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  1. zekest

    A Bitter Time Of Year

    This is totally untrue. The governor never sent law enforcement officers to intentionally target to kill or harm women, children, elderly, or infirm citizens. You should be ashamed of yourself repeating this crazy rhetoric.
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    Will you ever stop buying?

    I think there are quite a few members on this list who smoke one bowl a week or less. To them, pipe smoking is a hobby like fly fishing; something cool to do 3 to 5 times a summer. If 10 pounds (think 10 16-ounce bags) of pipe tobacco aging in a closet sounds like a year supply, you might be one...
  3. zekest

    How to clean a corn cob properly

    I would throw it out and grab a new one from the bag.
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    Peterson Shamrock. Second or Sub-brand?

    Here is what I know about my Shamrock Bulldog (150) (Rep. Of Ireland) Marked "A PETERSON PRODUCT" Contrast stained and mixed grained make this simple Shamrock a Brindled Bulldog (MADE IN THE REP. OF IRELAND). Also, we must address the stamp "A Peterson Product". During the last few years of the...
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    Passing your pipe collection on to someone like your son.

    I say boy, did you not read the "smoking estate pipes" thread? Asking your son to smoke his dead father's pipe is deplorable.
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    Anyone else feel wierd about smoking an estate pipe?

    Sometimes, late at night when the wife and kids are in bed, I put peanut butter in my slippers so when I smoke my estate pipe I feel weird.
  7. zekest

    Which Single Blend Defines You?

    I like muchly John Kanton's Basket of Deplorables blend.
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    Alcohol-metod gone wrong

    Put the pipe in your microwave for 3 minutes on high to dry it out.
  9. zekest

    How to buy a new Kirsten?

    Does Kirsten also make glass pipes?
  10. zekest

    VA & Va/PER suggestions

    Sutliff makes a fine tinned VaPer.
  11. zekest

    Savinelli 320 Is It A Magic Pipe?

    Yes, yes it is; even though Dunhill, that magic pipe maker, makes no squat tomatoes 320s.
  12. zekest

    Best BULK VA's for Blending

    Cornell and Diehl Bright Virginia Ribbon. Now 15% off at SmokingPipes.com, a sponsor of this web site.
  13. zekest

    Adding Cigar Buts To Pipe Tobacco.

    The cap on a cigar is not just a circle of cigar leaf held on with spit. The cap is treated with something like Gum Tragacanth. I can't see where it would be beneficial.
  14. zekest

    Pipe Stripping Question

    Consider Formby's Furniture Refinisher/varnish remover. This will take off the glossy finish but should leave the stain intact and unchanged.