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  1. Buffalo

    Long term storage question

    My system for aging is mylar bags. The main blend I age is Luxury Bullseye Flake. I've found that just a few years on these coins is heavenly! I prefer to purchase LBF in the 1.5 pound boxes, I actually just put the whole box, into a mylar bag, push as much air out as I can and seal them. I date...
  2. Buffalo

    Restorers. Anybody tried wood filler for fills?

    I see a lot of fills on the older estate pipes I have worked on. Dr Grabows, Kaywoodies, EA Carey and a myriad of other "workhorse" pipes. From what I have seen is that a lot of the nicer factory made pipes usually don't have fills, but are instead rusticated to mask the imperfections in a piece...
  3. Buffalo

    Loose Stem

    I've used CA glue to repair holes in buttons before with no ill effect, but the button isn't getting heated like the bowl is. MM uses wood glue when they attach the shank to the bowl, so it's a safe option for adhesives. The most important part after getting the cracks stabilized will be to get...
  4. Buffalo

    Loose Stem

    Being that it is most likely a lost cause, I'd suggest this: Ream the chamber and sand to bare wood. From the outside of the bowl, apply thinned wood glue (wood glue and water) to the cracks, then allow to dry. From the chamber side, mix up some bowl coating, I prefer to use activated charcoal...
  5. Buffalo

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***

    A bowl of Rouxgaroux loaded up for my lunch break in a Savinelli Punto Oro 677KS. I bought this pipe from Val Shannahan years ago. Sadly he passed last year. I sure have missed our chats about pipe repair and restoration. I had always intended to meet up with him on one of my sojourns back to...
  6. Buffalo

    Soup

    Being a good Nebraska boy, Corn Chowder is on the menu at least every other week at our house.
  7. Buffalo

    Holiday Cocktails

    My wife, mother and sister are huge Harry Potter fans, so a few years ago I learned how to make buttered beere for them. It has become a Christmas tradition ever since. It's basically a quality ale, cooked with mulling spices, then an egg and sugar mixture is worked into the beer and finally...
  8. Buffalo

    Your "No Fuss/Go To" Tobacco?

    Probably MacBaren Roll Cake. Doesn't seem to matter if I rub it out, stuff it, smoke it right out of the tin or pack the pipe and smoke it hours later, it always seem to smoke just right.
  9. Buffalo

    Got My Badge

    They figured if your worked the pole hard enough, you'd got enough dollar bills thrown at you that you could buy your drinks! Oh wait. That's a different pole.
  10. Buffalo

    What Are You Listening To? November 2022

    Up to a just a few days ago, my go to had been 40s Junction on Sirius XM. I got into my truck yesterday to drive home and it was on the Holiday Channel. And my preset had been changed from 40s Junction to the Holiday Channel as well. Of course, I accused my wife of changing it when she drove it...
  11. Buffalo

    What would be your 2022 Holiday Blend?

    I like the way you think!
  12. Buffalo

    What would be your 2022 Holiday Blend?

    Well at least you haven't moved into true wino territory, the good ole drain-o cocktail.
  13. Buffalo

    What would be your 2022 Holiday Blend?

    I'd have to concur. The only difference I found between the two was how goopy one was versus the other, and that could totally be related to how they were stored prior to being shipped.
  14. Buffalo

    Pipe Wisdom & Whimsy from G.L. Pease - New Article for November 2022

    As always, Greg's column is an interesting read!
  15. Buffalo

    Restorers. Anybody tried wood filler for fills?

    I've had good luck with the minwax stainable wood filler. The trick I figured out is that 1) you need to rough up the inside of the pit and 2) when applying the filler to the pit, you have to make sure that you don't trap air either behind or in the filler. To rough up the inside of the pit, I...
  16. Buffalo

    Watch City Rouxgaroux next week !

    Received my order today! I'm stocked for another year on rouxgaroux, looming forward to trying the two new SPC plugs.
  17. Buffalo

    Cob Stem

    Cobs are my bang around pipes. However, even though they are relatively inexpensive, I and many others may wind up smoking them for several years. With that being said, I despise the stems that come with them. They are very soft and they do get a chewed up look relatively quickly. To combat...
  18. Buffalo

    Watch City Rouxgaroux next week !

    Hype wise, nothing ever is as @OSOBUCO stated. However, if you are a virginia smoker, this blend is worth going after. WCC blends have taken the place of McClelland blends in my daily rotation.
  19. Buffalo

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***

    I stumbled upon this one, very lightly used in an antique mall a few years ago. If memory serves me correctly, I paid $40 for it. Has the original case and box as well.
  20. Buffalo

    Family Insults

    Unfortunately words on a screen are hard to convey sarcasm.
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