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    Another antique store find

    By the tooth indentations i had to repair on both i'd say yes to it being the same collection.
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    TAD... just a little...

    Thanks guys! What you may not notice is the 4th shelf down with the small Mason jars is actually 2 rows deep... lol
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    TAD... just a little...

    Ok so yeah, I may have a problem.... lol
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    Another antique store find

    Smokes great! Very impressed seeing as how it's my first Camminetto.
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    Another antique store find

    Second pipe out of my three antique shop scores is an older caminetto business with a black and silver pearlized stem. I believe this to be in the era of when Radice worked for them but I'm not positive. Basing it on the thin gold moustache on the stem. Whoever owned this chewed on the stem like...
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    Help me date my new treasure

    Thanks for the info!
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    Help me date my new treasure

    So yesterday the wife and I hit a couple of antique shops. Of course I'm always looking for estate pipes but I didn't find any until the very last shop that we went in. One of my three scores. A Costello sea rock. This was a pretty easy refurbish. The pipe basically just needed a good cleaning...
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    Don Carlos ever seen one like it?

    That's a Don Carlos Melos. I had one of those. Great smoking and looking pipe. Wish I never sold it.
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    Calling all Dunhill Experts....help needed

    Ok, I need my brothers help in dating a Dunhill I have just acquired. Here are all legible stampings: One side: The letter “A” then Dunhill over London Other side: “inner tube” over PAT No 5861/12 and the number 46 I want to list this on e-bay but want to supply the correct information about...
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    Woo Hooooooooooooooo

    Well for once luck was on my side today. Long story short, when my wife & I bought our first home 3 years ago we ended up with one of those shitty sub-prime mortgages and we’ve been fighting to keep our home ever since. Well about a year after moving in things went from bad to worse. My wife...
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    The Dark Side!!

    Before I forget I want to say a big HI to Islander. I just noticed that you’re from Newport R.I. I was born and raised in R.I. and Newport is a beautiful area to visit. True coastal surroundings.. Now for the discussion at hand… I, like many, started out smoking aromatics and have put together...
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    Attn: J M Boswell Fans!

    As of today (1-9-09) they've refreshed some of their sale page....
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    What do you do for a living

    Well as you may have already guessed I'm a Correctional Officer (7 years now). I am the committing officer on the 11-7 shift at our Intake facility. My position involves processing them as soon as the local departments drop them off. Yup, come to prison in R.I. during those hours and I’m the...
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    Alas, my Boswell

    Congrats on finally getting your Boswell Irene. Is the "AO" stand for your location? You just can't beat a Boswell freehand.....
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