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[mosin1932]

Ken Byron Ventures Mr Christians Brown Flek in a new to me KBB Yello-Bole Cured with Real Honey Premier pot shape. This pipe had what I could detect as almost no use. The rim was great, Yello-Bole coating still there, and no bite mark or any other stem wear. From what I've read the propeller stem mark and removable stinger put it right there in 1940's. Now this seems like a good design on stingers, as if you don't like them, just remove. It smokes wide open even with it in place. It has nice grain with some birdseye.My guess is that some makers with stingers thought it an improvement to go to the permanent threaded stem kind to allow smokers to unscrew them and wipe off moisture. View attachment 12154View attachment 12155View attachment 12153

That's a beautiful pipe, great find. I've been gravitating more towards yello-boles instead of kaywoodies the past few months because of the removable stingers, yello-bole stingers in general are much less restrictive than the kaywoodies I have. Not to mention the grain on those older yello-boles is usually flawless!

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm passing the first third of this bowl of year 2014 Full Virginia Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.

 

[mosin1932]

Well after talking up Swede's yello-bole lol, I filled a bent Medico with some McB navy flake that I'm still on the fence about. It smells amazing, like pure honey to me, but I'm finding that the smell doesn't translate into the smoke very well, I wouldn't buy another tin of it after smoking about an ounce, but I'll give it some more time.

I also didn't know how ostentatious the tin was going to be! I made the mistake of opening it in front of my wife, who saw the gold wrapped tobacco set in a black tray and now thinks I'm some kind of snob who only smokes the most expensive stuff lol.

 

[ftrplt]

A nice evening smoke with 2008 "And So To Bed" in a great big ol' Alberto Bonfiglioli half-bent Trumpet shaped blast. Grand pipe!! FTRPLT

 

[Balisong]

Last pipe for today, GLP Kensington in a Pride, still drinking coffee!

 

[JimPM]

Just putting the last trimmings on this Friday’s aromatic review, as I selfishly indulge my interest in a tasty bowl of my #2 favorite Burley, Wessex Burley Slice. The generously deep contours of this Old Grabow Freehand adore this particular tobacco as you would have it. And after this, I must retire to the next Netflix episode of The Witcher; a great show that one.

 

[JimInks]

Passing the first third of this bowl of KBV Verge Engine Santa Drive in a 1978 Peterson Deluxe 20S medium bend smooth dark brown billiard with a silver cap military mount black vulcanite saddle p-lip stem. Cleaned a few pipes, and am watching the Dodgers-Brewers game.

 

[EricC1]

Gawith Hoggarth #25 in Pete House Pipe PSB Bent P-Lip 2022

 

[JimInks]

Nearing the first third of this bowl of year 2016 Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Kentucky in an undated family era Sasieni Natural Four Dot Grosvenor smooth medium brown quarter bend bulldog with a black tapered vulcanite stem. Have enough for a couple more bowls.

 

[RudyN]

Boswell Military Force in a Rustic Peterson 302 2021 Halloween Pipe.

 

[JimInks]

Did a bit of snacking, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2013 Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed in a straight smooth brown 1933-1945 Comoy’s patent Grand Slam 127 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Charley Scanlan]

I'm smoking an English blend (Smaug) in a Savinelli Manzoni.

I got the tools for carving this evening. From left to right and top to bottom, a crosscut carcass saw, a 10" half round rasp, an 8" cabinet rasp (second), a 10" half round fine file, a chain-saw file, a cork dowel I made that fits the tobacco hole and the mortise on opposite sides, two vice jaws I made that are covered in leather, and the bevel I made to help me when I'm shaping the pipe. Underneath are card scrapers (not pictured) and three grits of sand paper (220, 400, 600) for finishing.

Most of of these items were used in a blog I came across about how to make a pipe from a kit with hand tools:
https://literaryworkshop.wordpress....-pipe-with-hand-tools-a-preliminary-tutorial/So, there you go! Tomorrow I'll start cutting. Like I said, the shape is a copy of a Peterson B10, and it will be made of morta. I opened a bottle of Barefoot pinot tonight to kick it off.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is Watch City Beta Test VaBur Final Version in a smooth dark brown 1983 Ben Wade Duo 65 poker with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Going to check on the ferals, and then read baseball box scores.

 

[JimInks]

Couldn't stay asleep, so I'm up and almost finished smoking 2018 Sutliff Walnut Match in an early smooth brown Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend bulldog with a bamboo-style carving on the shank with a two dot black acrylic stem. Spent a little time outside with Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave. Played a bit with Molly Danger, too. Sleepy Suzy was living up to her name.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2021 KBV Your Welcome in a straight smooth dark brown 1930s (Comoy’s) Canadian Club 230 eight paneled billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Jim's Va/Bur #2 in a smooth brown 1980 Peterson Deluxe 20S medium bend billiard with a silver cap military mount black vulcanite fish tail saddle stem.

 

[Swede]

That's a beautiful pipe, great find. I've been gravitating more towards yello-boles instead of kaywoodies the past few months because of the removable stingers, yello-bole stingers in general are much less restrictive than the kaywoodies I have. Not to mention the grain on those older yello-boles is usually flawless!

Thanks, and I'm moving that way also. It seems the Kaywoodies are hard to date, and I'd like to get the oldest briar thinking and having read the company had good briar especially early on. From what I read, the Yello-Bole are more simple to date, as if you get one marked "Honey Cured", it's pretty a pretty early one. I'm finding there are still a lot of lightly used to unused ones out there too.

 

[Balisong]

Good Morning!
Slept in this morning and starting the day with GLP Westminster in a bent MM Apple Diplomat and coffee. Looking at a busy morning and relaxing afternoon!

 

[Zippo]

Good Afternoon my friends.
Starting today with the continuation of breaking in the new Evening Series Petersons, with the same tobacco's.
My Zippo Petersons estate pipe has been posted from the USA yesterday, but it has me window checking for the postman already