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  1. seilerjp

    Video's on Tobacco Production, Both Historical and Current

    I would ask a Moderator to pleas fix the links in the post so that they would work automatically. It's more than my capability. If not, just copy and paste them into a browser. Thanks
  2. seilerjp

    Video's on Tobacco Production, Both Historical and Current

    Due to some of the discussions ongoing regarding historical changes in tobacco manufacturing and processing over the years, I would like to post some videos on their production: Tobacco Auction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8wyqIKYqxc&amp Tobacco Production Today...
  3. seilerjp

    Is Wingenroth's Still Open?

    Pipe shop closing The above is the article.
  4. seilerjp

    Prepare for a pipe and tobacco dark future - NOW

    Pipe tobacco shop closing due to new PA floor tax on pipe tobaccoWarren, I would like to know the few thousand blends that are available after the FDA rules go into full effect. Even if the ones available on Feb 15, 2007 are grandfathered, the manufacturers will still have expenses and have to...
  5. seilerjp

    Prepare for a pipe and tobacco dark future - NOW

    Jitterbug, on Oct 1, the tax on pipe tobacco goes up 55 cents an ounce in Pennsylvania. There are new provisions that if you order it on line or bring it in from out of state, you are responsible for paying this tax and you can be found criminally liable and sentenced to jail time. That is a...
  6. seilerjp

    Prepare for a pipe and tobacco dark future - NOW

    Not to be an alarmist, but in these days it is necessary to prepare for the coming of the dark ages in terms of pipes and tobacco. Although there is a glimmer of hope in terms of the anti-FDA lawsuits, future congressional action to change the deeming date of the FDA regulations, there is no...
  7. seilerjp

    Smoke Shop Disappointment ( South PGH )

    The Pittsburgh Pipe Club meets the 2nd Saturday of the month at Allegheny Smokeworks, Blaw Knox, PA (off of Rt 28) from around 10 AM until at lest noon+. We have a small pipe club in Washington County that meets the 3rd Friday of the month at a member's home in Cannonsburg, PA. Meetings for...
  8. seilerjp

    What Tinned McClelland Virginias Do You Guys Like?

    Deep Hollow and Christmas Cheer. For bulks, #5100.
  9. seilerjp

    The Absolute Sweetest VA You Know?!

    McCranie's Red Ribbon. The older, the better.
  10. seilerjp

    Face Book Group for old #Pipes IRC Chat Group Members

    I have setup a Facebook group named #Pipes for all of the old members of the IRC Chat Group #Pipes. If you were a member of this group that operated from around 1996 - 2007, please join us.
  11. seilerjp

    Jeff Gracik - Alan Brothers Pipes

    LOTPR, just an observation, S. Bang was not a pipe carver, but a pipe merchant.
  12. seilerjp

    What Do Pipe Smokers Do For A Living?

    Licensed Professional Engineer. Worked 42.5 years for Federal Mining Regulatory Agency. I get paid quite well not to go to work as I have been retired over a year now. I have gone from smoking at my desk and in meetings, to smoking in 'designated' areas, to no smoking except outside the...
  13. seilerjp

    Pipe Clubs In Pittsburgh?

    The Pittsburgh Pipe Club, meets as stated above, at the Allegheny Smokeworks shop in Blawknox the second Saturday of the Month from 10 AM till about noon. The Washington Pipe Collectors Club meets the third Friday night of the month at a member's home in Canonsburg, PA. If you contact me, I...
  14. seilerjp

    First Commissioned Pipe - Hawkbill

    Thanks Dave for the comment. I would of course recommend Castello since they make the best classic hawkbill (Donkeynut), however I don't believe they do commissions. Thomas James (Richards) is a member of our club and I have the first hawkbill he ever made. (We trained him well -Ha) I think...
  15. seilerjp

    What is the BEST American Virginia blend?

    Anything by McClelland, but as far as a specific, McC #5100 Bulk, Red Kake.
  16. seilerjp

    Dunhill Collector & NY Pipe Show Organizer Rich Esserman on Radio Show 2/17/2015

    One of the best interviews yet. I hope Brian has him back for parts 2,3....
  17. seilerjp

    Any Experienced Guitarists Out There?

    At age 64 (prior to my retirement) I started taking guitar lessons. I have been at it taking lessons regularly for 2.5 years now. I started with one guitar and now have 5. I even found a 12 string at a good price, in great shape at a flea market. In a way it is like pipes. My guitars run...
  18. seilerjp

    HAM Radio: Because I Needed Another Expensive Hobby

    73 N3JPS
  19. seilerjp

    I don't understand rusticated pipes

    I also seem to prefer a beautiful sandblast or rusticated pipe to a smooth pipe. I believe it is due to our tactile sense of touch. Bill Kotyk and I tried to put it into words that were published in the Pipe Collector several years by NASPC. Check the article "We Like Them Rough" at this spot...
  20. seilerjp

    2 New stories for the Emperor Leopaldo Saga

    Happy New Year to my pipe smoking friends. I have written and added two new short stories to the Emperor Leopaldo Saga which is a series of stories that combine pipe smoking/pipe collecting and science fiction. The stories are posted on pipedia.net. The new stories are "To Bait a Trap" and...
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