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  1. maxpeters

    Pipes and Cigars Policy ?

    I was looking through the Pipes and Cigars end of summer catalogue, and saw this Big Ben pipe that I thought looked nice. It's a Maxim white colored pipe. I've never owned one before, so I thought why not. I'll give it a try. Received it yesterday and smoked several bowls in it. I guess it...
  2. maxpeters

    100 Skills Every Man Should Know

    Damn. Why all the sarcasm? Thanks carver. It was an interesting read.
  3. maxpeters

    Angler's Dream, RIP

    I sure hope the blend can be saved. I would pay a little more for a tub personally. When I sit down for a smoke, and just can't quite decide what I'm in a mood for, I usually choose Angler's Dream. It never fails to satisfy.
  4. maxpeters

    Filters are a bunch of horse radish & it kind of pisses me off

    I just use the Savinelli 6mm adaptor on those pipes. Works great. For the 9mm filters pipes I use this little adaptor. I've found it works the best. I can't remember where I got it, but it was just recently. I bought several. The adaptor just snaps into the tenon, and reduces the air hole to...
  5. maxpeters

    In defense of pipe smoking

    There's no way I can prove this, but I think pipe smoking has lowered my blood pressure. I have suffered from hypertension for many years. It has been in the 175-189 over 99 range for a long while. Now I have been a pipe smoker since 1984, but during the past year I have increased my pipe...
  6. maxpeters

    Sugar Barrel fans

    Thanks uncleblackie. One of my favorite codger blends. Just ordered two tubs. They should three left. Sometimes you just want a simple smoke. Tobacco flavor with just a hint of sweetness. Very satisfying. Nice timing too. I was on my last tub of this stuff.
  7. maxpeters

    Edwards Pipe Site

    MSO, I run into the same thing you did while looking for Edwards pipes three months ago. I called several areas the country trying to track some down, but no luck. I finally talked with someone at the Fla. store, I'll include my post: "I just talked with someone at Edwards Pipe and Tobacco in...
  8. maxpeters

    How Old is Pipe Rotation ?

  9. maxpeters

    How Old is Pipe Rotation ?

  10. maxpeters

    How Old is the Briar in our Pipes?

    I don't know. Back in Barling's heyday they believed that you couldn't make a good pipe with briar less that 80-100 years old. Then back in the '70's I read that it was believed that you needed briar at least 50 years old to make a decent pipe. I was reading just the other day where a custom...
  11. maxpeters

    The Quality Freebie Cobs at Work

    Thanks booker, I didn't know that about the sticker on the bottom of the ones with no plug. Before you cob lovers start lighting your torches and reaching for your pitchforks, just know that I like cob pipes. I've had quite a few over the years, and still own a couple. But I think it would be...
  12. maxpeters

    The Quality Freebie Cobs at Work

    Yeah, that's a shame. I guess there are cobs, and then there are COBS. They obviously have different quality tiers, as would be expected, but still. I have an old Freehand cob that I bought about 30 years ago. I still smoke it fairly regularly. It's still going strong. I also have a newer one...
  13. maxpeters

    Tobacco PH

    I'm not the smartest egg in the carton, but just from experience I don't put a lot of stock in the alkalinity theory. Sure, it may have some effect, and some people it may affect differently than other people, but I think tongue bite comes mainly from the hot steam in the smoke. And the way you...
  14. maxpeters

    Show us your cellar

    I understand stocking up on some of your favorite blends because they may be discontinued at some point. That, or that tobacco may at some point become prohibited by "our" govt. I do understand, but at the same time I hate the reasons for the need to have to do that. It just irks the hell out of...
  15. maxpeters

    I'm intrigued and have to start this thread

    Yeah shikano, I've noticed the same thing. Not so much from the members here on the forum, but by people I know personally. That, and a lot of pipe smokers are partial to hats. Not just they ubiquitous ball cap, but real hats with brims. I wear a straw Panama Fedora a lot of the time, but I've...
  16. maxpeters

    Savinelli Question

    I have often wondered, usually while smoking one, if their Autograph line of pipes are allowed to have fills. I always thought that their Autograph was their top of the line pipe. But then I've read that only the Giubileo d'Oro pipes are not allowed to have fills, and are made using their best...
  17. maxpeters

    GQ Tobacco

    I ordered 3 1/2 oz. of Askwith Kake earlier today. The shipping charges were high though. Ouch.
  18. maxpeters

    New Stanwell

    ben88, yep. Seems to be a popular size opening for those who like a more open draw. I personally like a draft hole of between 3 mm and 4 mm. But all I was able to come up with was the 5mm tubing, so I used that, and it seems to work fine. If I ever find something that is a little smaller, and...
  19. maxpeters

    New Stanwell

    Received a new Stanwell a few days ago. The pipe is a shape 11 Rondo. I've been putting it through it's paces and it smokes just fine. Now. Although that wasn't the case when I first got it. The problem wasn't the size, or shape, or any defects per se, or the usual things that can make a pipe a...
  20. maxpeters

    Your Tattoo Stories?

    No, no tattoos here either. I agree with you shutterbug, tattoos on women just seem all wrong. The tackiest thing I ever saw was a beautiful young girl in a white wedding gown, with tattoos running up her arms, and on her back. I was thinking " damn, and she's proud of that?" Just all wrong.
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