recent strife between Georgia and Russia, there's a chance the cultural nabobs of Gerogia might get rid of it. Not that I'm itching to vacation in Gori, but no reason to take out your nationalist rage on a nice piece of briar.)

 

[Winslow]

I have read that he never cleaned a pipe,just picked up another new high grade and
smoked on.You can bet that none of those pipes have fills or sand pits,a maniac like him
would have someone shot. :x

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[Justpipes]

What a shame! :evil: I have read that some of those pipes were gifted to him by Winston Churchill or some other European leaders.

 

[HistoryMajor]

By 1949 I think they would've had their falling out, cause by then Churchill had gave his 'iron curtain' speech.

Either way, cool pipes!