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Antique Store Finds
Nice looking pipes and a good deal. At our pipe club meeting last week, one of the guys brought in a shopping bag filled with old pipes a friend of his acquired somehow. There were about 30 pipes in the bag and they were mostly Medicos, Dr. Grabow's and a few others. He said his friend wanted to...- pappymac
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Bulleit Bourbon/Rye Gripe.
I haven't bought a bottle with a loose cork but I did get a bottle of bourbon with a loose cork at a local grocer last year. The bottle had one of those anti-theft devices on it that had to be removed upon check-out. I was actually talking to the store owner when the cashier went to remove the...- pappymac
- Post #16
- Forum: Food & Drink
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A Local Celebrity Passed Away.
Death seems to be going around lately. The New Orleans area has lost two recently: Eric Paulsen who has been with WWL-TV since 1977 and rose through the ranks to become one of the news anchors. He died one month after receiving a cancer diagnoses. The other was long time New Orleans Sports...- pappymac
- Post #4
- Forum: General Discussion
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Naming Patterns.
The companies have to name their blends something or else we wouldn't be able to tell the difference between all the straight Virginia Blends. I like how Seattle Pipe Club was naming a lot of its blends after locations in Washington State but then they had to name blends "Mississippi River". I...- pappymac
- Post #26
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Naming Patterns.
So, you are saying that's a bad thing? I actually agree with your rant especially the part about the aromatic haters who profess their love for LOTR blends.- pappymac
- Post #25
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Help Identifying 2 Dunhill Patent Era Pipes
I would talk to @georged and send the pipes to him to be restored. He did an excellent job with my 1926 Dunhill both cleaning it when I first got it and then making me a replacement stem a couple of years ago. The stem he made fits perfectly, has the appropriate white dot and you can't tell...- pappymac
- Post #18
- Forum: British Pipes
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Do You Have Any Pipes You DON'T Smoke?
I think I have two or three that I've smoked maybe once each. I bought them at fleamarkets for $15 each. One is what I call a Bavarian pipe - the one with a cherrywood stem, a detachable bowl and a round hard rubber (maybe vulcanite) bit and a wind cap. rubber round bits . The other one is a...- pappymac
- Post #25
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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HU Tobacco Coming to the States
I should have clarified the point that MGP distills the new using the mash bill provided by the producer most of the time.- pappymac
- Post #233
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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HU Tobacco Coming to the States
Funny, I recently had a discussion with a guy at a local distillery about you really have to pay close attention to the labels on whiskey bottles. There are a lot of companies that are buy new make whiskey from MGP a large distillery based in Indiana and then transferring it into barrels and...- pappymac
- Post #223
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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HU Tobacco Coming to the States
Well, no one back then was complaining about the quality of tea leaves shipped in wooden boxes on wooden ships taking six months to make the trip. I sometimes wonder if humanity is just getting to picky about things these days.- pappymac
- Post #219
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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HU Tobacco Coming to the States
And they used to ship tea in wood boxes from China to England. It didn't hurt the tea business.- pappymac
- Post #217
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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In Support of B&M's
When I started looking for a bicycle in September, I was shocked at the difference in price of bicycles at a bike shop compared to on-line or in "big box" stores. But then again, other than about the 30 bikes in the bike shop, every thing had to be ordered and that meant the bike shop was paying...- pappymac
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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HU Tobacco Coming to the States
I would like to address something said about shipping containers. (This was true back in the early-1990s when I had reason to have a basic knowledge of shipping containers.) Yes, if you have an individual shipping container sitting on the ground in the hot sun, it is going to get hot inside...- pappymac
- Post #215
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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In Support of B&M's
In the case of B&Ms I have spent money in, the higher prices have little to do with the profit the B&M is making and more to do with covering the overhead of higher taxes and the overall higher cost of doing business - annual rent (for many), higher utilities, higher shipping costs (for some)...- pappymac
- Post #12
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Nording Hunter
Correct. And since they made it, I think they own the recipe so it can't be produced by anyone else.- pappymac
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Nording Hunter
There were five in the series; Beagle, Labrador, Retriever, Fox Hound and... Pointer (I think). As they were all made by McClelland, they are now lost forever except occasionally on pipestud. I remember smoking Beagle and Retriever but I don't think I tried the others. My oldest son was really...- pappymac
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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STG closes Mac Baren and Sutliff
When doing research on a Salmon & Gluckstein pipe hallmarked for 1896, I remember reading something about them getting pipes from St. Claude and that they also provided unfinished pipes to Dunhill until Dunhill started buying directly from St. Claude. It left me with the impression that in the...- pappymac
- Post #470
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Dan Tobacco closing?
- pappymac
- Post #13
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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STG closes Mac Baren and Sutliff
I may be wrong but that sounds like the reason Dunhill moved completely away from anything tobacco related (not the money but the no interest in keeping the company). We may call the pipes "Dunhills" but officially they are "White Spots." I would put STG on the Naughty List and send Krampus to...- pappymac
- Post #419
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Found this today at Lowes.
I guess I have to make a stop at Lowes today. EDIT: I buy Duke Cannon soap for stocking stuffers for my two sons and one for me every year. I just looked I have Santa's Pipe Smoke already. I son will get the Yule Brick and the other will get Oh! Fudge.- pappymac
- Post #8
- Forum: General Discussion