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  1. apkurt

    Pipes that get a bad rep?

    I have one Vauen, a bent apple with the grey dot on the stem. It is easily one of the best smokers I own. I also have two Grabows. One, a Duke, is awful and I have been thinking about just tossing it in a dumpster. The other, an Omega, is a perfectly fine pipe. I usually take the Omega...
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    Show off your favorite place to smoke your pipe!

    I sit in my back yard by the fire pit to smoke in the evenings: If it's daytime I sit at the bar under the misters:
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    Origins of User Names?

    My name is Kurt and AP are the first two letters of the band I fronted for many years "Aqueduct Pocket".
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    The Chicks Are Back

    Thanks for the post! You got me checking out all the great old pipe tobacco ads on YouTube. There are some real classics.
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    Pipes and Firearms

    I don't have many guns in my collection, but I do enjoy smoking a cob when I am quail hunting. Quail hunting in the So. Cal desert involves lots of walking so a cob filled with some Carter Hall makes the walking more enjoyable. I have a Mossberg 500 12 ga, Weatherby SA-08 12 ga, and a Thompson...
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    Favorite Bourbon Whiskey?

    My go to bourbons are Woodford Reserve, Knob Creek, and Bulleit. Lately I have become a big fan of Templeton Rye which (of course) is not a bourbon, but if you like bourbons I highly recommend it.
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    Very Little West Coast Pipe Community?

    We have a pretty good tobacconist in town (Palm Desert Tobacco). They have been around a long time and this area has a lot of wealthy retirees that keep them in business. They blend their own tobacco and they have about a dozen nice blends on hand but they carry only a relative few tins of...