I’m preparing to load a few thin-cut coins of Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. “Happy Brown Bogie” in one of the first estate pipes that I made a replacement stem for. I like short pipes, very handy🙂. It’s a Yello-Bolle Imperial and according to a dating guide, made from 1936 to 1955. I have an original scoop style stinger in place. I have found it to be one of the few stinger designs that actually work, provided it is installed correctly…..with the scoop-up. When I refurbished the pipe, I also deeply chamfered the rim and added a brass ring in the stem for the Yello-Bole logo.
Friends sent me a new Yeti to try out🙂 I whipped up a double shot espresso flat white to test it out. I have my little “Lovelin” (in reverse calabash mode, no internal tube, just the expansion chamber) loaded with some C&D “Espresso”. I designed the pipe with two other “modes”, one uses a briar tube inside the reverse calabash so it functions like a “normal” pipe with a normal airway. The third is an aluminum radiator tube machined to fit inside the reverse calabash that functions similarly to a Comoy’s “Grand Slam” device, but it adds another level of condensation with aluminum fins. I also machined the tamper, it contains a screw out pick inside, the top is angled to use as a scraper and to “push” tobacco towards the airway if/when needed.
Doing some LL-7 in a reworked noname while doing some pipe work... Sidenote: Going to check out tobaccoreviews.com (TR) for a possible new home and will try to keep KA9FFJ as my id hopefully...
Hot Coffee this morning and a bowl of 50/50 Sutliff “Irish Coffee” & C&D “Espresso”. The pipe is a Yello-Bole #2804 from ~1933-1936. I bought and refurbished this pipe years ago, this is the first time I have smoked it. Smoking like a champ….with the original “scoop stinger”👍🏼. These old Yello-Bole’s have always smoked well for me. This pipe has decent grain all around, with a few tiny fills…...and these are Kaywoodies that didn’t make the grade.
That Carey poker came in a non glossy, off-putting light color stain (?) with occasional almost pinkish highlights. Thanks to what I learned on this forum, I sought out Fiebing’s dyes. The pipe is now one of my top five pipes in my rotation.
Well, closing this out with a mix of C&D’s “Espresso” and some Briar Fellowship Ravenwood “Leaves of Athelas” in my L’Anatra dalle Uova d’Oro Scottanaso 06 Hand Made.
Best Wishes for All, God Bless, and Take Care. Signing Off
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@RockyMountainBriar
I was the one who asked whether your Rivendell was Straus or Country Squire. Thanks for the response.
Amen, brother.
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Ahh, I think that comment, bit of info, was requested by @motie2, not myself
Hence my confusion.
Heh, I just read through the new comments, @motie2 had it handled
Interesting observation about the scoop style stinger’s correct installation. Hard for most of us to accomplish!
An IMP with some Planta Anno MMXV (2015) “Brazilian Mixture”, and a “spot of tea”….in a coffee mug🤔
I have a briar with a very similar shape. If I think about it, I'll send a pic later...
I whipped up a double shot espresso flat white to test it out.
I have my little “Lovelin” (in reverse calabash mode, no internal tube, just the expansion chamber) loaded with some C&D “Espresso”.
I designed the pipe with two other “modes”, one uses a briar tube inside the reverse calabash so it functions like a “normal” pipe with a normal airway. The third is an aluminum radiator tube machined to fit inside the reverse calabash that functions similarly to a Comoy’s “Grand Slam” device, but it adds another level of condensation with aluminum fins. I also machined the tamper, it contains a screw out pick inside, the top is angled to use as a scraper and to “push” tobacco towards the airway if/when needed.
Sidenote:
Going to check out tobaccoreviews.com (TR) for a possible new home and will try to keep KA9FFJ as my id hopefully...
The pipe is a Yello-Bole #2804 from ~1933-1936. I bought and refurbished this pipe years ago, this is the first time I have smoked it. Smoking like a champ….with the original “scoop stinger”👍🏼. These old Yello-Bole’s have always smoked well for me. This pipe has decent grain all around, with a few tiny fills…...and these are Kaywoodies that didn’t make the grade.
Also, I bet that poker smokes
Pretty good as well @motie2
Nice pipes!
That Carey poker came in a non glossy, off-putting light color stain (?) with occasional almost pinkish highlights. Thanks to what I learned on this forum, I sought out Fiebing’s dyes. The pipe is now one of my top five pipes in my rotation.
Best Wishes for All, God Bless, and Take Care.
Signing Off