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    Your 4th of July Blends.....

    Good idea. Some fantasmic fireworks this evening near Philly. Patriot Flake in the Briarworks poker from the 2018 UPCA Slow Smoke. hp les
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    Who Carved this W.Ø. Larsen?

    Yo craig expand the pix and look closely at the top of the shank right next to the stem and shank adornment. The 'handmade' is pretty much muted, but I can see it. hp les
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    Very Sad News

    Sante was a truly generous and sharing gentleman. I enjoyed casting bamboo fly rods with him. The whole angling community is forever indebted to him for setting up the forum dedicated to cane fly rods. I think I knew him before he and I got into pipes, which he did with his characteristic...
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    Philly's Christopher Morley's PC Thursday 20June 7:00pm

    We're back to the regular schedule. June's Morley's meeting is on the usual 3rd Thursday, 20June. Pen & Pencil Club, 7:00pm though doors open at 6:30. A member from LA (the state) will be visiting us for the first time! hp les
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    Philly's Morley's PC Thursday 16May 7:00pm

    Morley's is next week, the 3rd Thursday 16May, at the Pen&Pencil Club as usual. Expect tales from the fabulous CPCC show at Pheasant Run, and maybe samples of the new blends that were introduced. hp les
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    Mold :0

    Yo gor - even if you're not living out in Chester County's mushroom country, there's no question your air is full of various mold spores, germs, fungi and, these springy days, pollen. That's why blenders spray antifungal compounds like calcium propionate on their stuff. hp les
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    Philly's Morley's PC Thursday 18Apr 7:00pm

    April's Morley's is next week, the 3rd Thursday, ie 18April. 7:00pm at the Pen & Pencil as usual. Food, libations, conversation, and tobacco are available. Some will be finalizing plans for the big Chicago CPCC Pipe Show at Pheasant Run in a couple of weeks. hp les
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    Latakia Bomb Nuke, Highest Nicotine?

    Yo oldb Though Latbomb Hermit (Captain Earle) Ten Russians has the rep for a nic-hit, my vote goes to the aptly named C&D Bow Legged Bear. hp les
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    Thank You Cornell & Diehl

    Yo didi - I too am a C&D fan, and of course the other brands they produce (GLP, Drucquer's, Two Friends, Castello) also have representatives in the Top300 Cellar. What batch number was your defunct Briar Fox? hp les
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    Sunday Afternoon Sticker Shock at the Local B&M in PA

    Yo Jon, Nat, and Dan - include me in when this smokefest happens. I'm not that far from that TB. hp les
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    Pipe Survey Results

    All's well with the UPCA link now. I messaged Doc Garr and Tom Wolfe about the snag, and they promptly hopped on it. The original problem may have been mainly with Chrome. The results and analysis are very interesting, but I can see folks jumping in with ways to improve the sampling for the...
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    Philly's Morley's PC Wednesday 20Mar 7:00pm

    Contrary to our usual 3rd Thursday, March's Morley's is 20Mar, a Wednesday. There will be post mortems of the New York Pipe Show and preplanning for the big one near Chicago. hp les
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    New York Pipe Show 2019

    Yo sho - JRCigars Whippany is 24 miles, 40 minutes, NW of Newark airport. hp les
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    Largest Stores Still in Business

    If you are visiting San Francisco, go across the Golden Gate Bridge to Telford's, in Mill Valley - Marin County. It is a very friendly, classy, amply pipe oriented tobacconist with lots of chairs to smoke, both indoors and on the porch. hp les
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    Philly's Morley's PC Thursday 21Feb 7:00pm

    February meeting is next week, 3rd Thursday as usual (21Feb), at the Pen & Pencil Club at 7:00pm. It will be a busy pipe week, with IPSD on the 20th and the NYPC celebration on Saturday 23Feb at the Barclay-Rex near Wall Street. Some of us will be at the NJ Fellowship of Pipe Smokers IPSD party...
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    Please Help, Very Frustrated

    Yo Jas Are you located in the Northeast? I'm thinking, within range of a pipe club with folks who could observe and show you various techniques. hp les
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    Lehigh Valley Pipe Club

    Yo dar - next monthly LVPC meeting is Tuesday, 22Jan - 7:00 or so at The Wooden Match in Bethlehem. Hope to see you there. hp les
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    Name That Flake!

    Just got a great package from tra, and I sure had fun playing! This was harder than I thought. I will enjoy the samples just as much. Thanks, transpose! hp les
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    A Kind Word for Bamboo

    Yo Banjo - I don't know if Nording made many bamboo shanked pipes, but I have several. The latest one just came from Saatchi this month, but my first one is at least 20 YO. hp les
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    Philly's Morley's PC Thursday 17Jan 7:00

    The first Morley's of 2019 will be next week, the usual 3rd Thursday, 17Jan, at the Pen & Pencil Club at 7:00pm. We need to talk about IPSD, which is 20Feb and will be before the February meeting. hp les