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  1. Mike N

    Neerup Snag

    I was able to find a 4th unique Silver Salmon from Tobacco Corti in Italy.It‘s a billiard which helps round out this set.
  2. Mike N

    Christmas Cheer 2005 In 2025

    Only three bowls in but a bit disappointing. To be honest, 20 years may have been a bit too long in the tin. The later versions of Christmas Cheer with slightly less age I’ve tried seem to be a bit more nuanced and smooth. The old saw that 7 years is prime time aging for Virginias, may or may...
  3. Mike N

    Christmas Cheer 2005 In 2025

    This tin spent 20 years getting ready for this moment. No time like Christmas Day with a Tom Eltang pencil bamboo Dublin. Happy holidays and cheers! Mike N
  4. Mike N

    Pipe Collector Tom Pfaeffle on Radio Show of December 23, 2025

    I love all of Brian’s broadcasts, but this interview is one of my favorites. I really enjoyed Tom’s reminiscence about the bygone pipe shops of the San Francisco area like Grant’s in the heyday of American pipe smoking. It was interesting to learn about some of the early pipe shows and collector...
  5. Mike N

    What Is Your Experience With Tariffs When Ordering Pipes From Abroad?

    Terry Lennox wrote: “I would never make the shop pay the tariff. It's not their fault and they get nothing from it.” I totally disagree. It’s not an issue of “fault.” In an arm’s length business transaction everything is up for negotiation. If reducing the price to offset the 15% Trump tariffs...
  6. Mike N

    Pipe Sighting at the Movies

    From Instagram: Before Hollywood knew him as Charles Bronson, the world knew him as Charles Buchinsky. Born to Lithuanian immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania, Bronson grew up underground, not on a soundstage. When war came, he left the mines and joined the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943...
  7. Mike N

    What Is Your Experience With Tariffs When Ordering Pipes From Abroad?

    I am interested in hearing from other forum members whether the tariffs have curtailed their pipe purchases. I ordered a few pipes recently from a well-known Italian shop and the total came to $1150 with DHL shipping. I was given a 15% discount, but I failed to ask about tariff payments...
  8. Mike N

    Pipe Sighting at the Movies

    No, it does not, at least for 🐴
  9. Mike N

    Pipe Sighting at the Movies

    The Godfather: Robert Duval as Tom Hagen meets with the Hollywood producer to try to get Johnny Fontaine the leading role in a movie.
  10. Mike N

    Pipe Sighting at the Movies

    Charles Bronson this afternoon in 1972’s The Mechanic. The glare is part of the movie itself, but it looks like a Dublin.
  11. Mike N

    MBSD Briars by Piero Vitale

    This MBSD pipe is an excellent smoke. What a great value. It stayed lit for me all morning while doing yardwork in cold weather. Of course the Esoterica Margate didn’t hurt either.
  12. Mike N

    Peterson 160th Anniversary Released

    Hmmm... Kramer might call you an “anti-dentite” at the 3:42 mark.
  13. Mike N

    Peterson 160th Anniversary Released

    Well, in any event, that’s a good looking 3-pipe set.
  14. Mike N

    Peterson 160th Anniversary Released

    I was surprised to see softy bits on these ebonite, not acrylic, stems. Did you try smoking them without one and find it uncomfortable or do you just prefer the softy bits, regardless? Thanks.
  15. Mike N

    San Diego Pipe Club Documentary

    This was just posted on YouTube and is a great watch. Early founding members included Pipe maker Jeff Gracik (J Alan) and Shane Ireland (SmokingPipes.com).
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