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    How Often do You use Your Favorite Pipe(s)?

    My 5 large petersons generally get s,moked daily. sometimes twice. Since it takes me at least 30 -40 minutes to smoke a bowlful, the get to rest and dry approximately 3-4 hours between smokes. They get cleaned between smokes.
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    A Pipe Smoker's Movie: The Quiet Man.

    Maureen O'Hara: " The house may belong to my brother, but what's in the parlor belongs to me."\ Barry Fitzgerald: " Well, I hope there's a bottle in there, whoever it belongs to."
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    A Pipe Smoker's Movie: The Quiet Man.

    Title and body edited- no all caps. -jpm Woke up this morning to find that The Quiet Man was on TV this morning. This has got to be one of the greates movies for pipe smokers ever filmed. it seemed that every other man in the cast had a pipe in his mouth at some time in the movie. Maureen...
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    Intimidation, Y’all Know too Much

    I keep it simple. All my briars are Peterson, and their shapes are either calabash or Dublin. I don't know what my other ones are.
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    What is Your New Year's Pipe Resolution?

    Not to buy more than 1 new pipe per month all year.
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    Opinions on tenons

    I prefere army/military mounts. No tenon to worry about.
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    How to get rid of chemical smell from the finishes?

    YOU don't want to use alcohol, as alcohol is the primary solvent in most pipe fnishes,and wiping it down with alcohol could ruin or damage the finish.
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    Who got a New Pipe for Christmas?

    I've gotten 7 or 8 new pipes since November, so i guess tha answer is yes. I've got my eye on a couple Peterson Irish Army pipes, so i may be getting a New Years pipe shortly.
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    Open Draw: Cob vs. Briar?

    I think there are several people in this post that are full of Shittite!
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    Dogs & Pipes

    Damn! he looks just like you.
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    Finally Bought A Cob. Is This Normal?

    Stopped by a local smoke shop today while i had some time to kill and bought a MM cob. i don't know what model it is . It's about a 1/4 bent. Smoked it today with some MacB Plum Cake, which i also bought at the same time, and it was fine, The whole time i smoked it, though, the same stupid song...
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    The Devil Made Me Do it!

    The pipe showed up in the mail this afternoon.. it's just as beautiful as the photo. have smoked 2 bowls already, and it smokes beautifully as long as i slow down and let it smoke. Very pleased with my purchase.
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    No Tobacco Tastes as Good as it Smells!! Discuss

    If pipe tobacco tasted as good as it smells, no one would smoke cigarettes or cigars.