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    New Orleans B&M??

    Great place. I also bought my first pipe there. Wonderful collection of old meerschaum pipes too.
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    Favorite HU Tobacco Blends?

    A blend I don’t see mentioned often is My Special One. It’s a VaPer with some dark fired and a trace amount of Latakia. I smoked it out of an open tin for about a month. It went from being a decent if unremarkable smoke to being something truly special. Nyala is another worth trying if you like...
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    Is There Any Hope For D&R Picayune?

    I never tried the pipe tobacco but remember Picayune cigarettes that were sold in the 1980s. Did D&R buy the name, formula, etc.? If so, from whom?
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    R.I.P. Storytellers Pipe

    I don’t believe that federal law requires out of state sellers to collect sales taxes. It merely allows states to force the sellers to collect the tax.
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    Meerschaum Pipe Prices

    I believe the Turks banned the export of raw meerschaum decades ago.
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    HH Acadian Perique

    Has HH Acadian Perique In fact been discontinued? I thought I read that elsewhere on the forum.
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    One I Found But Didn't Buy

    Indeed. The pipes carved in Vienna were true works of art. The tobacconist I bought my first pipes from had a wonderful collection of old meerschaums and he always lamented the quality of pipes that came out of Turkey.
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    What Is The Estate Pipe History?

    The first place I saw a number of estate pipes For sale was at a place in New York on 42nd Street near Grand Central This was in the mid 1980s. I can’t recall the name but perhaps someone else knows the store.
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    Bjarne Pipe

    I am no expert but it is similar to other Bjarnes I bought in the 1980s. All smoke very well.
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    Trouble With The Police And Your Pipe

    Where I grew up, there wasn’t much difference between the cops and the criminals. Certainly there are some wonderful, dedicated cops, and the truly bad ones may be a minority. The problem, in my experience, is that the cops who are not themselves bad actors, know that they will only suffer if...
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    My Estervals Order Was Sent By USPS To Customs And Has been Shipped Back To Germany

    I have made something like ten orders from Estervals without any problem other than a typical one month delivery time. I started ordering to try the HU blends I read so much about and continued to order my HU favorites along with a few Dan Tobacco blends that are unavailable here. I’ve bought a...
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    My Estervals Order Was Sent By USPS To Customs And Has been Shipped Back To Germany

    I can’t speak to the “Insufficient Address” issue but this sounds more like a USPS problem. I‘ve had several packages and certified letters that I have tracked from one city to another and back again only to disappear entirely in some cases.
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    Is GLP Fillmore A Gateway To Va/Pers?

    For a two-ingredient mixture, there is a whole world of different VaPers out there. Try them all. Fillmore is great. I don’t really taste the latakia that is supposedly there but I do sense something more than just virginia and perique.
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    Pepper-Bombs and Ultra Strongs - Recommendations?

    Tatuaje Fausto is a powerhouse and ages very well.
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    Bye Bye Nat Sherman

    That’s a shame. I haven’t been to Nat Sherman in at least five years but I am still enjoying their 127, a VaPer that is, or was, only available at the store.