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Vauen Basic 1500 and another Jean Claude.
 

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You know, from the very beginning on I wanted to try a flatter pot shape pipe, because I always liked this shape. And now I finally got a Vauen Duett 1509, which is a very simple pot shape. Pics later!
 

moehawk

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Hey all!
I picked up a few 50 year plus aged Italian briar stummels and some stems off ebay recently. Here's one that turned out better than the first couple attempts.

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The bowl was already drilled, but I had to drill the e draft hole, mortise and fit the tenon. There was a pit on the rimthat I had to trim off and lots of sanding and refining the shape becore staining with a black contrast layer first, then a red overstain followed by sanding up to 3000 grit. I rubbed it with mineral oil to bring out the color. Then a coat of shellac, sanded up to 10000 grit before giving it a coat of carnuaba wax.
Going to give it a try tonight!
 

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Here's a flea market find. A LHS Certified Purex Imported Briar "Caboose". Looks to be from the late 40's or 50's. Someone had reamed the bowl already, I finished with a bit of sandpaper, and gave the rest of the pipe a good cleaning and polish. The rim could use a little more attention, but it's way cleaner than when I found it.

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It has an unusual shape, with that jutting chin. Not for the pipe clencher at a weighty 65g. It has a nice feel in the hand, and not a lot of residual tobacco smell. Also interesting is that it has a wider, shallower bowl with not a lot of taper down to the heel than most pipes I've handled. All in all a nice piece of briar!
 
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Surprisingly, I was given this Savinelli, today. It's the Etna, in Savinelli's popular 320 shape.
 

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moehawk

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Ace of Spades. Not just a Motörhead song. Also one of Comoy's lesser known brands made in France. I wasn't able to find out much more than that online. The closest I could come to a date was from one (with a different shape, but otherwise the same markiings) on a Comoy's pipe company history page. It said "Early French". Not much help.

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The stem is vulcanite, and the pipe weighs only 21.5 grams. In great shape, unsmoked and almost like new. I just had to clean some oxidation off of the stem. I plan on breaking it in Sunday with a birthday bowl.
 

Mm25

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Ace of Spades. Not just a Motörhead song. Also one of Comoy's lesser known brands made in France. I wasn't able to find out much more than that online. The closest I could come to a date was from one (with a different shape, but otherwise the same markiings) on a Comoy's pipe company history page. It said "Early French". Not much help.

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The stem is vulcanite, and the pipe weighs only 21.5 grams. In great shape, unsmoked and almost like new. I just had to clean some oxidation off of the stem. I plan on breaking it in Sunday with a birthday bowl.
nice cutty, a great old shape.
 

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