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Finally came in Just got off the "E" bay on line market place A Hardcastle Billiard, quite "auld" possibly mid 40s to early 50s; but for a shape #12 Pot Camden this just about completes my Hardcastle Collection. It's possibly as "auld" as I am; and, its' Pre-Cadogan, how wonderful. It is...

Well, I tried Oxi-Clean; doesn't work Vulcanite bits get a bit funky O/D green Soooooooo, I tried my own fix. Vulcanite oxidizes; therefore the surface burns [on a molecular scale] and deposits an ash on the surface; that "ash" is the haze that you see. 1-get 0 grade steel wool 2-carefully...

Just won the auction for a 'Pre-Cadogan' Hardcastle Billiard made sometime during the 1940s; pristine it is and waiting just for me, already broken in. Hey this guy is older than I am, possibly. Good condition, with lots of fired up meditation left in it. Will put it next to the Four panel...

Just got in a Charatan 'Ben Wade' pot [Standard] My Da' always told me about Charatan when I was sprat; he really loved Charatan but with 14 whelps to raise and feed a 'Charatan' was quite out of the question Have a Charatan 'TinderBox' pot. They both earned the top shelf in the Secretary, along...

I collect Hardcastles. Something I noticed in an "E" bay offering is the phrase "PreCadogan"? I have noticed that phrase with Comoys as well as Dunhills What does that phrase mean? I know, now, that at the time I bought my very first Pipe, a Hardcastle Pot-bowl in 1961, that I was buying what...

Oh boy Oh boy! Spent our 46th up in 'Beerkshires' She who must be obeyed in the antique shops I in the microbreweries. The good Muslim goes to Mecca The good Jew goes to Jersualem The good Catholic goes to Rome Bullard goes to the 'Beerkshires'. If any of the Brothers are up that way go to the...

Ye' know? It must seem sometimes like yer' just a kid in a candy store. Saw this Ben Wade and it shrieked "...buy me..." a nice beautiful Long Billiard, ?#38. The bowl chamber is positively huge you could just about make a swimming pool out of it [a bit of exaggeration]. Have a Charatan...

Am undergoing a bit of a metamorphosis, changing tastes?! Tried today at 'FireHouse' [smoke shop] a bowl of McClelland's 'Dark English'. For decades have smoked as a standard CubeCut Burley, kinda' 'meat and potatoes' thing. Have smoked English blends and have found despite the initial heavy...

When they say a particular Pipe tobacco is "Rum cured" or "Cognac cured", what are they saying principally? Is the tobacco in the tumbler given a spritz of Rum or Cognac in the pressing or tumbling? Can I do that??? How sensitive a process is that? What would happen if I took a couple of ounces...

Our family Recipe: Brothers, I do hope not belabor any of You. One of our number penned me a private "E" and I am somewhat disappointed in myself, as I did not answer him properly straightway. I suppose to learn if there is such a thing as 'Suet Pudding' then one must ask the oracle [Google]...

Well, went to my shop today and my guy "Jack" introduced me to 'Red Cake' [McCullins? dist.] Red Virginia. I'm 70 years young but my oh my! very very pleasant. I have always favored Cube Cut Burley and an English [consequently I'm a bit narrowed] but this was my first bowl of a Virginia...

Blend tobacco? If I want to make up a blend, for personal smoking, what are the considerations? Is there some practical ratio of a Latakia, to Virginia or Cavendish What elements do you consider in blending? What are the individual characteristics of cuts and styles? that I should consider? Hope...

Looking on line and seeing 'Mr. Brog' Hmmmmmmmmmmmm? very interesting, some shapes pleasing to the eye, and some?....well I guess we each have our own senses of the esthetic... So what is Mr. Brog like, give me the ups and downs? Is 'Pear wood' root a reasonable briar alternative? The 'Pear' is...

Might be dating myself here. Has anyone heard of Schermerhorn's 'Crushed Plug' [came foil wrapped in a dark mustard yellow packaged box] My Da' introduced me to pipes at the age of 17 and his favorite 'go to' tobacco was Schermerhorn's 'Cruhed Plug'. It was a cube cut Burley that I really...

I am William A. Bullard Jr.--EMC/SW [USN] Ret'd. twice Bronze Distinguished Rifleman [Fleet Rifleman] and Underway 1200lb. steam qualified Engineering Officer of the Watch, 36 years Naval Service.  In phantasy world after the Navy I worked as a CabinetMaker, retiring in 2008.  I am self taught...