Monday, May 31, 2010

Thank You

Photo by IslesPunkFan

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

With A Sword And A Pistol By His Side

Hey all -

Got the bike registered and cleaned up the other day, taking it's condition from "deplorable" to "barely acceptable" in an afternoon. It still needs a thorough detail job and an oil change, but I worked on it for five hours the other day, on the hottest day of the year so far, in the middle of the afternoon - I didn't even think about sunscreen, so now I'm doing a pretty good impression of a lobster without even trying. I'm going to snap some pics and maybe even a riding vid here soon, but we've had a guy out at work and I keep getting called in for OT. The only other notable thing is some supplies for the cellar that arrived today:


-MacBaren Plumcake
-McClelland Frog Morton
-bulk Sugar Barrel
-Brebbia polish
-shank brush
-lots 'o cleaners!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Nobody Knows Anything About My Existence

So while we were in Gatlinburg there were several tobacconists I was hoping to visit, but unfortunately I didn't get the chance to - this was a family vacation with my parents, and while my wife doesn't care about my pipes, I didn't want to get The Look from my Mom.  However, we did make a trip to one of my favorite shops in the area, Smoky Mountain Knife Works.  The main reason was that I wanted to pick up a Case Baby Doc to use as a pipe knife.  Everyone split up and while I was walking to their Case department, I passed by their Zippo section and saw a very nice Peterson gift set that included a Donegal Rocky #106 and a Zippo lighter with pipe chimney.  Since I had budgeted part of my vacation money for a new pipe, and I didn't own a Peterson yet, I decided to pick it up:



...and here is the knife I picked up, a Case Baby Doc with green jigged bone handles:


...anyways, more on my other knife acquisitions in a day or two.  I'm also planning on working on the bike in the next week or so, stay tuned.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Every Picture Tells A Story Don't It

Hey all -

Just got back from a vacation in the Smokies with my wife & parents - I'll have some posts coming up about that, but until then here are some pics I took on the trip:

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