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NOLA Pipe Show-Pipes!
I did make a decion or two, with some help (Thanks, Lana!): Alberto Bonfiglioli NOLA show pipe: Ryan Alden bent Brandy Morta: Basil Meadows (Reddog) Lumberman (a surprise birthday gift from a great lady): And thanks to all the vendors and exhibitors at the show who made my choices so...- rigmedic1
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WW2 Rusticated Boxwood Pipe
I wanted to post this because of a post by another member regarding a pipe he thought was a homemade rustication. This pipe was allegedly one of a box full of pipes recovered from a railroad depot in Germany. These were apparently supposed to be for the troops from their commander, which was... -
My Sixpence Review
I have never done a review on the forum before, but I have been really impressed with this tobacco. Several pioes have offered their lives to help me try this, and I have been getting a host of different impressions of it. So here it is: First smoke was in a Stanwell Bamboo, that I typically...- rigmedic1
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Molina Freehand Bridge Pipe
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Rossi Replacement From Laudisi Enterprises
Hats off to my friends at Laudisi Enterprises, who replaced my Rossi Rubino with the bubbling finish at no charge. I had purchased the original pipe from a B&M store in Memphis, and the finish began bubbling up after the first smoke. The new pipe smokes wonderfully, and the finish remains...- rigmedic1
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Bubbling Pipe Finish
I have heard of this, but had never seen it before, in 35 years of pipe smoking. This is a new Rossi Rubino. This occurred on the first three smokes. The pipe smokes well enough, and the bubbling has only manifested on the starboard side. Any idea as to the cause? -
Brigham Sportsman Bent Pot, Thanks Pruss
Received the Brigham Sportsman Bent Pot that I Purchased from Forum member Pruss. He did an outstanding job reconditioning this pipe, and the grain pops out, even through the unusual rustication. It is has a nice, open draw as well. I am enjoying some Anniversary Kake with it now.- rigmedic1
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Birthday PAD: Peterson And Neerup
Purchased from Smokingpipes.com: a 2003 Peterson 502 Silver Spigot, Terracotta stain, number 228 of 250 for P&T magazine 2003 POTY- Purchased from The Epitome In Biloxi, MS: Neerup Basic bent brandy -
Replaced My Lost Peterson Churchwarden
In 1986, my wife gave me a Peterson Dublin Churchwarden as a birthday gift. It was my first Peterson pipe, my first Churchwarden, and it became a treasured old friend. Besides being regularly smoked, mostly McClelland Tastemaster, it was the first pipe in which I had tried Frog Morton on the...- rigmedic1
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Return to the 70's: The Nimrod Pipe Lighter
One of my earliest pipe memories is of my scoutmaster lighting his pipe with a Nimrod pipe lighter. This functional example came to me as a gift from my lady.- rigmedic1
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Stanwell Bamboo Billiard
I purchased the Stanwell Bamboo Billiard from Smokingpipes.com a couple of weeks ago: It is very light weight, approximately a Dunhill 2 sized bowl. It is also a very cool smoker, and I have been breaking it in with some G.L.Pease Cairo, which as you know is primarily Virginia with a hint of... -
Coloring My Meerschaum, A Year Later
My PM 2012 Meerschaum when I first received it: Now, close to a year of smoking it on and off, mostly Balkan blends: -
My broken Castello- back for WBR
I bought this repaired Castello in 2008 for $25.00: The repair stem is cheap Vulcanite and fit loosely. Recently, I sent it to Mike Myers at Walker Briar Repair for a new Lucite stem and a good cleaning. The new stem is wider and fits the pipe much, much better.. It will be smoked, of...- rigmedic1
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The Holy Grail: My Cheap Dunhill
I bid on this Dunhill on eBay, and apparently everyone else was asleep at the wheel, so I secured it for the low, low price of $37.00. The nomenclature is DUNHILL SHELL, England 12, Canadian, a blurred patent ending in 45/21, and Pending. The dating guide puts the manufacture date at...- rigmedic1
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First Impression: Peterson Irish Harp 80s
My daughter Pennye gave me a Peterson Irish Harp 80s as a combined birthday/Christmas present. The photo doesn't do it justice: There has been some discussion lately about the quality of Peterson pipes in recent years, so I thought I would share. The pipe has a deep walnut stain, which... -
Perfect flake cob
For all corn cob enthusiasts... The M&M 5th Avenue size corncob bowl is the perfect size to hold one fold and stuff flake tobacco strip. Enjoying some Wessex Burley Slice in mine. Cheers!- rigmedic1
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Peterson Special Reserve 2004
I picked up a tin of Peterson Special Reserve 2004 from a local B&M yesterday. The tin description is: " As always, only tobaccos of perfect quality have been used for this mixture. Black Cavendish and dark Virginia have been refined with long cut flakes pieces. Tasty Burley fermented...- rigmedic1
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A tenth of my collection
I was cleaning the pipes I had been using this week, and thought I would share. From the top down: Randy Wiley Unique Egg Edwards Skylark Egg Comoy's Sunrise Volcano M&M 5th Ave. Diplomat Left to right: Nording Freehand Raykoc Meer Dr. Grabow Royalton Bent Bulldog -
True Love- a pipe gift
Yesterday my lady gave me a Randy Wiley grade 91 Unique. The chamber is an inch at the rim and tapers to the base. Pictures don't do the thing justice. Must be true love. :D -
KBB Yellobole- eBay win
KBB Yellobole Premier: Complete pipe with original stinger, the original owner either liked the air space packing method or never smoked his tobacco down to the heel. It is still yellow at the bottom of the bowl, and has some of the honey coating inside of the rim. Apparently, these old...