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  1. agnosticpipe

    Ten Years Here, and Yet Another Birthday Pipe.

    So I've managed to stay on here for ten years as of last month, and while I'm not posting as much now as before, it's still a great place to hang out. Hell, I don't even smoke as much as I once did, but still enjoy it from time to time. I hit the big 77 today and bought myself my first new pipe...
  2. agnosticpipe

    Got a Gift in the Mail Today!

    My grandson and his wife live in northern CA and they have a side business making custom T-shirts they sell on Etsy. I bought a couple the other day and they sent me a little bonus shirt. I even have a pipe that looks similar to the one on the shirt. Here's a photo of me in the shirt. Great kids...
  3. agnosticpipe

    My Grandson Gave Me a Dr. Grabow, My First One in a Long Time

    I went to visit my stepdaughter in Texas for a few days over the 4th and my grandson had found this used Dr. Grabow Freehand and gave it to me. He's about 24 years old and is has been to visit here a few times so he knew I smoked a pipe. It hadn't been smoked that much, mostly just really dirty...
  4. agnosticpipe

    Oldish MM Corncob

    I came across this corncob pipe while on vacation in Michigan at an Antique/junk store. I haven't seen one like it before, and I don't think it's too old, but it was cheap. So how old is it? It looks like someone tried to clean it up to help sell it, but it didn't really work too well. It does...
  5. agnosticpipe

    Harry Belafonte Has Left Us.

    My parents listened to his records and I also became fan. Sad to hear of his passing, and decided to listen to one of his greatest recordings in my opinion at Carnegie Hall in 1959.
  6. agnosticpipe

    Rattray's Olive Wood Pipe

    I've always been ambivalent about different woods for pipes. It's always been briar for pipes for me, with the exception of an old MM hardwood, and a Ropp cherrywood. Many years ago I bought an estate Paronelli olive wood pipe to try one out. I was not impressed. First of all, although it was...
  7. agnosticpipe

    Dubious Stem Repair on a Charatan

    I got an old Charatan about 2 years ago that needed a stem replaced because of the damage on the bit. But as you know, I do like a challenge, and after its sitting around for the whole two years I finally got motivated to see what I could do. It had a lot of stem missing from the bit, more than...
  8. agnosticpipe

    Mississippi Tornados

    I hope all is well with my fellow Mississippians here on this forum. I narrowly missed most of this crap storm, but I hope none of you suffered damages or loss. Heavy rains overflowed even my biggest culvert (30 in.) resulting in some loss of my driveway, otherwise just the usual mess form these...
  9. agnosticpipe

    What's for Breakfast, Frosted Flakes or Frosted Blackpool?

    I haven't smoked Blackpool for what seems like years, but for some reason I decided to open the jar this morning and have a bowl. Much to my delight I saw that this eight year old Blackpool had developed some sparkling frosting! Picked up my old Yellow-Bole as it seemed appropriate for the...
  10. agnosticpipe

    The Old Mystery Pipe

    So I've had this pipe for about 6 years and I think I posted it here when I got it to see if anyone could shed some light on it. I grabbed it to smoke today and thought that since we have so many new members here maybe I could see what you all thought about now. It is a beautifully made pipe...
  11. agnosticpipe

    So I Did This... But I Was Coerced

    After my HUGE disappointment with the results of alaskanpiper's cutty competition, and my insistence that the Ropp with the wonderful birds eye grain should have won, even though it wasn't even in the running, I was forced to do this. He was nice enough to PM me with a couple of listings on SPC...
  12. agnosticpipe

    Pipe Mold or Pipe Bloom?

    So years ago I bought this beat up Sea Jacopo coral dot that was grossly over reamed. I patched the inside of the bowl with some fireplace repair mortar and it came out pretty good. I coated it with rum and lit it up to set it. I've been smoking for years, but if I leave it alone for about 4-5...
  13. agnosticpipe

    Crazy Weather Everywhere, and Now This!

    This is probably the least earthshaking news you've seen in awhile, what with all the serious weather that's been happening all over in the last couple of months, but I tell you this puts the final nail in the coffin of humanity as we know it. I'm out walking around the house and I come across...
  14. agnosticpipe

    Re-visiting Lane Ltd. HGL.

    I couldn't find any recent discussions that I could add on to, so I started this one. Let's face it, HGL is not something really rare or in great demand, at least that I can tell. I bought a few oz. of this about 6 years ago, tried it a couple of times and wasn't impressed that much. So a few...
  15. agnosticpipe

    Can't Find Pipesmagazine Forum Google Search Engine

    My 12year old computer finally died. I'm now using my wife's computer which is newer and has had much less use. My old computer had the google search site for the forums. I can't find the info here on this site or figure out how to get it on this computer. Does anyone have the link and can post...
  16. agnosticpipe

    Jazz Great Pharaoh Sanders Passes. RIP

    I'm sure that most of you have never heard of Pharaoh Sanders, but he was a very progressive jazz saxophonist that I was first heard of around 1974. He played with John Coltrane and others, but was best know for his own works, including his most famous album "Karma". I was privileged to see him...
  17. agnosticpipe

    Interesting Way to Save Your Hair During Chemo.

    My oldest stepdaughter is going through chemotherapy for breast cancer. She has always had pretty hair so she wasn't looking forward to losing it. She found this thing called an ice cap that you wear while get the chemo treatment and for a few hours afterwards. I guess there are different...
  18. agnosticpipe

    Shepherd's Pie!!!

    I've bought a lot of tobacco from The Country Squire over the years, but have never gotten around to ordering some Shepherd's Pie. Well, thanks to a generous forum member here (David) he sent me a very generous amount when he heard about the passing of wife. Man, I've been missing out on a...
  19. agnosticpipe

    Here's One for the Cigar Smokers...

    I think you have to be of a certain age to get this. Does anyone remember cigarette or cigar loads? I don't know if these are still made, but I doubt it. They were a small pointed thing about a half an inch long that you shoved into the end of a cigarette or cigar. When lit, after a few...
  20. agnosticpipe

    Lifes Been a Little Rough This Last Year.

    It's taken me awhile to decide to write this post, but I feel it's time. The last year, year and a half even, has been difficult because my wife of 42 years has been fighting multiple health problems. Amazingly none of it Covid related! After she turned 80 she started to have some problems with...
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