Talbert Pipes- Website update and Private Auction

[Trever Talbert]

Hello to everyone on our mailing list!  This is a short notice to announce 
that I've just posted two new Talbert Briars to the site and four new morta 
Classics.  Both briars are sandblasts, and one is quite immense (Jeff should 
be thinking 'Arbourg' here) though it is also very practical for its size. 
The briars can be seen here:
http://www.talbertpipes.pair.com/briarcatalogblasts.shtml
and the mortas here:
http://www.talbertpipes.pair.com/mortacatalogsmooth.shtml
http://www.talbertpipes.pair.com/mortacatalogblasts.shtml

Next up should be some Ligne Bretagnes, finally, and then shortly afterward 
some more Talbert Briars (I'm trying to schedule my work so I can work on 
LBs while the Talbert Briar stummels are boiling and drying).

There is another item that may be of major interest to some, or not at all 
to others, I really don't know.  For years now I have been smoking a 
reject/tester morta pipe that a great many people have tried to buy from me, 
but I've been too attached to it to sell.  This is a semi-"famous" piece, 
having been pictured prominently in both the P&T article about me and also 
the pipe book "Cachimbos".  It is also, as I said, a flawed reject piece, so 
I really don't know what to price it for and simply chose to make it an 
auction and see if anyone would bid.  This way, the collectors themselves 
can decide if they believe it has any value as a collectible and bid 
accordingly (or not).  The "story" page tells a lot more about the pipe and 
about why it is now for sale, but the basic reason for offering it now is 
that Em and I have the opportunity to buy a little satellite dish relatively 
cheaply (we are both pining for BBC just to be able to watch the news in 
English after three years), but not the cash (we also have several *real* 
expenses now, including various insurances and our next big order of leather 
pipe bags).  So, we decided that I could post this pipe and see if it sold - 
if so, we'll treat ourselves to a non-essential purchase that will be fun 
(and the new Doctor Who will be premiering on BBC soon!), and if not, it's 
no loss and I'll just keep the pipe and probably make it a gift to someone 
in years to come.  You can see the pipe's story page here, and it links to 
the picture & spec page:
http://www.talbertpipes.pair.com/morta-auctionpipe.html
Anyone interested in bidding should email me their bid and I'll update the 
current bid on the site.
Thanks for your time and interest!
Happy smoking,
Trever Talbert
http://www.talbertpipes.com