Diving into the Provenance of an Ice Age 636 K11 Italy Beehive Egg

The next pipe on the worktable I’m calling a ‘Beehive’ for obvious reasons.  I acquired the ICE AGE ‘Beehive’ from pipeman Ron in June 2021 who lives in nearby Lakewood, Colorado.  I’ve shared this story several times about meeting Ron when I went to his house to purchase a Zero Gravity recliner he had posted …

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Resuscitating a Mastercraft Custom Made Italy Prince (aka: ‘Pandora’s Pipe’)

This pipe was a challenge – more to come later….  The pipe on the table today is a nice-looking Prince.  It has the right stem orientation, and the apple shaped bowl is on the petite side.  I saw this Mastercraft Custom Made Prince on the online auction block in March of 2016, from a seller …

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Uncovering the Origins of an Early 1900s French Aspir Fabrication L.M.B. Petite Billiard

It doesn’t surprise me that this unique, petite French Billiard came to me in a lot of pipes I purchased from a seller in Paris.  The French Lot of 50 was on the French eBay auction block in August of 2018 when my wife and I were still living in Sofia, Bulgaria.  A pipe man …

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