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  1. bluegrassbrian

    Jay Bilas and His Missouri Meerschaum

    Watching NCAA basketball yesterday and I caught this segment. Jay Bilas offering some commentary on the game while... smoking a pipe?! It's more rare than a hens tooth to see someone smoking on tv anymore - but a pipe? What were the odds?!
  2. bluegrassbrian

    St Louis Pipe Show '24 - RSVP Thread

    Going to be my first time traveling West for a show. Will be attending with a few other assorted members of the Derby City Pipe Club, including Jim Anderson (Lazarus Estates) and past podcast guest Mark Johnson (nom de plume - M.J. Downing). Who else is coming?
  3. bluegrassbrian

    USPS At It Again..

    We all love tracking our parcels. It's one of the greatest aspects of our consumer society. To an extent, it can even drive our happiness or despair.. I've been waiting on a lovely new pipe from Greece to wriggle and writhe its way here over the holiday season - it's slow going. This morning I...
  4. bluegrassbrian

    Custom Bic Lighters for the Club

    I like to toss some small gifts around to the pipe club guys this time of year. Nothing too substantial, just enough to show I care ☺️ Saw an ad a while back for custom Bics, so I tried it out. The interface for designing them isn't the best, but you can upload pictures and edit them to fit...
  5. bluegrassbrian

    Sports Wagering - Hot Bets!

    With the proliferation of sports books online in the last couple years, wagering has grown exponentially. I was never much of a gambler - I hate losing more than I like winning. BUT with so many of the sports book apps offering generous introductory deals, it's almost like they're giving money...
  6. bluegrassbrian

    What's Your Favorite Doughnut?

    Brands/Shops/Bakeries aside, I mean your favorite shape or style. I grew up (and still live) in a historically German/Irish Catholic neighborhood. That means nearly every corner houses a church, bar, or bakery. Growing up, I must have tried just about every possible concoction created by flour...
  7. bluegrassbrian

    G&H Doing Rattrays and McConnell?

    Well this is interesting. Via Instagram - "Launching two new ranges at the Nottingham Pipe Show" I'd be all for that, I think. Except.. what effect will that have on the availability of Rattrays and McConnell?
  8. bluegrassbrian

    Opinions on Olive Wood

    I've had plenty of experience with briar and its cousin Strawberry. Meerschaum is great and corn cobs have their place. Even morta provided a pleasing smoking experience with seemingly no drawbacks. I've never had an olive wood pipe though. I've seen a couple over the years that I liked, but...
  9. bluegrassbrian

    The Bowl Evil? Chicago Trib 1990

    I was googlin something else when I found this article from the Chicago Tribune, September 1990. It includes a quote from Tad Gage, a 33 year younger version, and mentions of Iwan Ries. The Bowl Evil?
  10. bluegrassbrian

    Tooth Paste For Stem Cleaning

    What's your favorite brand of toothpaste for stem cleaning?
  11. bluegrassbrian

    Latest Juliens Auctions (Hollywood.ETC)

    I'll occasionally browse auctions like these looking for old smoking ephemera from celebrities. I knew this group had some choice Humphrey Bogart pieces so I wanted to check for some pipes. No luck on Bogart pipes but still found plenty of interesting items! A couple lighters: Sean Penn...
  12. bluegrassbrian

    Infusion Therapy Anyone?

    So I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease back in November of 2020 (not the best time to be in a hospital but there I was). Never an exciting diagnosis but it was quite the relief compared to the initial assumption of a cancerous mass in my small intestine. Common treatment for Crohns and some...
  13. bluegrassbrian

    La Nuvole S3 "Orientale"

    Not nearly as common in the states as many other Italian artisans, La Nuvole (the clouds) are made by the husband and wife team of Maurizio and Stefania Tambori. When I did catch a glimpse at some of their pipes they were usually too big or too "out there" for my taste. Sniffing around Lepipe...
  14. bluegrassbrian

    DHL Appreciation Thread

    In all my years of buying goods from all over the globe, I've never had issue with DHL. I've had parcels from South Africa, Italy, Singapore, and Indonesia delivered in 3 days or less - usually less. Great comparative example - I ordered a pipe from LePipe.it just last Friday morning. It's now...
  15. bluegrassbrian

    JJ Fox Campanile - WTF?

    So I'm having my first bowl of Campanile. I've read lots of reviews and they are all over the place, from "smells and tastes like vomit" to "my favorite oriental mixture". There's a fair amount of black leaf in here - what I would generally assume is either perique or latakia - but most...
  16. bluegrassbrian

    Todd Bannard Oom Paul Commission

    You may know him as Sasquatch or BST Pipes. I didn't know nuts grew so far up in to Canada, but there he is. A joy to work with the last month or so. He's been nothing but gracious in dealing with my hospital stay a couple weeks ago (and a fractured collarbone sustained just yesterday!), which...
  17. bluegrassbrian

    PAD Hitting Hard Lately

    Anyone else feeling afflicted? I definitely go through spurts for pipe buying. Currently have an Il Duca strawberry wood on the way, a briar by Yorgos Mitakidis on the way, and a Todd Bannard coming for me to check out in-hand. On top of that I have a commission with Ian Walker on the books...
  18. bluegrassbrian

    Dunhill Bruyere O (Bulldog) Question

    No year of production stamp on this babe. Anyone have some insight on why it may be?
  19. bluegrassbrian

    Basketball Legend Denny Crum Dies

    Living in Louisville, it's fair to say we love our legends. Though I'm a UK fan, I always respected Coach Crum. I had a handful of interactions with him in the past 25 or so years and he was never less than completely gracious, humble, and friendly. Always willing to give a few minutes if his...
  20. bluegrassbrian

    Boxed Peter Stokkebye Maker?

    Totally out of my wheelhouse - feel like the Stokkebye pipes have had various makers over the years. This guy is in a red box, unsmoked, nice piece. There's a small stamp on the underside near the mortise but hard to make it out.
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