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Medical News Update
Because they can’t get candy cigarettes, bubblegum cigars, or the gum cigarettes with powdered something between the gum and paper that you could puff out before you tore into the gum. I remember getting two of three from that list at elementary school holiday parties.- buroak
- Post #40
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Things I found Thrifting
I had no idea they still toured. I expected your wife found them freeze-dried (or frozen in carbonite?) on a thrift shop shelf next to the rappist duo that comprised Kris Kross 🤪.- buroak
- Post #107
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Things I found Thrifting
Were they for sale on a thrift shop shelf, or are they still considered sufficiently valuable to be in a display case?- buroak
- Post #102
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
Good to know. That you still talk about Brighams according to dots tells me you are not new to the brand.- buroak
- Post #60
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
Thanks for the warning about the Italy-made Brighams. The price difference is large, but it sounds like you get what you pay for.- buroak
- Post #58
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
You might want to try a meerschaum-lined Falcon bowl. You do lose capacity, but they retain the durability of threads cut into wood versus a threaded plastic piece attached to a meerschaum bowl by thin pins (really more like pieces of wire in many cases). I do not notice them being too...- buroak
- Post #56
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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This Seller Wished Upon The Right Star (Disney Pipe Auction)
I have yet to see a stellar LL Bean pipe. Most of them have at least as many fills as this Disney pipe. -
This Seller Wished Upon The Right Star (Disney Pipe Auction)
You should ask this pipe’s seller for a commission. -
This Seller Wished Upon The Right Star (Disney Pipe Auction)
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This Seller Wished Upon The Right Star (Disney Pipe Auction)
The supply of these must have really dwindled for Diseyana collectors to be this desperate. I am also appalled by the poor quality of this pipe. From a way-back Radio Show episode, I recall Brian Levine talking about high quality Comoy-made pipes with an inlaid Mickey Mouse silhouette in the... -
This Seller Wished Upon The Right Star (Disney Pipe Auction)
The seller could not have wished for a more fortuitous pairing of determined bidders. I have never seen a Disney pipe sell for such a princely sum. It is not even a Comoy-made pipe. Perhaps the bidders buy pipes by the number of fills? Nicely restored, vintage Walt Disney World tobacco pipe... -
Peterson 2024 POY Release
That Heritage is sharp! As for the stems, I don’t think many will write off the stems’ lack of definition as a trade off for the lower prices pre-molded stems allow. My cheap Falcon, Imperial, and basic Missouri Meerschaum stems are sharply defined and sometimes have too-large proportions. If...- buroak
- Post #57
- Forum: British Pipes
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Peterson 2024 POY Release
Well, I guess my optimism based on the possibility of photographic distortions of the p-lip profile was misplaced. Making the profile more defined is, as you say, fortunately feasible.- buroak
- Post #56
- Forum: British Pipes
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Peterson 2024 POY Release
I fear this is cold comfort, but even the humbler finishes are good pipes to snag. I got a rusticated - it struck me as a good deal for the guts of a Deluxe System in a pipe I can feel comfortable smoking while on the move out-of-doors. Heck, it even comes with a vulcanite stem.- buroak
- Post #49
- Forum: British Pipes
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Peterson 2024 POY Release
I wonder how much of the “ill-defined” lip is an artifact of the photography. If it were my job, I would focus on the stummel, not the stem. I hope you got what you were after. I was interested in the silver caps, but they were too pricey. I was spared temptation by the speed at which they...- buroak
- Post #47
- Forum: British Pipes
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Peterson 2024 POY Release
I have not seen any dimensions for the pipe. I am interested by the resurrection of the metal condenser, but if the chamber had the capacity of a bushel basket, then the pipe is too big for my tastes.- buroak
- Post #34
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Well, the seller does use the irreverent handle “deadmanspipes.” If they clean up well, the buyer made a steal. I missed the listing. How long was that listing up before being purchased?- buroak
- Post #4,211
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
That seller has fallen into quite the trove of rare and desirable pipes. This one did not play out in an exciting way, but the price was spectacular...- buroak
- Post #4,209
- Forum: British Pipes
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What's More Enjoyable for You, the Hunt or the Capture?
The hunt has always been the most consistently enjoyable part of my pipe collecting. Too often, captured pipes do not live up to one’s hopes. As long as that grail pipe is still “out there,” you can build it up in your mind to the limits of your imagination. As I have continued collecting...