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Jig Master
Number of posts: 451
Age: 65
Location: Toledo Bend Near Hemphill, TX.
Tobacco: Dunhill Flake, Dunhill Deluxe Navy Rolls, Escudo, Red Flake, Cannon Plug, Kendal Plug, Kendal Flake from both Gawith's, Opening Night, Manhattan Afternoon and Sunday Picnic. Solani 633, so many more too, LOL!
Pipe: Dunhill, Cavicchi, Caminetto's and Love my Micoli Auto, but also like my Peterson's.
Registration date: 2010-10-10
 | | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:35 pm | |
| Have not watched the video yet, but will. I have several pipes that were 2nd that I bought at the Tinder Box way back and a few of them were made by Charatan. The smoke nice and didn't cost much at all and other than a few tiny spots where they had to fill, they are excellent.
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Yak
Resident Philosopher
Number of posts: 7250
Age: 257
Location: Yaksylvania
Tobacco: Embarcadero
Pipe: London, Dublin, Pesaro & Sasquatchewan
Registration date: 2007-12-10
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:39 am | |
| 1) The overhead transmissions and belts were the industrial standard at that time. Everywhere. 2) Bear in mind with the (reported) linseed oil (I can't hear the voiceover), the date is 1945 -- six years of wartime austerity does that with supplies of imported stuff, forcing improvisation & adaption.  |
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brentona
Number of posts: 174
Age: 22
Location: Baltimore Maryland
Tobacco: Rich Englishes and Mellow Virginias
Registration date: 2010-04-05
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:00 pm | |
| Sure Charatan's are good and all, but I'm most interested in finding my own pipe polishing lady. Anyone see one on eBay, lemme know... |
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Harlock999
Number of posts: 5005
Location: Los Angeles
Tobacco:
English
Pipe:
Italiano
Registration date: 2010-10-22
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brentona
Number of posts: 174
Age: 22
Location: Baltimore Maryland
Tobacco: Rich Englishes and Mellow Virginias
Registration date: 2010-04-05
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:15 pm | |
| FWIW -- I have an early 50's Charrie and it is a hefty sized bowl. It smokes englishes so wonderfully I'd like to have a collection, but my pockets hurt from time to time  |
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