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  1. Briar Boy

    Strambach's Cultured Meerschaum

    I would be interested in seeing the "cultured" vs. block under a high powered microscope.
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    Florida Summer Swamp Pipe Meet...

    Had a great day with some local Florida piper's today, The Dagners, Walt Cannoy, Matt Van Pipes, Ben from TobaccoPipes.com among others...
  3. Briar Boy

    Ser Jacopo INSANUS 1

    I like it!, take a walk on the wild side, I've been considering making my own.
  4. Briar Boy

    Show Off Your Castello Pipes Here!

    A Castello "Castello" KKKK Bulldog...
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    Ring Grain On It's Way

    Fantastic!
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    Meerschaum id?

    It's a Kiko Countryman made of African block meerschaum.
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    Favorite Sutliff Private Stock blends?

    Bosphorus Cruise & Court of St. James are my top two but I find most of their "natural" blends pretty good, the aros not so much.
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    Peterson Nickel Mount Comes Off

    If you want to repair it once use epoxy not "super glue"/CA glue, it's brittle when cured, if the bond is flexed/stressed it will pop loose again, epoxy on the other hand has some elasticity after curing and would give a much stronger bond., rough up the wood and inside of the cap with some...
  9. Briar Boy

    Discrepancy: So Who's Right & What's Wrong?

    Well anybody can go in and modify the particulars of a blend on that site, I have seen a lot of misinformation there.
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    Aging Sutliff?

    I enjoy a great many of Sutliff's more natural offerings, it's definitely not low quality leaf, makes me wonder how many of their blends Cosmicfolklore has actually tried.
  11. Briar Boy

    AND Meerschaum Purchase & Pipe Review...

    OK guys, gotta do a update after several smokes, found some issues I didn't see at first, I was mistaken about the drilling, I guess it was the white on white that made it appear flush with bottom after a few smoke it was evident that it is drilled about 1/16" low also it will not pass a pipe...
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    AND Meerschaum Purchase & Pipe Review...

    First I would like to say this is not a negative review, we are talking about a $60 meerschaum pipe, the pipe is by no means perfect but I still think it was a good value and you get what you pay for. I know a lot of you have been looking at AND Meerschaum with skepticism, well here is my honest...
  13. Briar Boy

    Looking For a New Pipe-Need Help- Peterson Spigot?

    Ferndown by Les Wood makes so nice silver spigots, you have to know where to go for them though some places think they are Dunhill's and price them as such, mostly American shops.
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    Eriksen Keystone filters

    I tried them, didn't find them very absorbent.