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  1. AreBee

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    First time all in one pic! Dracula Halloweeen 2024 mini-Churchwarden, Christmas 2024 (221), Fermoy B10, Kildare 701 Silver and Arklow (150).
  2. AreBee

    Pipe Night at Connecticut Valley Tobacco Enfield, CT Saturday 11/15

    The return of %2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D']CVT Pipe Night on Saturday, November 15 @6:00 PM. The Hartford Reading Society will NOT be meeting on Thursday, 11/13 and will instead convene at CVT on 11/15. on Saturday, November 15th, The shop will be dedicated to pipe smokers of all...
  3. AreBee

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Enough with all this positivity! Let's get negative! :LOL: What don't you like about Petes? For me it's the fat, rounded shank/stem like on this Sherlock Holmes. It immediately turns me off. I'm also not a big fan of the gap between the shank and stem in the system pipe. Looks incomplete to me.
  4. AreBee

    Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!

    Might be the most beautiful pipe I've ever seen. Just, wow.
  5. AreBee

    Is It Really Necessary To Rotate Pipes? My Opinion!

    I am of a mind that if I don't rotate, the neglected pipes will be mad at me.
  6. AreBee

    Art Deco Antique Hotel Lobby Ashtray

    Beautiful. I just love pieces from this time period I have two art deco ashtray stands which are completely different from each other. One is all chrome and aluminum and very cigarette focused with an integrated 120V lighter element (think old school car lighter). Makes for a good cigar ashtray...
  7. AreBee

    Did Thanksgiving Day Sell Out Already?

    I was new to pipe smoking last year and being a long time patron of Peretti's cigar store I ordered a handful of blends including the Thanksgiving Day blend last year. I really enjoyed the 432, Belmont and B-94 blends but was completely underwhelmed by the Thanksgiving Day blend. I am breaking...
  8. AreBee

    Watch City Rouxgaroux Video

    That was fantastic, thanks for sharing.
  9. AreBee

    Removing oxidation from vulcanite stems.

    Some before and after shots of some of my projects. I start with a Oxiclean bath stirring constantly for 15-30 minutes. If you don’t stir, you’ll get pits where the crystals settle on the stems. Then it’s sanding with 400 grit micro-polishing pads for the tooth chatter working up to 12,000...
  10. AreBee

    Daughter

    Amazing accomplishment!
  11. AreBee

    Cigar TAD 2025

    Five pack fever! Not a bad haul for $4 a stick. Curious about the Man o’ War Armada. I know nothing about it.
  12. AreBee

    Who's Still Enjoying Churchwardens?

    I didn’t know it was a craze! My fourth one just arrived yesterday. A Selver Meer from Meerschaum Gallery’s eBay store. I smoke two of my three others in my regular rotation. The dark pipe is a cheap Italian (Cassillero) and smokes really well. The Peterson is a mini-Churchwarden (Halloween...
  13. AreBee

    What Kind Of Pipe Purchaser Are You?

    I've been smoking for about 2 years now and my 26th pipe just arrived today. A new Meer Churchwarden. Poker style with a basket weave. All in all, I have about a 50-50 mix of new and estate pipes. All the pipes I bought "spoke" to me in some way. It was a shape, or a color, or a texture, or an...
  14. AreBee

    Things I Found Thrifting

    I picked up this Parker No. 125 table lighter for $20 from the local flea market today. A couple dings in it but it polished up nicely. I dug out the wadding to find the wick and repacked it. The flint looked brand new and it aparked up on the first try. I think it dates from the ‘50s or ‘60s...
  15. AreBee

    Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!

    Jumping the gun here because I didn’t take delivery yet, but I ordered this Churchwarden last night from Meerschaum Gallery on eBay. I was thinking about it and they sent me a lower offer so I jumped on it.
  16. AreBee

    What Are You Listening To? - October 2025

    Released 56 years ago today. This would be my deserted island album.
  17. AreBee

    This Weekend's Restorations Batch

    Beautiful. Is that a Pete Meer in the back? Looks like the pipe I saw in the very first restoration video I watched.
  18. AreBee

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    My 2024 Christmas Pipe is losing it's bright copper sheen and the patina is setting in. I like it a lot. I do polish it from time to time but the sheen does not return to it's original state, and I'm fine with that.
  19. AreBee

    R.I.P. Ace Frehley

    Starting the day listening in mourning. RIP Spaceman.
  20. AreBee

    Show Us Your Knife (And Pipe)

    Le Fines Lames Le Petit. Primary occupation is a cigar cutter but I use it to cut plug tobacco. 14C28N Stainless and sharp as hell!