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May 8, 2017
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Sugar Grove, IL, USA
Walt Hettinger, M.D. He is a retired emergency/urgent care physician practicing in Baltimore ( think about that life) and makes terrific pieces. I bought my first from him at the Columbus show in 2018, and now have six of his pipes. I have owned about 200 pipes over 50 years, most of them since traded, and to this day I’m of the opinion his are among the best.
I have a very handsome pipe that Walt generously donated to the silent auction at the 2025 Chicago Pipe Show. Not a leftover unlikely to sell, but instead the best piece he brought to the show. Impressive construction. Never before have I seen a pipe with concentric dual brass reinforcement rings in the shank..
 
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Mar 30, 2019
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Central PA a.k.a. State College
We could use more gravel. Do you deliver?
Yes but not very well. I get the wrong address and take a really long time while using very weak excuses. My great great great grandfather died and I am still in mourning (for example). And although I accept returns I am great at claiming that the customer damaged the product.
For a bonus I will blame regulations that don't even apply to my business instead of my poor service for the failure of my business (I am making fun of a specific guy by the way, who to this day refuses to accept that he's not good at business)