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  1. rmpeeps

    What Are You Listening To - March, 2024

    A special man, Malcolm Holcombe, passed away today. The first time I saw him was in late 2011 at a intimate venue. The power of his music and the short words we shared afterward helped give me the power to make a change in my life. May he rest in glorious peace.
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    Ruminations on Error of Smoking Quality Theory

    Marxman pipes were so ugly to start with that I’d imagine most smokers didn’t have a problem with gunking them out.
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    Show us Your Best Smoker

    I’m biased, but isn’t everyone? My absolute best smoking pipe is ‘My Baby’. It’s the second Tinsky-drilled kit that I carved and finished out in 1998. The airway was opened up in both the shank and stem before any stem bending. The bowl was opened up to be more of a flared conical bowl. It...
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    Oldest Smoked Tobacco...

    I can’t accurately date the oldest blend since I didn’t buy it new. I started pipe smoking in early ‘97. Shortly afterwards I acquired a 6-8 ounce batch of GH&Co Bob’s Square Cut from a fellow in College Station. He said it was “about 10 years old”, so mid-to-late ‘80s. I had no reason to...
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    I've Got Friends in Low Places

    How much of a discount were the stupid crippled chickens?
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    The Famous or Infamous You have Met

    In eighth grade band, drum section, I managed to be one of 25 young drummers from across Austin to attend a 3 hour drum clinic with Buddy Rich and Ed Shaughnessy. By the end of the clinic they both easily engaged and knew everybody’s name, even mine. I still choke up…..
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    Favorite Halvsies

    50/50 Opening Night. Interlude. Break up well, mix well, smash and let sit for 3-6 months. Opening Interlude is the result. Dry properly, and ….. enjoy!!
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    Anyone 'Tweak' His Pipe Tobacco?

    I’ve tweaked blends since I first took up the pipe in 1996. Sometimes I hit it right. I’m currently smoking a bowl made up of 2 C&D blends; I mixed up 2 pounds of this back in 1997. Jed’s Rock.
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    Howdy from Houston

    Howdy!! You must be an Aggie!! 👍👍😎
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    Most Sought After Unicorns...

    Yep. Just 2 weeks ago I received an old tin of Butera Blended Flake. I wish I had a son to tell the tale to…. But I couldn’t R E S I S T .
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    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2024?***

    Enjoying a little mixture of Brown Sugar Flake & HU Joschi’s Oriental Sunrise. I accidentally mixed a bit of each, but the results are impressive! My pipe is a Nording Silver Series rusticated Dublin.
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    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2024?***

    Bringing in the new year with some old Butera Blended Flake in a no-name Imported Briar billiard, the first pipe I ever bought back in 1997.
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    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

    Closing out the night on my 37th anniversary, I chose the Bonfiglioli contest pipe with some 2000 Christmas Cheer.
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    Recent TAD Pick-Ups

    I picked up the Tillerman based on your prior comments. Your rep is on the line.
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    Recent TAD Pick-Ups

    Now I think I’m good on anything I’ll ever need from Esterval’s.