A special Falcon pipe

Thomas from Austria sent me some pictures
of his Falcon.
I think it must be gold plated.
Truly beautiful and the Meerschaum bowl wow.
I will be turning some bowls for it this week and will post their progress.
Thanks Thomas.

Wembley Ware, Western Australia circa 1955

Samuel Gawith Sam's Flake

From Samuel Gawith's website. The 2nd in our Mayors Collection. Sam's Flake is a combination of Flue-cured Virginias and Turkish leaf which after blending is pressed in the hot oven, cut and then treated to a light flavouring which adds another flavour dimension to the tobacco. Good smoke and room-aroma with a medium strength.
The topping is Tonquin Bean same as 1792.

Smoked in a Peterson's no15 Sterling Silver hallmarked 1984.

As with all Samuel Gawith tobacco this is high quality.

Soft flakes that great smell.

Easy to rub out needs a little drying time.

The taste for me is like 1792's baby brother .

Lights easyish and burns well to a very light grey ash.

Produces a good amount of smoke. 

Sweet Virginia with a slight vanilla taste from the Tonquin.

The nicotine level is medium but the flavour is fairly full.

The sample came from Samuel Gawith via Tobacco Blends in Frankston, VIC.

Thanks go to Bob at Samuel Gawith and Rob at Tobacco Blends.

http://www.samuelgawith.co.uk/

http://www.tobaccoblends.com.au

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Nimrod Sportsman pipe lighter

At last i finally bought one  i will post more when it arrives.
If only you could still get them for $3.50.

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Deliverance

Yabba

Stephen Harold Gascoigne, better known as Yabba, (19 March 1878 - 8 January 1942) was an Australian sports fan, remembered as a heckler at Sydney Cricket Ground cricket and rugby league games in the early part of the 20th century. Yabba was known for his knowledgeable witticisms shouted loudly from "The Hill", a grassy general admissions area of the SCG. In Yabba's era, cricket matches were watched like tennis matches, and spectators at the SCG were much quieter than today. This is the reason Yabba's comments were so clearly heard by players and other spectators.

"The Hill" area was replaced with seating in the early 1990s. The new area was then formally named Yabba's Hill in honour of his colourful comments, several of which have passed into cricketing folklore. In 2007 the Doug Walters Stand and Yabba's Hill were demolished to make way for the new Victor Trumper Stand. On 7 December 2008 a bronze statue of Yabba, sculpted by Cathy Weiszmann, was unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground in The Hill area of the new stand. It depicts Yabba in a characteristic pose, one hand acting as a megaphone, in the act of delivering one of his famous interjections.
Some of Yabba's best remembered insults include:
"I wish you were a statue and I were a pigeon."
Telling a fly-swatting English cricket captain, Douglas Jardine, to "Leave our flies alone, Jardine. They're the only friends you've got here."
"Send 'im down a piano, see if 'e can play that!"
"Oh for a strong arm and a walking stick!" (at bad bowling; leg spinner Arthur Mailey, a regular victim of this one, quotes it several times in his book 10 for 66 and All That)
"Those are the only balls you've touched all day!" (To an English batsman adjusting his box in between overs).
"Put a penny in him, George, he's stopped registering" (To an umpire who read gas meters and emptied the cash boxes for a living, when a batsman at the crease was scoring slowly)
"Your length's lousy but you bowl a good width!" (To an opposition bowler)

Holidays Ramada Couran Cove South Stradbroke Island

Heritage-listed remnant livistona rainforest and melaleuca wetlands.
Minutes walk for the resort. 

We stayed in the room at the top on my right.

Peterson's the thinking man's pipe.

Bird hide.

Andrea and i spent some time at Couran cove South Stradbroke island.
Went over in my son's jet boat Jete .

Merry Xmas

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Carpenters who worked on the Titanic

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Better than an Owl

Custom Falcon And Ronson Bowls

Ronson pipes are have a slightly smaller thread so Falcon bowls won't fit. 

The bowls build cake fast and will start to colour after only 3 or 4 bowls.
As with all the bowls i turn no filler or stain is used.
Polished with pure natural carnauba wax only.
I smoke my bowls almost exclusively and find they
smoke cooler than standard Falcon bowls.
My o-ring system for attaching bowls works so well.
Just screw on like a normal Falcon bowl.
Fit is tight and they seal perfectly.
The o-ring lasts a very long time.
I have not broken an o-ring in 6 months or longer and i am a heavy smoker.    
 O-rings are cheap and easy to get.
I include a lifetime supply of 5 o-rings with each bowl i make.
For more information contact me at
 hobopipes@optusnet.com.au