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  1. settersbrace

    Edgeworth Ready Rubbed:

    I apologize in advance if this has been asked numerous times before but I've been wondering if anyone is aware of anything produced today that those who've smoked the original can say is a good or close replacement? This question stands for the full flake or the rubbed version.
  2. settersbrace

    Pipe Leather?

    I'm looking to upgrade my pipe luggage from my current 3 pipe kit to something a little more substantial. I don't even remember where I got the one I'm using now. It's a notebook type that zips shut, has 3 pipe loops and a small lined tobacco pouch with snaps and that's about useless, I use it...
  3. settersbrace

    When do you enter the "zone"?

    I'm curious to see how others pass judgement on new to them blends or what is the most anticipated part of a bowl full of a regularly smoked tobacco. Most of the time, particularly with VaPer's, I find the sublime region kicks in just prior to and on through the mid bowl portion of the smoke...
  4. settersbrace

    Looking to get into my first Barling:

    As the title suggests I'd like to get a good estate burner and would like some shopping advice. I know there are some serious collectors/smokers here and I'd just like to get some good, up front buying tips if that's possible. Am I looking at $150-$200 to get in the game or does that price range...
  5. settersbrace

    Maintenance;

    This may or may not be better placed in "pipes" forum but I'm not looking for specific advise. What I'm curious to know is what are the habits you all follow as it relates to you're pipe cleaning; after a bowl, after several bowls, after several weeks of regular rotation? Also, let me know how...
  6. settersbrace

    Back from the proverbial ash heap!: (warning! Loong)

    As I'm sure at least one or two of you all may have noticed my presence on the pipe forums has been non-existent for 6 or so months. There are many reasons for my a vacation from the ever whimsical, knowledgable, thought provoking and often times, hilarious threads and I've honestly not even...
  7. settersbrace

    I Think I Love Perique!

    No, I'm not new to it and it's not that I ever disliked it or wasn't sure about what it does for a blend but this summer has turned into a summer of discovery for me as it pertains to pipe tobaccos. Perique is present in some English blends, Nightcap for example and for a pretty long time I...
  8. settersbrace

    Ahh!.......Condor!

    Simon, (Condorlover) kindly sent a green pouch of the Ready Rubbed version of Condor as a result of his last voyage abroad and as curious as I was to finally try it I've done so with a little apprehension. Reading what's been posted on these forums can easily leave you confused as to what the...
  9. settersbrace

    Any Magic Pioes?

    I have read in the past (I believe in Dr. Fred Hanna's Perfect Smoke) about the elusive magic pipes, the one in a thousand that delivers the most flavorful, least troublesome smoking experience often without being dedicated to one type or style of pipe tobaccos. It's said that a collector would...
  10. settersbrace

    Started a Woman On Pipe Smoking!

    We had a young woman come into the shop yesterday looking to buy a "lady pipe". She had the usual backstory that is so often heard, she smoked some CB in a Dr. G when she was in college and would like to get back into it for the relaxation aspect of the hobby. I showed her several pipes in many...
  11. settersbrace

    A Near Perfect Smoke!

    After dinner this evening I reached for some Dunhill Flake and a MM egg and rubbed out a flake and a half. I've been just folding and stuffing but thought I'd try something different and the flake really came apart nicely. I loaded my pipe, scooped up the fine bits for tinder and set to a...
  12. settersbrace

    Sherlock Holmes on TV This Week!

    A new channel (as far as I know) on Verizon FIOS called GET TV is airing nothing but old movies from the 40's and 50's including many westerns, thrillers and the like. On Monday morning, 6am EST, Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green aires starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. I'm recording...
  13. settersbrace

    McClellands Dark Navy Flake:

    An unusual request came into the shop yesterday as a customer called in what I later discovered is a 2-3 times a year thing. He wanted as much DNF as we could provide but it had to be long thick flakes, no broken pieces or shake. We weighed out 3 pounds of the beef jerky looking hot pressed...
  14. settersbrace

    What Happened To MLC?

    I have not seen a post from Misterlowercase in some time. Does anyone know him or know of his whereabouts? Hope all is well.
  15. settersbrace

    Ferndown:

    I posted this in the pipes forum as a test but thought I'd share it officially on here. I christened it today with a half bowl of ODF. I'm planning to break it in slow and easy. It's a Les Wood Ferndown 2 star squat Bulldog with a nicely done silver band. It's the most pricey of my pipes and I...
  16. settersbrace

    Test For Photo;

    Testing my uploading. A new addition to my stable. A Les Wood 2 star Ferndown.
  17. settersbrace

    OT: Witnessed an Armed Bank Heist Today.

    I had just finished completing a deposit and was exiting my neighborhood bank today when a masked gunman forced his way in and robbed the tellers and a customer with a fist full of dollars. Scary stuff but fortunately no one was injured. The teller who had the gun at her head was on her very...
  18. settersbrace

    Is EMP An Oriental?

    I have been trying and smoking some Orientals recently and have fallen hard for the McClelland Grand Oriental series thanks to the generosity of a fellow piper. I've also been smoking Dunhill's EMP for years, pounds of it in fact and I've had both the Murray's version and the much improved...
  19. settersbrace

    Got Me Some New Religion!

    I posted in an earlier thread today on dark fired tobaccos that I was in the process of smoking my first ever bowl of Old Dark Fired. I have subsequently finished that bowl and am now smoking another and I am having a huge problem with it. I only brought home roughly 3 bowls in a sample bag that...
  20. settersbrace

    Getting an OEM Replacement Stem?

    I have a Radice Silk Cut canted billiard that has an ever so slight bend to the stem. This is a hand made pipe that was stamped 2005 and originally had the Twin Bore stem with the Radice 2 dot inlay. I broke that stem in like 2006 and sent it out from my B&M to have a new stem cut. The...
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