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What Kind of Pipe Does Watto Not Smoke?
Been watching a medium fun AMC series on Netflix, Loaded. It's about four loser friends who hit the jackpot with their idiotic digital cat game. One of the characters, Watto, is seen frequently carrying a pipe (but never smoking it). Can't tell what it is. Looks fancy and interesting... -
Preferred Peretti Pleasure?
Fantastically helpful everyone, thank you. And I am glad to get advice on the 150th blend. Will give that another shot.- rodo
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Preferred Peretti Pleasure?
I have a trip to Boston in July and wanted to stop in at Peretti's for some spectacular tobacco. Any recommendations? Let me say, I write as my previous experience with their tobacco has not be that zesty. I picked up a tin of 100 Blend a couple of years ago and found it tasteless. Recently...- rodo
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Future of Erica Arborea?
Been musing for a while about erica arborea. Doesn't grow everywhere and takes a long time to mature, to get the nice root balls, right? So...how much is left? Has anyone tried, I guess cultivating is the right word, the trees? Make a better briar, nicer briar, something briar? Strikes me...- rodo
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Van Gogh
Wow, everyone is so generous with their VVG appreciation. I feel bad for the guy: he was a total failure in almost every aspect of his life, he was a failure in art during his lifetime, most likely he suffered from mental illness or some chronic condition (that led to things like his being...- rodo
- Post #40
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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PipeLover Magazine - March 1947
These are a blast, thanks for posting. Readers might like to know about Keen's, mentioned in the March 1947 issue: it is still there, same location, and still has lots of pipes up in the ceiling. Alas, the pipes are only nowadays for decoration. Fun is that their books of matches feature a...- rodo
- Post #26
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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"Unsmoked"?
Wow. didn't think I'd have to post this here but, to be clear: that is NOT heroin. It is flour. it was not in the pipe. I was just making a joke. Okay, it was a terrible joke and a bit creepy but there it is. We are in a pandemic and that's the best we can expect. Okay, and jokes like... -
"Unsmoked"?
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Anyone Purchased from Novelli?
I'll second the endorsement of Novelli. Had a lovely hour there a couple of years back, great service and knowledge. Bought a fab Viprati for a good price (for Rome). Good people. -
"Unsmoked"?
Great suggestions and advice, thanks everyone. So here is the pipe: It is a '79 Dunhill Quaint, quaint indeed. (I've written about it elsewhere on the site.) I tried to take a photo inside the bowl... Not easy to see. Seems okay... But something wasn't quite right so I took the stem off... -
"Unsmoked"?
Bought a forty year old collectible pipe recently. It was sold as "unsmoked." Sure seems like it is so. But pulled the stem out the other day and...not sure. Maybe it was...er...briar dust? Maybe it was a tiny bit of residue from tobacco flakes? Can't smell a thing, no burns, no bite... -
PAD and TAD Annual Record
Do you gents mind if I let my wife read this thread?- rodo
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Pipe Boxes
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Pipe Boxes
Now that I have a couple of (slightly) collectible pipes, one of them forty years old, I am wondering about preservation and such. In particular, I wonder how much does the original box affect value, if at all? -
High-End Pipes - Do They Improve the Smoking Experience?
I just want to say, yes, yes high end pipes improve and increase the smoking experience. In fact, modern Medical Science Engineers have proven that pipes with unusual curves are better, particularly if they come from briar that has sat unsmoked since the late seventies and was shaped by...- rodo
- Post #64
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Rattrays Pipe Of The Year.
I think the photo of the pipes looks great...maybe too great? I'd want to see one in person first. I do like what appears to be a bit of exposed briar in the grooves of the black one.- rodo
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Schwarzenegger Smokes Pipe in His Own Image
That's funny, the pipe doesn't look like the back end of a horse.- rodo
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Maigret TV Show Pipe Content
I always wondered what blend Simenon smoked! My wife is a huge fan of the books so I ordered the set of all the French/Cremer DVDs. Oh my, there a a vast quantity of DVDs: 36, each with two episodes. Wish we'd started the series at the beginning of the pandemic. We find not only the stories...- rodo
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Dunhill Unicorn? Or Massive Fail?
Oh, no, you are dead on regarding prices and inflation and ridiculous Dunhill fervor. The madness of the collectible mindset. I deserve any ribbing I get. And, well, not sure it matters (as it is still more than twice what I have ever paid for a pipe) but negotiated with the kind seller for $550.- rodo
- Post #14
- Forum: British Pipes
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Dunhill Unicorn? Or Massive Fail?
Ah, well, there it is. I guess that I 1) keep contributing to my 401K, 2) assume my child will not go to college, 3) stay away from exotic pipes and 4) buy my wife something lovely and intensely distracting. Nah, I do like the pipe and am pleased to have purchased it (although not for the...- rodo
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- Forum: British Pipes