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    Why Aren’t There More Old Petersons?

    Any day of the week you can find an old Dunhill kicking around. You can find REALLY old Dunhills, Kaywoodies, BBBs, whatever. Maybe my premise is false but I rarely see Peterson pipes from the 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, (etc). Or at least it seems like there should be more of them. I’ve seen...
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    More Frustration W/SG Flakes

    I’m going to ask another question about Samuel Gawith flakes at the risk of being annoying. I had some trouble with these and took some advice and rubbed out some of my FVF, BBF and Bothy Flake and left them to dry out for a full 24 hours. What I have is very hard textured cube cut tobacco that...
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    A Month-Long Cold

    I’ve had a cold for three weeks. I got it from my kids maybe. It came, got better, and got worse again. The first time it got better I smoked my pipe. I don’t think it caused me to get worse again actually. Maybe it’s work or stress or maybe I just caught a second cold by attending my kid’s...
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    Help Identifying Pipe

    Hello. I just won this pipe on auction that I didn’t expect to win. I thought this was maybe an old Pipe-Dan pipe but actually, it’s not stamped like Pipe-Dan pipes are said to be stamped according to pipedia. I don’t have it yet but only the pictures from the auction site. I’m showing the...
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    Adding a Band DIY?

    I see on Reborn Pipes an article about adding a band to a shank by pressure. They heated up the band and the shank and pressed it on. I'm wondering if you have a round shank and a band of the same size, is it relatively easy for an amateur to do this? Or maybe it's also easy to mess this up...
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    How Out of Round?

    I hope this is in the correct place. I know the question of how desirable a pipe is is ultimately personal but I’m curious to get an opinion on this. This is a pipe I consider collectible and it’s there for a price. My question is this: Say this pipe would be worth 100$ with the rim perfectly...
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    A Happy Deal on 2 Stanwells

    I took a chance on a website I’d never heard of or dealt with before. It’s Sybaritepipe out of Barcelona. They do free shipping anywhere in the world on orders over 100€. Anyway, these Regd. Stanwells are beautifully restored. They’re very clean and the price for the two was just slightly over...
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    Old Old Pipes on Auction

    I was just wondering if anyone here collects pipes like these and if they do, do they actually smoke them or just look at them? I’m seeing these on an auction site. I’ve no idea what they’ll sell for. They look like they belong in a museum. I’m not even sure if they are all made of briar or...
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    Briar's Provence- Important?

    Title edited for caps and brevity. Original: Does it really matter where the briar comes from? Or the process used? I see some people arguing that Algerian briar smokes better than other kinds. I know some brands claim or claimed they use it used certain kinds of briar or special processes like...
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    Samuel Gawith Flakes are Hard to Smoke

    I’ve been finding Bothy and BBF pretty hard to smoke lately, either by folding or rubbing them out. Obviously if they’re wet, they won’t burn. But when they dry, they remain very hard, turn to hard sticks or dust, and still don’t smoke well for me. This is in contrast to something like Peterson...
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    A Spanish Bruken Rescue?

    Hello and thanks for your indulgence. My question is for people who understand better than I just by looking at pictures like this whether or not this is just dirt and oxidation that can be cleaned or whether this is something else. I’m looking at this pipe for auction. It’s cheap but it’s still...
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    Fischer pipes

    I’ve noticed that there have been threads about Fischer pipes here before and there have been Fischer pipe collectors lurking here. The pipedia entry on Fischers is somewhat incoherent in places. It’s clear that the Buffalo stamp gets you to the early 60’s and the House of Fischer handmade...
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    "Gateway" English Blends

    Title edited for caps and brevity. Rule 9. Original: Are there gateway-to-“English tobacco blends” that you recommend? I’m wondering if there are blends you recommend that are good for introducing those who’ve never tried English/Latakia to this type of tobacco? Maybe something that gets you...
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    When did Comoy’s use/stop using screw-in tenons?

    I read somewhere that mostly American pipes did the screwing (ok, pardon me). I’m just curious about a Comoy’s I’m seeing online. When did Comoy’s start and stop using screw-in stems? Does anyone know?
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    Question about new Nuttens pipe

    I’m wondering what it is the coating inside the bowl and should I smoke it or sand it away? It’s blue, maybe to match the hue of the cumberland stem.
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    Is the tenon bent on this Dunhill?

    Because I’ve been recently burnt on an estate Dunhill, I thought I’d ask a question here. This pipe might get bid up beyond me anyway. I thought I would ask about this pipe on auction. Does it look like the tenon is bent? I’m just noticing the way the stem doesn’t seem to fit flush against the...
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    Two Newly Acquired American Estates

    I wanted to share pictures of two new pipes I got from Rebornpipes. Doing business with Rebronpipes is a real pleasure from start to finish. I think that if anyone is looking for an estate pipe they should start there. Anyway, one of these pipes, the Rhodesian, is an Arlington. That company...
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    My 100$ Dunhill

    I got this Dunhill for 100$ “buy it now” auction. I could t resist. It’s a 2015 Shell and I think I fixed it up well. I cleaned it and the rest. The only question I have is about the way the stem fits. It’s doesn’t fit quite as perfect as I would expect as far as the shaping, not the actual...
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    This Stanwell is a Mystery

    I might be wrong, but I think this maybe mystery is solved by the fact that this pipe is found in Japan. Here is a Stanwell Vario with a Regd. No. on it. First of all, I don’t see any evidence that various were made in the patent era. Second of all I’m positive that this is an acrylic stem and...
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    Disagreements about how moist tobacco should be

    At the risk of beating an extremely dead animal I pose this question. I wouldn’t do it, except that I see this come up again and again with no way to bridge the opinion-gap and with confusing answers. Leaving aside that different blends may require different moisture levels for a smoker to...
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