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    No Cake?

    Just curious, and only asking..... At some point, your pipe will hold only half a load of tobacco compared to when it was new. Will you address the cake build-up at that point?
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    Why Prof. Einstein Smoked Pipe This Way?

    I'm far more ignorant than I ever suspected. I learn something new everyday.
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    Changing Tastes And Capriciousness

    Why fight it? Having the option of smoking many different tobacco blends, is a gift! I absolutely love chocolate cake. If I had to eat only chocolate cake, I'd quickly tire of the taste, and then, learn to hate it. Trite example, but it's true. Enjoy the all the choices, all the...
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    Stem Material

    My guess: Lack of imagination, and lack of exploiting the newer plastic alternatives to the hard-rubber Vulcanite....the "traditional" stem material. I doubt I could be convinced that if you stuck an acrylic or Vulcanite stem in the mouth of some blindfolded guy, he'd be able to tell the...
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    Just Tasted Latakia!

    Try adding small amounts of blending Latakia to the HGL, or, mix the "mild" HGL with a stronger English blend. A small amount of the stronger English goes a long way, so go easy. A while back I posted on this forum, the recipe for: "Pleasant Moments"...a mild mixture using "HGL" as the main...
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    Pipe Polishing and Care

    Honestly.....I'd be very careful when using any kind of furniture/car waxes, rubbing oils, wood polishes on a briar pipe. These products are usually formulated with petroleum distillates that can outgas when the briar pipe is heated -from smoking- and can stink like kerosene, etc. Ditto...
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    *Time To Practice*

    Interesting. After seeing the famous movie called "The Sting" I went out and bought an old upright piano, made in 1923. You see, I was going to play Classic Ragtime within a year. Just like the pianist in the movie. That never happened. But...yada, yada, yada.....I became a piano technician...
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    Who In History Would You Most Like To Share A Bowl With?

    Eddie Haskell from "Leave It To Beaver".
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    A Recommended Light English

    Lane Ltd "HGL".....It's really "Captain Black"-original with the addition of a little Latakia. Very pleasant to smoke and smell. Add a small amount of cigar-leaf, for a treat.
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    I Have Covid Burnout

    After the horrific Islamic terror attacks on 9-11, you'd think they'd learn. I live in the epicenter of COVID, NYC. "Sanctuary" NYS and NYC, are both ruled by two grandstanding, comatose, douche-bags. Cuomo, just suddenly "got woke" that NY is dangerously low on meds. ventilators, masks...
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    Estate Pipe Cracks and Disinfection

    Bet you'll never buy another pipe without checking it out more thoroughly. That being said, this estate pipe has some major defects, but for $30.00, I'd smoke it, and use it in the way you intended to use it. I will leave it to the more experienced gents, regarding additional refurbishing...
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    Light-Latakia, Light English, American-English Blends.

    Try: Lane Ltd: "HGL"...you'll always be able to find this bulk-blend. It's just "Captain Black"-original, with some added Latakia. Easy-peasy, no queazy.
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    Bulk English Blend Search

    Wilke's "HIGH HAT" has been around since the 1870s for a reason.
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    What's That Smell?

    I was gifted a MM by a friend. Honestly, if it wasn't a gift, this would be the last choice of a pipe I would try, or, buy. I loaded it up, and smoked it. It smelled and tasted like warm lacquer thinner, and the stem, like nail-polish remover. I threw it into the garbage. No break-in...
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    Carter Hall (A Review)

    Take an ounce or two, of that quiescent "Carter Hall" and drizzle in just a bit of cigar-leaf, or maybe your favorite English. Not a lot...just a drizzle. Them small additions will stiffen up this flaccid codger like a dose of Viagra. I say this with a smile.
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    Carter Hall (A Review)

    Just because you are new to pipe-smoking, that doesn't make your comments and critiques -about a mixture or blend- any less valid than those comments which might be offered by other more experienced pipe smokers. We all have something to learn. Keep posting. No doubt, your opinions about the...
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    Piping Pet Peeves

    Blasted, High-end, Reverse-Calabash pipes ...those pipes with the bowl and reverse-chamber, equal in size, round, bulbous, hideous. Them pipes look like some geezer's nut-sack.
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    Cigar For HS Graduation?

    Enjoy the special event! Congrats to U and son.
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    Cancer Now Curable. Smoke Away Mateys!

    If true......they'll make trillion$$$$$$$$$. Maybe sure cures for male-baldness, and ED will be next.