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  1. fred

    TAD Purchases

    ChuckW was kind enough to seen me some tins from the Richmond show. Meridian USS Mason Tuskegee Airman Montford Point Marine Buffalo Soldier
  2. fred

    October 2010 - What are you smoking?

    Good evening. It's Montgomery in the Altinay. Best to all. http://pipesmagazine.com/members/fred/album/picture/506
  3. fred

    Orlik Golden Sliced

    Yep, it's good stuff. There's a few pounds of it in the cellar and an open tin in the rotation. It's a great first smoke of the day.
  4. fred

    Merger Creates Largest Pipe Tobacco Co. in the World

    Thanks Kevin. This is really big news.
  5. fred

    Heres a weird one...

    Very cool. These bits of history give us a way to remind us that the past held more than what we are told about.
  6. fred

    When Love Grows Cold...

    Here's a find from Ben Rapaport that he's uncovered in the piles of reading sources... It's another bit of the Meerschaum experience. http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA61&dq=meerschaum%20carving&ei=cGOrTMjRFoiksQOvstmeAw&ct=result&id=5YkCAAAAYAAJ&output=text If that's not enough, then here's...
  7. fred

    October 2010 - What are you smoking?

    Good morning. It's Golden Sliced in the Bauer Bulldog. Best to all. http://pipesmagazine.com/members/fred/album/picture/847
  8. fred

    Recommended Starter Tobacco

    Most people get into Pipes expecting flavor. I suggest starting out with a mild English, and there are plenty of them out there. Most people start out with Aromatics and I did as well, but the first time I smoked a tin of Dunhill Elizabethan, I never went back...
  9. fred

    Healthy Foods You Eat?

    I enjoy a trail mix made up of Pistachios, Walnuts, Almonds, dried Cranberries and dried Cherries.
  10. fred

    My latest pipe pickup!

    That's a great looking Quarter Bent Bulldog with a twin bore! Good for you!
  11. fred

    October 2010 - What are you smoking?

    Good evening. It's Skiff in the Paul Fischer Rusticated Bent Bulldog. Best to all.
  12. fred

    What Affects the Taste of Pipe Tobacco?

    For me, the subjective component of smoking any blend is the most heavily influenced aspect of the entire experience. I have trouble separating the participants in this event, generally. I have noted that new-to-me locations can influence what I smoke, but as yet haven't found that an...
  13. fred

    October 2010 - What are you smoking?

    Good afternoon. It's Samovar in the Bamboo Volcano. Best to all. http://pipesmagazine.com/members/fred/album/picture/493
  14. fred

    October 2010 - What are you smoking?

    Good afternoon. It's Golden Sliced in the Canadian. Best to all. http://pipesmagazine.com/members/fred/album/picture/575
  15. fred

    October 2010 - What are you smoking?

    Good evening. It's Exotique in the Bent Bekler. Best to all.
  16. fred

    Bought an antique pipe rack

    Yes, these older racks often show the true ingenuity of design and function...!
  17. fred

    Bamboo Extensions

    Nice Claw Juni! Is that an Altinok and is the extension Briar?
  18. fred

    Richmond show for me.

    I'd say that you did well Chuck!
  19. fred

    October 2010 - What are you smoking?

    Thanks Colonelmcmuf. This estate Pipe from 1984 is my favorite shape that Bekler carved. It took awhile to clean up and has taken a good amount of Beeswax, which is bringing the patina along nicely and overcoming the ash tray marks. For now, it's Tordenskjold Slices in the Koncak. Best to...
  20. fred

    Richmond Pipe Show 2010

    Great times, good looking Pipes... As a Texican, I'd have to give it a Yyyeeeehhhaaawwww!!!!, with the qualifier of a couple of Hoooooweeess!!!, strictly for clarity.