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What Pipe Brand Don’t You Own But Want To?
In the earlyish/mid 90s, I sold off 90% my pipe collection, as I stopped smoking a pipe. I miss two of them and would love to have them back. Two different makers, neither of which I have represented in my collection now. One of them came up for auction on ebay a few years ago, and I wasn't in...- Zeno Marx
- Post #96
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Meerschaum - Don't Touch?
I believe it was CAO or SMS (leaning more towards CAO) that marketed a line of meerschaums that were coated so you could handle them like any other pipe. I've only seen a couple of them, and they were VERY shiny. anyone remember those? My 4th or 5th pipe was a meerschaum, and my mentor, the...- Zeno Marx
- Post #49
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Pipes With a Restrictive Draw
The more I think about that quote, the more I wonder if he just didn't like to have to fiddle with pipe cleaners. To want a pipe cleaner to go through with almost no resistance is sort of a head scratcher in a way. It IS the downside of the narrower airways, but the brightside to that is that...- Zeno Marx
- Post #50
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Pipes With a Restrictive Draw
This hints at problems I've never had with any pipe.- Zeno Marx
- Post #36
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Post Covid Tasting Change
It's been over a year, and I'm still only at 60% on most days. Sadly, I notice it most with smoking. Food and drink a lot less. I also have developed hay fever as I've gotten older, so I know that plays into it. There's a treatment where they inject something into a gland in your...- Zeno Marx
- Post #27
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Pipes With a Restrictive Draw
I've never been comfortable with the term restrictive. I don't want to play with semantics, and I don't have a better option. But it just doesn't feel very accurate for the situation. I prefer older Italian pipes as a general rule, and most of them would likely fall under restrictive by...- Zeno Marx
- Post #12
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Shipping Tobacco
This person said it wasn't allowed. They were wrong. It's both legal and allowed. They made up a rule. There's zero reason for you to follow it. maybe you're not telling us the full story? It wasn't odd to start, but it is beginning to be so.- Zeno Marx
- Post #42
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Shipping Tobacco
It's none of their business what you're shipping, unless hazardous material or you're using a special class for something it wasn't intended to be used for, like sending blocks of cement via 4th class/media mail. use another clerk and avoid that one. I don't say this to be adversarial or to be...- Zeno Marx
- Post #33
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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What Does Abusing a Return Policy Look Like?
a growing number of people selling pipes know nothing about pipes or the hobby, and if they do, they see it as a second income. it's supposed to be easy money, not work. WRONG. you're taking other people's money. It's a service and work. It doesn't surprise me to hear seller grumblings...- Zeno Marx
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Painted Briar Options?
if you've ever wondered where shellac is made, how it is made, what is in it... -
Caitlin Clark left off Women's Olympic Basketball Team.
I've been critical of the Clark/WNBA situation and handling for a bit now, but this thread is coming off with some not-nice vibe.- Zeno Marx
- Post #46
- Forum: General Discussion
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What Does “System” Pipe Mean?
I've always been confused with this moisture situation. Sure, I've had pipes, or rather tobaccos or humidity levels, that resulted in more moisture than others, but 95% of the time, it's not an issue. It certainly doesn't happen often enough that i need a special system or design to remedy it...- Zeno Marx
- Post #29
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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How long to smoke a bowl?
The big bowls of the 1990s (magnum, ODA, ODB), up to 2 hours. I have a couple now (group 6 or so) that when relaxed and smoking right (me, not the pipe), 60-75 minutes. But usually 20-30 minutes for a group 3-4. Sorry, but I grew up around Dunhill collectors (never one myself), and the sizes...- Zeno Marx
- Post #29
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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The Joy of a new Zippo
Love to hear about baling hay. I grew up in a small, rural farm town (pop.2000, no street lights, one bank, 2 grocery stores, brick roads), and it was my very first job. Turned out to be my best paying job for years too, which was a rude awakening for a bit there. Chewed leaf tobacco, so no...- Zeno Marx
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Nicotine or Relaxation?
If I smoke two bowls in a day, I don't feel well. It's a very rare thing though, as I average around 3 bowls per week. I enjoy the two smokes on those rare occasions, and it isn't a sickness feeling. I just feel a little off or not 100%, if that makes sense. I've always been this way with a...- Zeno Marx
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Does the Quality of a Pipe Increase with its Price?
J. Mouton is the correct spelling, and it appears he's deleted his youtube channel. I cannot find the video I cited. There are some strange videos about his pipes on youtube. Maybe AI generated? Or maybe something happened in the youtuber pipe community that I didn't see? As much as I like...- Zeno Marx
- Post #74
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Does the Quality of a Pipe Increase with its Price?
When Jay Moulten (sp?) had some videos on youtube, he talked about the pipe he was smoking in most of his videos. It was the first pipe he made. He made every mistake in the book and felt he couldn't sell it in good conscience. He kept it for a smoker, and it turns out that just because...- Zeno Marx
- Post #63
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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My Lent Regret
at least you're struggling. isn't that the whole point? I know a guy who gave up sweets, but finds every loophole possible. Fruit aren't sweets? Juice isn't sweets? Mints with fake sugar aren't sweets? Raisin bagels aren't sweets? And on some Sundays, they say it is admissible to partake in what...- Zeno Marx
- Post #40
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why do You Smoke a Pipe?
`I started smoking because 1) I like the act of smoking 2) I'm a master procrastinator and do most things last minute 3) I would have to write all night long to meet deadlines (see 2). I needed wanted something to do while I thought, organized, wrote, and edited all night long. Now I do it for...- Zeno Marx
- Post #83
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Softy-bits Alternative
The tubing they use on water softeners etc. Another user, and a youtuber or two, mentioned vinyl tubing as an alternative to pipe bits. I've found 3/8" and 1/2" cover a large range of pipe stem sizes (inner diameter tubing specs). Less expensive and more durable, though it requires a little...- Zeno Marx
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion