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  1. rigmedic1

    Captain Black Grape Is the New Penzance

    Seems to me CB Grape will replace for the Legendary Mixture 79 in our minds and hearts. The stuff is actually better than Middleton's Cherry Blend, so it has that going for it.
  2. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    McClelland 40th Anniversary Flake in my Northern Briars Stacked Dublin.
  3. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    Corps Quaantum from 2009, in a 2010 Rusticated Mark Twain.
  4. rigmedic1

    Pipes That Hold a Special Meaning

    These are great stories. Many of my pipes have memories attached to them, but the most ignificant is attached to a pipe that I lost. My wife, Lisa, gave me a Peterson K&P stamped Churchwarden, NOS, that had come from Autralia, for my birthday in 1986. She passed on in 1992. I still have the...
  5. rigmedic1

    Why Buy a New Pipe After Smoking Used Estate Pipes?

    It's been awhile since I bought an estate pipe, as the prices have gotten way out of line. The pleasure of cleaning up a nice old estate was the closest I could get to making a pipe myself, and that was the thing I liked most about doing it. Depending on who you buy from, new pipes are not...
  6. rigmedic1

    Are You Serious? Fallen Falcon

    I bought a French made Edwards that had a cracked shank, cobwebs in the bowl, and the airway was plugged with wood, possibly a toothpick. It cleaned up nicely, and is one of my favorite hack around pipes. But I don't think I would try and tackle that Falcon.
  7. rigmedic1

    What Pipe Finishes Are Dissolved by Water?

    Getting back to the original question, I am not sure. I dropped a lit Kaywoodie right smack into a full cup of Earl Grey, and some of the finish came off of that pipe as well. I let it dry, polished it, and applied a coating of Paragon wax. I imagine a lot of pipe stains were water based...
  8. rigmedic1

    eBay Dunhill

    Cute. Looks rather short though.
  9. rigmedic1

    A Good Full Bend Pipe?

    Full bent pipes get a bad reputation for smoking wet. I like them because they hang from the jaw effortlessly, though the Oom Paul's are the definition of a true nose warmer. One can get smoke through the bit or up the noise equally well. I have 5 of them. My Peterson XL 315 makes a teaspoon...
  10. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    McClelland's 40th Anniversary in a '34 Dunhill Shell.
  11. rigmedic1

    Bijou... Anyone?

    I recently opened a tin of Bijou, around 2 years old. The Katerini seemed to be dominant, with a sour note on top of the Virginia flavor, with no sweetness at all. I actually liked it, and smoked through the tin in about a month as part of my rotation. I have another tin that I purchased out of...
  12. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    Stonehenge in my '85 Sam Martin Skater.
  13. rigmedic1

    Chacom and Butz Coquin

    Absolutely. I imagine that if I had purchased a Butz Choquin of a higher caliber, it might have been a better pipe. But I paid $45.00 in 1983 for this pipe, a Butz Choquin d'Accord. Quite pricey back then for a disappointing smoke.
  14. rigmedic1

    Chacom and Butz Coquin

    The one Butz Choquin I have was purchased in 1983 or so. I find that it is really unsuitable in hot, damp, Louisiana, because it smokes hot and wet in ambient air temperatures above 50 degrees. I feel the heavy lacquered finish is the cause. I have removed the heavy finishes from cheaper...
  15. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    C&D Vieux Carre in Savinelli's Trevi 320 KS.
  16. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    Stonehenge in a Savinelli 320KS.
  17. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    C&D Bijou in a Peterson Irish Harp bent bulldog.
  18. rigmedic1

    Pipes and Cigars order. Wish me luck, MSO489

    Never had a problem with them, myself. Used to get the Edgeworth Ready Rub match from them.
  19. rigmedic1

    More Morta

    You have some great pipes, my friend.
  20. rigmedic1

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2017)

    McClelland 2015 in Peterson's Mark Twain Poker.
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