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Who is Doug Valitchka?
It seems like not only the pipe photos, but the historical advertisement photos and trivia on pipedia comes from this person. I know he sells pipes on eBay. Now here’s a person I would have expected to hear on the PM podcast but, as far as I can tell, that’s not happened. I was just curious if...- milk
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Done with Aromatics…?
…and my family is going to suffer (with the smell of non-A’s) I guess. I’m just no good at this and I know it probably comes down to bad technique. I had smoked Virginia tobaccos for a few years and had few or no problems. At that time, I mostly enjoyed stuff like Full Virginia Flake, and...- milk
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Pipe bits too large and my fix
I wanted to post my silly fix for a silly problem. Actually, many people told me something I didn’t want to believe: wooden stems turn soggy in your mouth and lead to deteriorating bits. One smoke made me realize the situation of this new pipe was untenable. By new, I mean newly acquired. I...- milk
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Show off your No-name Estate Pipes?
Is there a thread for this already? I’m talking about an estate pipe you bought that has no stamp on it. I wanted to ask this: what’s your no-name pipe that you love that you really don’t know who made it? Or maybe you’re just not 100% sure? Do you think it was hand made? Factory made? Is it... -
Lyst System pipe
I’m wondering anyone here has ever owner or tried a Lyst pipe - like the one picture here. Thoughts? https://pipedia.org/images/thumb/1/19/LystSystem01.jpg/300px-LystSystem01.jpg And pipedia link: There- milk
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Elwood Flake #2
So, I see a lot of short comments and inside jokes about this one. Actually, I don’t have access to so many tobaccos here in Japan and I saw this one so I ordered it just to try something different. I have to go with aromatics because of my family. My question is 1. Do I really need to dedicate...- milk
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Are wood stems clench-able?
I see some Zettervig pipes were beautifully carved out of one piece of wood. Do you need those rubber pipe bits to clench comfortably - if you’re a clench-er, that is? -
Question about hand-buffing and restaining
There are so many Rebornpipes pages on this that I’m not sure exactly which to look at. I might bid on this old patent Stanwell. My question is, if you buff away the charring, can you easily match the stain? I have a lot sandpaper grades and different wood stains and stuff but not much...- milk
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Naive question about wholesale and business for a patient person
I'm sorry in advance to ask a kind of naive question as I'm a person who really knows nothing about business. I live in Japan and I notice that a certain kind of attractive line of pipes aren't represented at all in the Japanese market. I was just wondering: Is it possible to get a wholesale...- milk
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Danish pipes
Is there really no current thread for Danish pipes? Do folks here have something against them? This Ben Wade Danish Hand Model 100 pipe will be arriving at my door within a couple of days. I did pay something for it (about 130$) and I’m kind of wondering if Preben Holm likely made this himself... -
Should I bid on this unknown?
So, “unknown” pipes can look great but be terrible smokers, right? This is an auction. Hmm…any thoughts here? It’s nice looking and if the price were right…(very low)? The best I can tell, a “DoppelKrone,” German for double down? - is a Czech made pipe. -
About French Estates
I’ve seen people saying that French pipes fly under the radar a bit, quality-wise, price-wise, etc. This may be a hard question. I’ve seen some beautiful French shapes but I’m wondering about lines of what brands of (or other ways of determining which) pipes are higher quality estates to look... -
Stupid question about sanding the bit
Sorry for a dumb question that’s probably answered many places: when you’re sanding and polishing a vulcanite stem by hand, especially to get rid of oxidation, is there a trick to getting the groove between the button and the bit? Thanks!- milk
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Question about Best Brown Flake
Recently I’ve switched to aromatics like Blue Note and Solani 131, mainly because of my wife and the “fragrance.” Of course, I do miss my Virginia flakes, like SG’s Full Virginia Flake. I was just looking at reviews for Best Brown Flake and I notice that people say the room note is pleasant. So...- milk
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Help with a Kaywoodie
Hi folks. I can’t seem to receive an email verification to activate my membership on the Kaywoodie Talk website and I’m really curious about this Kaywoodie I picked up. I wonder if there are any Kaywoodie mavens around here? I won this tiny little Drinkless on auction (I was surprised when I...