Two for the rack

[mark]

A couple Cavicchis found a home. The squashed tomato flake pipe came out of a Tinderbox in Arizona, the owner told me it had been on the shelf a long time with no bites. It's stamped as a CC, but shows a decent grain with some nice birdseye. I'm partial to the shape and have been looking for one quite a while.
The Dublin is from Smokingpipes, showed up on a Thursday newsletter (love/hate getting them), and as Ken says, I quickly made a "strong move". The rustication is very deep and gnarly on the bowl. Both have thick walls and a very open draw, I'm hoping they'll do well with Virginias.

 

[cutshot]

Mark,
Very nice looking Cavcchi's I especially like the Tomato both should make Virginias "sing". I have found that with a couple of my Cavicchi's the first couple of bowls were very bitter but after that every one of them is a "go to" smoker I really enjoy the open draw on Claudio's pipes. Enjoy!

 

[PegLegEd]

Very Handsome acquisitions Mark.
Looking at them is almost as therapeutic a puppy licking you face.

Like the weapon too.
Ed

 

[Hunter5117]

Mark, great pipes. The thick walls should hold lots of heat and let you smoke those virginias nice and slow. I especially like the rustication on that Dublin. I have yet to own a Cavicchi but finding one like that might cause me to pull the trigger.

Speaking of which, can you give some details on the pistol in the pic? Is that a single shot target, or some kind of tube-magazine loading setup? Never seen one with flat-sided receiver like that.

 

[Midnight Blues]

Mark, very nice. I've got three Cavicchi's and they are wonderful pipes, I hope you find yours to your liking.

 

[sstodvictory]

Fine looking additions, both of them. I have a Cavicchi with the same rustication - such a pleasure to hold.

I also am curious about the pistol. Thompson-Center was my first guess, but too many differences. Make? Center fire? Black Powder?

Steve

 

[mark]

That's a Thompson/Center Scout Pistol. Black powder, .54 cal, 12 inch barrel, standard load is 100 grains of Pyrodex RS,
pushes a .535 round ball in a Butler Polypatch about 1200 FPS. It's quite a handfull generating about twice the recoil of a .44 mag.
It gets a lot of attention at the range,, everyone wants to try it,,,but nobody ever wants a second shot,,,,

 

[Doc Manhattan]

That's a Thompson/Center Scout Pistol. Black powder, .54 cal, 12 inch barrel, standard load is 100 grains of Pyrodex RS,
pushes a .535 round ball in a Butler Polypatch about 1200 FPS. It's quite a handfull generating about twice the recoil of a .44 mag.
It gets a lot of attention at the range,, everyone wants to try it,,,but nobody ever wants a second shot,,,,

Holy cow... I couldn't shoot that thing straight from benchrest with two hands and a rifle stock screwed on the back.

Me and my girly little .32s will have to stick to being jealous of your two beautiful new pipes. Smoke 'em in good health!