I've been looking for a saddle bit Tanshell for over a year ... yeehaaah! I've seen them going for well over $250 on ebay regularly (well, the tapered bits, never did see a saddle bit) and I just scored this baby for only $165 ... I am stoked! The Dunhill Geek (thank you Lars) scores a big one!
Rick Piatt
10/17/08 - Morleysson - "Other than rubbing two sticks together, or flint and tinder, and lightening takes too long and can be dangerous, I prefer Diamond kitchen matches in the house and the smaller Diamond packs for travel." (on what he uses to light his pipe)
10/17/08 - 1OLDGI - "So Ricky, here's what you do. Pull out a Kaywoodie (make sure it's clean), lock and load a nice bowl of PA, Half and Half, or Edgeworth. Set fire to same. Open a cold Natural Light and enjoy. Sometimes less is more and getting back to basics is a sure fire way to stave off these sorts of existential funks."
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Good God in heaven...
Is that an ESTATE Mr. Dunhill is buying... it sure looks like an estate... has the world stopped? =o)
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Good score
bud. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Fume in pace, ckr
Yes, the world stopped spinning
Is that an ESTATE Mr. Dunhill is buying... it sure looks like an estate... has the world stopped? =o)
I'm getting better ... besides, the Tanshell has been discontinued (over a year ago) - I have no choice but an estate if I want this pipe. Its been professionally cleaned ... we'll see ... eek.
Rick Piatt
ROFLMAO
Just rinse with Listerine after every puff, that's all. LOL
In all seriousness, don't be worried Rick, I don't want to freak you out. I know this is a big step and its an amazing pipe. When you are sitting in your den, puffing away on that with a good book and in the zone, you will thank yourself.
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Actually ...
If the pipe isn't squeeky clean ... so clean Adrian Monk would smoke it ... no, cleaner ... it'll go out to that pipe rejuvinator that Dock listed a few months ago. I'm still incredibly grossed out over the whole estate thing, but I *AM* better than I used to be. Like I said, if there was ANY way I could purchase an unsmoked Tanshell for a reasonable price I'd go for it. I was watching one on ebay today and after just a few hours the bid was already over $300 ... can't imagine where it will end up but I know a Tanshell isn't worth that much money regardless. So, given my stingyness regarding the absurd prices on ebay lately for anything labeled "dunhill", well, my choices are somewhat limited. I have searched. Dilligently. This is just the best I could do. Besides the fact that I wanted a straight billiard (I believe this is Dunhill's most popular shape), I wanted a discontinued model, I wanted not only a straight billiard but I wanted one with a saddle stem, and I wanted it at a reasonable price. Tough criteria. Right now I'm thrilled ... we'll see how I feel when I hold that pipe in my grubby mitts.
Rick Piatt
And do not forget
Do not forget this option:
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He has quite a backlog, though.
Oh, yes . . . congratulations.
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OCD is not Your Friend Rickysan
Ream it, Salt and Alcohol, scrub the hell out of the shank and bit with alcoholed bristly pipe cleaners and Lock and Load! The restoration gyration you describe looks like it has quite a turn time. I'd make it a weekend project and be burnin burley in that joker by Sunday night! Life is just too short for delayed gratification (or drinking cheap beer or sweatin the small stuff). BTW, nice pipe, may you enjoy it for many years to come.
For the first smoke, you should be kicked back in a leather chair burning something good (that sure looks like a Squadron Leader pipe to me). For music it would be Dave Brubeck "Take Five"
"Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?" T.S. Eliot
OMG...
Oldgi, I knew I like you for a reason (or many) Dave Brubeck...
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Good grief
Dave Brubeck!!! He was my late father's (who played drums in a jazz band in his heyday) favourite. How well I remember those wonderful doobie doobie, doobie doobie doo's. What was this post about again? Nice pipe Rick.
reminds me of...
GO LONG!! .. "IgotitIgotitIgotitIgot...." *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
hehe, good catch Rick :)
This is my Pipe.There are many like it, but this one is MINE.
My pipe is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
My pipe without me is useless. Without my Pipe, I am useless
Good smokers
It should be a great smoker
I have one identical to it made in 1961
Dave
Congratulations
... and sure it will give to you such satisfaction ... as you want.
Eduardo + Viprati + going to bed.-
Congratulations on both counts!
The pipe you have been on a quest for is now yours, and you have the estate fobia on the ropes.
"I think people should be allowed to do what they want, as long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
(Attributed to Oscar Wilde's Cleaning lady when she testified at his trial.)
Jim
In a couple of days, Rick...
...You'll be able to pack that Yummy Dunny with CBB!
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Without a doubt, that's an
Without a doubt, that's an OGS pipe right there.
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no no no no NO !
Without a doubt, that's an OGS pipe right there.
Neither OGS nor CBB, he got a large pipe to enjoy ropes and cob/dark plug.
This is my Pipe.There are many like it, but this one is MINE.
My pipe is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
My pipe without me is useless. Without my Pipe, I am useless
You are all wrong
That pipe shouts Mixture 79. You know it, I know it, and Rick knows it.
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This pipe will never be
With all these legal proceedings that were thrust upon me a couple of days ago (and all the expenses I'll incur from these attorneys) I chose to cancel this order ... I'll get a Tanshell Billiard one day ... but its not going to be today. Doh. What a shame - I looked so long ... but there will be another.
Rick Piatt
Aww...
I'm sorry Rick... that really blows big donkey nuts. Guess the shit really hit the fan huh... someday my friend.
"The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected..." - William Makepeace Thackeray
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Sorry to hear the news. This
Sorry to hear the news. This just means it will be an even sweeter score next time around.
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