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LokoMac8 · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject:

ozark southpaw · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:

CH in a Berwyck billiard.
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LokoMac8 · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject:

An enjoyable bowl of VELVET, one of my favorite regulars, in a smooth, darker complected, VISCOUNT #46 Continental.

Now, to get off on a tangent, like I usually do when I smoke and muse about things. The relative size of a particular shape! In most cases, it is unnoticed and not really a factor in identification of a shape, except in cases of the Apples, some Pears and maybe the Dublins, where without actual examples at hand to look at, it is hard to pick a small, medium, large or extra large from another as they all look about the same on the charts.

Here is one that struck me, though. There is really only one Continental #46 shape, yet back when I acquired these, I was puzzled. I had acquired a nice STARFIRE Continental that wasn't number stamped and was happy to classify it as an "X00" . . . until I learned that designation was really only for the RJR pipes. I then figured it was a #46 and everything was fine.

Then came along another acquistion and variation. A nice almost miniture looking pipe of the same shape, but number stamped very clearly #46! It was such a difference in size that I was left scratching my head.

So is it any wonder I have trouble telling the Apples apart? --RJ--

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Actually, the size difference seems even more than what is revealed by the photos, especially when you hold them and smoke them.

ozark southpaw · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:15 am Post subject:

Prince AlbertSoft Vanilla in a Medico Cavalier dublin.
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TheDuke · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:27 am Post subject:

Prince Albert in a ELDORADO#46 Continental.
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steverino · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:30 am Post subject:

No. 27 Virginia in a Regal 84.

BWThomas · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:32 am Post subject:

Luxury Navy Flake in a bent Golden Duke
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BWThomas · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:47 am Post subject:

SG 1792 folded and stuffed in a Savinelli 101.. this is like smoking a cigar, this stuff is gooooood!
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LokoMac8 · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject:

BWThomas · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: