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My New Savinelli
Crimony, I would not think I'd have such interest looking at a pipe picture. But I do like looking at pipes. Thank you. That, and I've had several Savinelli's and always very good smokers. They've become my first choice.- tomsmithusa
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Thanks Guys
Bubble -- That was well said. I share a little enthusiasm about pipes with other people and their eyes roll back in their heads. :-) It sure is nice to get others pipe experiences. Thanks for the nice post.- tomsmithusa
- Post #13
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Sherlock Holmes Pipe and Tobacco
lordnoble Thank you, but whatever you wrote, I stopped reading at "spoiler". :-) I had to put my hand over the computer but managed to avoid reading it! Thank you, though, for something I am sure was well intended. The paper was a little odd in referring to Holmes repeatedly as if he were a...- tomsmithusa
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Sherlock Holmes Pipe and Tobacco
Thanks for the post. I am a fan, too. I am about halfway through Doyle's works, have noted the pipe usage with interest, and was disappointed when Holmes went to cigaretttes in "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist", which is his, if I count right, 27th short story, or 29th tale, if you count...- tomsmithusa
- Post #12
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Just Found Out what True Heartbreak Is.....
Sorry, man. What he said. Also common under a trademark name, Silvadene, it’s wonderful at speeding the healing and minimizing scaring – that, and the fresh applications and maybe some gentle cleansing, if that’s possible with a burn, to keep scabs from forming/hardening will minimize scaring...- tomsmithusa
- Post #33
- Forum: General Discussion
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New BriarBid Listings .
Thank you, rothnh. It feels like a new long-term companion. Sorry, if I had a brain in my head I would have put the tamper on the front in the last night’s photo. :-) My daughter was clamoring for my attention, while I tried to finish posting last night. I added light and close up, here, but...- tomsmithusa
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New BriarBid Listings .
ejames. Your tamper came in the mail, today -- as I was smoking a pipe. My youngest daughter gently broke it in with a few tamps. It is really a handsome piece – much more so that in pictures. In the photo, I can’t draw out its high polish or the depth to the wood. It’s a very well done piece...- tomsmithusa
- Post #11
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New BriarBid Listings .
You're welcome, but those tampers are a real pleasure to look at. I had a Comoy's, but it dropped from my hand one day and the lacquer finish chipped in an itt-bitty spot, but it shows up like a lightbulb in an alley. And, it did not have a rod, like yours. The machining, matching the wood to...- tomsmithusa
- Post #9
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New BriarBid Listings .
Well, I about fell over myself getting registered on to BriarBid.com after seeing your tampers. Those are striking -- really well done. I think I got the .50 cal -- the list view description was different than the item view. To get a tamper that striking, that functional, and then with a bullet...- tomsmithusa
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Minimize Pipe Aftereffects
Well, this is funny. Toss my list and throw it in a pile when working outside. I’ve been helping a family friend, who’s been laid up from an injury. His family has a wood-cutting business. The last couple weeks it’s been me and a chain saw going through tractor-trailer loads of wood. I don’t...- tomsmithusa
- Post #32
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Good Old Zippo!
I am on day six of trying this on two Zippos, and both lighters are still going. This is a great tip. Without doing this the lighters would last 2-3 days whether I used them or not. Also, after filling a Zippo, if I put it in my pocket, the fluid would leak a bit and burn my skin. I noticed no...- tomsmithusa
- Post #32
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"
fnord – that’s well said. I’ve ordered some micro-mesh pads and with those, bleach, and Walker’s mix, I can tackle stems now. These men sharing their successes and failures saves much grief but also gives much confidence to drive ahead and try something. As pipe smoking is so rare, shared...- tomsmithusa
- Post #42
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"
Addendum: I should have added that I have moved to Savinelli’s pipes as my sole source for new pipes some years ago, for several reasons, but one is that their stems never oxidize and have a good combination of hard and soft on the teeth. I’d love to support, for example, North Carolina’s Dr...- tomsmithusa
- Post #40
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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A Pipe & 1/4 Pound of Tobacco - Only $19.95!
This is incredible. I had a good friend whose son died in 2006. His son had kept his father’s pipes, as he had stopped smoking years ago – he’d smoke a pipe by inhaling fully. He then gave that glass-door, wall-hung pipe rack to me. There are 15 or so Magic Inch pipes in it. I looked...- tomsmithusa
- Post #27
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion