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    Conclave Of Richmond Pipe Smokers and Sutliff Tobacco Pipe Smokers' Gathering

    October 1-2 2021, in Richmond, VA - the 33rd annual CORPS Pipe Smokers' Gathering at Sutliff Tobacco! Info is on our web site: www.conclaveofricmondpipesmokers.org and our FB page: facebook.com/theConclave Yes, tables are still available! The first day - Friday - is social day - factory...
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    Mystery Man Tobacco Insider for Last Radio Show of 2020

    Very much enjoyed the "history of Christmas Cheer"! What a great idea to have him do this! But, of course, I still think that the multitudes of McClelland Tobacco fans should lobby the McNiel's to include this as a chapter in THE BOOK, which I hope they are working feverently on! Happy New...
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    Archive Of The Old Pipes And Tobacco Magazine?

    Please let me know if so! My gosh I wish I had saved all of the issues.
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    The Book Came From Ireland.

    Gentlemen, This book - tho' yes completely about Peterson - pipes and people and it's history - is the most fabulous pipe related' book in the universe. You do yourself a disservice if you don't get a copy! Smoke a Peterson whilst marvelling at what you discover in it!
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    Ian Anderson

    I was able to talk with Ian after a concert in Richmond years ago, to "interview" him for a CORPS newsletter (which never came out - we get behind on things). I assumed (ahem) that he was Irish. So, naturally, a Peterson, and by gosh, one would assume that the drink is Guiness! The fancier...
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    Of Pipes, History, & Culture - Great Read by Fred Brown!

    aluminum gutter nails. hammer the point and round it off with a file/sandpaper. Great for those TALL pipes!
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    Any Hotels Allow Smoking......ANYWHERE ?

    If you stay at the "host hotel - the Omni in downtown Richmond" for the CORPS/SUTLIFF PIPE SMOKER'S GATHERING, 2-3 October, there will be a "smoking patio" reserved outside for all!
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    Sutliff/CORPS Pipe Smokers Gathering at Sutliff Tobacco in Richmond, Virginia!

    info on the CORPS / Sutliff PIpe Smokers' Gathering - hoping I can get this graphic in:
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    Any Hotels Allow Smoking......ANYWHERE ?

    When you come to the CORPS / Sutliff Pipe Smokers’ Gathering in Richmond and stay at the Omni (host) hotel, there will be an outdoor patio for smoking our pipes!
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    English Oak Tobacco Cabinet

    I use, with wife's ok, a small, three drawer, chest of drawers for my pipes. with cloth lining the bottom of the drawers, the pipes are laid on their sides, yin and yang fashion. One drawer has three pipe racks the length of the drawer that allow the pipes to be at approximately a 45 degree...
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    Dunhill Tobaccos Rebranded as Peterson

    Thank you Leonard! And thank you and y'all for seeing to our continued lifetime enjoyment! You do understand how important these are to so many of us.
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    Chance Whittamore - Great Estate Pipes on eBay

    FYI: I received a (return)call from Chance Whittamore, master pipe restorer, and eBay seller Great Estate Pipes. If y'all have been looking on his eBay page for new pipes for auction/sale, well, he had a home disaster, unfortunately. But he and his family are ok! His house flooded -...
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    Broken Pipe: Bruce Weaver

    I repeat what Georged said "Well, shit. New(er) guys: Bruce was a trail breaker and American pipe carving icon. Also a helluva nice guy. Everyone who's been around a while: We all know what we're thinking, so there's no need to write it. dammit dammit dammit " I remember Bruce being at the...
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    Shamrock 9BC Restoration

    !!! So, it's a 9BC I've been looking for all of the time!
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    Charatan Coronation -- One of the Most Perfect Straight Grain Specimens Known

    I have seen this pipe! (ok, in my dreams). Had I known that George was going to create another masterpiece in vulcanite, I would have attempted getting it. George, the MASTER !