Flat potty... LOL!
I didn't know what that bowl shape was called, but now I can't unsee the likeness to a commode!
I'll have to save my best sh... I mean stuff to smoke in it. :D
Now I want to make a seat and lid for it...
Over the last few months I have bought some unfinished stummels and rough molded vulcanite stems from a couple of ebay sellers. They were all flawed in some way or another, with pits and cracks that kept them from being made into pipes 50 years ago. Lots of fun and learning working around or...
I don't know how often any hatters here a need for a size 6 5/8 block. This one belongs to a friend who has a vintage shop in my little town. She lent it to me to fix up a hat I recently found. It is for sale, so if anyone is in need of a small block with a nice profile, pm me and I'll get you...
Cavanagh or otherly-named felted edge makes it a fedora. Homburgs have a deeply curled brim edge that is asymmetrically bound in grosgrain ribbon.
Felted or Cavanagh edge
Homburg brim with curl and bound edge
I was considering buying one of those clay pipes recently. I decided against it because I knew I'd drop and break it before I could get more than a couple of uses out of it.
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...
I spotted this old relic in a local vintage store a few months ago. I chatted with the owner about it, talking about it's very well-worn condition and wondering what it may have seen in it's life and service. I stopped back in yesterday, and she surprised me by gifting it to me. I guess I was...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1483760699/polo-ralph-lauren-silk-tie-panama-boater?click_key=1fad0da95478bb7a8b3da7806054aeeb28851d1e:1483760699&click_sum=d25c945c&ref=user_profile&frs=1&sts=1
Somebody here needs this tie.
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