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Danish Pipe Shops
I was privileged to visit TDPS shortly before it moved to its current lodging. It's a rare thing: a retail shop that's actually focused on pipes, rather than a cigar shop with a pipe stand in a corner. You'll spend a lot of time there.- greysmoke
- Post #5
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Hello from Connecticut
Much of what I learned of pipes and tobacco I picked up by frequenting Chief Catoonah, a B&M pipe shop in Ridgefield, CT. The late Dick Silverman, proprietor. I lived in Danbury at the time. Those were my pipe smoking "golden years." Welcome aboard....!- greysmoke
- Post #33
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Hello from East Tennessee
This East Tennessee transplant welcomes you from Chester County, PA.- greysmoke
- Post #28
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Your Experience with Bit Grips/Softy Bits?
I use "Maxfashion Rubber Tobacco Pipe Tip Grips" that I bought from Amazon in a 12-pack. They work fine. A little tight, but they stay in place. I use them primarily for my Upshalls to preserve the original stems, which tend to be a bit softer than most other vulcanite stems. Worth the price.- greysmoke
- Post #62
- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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The Most Disappointing Tobacco
Dunhill Royal Yacht. I still have a tin. It tastes like dirt.- greysmoke
- Post #223
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Culling the Herd: Anyone Else Feel the Need to do So?
I've done this periodically over the years. Pipes, like Tribbles, are all too easy to accumulate. And I just don't like the sense of materialism that comes with a surplus. After several decades with pipes, and a few rounds of serious culling, I'm finally down to the point where it's extremely...- greysmoke
- Post #97
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Dogs & Pipes
Me and LunaBelle. She doesn't care for English blends.- greysmoke
- Post #265
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Greetings from East Tennessee
This Jefferson County transplant to Chester County, PA, welcomes you aboard....- greysmoke
- Post #30
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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The Perfect Outdoorsman Hat
FWIW, I've owned this battered Filson Tin Cloth Packer hat since 98 or so. The brim is pretty short, but the tin cloth actually holds up as well as they say it does. What doesn't hold up is the leather hat band. It's made of cheap bonded leather. I recall being somewhat surprised when I saw how...- greysmoke
- Post #107
- Forum: General Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
For similar reasons, I read Oliver Statler's "Japanese Inn." It's a remarkable book. Recommended. Japanese Inn - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941892.Japanese_Inn- greysmoke
- Post #105
- Forum: General Discussion
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Very Old (in both ways) Member Returns
Luna Belle and I welcome you back from our garden in Chester County, Pennsylvania.- greysmoke
- Post #38
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Buying Multiples of the Same Pipe
Twice. I "invented" a unique shape, a prince-shaped bowl (styled after an old Ashton prince, which I've been told was in turn styled after an older Dunhill prince), mated to a long, oval Canadian shank. Over the past 25 years, I've commissioned variations of the Canadian Prince from Paul...- greysmoke
- Post #34
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Box Pass Extravaganza 2024 Signup
Glad to be aboard.- greysmoke
- Post #36
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
I just finished another of Lee Child's Jack Reacher book: this one called "One Shot." I'm maybe 60% through the 29 volume series. I wait for them to pop up in my emailed booklist at a discount before I buy one, so I'm working through it out of sequence and at irregular intervals. A short while...- greysmoke
- Post #99
- Forum: General Discussion
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The Perfect EDC Knife
I bought a house from a retired electrician a few years ago and found a battered old Klein knife had been left behind in a kitchen drawer. I lubricated it found it to be a great knife, maybe Just a little bulky for pocket carry (#44036). Klein also offers a slimmer profile series of knives and I...- greysmoke
- Post #87
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cheap Tobacco is Better Than It Should Be
It certainly is.... I bought the tobacco in this jar in 2012. Bargain blend contained the sweepings of the company's blending table gathered up, bagged, and sold at a low price. I've continued to add my own leavings to the jar, which is why it's still substantially full. I began storing it in a...- greysmoke
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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If you could only smoke one blend...
I've been a confirmed Latakia smoker for decades, but if pressed for just a single blend, I'd choose a Kentucky/Virginia: St. Bruno. It's just a fantastic blend.- greysmoke
- Post #89
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅
Greysmoke has received his Secret Santa surprise and has pronounced himself satisfied. And it's now snowing outside. Please resume your holiday celebrations.- greysmoke
- Post #1,997
- Forum: General Discussion
