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    Past Pipe Bowl Winners

    Hey everyone, Is there somewhere where there is a record of past pipe show tobacco winners? I know John Cottons Double Pressed won the Chicago Bowl last year but I couldn't find anything else online. Thanks!
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    Flavor Spectrum of Burleys

    I have been exploring Burley blends lately in a quest to find my "go to" burley blend. I usually tend to favor burleys with oat, molasses, marshmallow, and/or cocoa-like characteristics Blends that I have found really meet this definition include: 656 aged burley flake, prince albert, carter...
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    Tinderbox Restoration

    Hey all, Had a lot of fun with this one - tinderbox I found on ebay - looked in rough shape but I liked the grain. First time attempting briar dust fills for nicks on the pipe. Let me know what you all think! Before After Close up on the fill
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    Olivewood Tamper Project

    New tamper I made a few weeks ago
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    Peterson Dunmore Restoration

    Found this pipe on the internet as part of an estate lot. Stem was in pretty bad shape (oxidized, tooth chatter). Lot of sanding and polishing but overall the pipe restored really well! This is my second full restoration, let me know what you all think! Dunmore Pre-Restoration Dunmore...
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    De-Grabowed a Dr. Grabow

    I had an old Dr. Grabow pipe that a friend found at a garage sale when I had first started pipe smoking. I needed some briar dust for another restoration and I never liked the "drug store lacquer" on this pipe. I sanded it down and let the natural briar come out with some wax. Maybe a little...
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    Tampers on the Lathe

    Here are a few tampers I have made over the past few months. Nothing special but fun to play around with different concepts. Redheart and Black Walnut Purpleheart and Black Walnut Leapardwood Olivewood
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    First Attempt at Pipe Restoration: Kaywoodie Ninety-Fiver

    Found this awesome looking guy at an antique store for 20 bucks. Loved the grain on it and the price had an appeal. From what I can tell, it comes from the late 40s or so. Mainly needed work on the stem and metal shank - I didnt do any oxyclean treatments, just a ton of sanding (up to 12,000...
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    515 RC1 vs Red virginia crumble cake

    Has anyone tried both of these? I know 515 has been around for a while. Just curious if red crumble cake was the same tobaccos 515 in cake form or if there were different flavors in the new crumble cakes. Thanks all!
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    Quality, Quintessential Bulk Blends on a Budget

    I know that pipe smoking can be a lot more affordable than other hobbies, but nevertheless the bill can run up quickly when buying tins of different premium tobaccos. I was curious if you all had opinions on "representative" or higher-rated tobaccos for some of the major tobacco categories...
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    Hey From Denver! (also looking for a south-Denver meetup)

    Celtic Brewer here! This is my second post on the forums. I started pipe smoking a couple of years ago when my father found an estate pipe (an old EW Wilke). I really enjoyed tinkering with it but didn't really know much about the tobacco side of things beyond carter hall... 6 months ago or so...
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    Nightcap now sold out

    It appears to be sold out now on pipesandcigars, smokingpipes, 4 noggins etc - just started to get into English tobacco so was lucky enough to snag a tin... Hoping STG picks it up in the future, it is a great tobacco. Smoking Kramer Father Dempsey's to conserve what nightcap I have left, I have...
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