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  1. Ahi Ka

    Happy Secret Friends Day

    Go buy yourself something special @mikethompson and put it on @JJ_JJ_JJ_JJ tab 🤙🏼
  2. Ahi Ka

    Late 1919 Dunhill Bulldog 1

    I posted this eBay win last year and have finally got some pics to share. From what I can gather from the size of the arched Dunhill over London nomenclature this pipe was made sometime between the end of May 1919 and before the end of that year. I read some chatter somewhere which said they...
  3. Ahi Ka

    HU Krater No. 5 Query

    A friend of mine has been successful in his application for a personal tobacco importing permit and wanted to grab some Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky…only to realise it has been discontinued for a while. I told him I would ask here if anyone knows whether the HU Krater 5 is still the same or not...
  4. Ahi Ka

    Help with Larsen nomenclature.

    I picked up this first era Larsen Copenhagen a month or so back and haven’t been able to decipher the two dashed circles/stars/flowers. anyone know if this is a grading system or a carver designation? cheers
  5. Ahi Ka

    Surprising mid-century Loewe

    I recently picked up a hallmarked 1958 L&Co Standard Brazilian. The first thing that I noticed was the Standard series stamping on the left shank. I had always thought this series was not introduced until in the civic era, roughly a decade later. Of note, I have seen another standard series...
  6. Ahi Ka

    Willi Mattner Pipes?

    Apart from the lovely pipedia entry written by his son, I can’t really find any information about Mattner pipes. can anyone school me on these? Who smokes one?
  7. Ahi Ka

    Cleaning Up A Gourd Calabash

    I saw this pipe listed with a bunch of vintage stuff the other week for single digits so I thought why not. When it arrived, I saw the chamber was full of charred newspaper and the button hole had been covered with tape before getting the twine wrapped around it. I got excited as I realised...
  8. Ahi Ka

    “Who Made That Pipe” Book Question

    I’ve always assumed that the makers entries with a date next to them indicated the year in which the pipe name/series/brand was created. However, in researching saseini seconds I see some entries which state “saseini 1930” as the maker, despite these lines not being produced until after ww2 (I...
  9. Ahi Ka

    WWS Clay Pipe??

    Anyone heard of this maker? Crappy pic from a listing sorry
  10. Ahi Ka

    Placebo and Jedi Mind Tricks

    I’m towards the end of the bowl of st James plug, and I just got the slightest reminder of Grousemoor (not overly sauced version) on the French inhale. it was enough to trick my brain I was smoking a different blend, and for the next minute I swear I could pick out flavours I know aren’t in...
  11. Ahi Ka

    School Me: Smoking Stoker’s Chew

    I know some people smoke twists made for chew, I’m assuming you could smoke threshed leaf too. Has anyone tried the stokers brand?
  12. Ahi Ka

    Where Can I Buy EGR or McClellands In Chicago?

    Edit: Edgar G Robinson = EGR. -jpm Silly question I know, however Iwan Ries is out of stock of EGR online and I don’t want to send my brother on a wild goose chase around the city looking for some. Anyone know another B&M which carries it? Or where to get consignment tins - don’t say pipe show...
  13. Ahi Ka

    If You Have PAD, Don’t Read This Thread: William’s Estate Briar Pipes

    I don’t see my bro William mentioned much on these forums, and in part this could be due to those in the know not wanting to let the word out on the secret, or for fear of him putting his prices up, but with the current climate in Europe potentially impacting pipe sales, I thought a brief shout...
  14. Ahi Ka

    Iwan Ries Email Address?

    So my brother and his colleagues are heading to Chicago next week for a work conference and i shamelessly begged them they offered to pick up a tin each to bring back to New Zealand as their duty free allowance. I suggested they go check out Iwan Ries, as none of them would have stepped foot in...
  15. Ahi Ka

    Help ID: Peterson Golden Princess?

    Does anyone have a Peterson meer in this grade? I’m trying to figure out whether it was smooth or tawny finished and how it was different from their other meers (maybe just meer grade used?). I’ve found one post in the forums which mention it, and a couple of old eBay pictures of boxed pipes...
  16. Ahi Ka

    What’s Similar To The Peterson’s 777?

    So I saw this today and it has gone to the top of my white whale estate list. I doubt to ever see one in the wild. What I’m curious about, is apart from having to go down the commission route, what other “dublin bulldogs” / diamond shank Dublins or stacks are out there?
  17. Ahi Ka

    NZ Homegrown

    Just a few pics to share the excitement. This crop has little to do with my efforts and more to do with great summer weather and a surprisingly good curing spot. We have burley, goose creek red and a random one which popped up, maybe Va Gold from hobbiton. After picking, I decided to thresh...
  18. Ahi Ka

    Zippo Wheel Help

    Looking for some pro tips from those who rep a zippo with pipe insert. I’ve noticed that the wheel has started to get gummed up from the residue. Is there a good method for cleaning this? Is it something that can be avoided with regular maintenance, or basically just needs to be cleared once it...
  19. Ahi Ka

    How Old Is Tobacco When Blended?

    Obviously this could vary depending on the variety used, or if it’s a premium (or misplaced) pile of a particular session’s leaf, but roughly how old is tobacco when it gets blended or packaged for sale?
  20. Ahi Ka

    Wedding Cigar Help.

    With the exception of homegrown stogies, I haven’t purchased any cigars in a long time. I used to enjoy guantanamera and Quintero y hnos. one of my wife’s best friends is getting married and I’ve been landed with the job of supplying cigars for the bridal party as a surprise. since cigars are...
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