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  1. dtallan

    What is your around the house pipe?

    In my office I smoke 4 Meer's the most. I don't have to rest them like I do my Briar pipes.
  2. dtallan

    Cornell & Diehl #066 Star of the East - Pipe Tobacco Reviews

    Being a English/Balkan smoker Star of the East and Rajah's Court are my two favorite smokes from the nice folks at C&D. I have quite of bit of both in the cellar.
  3. dtallan

    Dunhill Early Morning Pipe - Pipe Tobacco Reviews

    This has been one of my favorites for years. I'm glad to here a positive review of the latest offering. I'll have to give a new tin a try. I've had quite a number in the cellar and smoked them sparingly waiting for the reissue.
  4. dtallan

    St. Augustine, FL Pipe Club

    Excellent, next time I go there to shoot skeet I'll have to get a hold of you...
  5. dtallan

    Stained Bowl Interior

    Peterson's stains their bowls and shanks too (just lazy and cheap) and it pisses me off. Take some qtips, pipe cleaners and some Everclear and clean it all out. The stain tastes like crap and will until you build a cake. Even then it's probably in the shank too....
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    Pipe Racks

    I have a couple of racks. The main rack I had Tony Newbury build a few years back. You see it here on my Grandfather's desk. The second on my desk I picked up at an antique shop a few years ago. Dave
  7. dtallan

    Post Your Picture With a Pipe.

    A picture the bride took of me today in my basement office. Dave
  8. dtallan

    air cleaners

    I built my man cave/office this summer with a seperate HVAC system. Seems to be working with no smoke getting to the upper floor. Momma hasn't complained yet.
  9. dtallan

    beware of cheap tobacco pouches

    I have a couple of roll-ups one for English and one for VA/Per's. I also have one zippered pouch. One of the roll-ups is 38 years old and still working well. Held a lot of 1Q back in the day then I switched it to English. I always dump the contents back into my glass jars at night. Keeping...
  10. dtallan

    How many pipes

    I have 54 pipes split between English and Va/Per blends. I havn't smoked Aromatics in years, but in the day those were my GBD's. I do smoke anything in my 5 meer's.
  11. dtallan

    New Members, Introduce Yourself!

    Hi all! I'm a retired Air Traffic Controller living in SC. I've been smoking a pipe since my first time at college in 1973. I spend a few hours a week at Boda Pipe's in Greenville, SC. I have a fair collection of pipes and a few years of tobacco cellared.