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The More Things Change...The More They Stay The Same
My 3 Year Old daughter and I are HUGE Curious George Fans. My wife found a collection of Curious George Books and these are from the very first one in 1941. Needless to say this would not be typical of a children's book today. BUT the second picture is still SOOOO TRUE. Enjoy. I'm guessing...- professorwheezy
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Best BULK VA's for Blending
I am looking for a good BULK VA for blending. Preferably NOT FLAKE since I plan on pressing it anyway. I am looking to create my own blends as well as "tweak" the "best of the rest" blend and then press. Planning on having BW/OB, BCA, Kentucky Dark Fired, Latakia, Perique, Orientals, on hand...- professorwheezy
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Best Of The Rest
I am planning on buying this and adjusting as necessary. You can't beat the price and a pound will last me a long time so even though I'll never be able to "repeat" it so what. What I am most excited about though is the thought of PRESSING THIS. I see on videos people pressing their favorite...- professorwheezy
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Are Savinelli pipes really that great?
I have 2 Estate Savs. Both are "Extra" Series an 811KS and a 602KS. They were the largest pipes in my collection until very recently and are both great smokers. The stem on these dwarfed my other pipes (mainly Grabows) and as KS pipes (King Size) they have sizable bowls as well. But YES my...- professorwheezy
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A "Dangerous" Find
Since I got into restoring I don't know that I will ever buy a "new" briar pipe again. Meers and Cobs are another story. I just bought some estate Meers just to get the feel for Meers but I'm really wanting a new Altinook Meer and I just love cobs. I don't mind estate cobs but would like to...- professorwheezy
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New To Meerschaum
I'm new to Meerschaum too. In my reading and research IMP and Altinook were the brands most trusted as putting out good smoking pipes. There's plenty of carvers but these were for quality smoking and can be had for under $200. As a restorer I went the estate route. The one rule I followed...- professorwheezy
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Help with Kriswill
I have a Kriswill I got from an Estate Collection. The nomenclature is pretty faded but you can make it out enough and with the COM Made in Denmark its pretty clear what it is. Only problem, it has no specific model stamped in. There are what I guess are shape numbers. They are 1329 R or 329...- professorwheezy
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Dating a Guildhall Pipe
I have acquired a Guildhall Pipe. I know it is part of the Comoy family. It says Made in London in a circle with England below it. It has 483 on it. AND it uses the 3 silver art decco lines instead of the C for Comoy on the stem. Any idea when they switched from the three lines to the C...- professorwheezy
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Free Pipe Project
First off this is awesome. I haven't donated yet but do plan to. Second, a lot of people like myself are saying what a great idea but then it got me to thinking. We can all do this locally too. From my understanding at least this is sort of what local pipe clubs are about. Sharing what they...- professorwheezy
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Tongue Bite Remedy (after the fact)
I just wanted to pass this along to the crew. I would imagine all of us have experienced tongue bite at some point. And possibly a sore back of the throat too. Recently I tried a remedy that I want to pass along. HONEY. Put a teaspoon or tablespoon (doesn't matter) in a spoon flip it over...- professorwheezy
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My Tool/Equipment Collection:
Yep good start. what you'll find is it depends on what you are looking to do. If its for your own pipes you'll need less, but adding some type of obsidian oil could be helpful. If you are going to buy estate pipes then a retort is a really good idea. I like to believe the boiling alcohol is...- professorwheezy
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Dr Grabow Cracked Stem Fixes
OK I called the info from above and here is the info: The Pipe DOES need to be sent in for fitting, they don't just send stems out. It is $11.00 for the stem and $3.00 for S&H. Send it to the address listed above. Since I have getting a an actual replacement stem as a backup I will go ahead...- professorwheezy
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Dr Grabow Cracked Stem Fixes
I have a number of cracked Dr Grabow stems. They are from the filter type and the screw in type. They are cracking near the end where the metal piece is inserted for either of these two types of stems. This results in stems that spin and won't grip because they won't grip the metal. How can...- professorwheezy
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Sticky Bowl
You can also get some good deals on EBAY, even pipes that are restored (cleaned, sanitized, etc). Check the pictures carefully. I would definitely go EBAY before I would pay $30 for another basket pipe. That is how I started out, and I over-smoked the pipe and the stem cracked and had to be...- professorwheezy
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Pipes Vs Pipes and Cigars
Just wondering. I realize my information will be skewed since I am posting on a PIPES forum but just wondering. How many are pipes only vs pipes and cigars?- professorwheezy
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