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  1. 9mmpuffer

    Is Golf Fading?

    I play 4-5 times per week in the spring/summer/fall. I love the game.
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    Do You Still Have Your First Pipe?

    Yes, a bent Brigham with a rusticated bowl, one dot. A decent smoker.
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    Brigham Filters Question

    Yes, they will ghost if you smoke a tobacco that's very heavy and distinctive. But, they won't ghost anymore than your actual pipe.
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    Modern Meerschaum Pipes by High End Makers That Mostly do Briar Pipes.

    Quality meer block doesn't really leave turkey so you aren't going to find traditional briar carvers selling meerschaum pipes. These days, if you want a meer that's somewhat engineered like a briar your options are IMP and Fikri Baki. I recently bought an Al Birinci, a Turkish man living in...
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    Cornell & Diehl Must Buy A Peterson Blends?

    That's pretty silly if you ask me. I'm not a fan of Peterson pipes so I would never buy one, having to buy a pipe to get a blend makes no sense. Personally, I'm haven't found a C&D blend I really love yet so this is just too much effort.
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    Old Hollywood Briar on YouTube

    Hollywood does really fun reviews. I'm a big YouTube fan and I've watched 4 or 5 of them, love the Plum Pudding review.
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    Pipe prices after a tobacco ban

    I believe high grade pipes will still rise, they are art. There may not be a big demand for regular smokers and they make drop. I personally don't believe tobacco ever gets banned.
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    Virginias in Corncob Pipes?

    I've only ever enjoyed Burley tobaccos in a cob... everything else just isn't that enjoyable for me. Uhle's 00 really rocks in a cob.
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    Do You Smoke A $100+ Tobacco?

    I open and smoke my Wilderness and 3 Oaks Syrian, which I could probably get over $100/tin for. Money is only utility. If something is great and you can afford it, why not... dying with millions and millions of dollars is the definition of stupidity.
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    Recommendations for exceptional Virginia and Balkan tobacco

    Balkan: Black House VA: Full Virginia Flake, Marlin Flake, if you can get some, try some McCranie's Red Ribbon or McCl Aurora
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    Another Meerschaum

    Fred was a good man. He also got be started on my Meerschaum journey. Beautiful Bekler
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    Filters

    Blue end towards your mouth, white end towards the bowl.
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    Where Do You Pick Up Your Tobaccos?

    whoever has what I want at the cheapest price! Usually it's smokingpipes.com, but I've used 4noggins and a few others.
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    Orlik Golden Sliced

    I've tried to like it but it just isn't for me.