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Gabriele Becattini





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PostPosted: Sat 01 Sep, 2012 6:22 am    Post subject: clay pipes         Reply with quote

Do you know a good place where i can buy a 17th century clay pipe?

a real one not just a costume piece, i would prefer a place in europe but i'm open to every suggestion

thanks



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Bart Jongsma




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PostPosted: Sat 01 Sep, 2012 6:41 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

A while ago I bought a really nice handrolled 17th-century pipe from Heather Coleman at http://www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/pipesale.htm She seems to have sold out on most of her stock, but you can always contact her for a custom order I guess. She seems to be making pipes in all sorts of different styles, most of which are pretty much impossible to find anywhere else.
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Gabriele Becattini





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PostPosted: Sat 01 Sep, 2012 10:24 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hi Bart,

thank you, i have been lucky and i have found one in stock just of the pattern that i was looking for!

her work looks very accurate and period and pretty cheap, do you smoke yours?
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Bart Jongsma




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PostPosted: Sat 01 Sep, 2012 10:28 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I used to, but I quit smoking al forms of tobacco over a year ago, except when mixed with...other...smokeables. I remember it being a pretty good smoke, especially for it's very small size; almost no bite!
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Roger Hooper




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PostPosted: Sat 01 Sep, 2012 12:54 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

On a slight side note, a long time ago I was on an archaeological dig in Monmouthshire, UK, excavating a Roman fort. On the way down to the Roman level, we found many broken off pieces of clay pipe stem from the 18th century. I believe it was the practice to buy a long-stemmed clay pipe, which would gradually get shorter as the stem end would keep breaking off.
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