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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
Mike Butera has retired. A few years ago, a weather disaster devastated his workshop and contents.- briarblues
- Post #10
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
I have a close friend ( a pipe smoker ) that works for the Canada Border Agency. He sent me the following. Look at it closely! The duty, and Fed tax are the same across Canada. The ONLY difference is the provincial tax. All info is based on importing 1 x 50g tin of pipe tobacco valued...- briarblues
- Post #82
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Did You Know that Greg Pease is also a Serious Foodie?
Greg is a multi talented young man. I can say he's young, as he's younger than I. Tobacco blender, foodie, artist in the field of photography, musician, multilinguist ( speaks more than a few languages ), plus countless other skills. It's just not fair .... all that talent held within one...- briarblues
- Post #4
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
hahahahahaha .. well ok, maybe he was..... the shop closed in 1979, according to Pipedia, BUT ....... Fritz and Palo Becker's earliest pipes went to the shop under the shops name, so I would guess ... maybe it closed in the mid 1980's......- briarblues
- Post #8
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
I understand. hahaha Maybe there is someone that knows, but it's a long shot. Contact Marco at Regali Novelli in Rome. Marco might know .....- briarblues
- Post #4
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Mike Butera For Carmignani Roma
Probably best to reach out to Mike Butera or Steve Leaders to get a concise answer. I assume both are at the Chicago Pipe Show this weekend.- briarblues
- Post #2
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
The scariest sentence you'll ever here is ... Hello. I'm from the government and here to help you .......- briarblues
- Post #61
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Help me understand
True, in the "old days" if there wasn't a flame war in the am, by noon someone would start one. I am getting old...I forgot those days..... I never said I liked or disliked him. Good information is good information and bad is bad. Everyone on YT puts themselves out there. Some just to...- briarblues
- Post #6
- Forum: General Discussion
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Help me understand
What is it, on social media, that can bring out the worst in us? This has been on my mind for some time, but the thread about Allen Harrelson truly got me thinking. It is just so easy to sit behind our keyboards and type things that we would never say to anyone face to face. Or at least not...- briarblues
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
It's a roll of the dice. If it's a single 50 gram tin with a declared value of maybe under $20.00 it might be let through, but .... you just never know if the customs official likes doing paper work and collecting pounds of flesh .....- briarblues
- Post #47
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
Note that the tobacco exemption listed is ONLY for stays outside Canada of seven days or more and is per adult.- briarblues
- Post #40
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
Here are the rules, set by the Federal Government, NOT the provinces. There are NO duty exemptions set by any province or territory. Provincial taxes levied will vary. What are your personal exemption amounts? Less than 24 Hours - $0 CAD There is no duty free allowance for absences of...- briarblues
- Post #39
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
True, Alberta has no provincial sales tax on goods, but like every other province there is a tobacco tax, like there is on alcohol.- briarblues
- Post #24
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Canadian Import Advice Help - Tax was 200%!
Welcome to the "wonderful" world of CDN Fed duty, Fed Tax, and Provincial tax ........ Sorry, but buying tobacco online and getting it into Canada is costly. Do take note that the PST is the most costly portion. Something you might wish to bring up with your local MLA. Not that they will...- briarblues
- Post #9
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Stanwell BR 34? Can someone help me identify this Pipe?
Stanwell has often created pipes for a variety of clubs, and organizations. Possibly this might be one of these.- briarblues
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Salt treatment question
There are various methods used. Salt ( Kosher NO iodine ), cotton balls, activated charcoal, and damp ground coffee. I've never found one that worked all the time every time with every pipe. Sometimes one technique works better than the others. Sometimes it requires a few "procedures" of...- briarblues
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Italian Pipes, Just My Style?
From our last visit from March 2023 I am sure Marzio told me they wait 5 years. As far as 10/20 years old wood......... in 2023 they were ":working" some briar that had at least 30 years of aging ...... I own a pipe made from this "old wood" and it does not taste like "old wood" to me. It...- briarblues
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Italian Pipes, Just My Style?
Ryan, I can't say it's all in your mind or all in mine, but I tend to agree with you, with a minor exception. For me I find that US and Danish carvers lean towards stems I prefer the "in mouth feel" over the Italian makers. However as far as how the pipes smoke ..... almost all my pipes are...- briarblues
- Post #11
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Show Us Your Opera Pipes!
Resistance is futile!!! Just arrived from Tabaccheria Corti ( a site sponsor ). A very unusual Castello shape 44 opera pipe. This 2k Natural Vergin has a briar application on the stem. I suspect it will be offered it's first bowl with Escudo.- briarblues
- Post #56
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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