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I wasn't planning on buying any bottles for a while, but I couldn't pass this one up. It's a large, fat 9 5/8", Dr. C. W. Robacks, Cincinnati O without the apostrophe. Super nice iron pontil, whittled and no staining inside or out and no signs of being been cleaned or polished. Only the slightest indication of faint wear scattered here and there, but not noticed due to the wonderful crudity.

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Side view with some Sun

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Finally, the piece de resistance; the base with the iron pontil

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Some of you may remember this GX-21 Pike's Peak flask, which I posted a thread on a short while back. Well I sold it recently and then as many of you probably know I sold the GXI-4 Pike's Peak flask to kungfufighter through the forum. I had sold one other lesser flask about a week ago and all together they helped to justify in my mind (probably not my wife's) buying this Robacks, which I did not even know about at the time of the other sales. At first I wished I hadn't sold the other two flasks as they were such great bottles. But now having acquired this bottle helped me to get over parting with the others. Interesting how things work out sometimes. (In the end I broke even with no money spent, but none gained either). It's exciting when you come across great bottles at a reasonable price; I simply can't resist!

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A very nice bottle. I would have done the same thing without a doubt. The chance to buy a great bottle at a great price does not come every day. And, if you hesitate, the opportunity could be gone very quickly.
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That is a killer Roback's! I have an IP one as well, but mine has a lip chip. Hoping to upgrade it one day =)

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~Tim
 
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That's a beauty of a barrel. Great whittle, nice color and heavy iron = sweet. ~Jim
 
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