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  1. drsam

    How long have you been smoking a pipe?

    I grew up on A small tobacco farm in Kentucky in an era when almost everyone used tobacco in some form. Almost everyone started smoking at an early age. I guess that I was about 12 years old when I got serious about it. I did however clinch a pipe when I was cutting my first teeth back in...
  2. drsam

    No Cigars or Pipes (Sign at the Bar)

    Here in Hermann Mo. You can smoke in almost all of the Taverns and bars. The Barrel bar is the oldest continually operating bar west of the Mississippi river.
  3. drsam

    What Are You Smoking? May 2012

    My morning smoke of Capitol Stairs in A Pete 306 with a large cup of dark roast coffee made in A French press.
  4. drsam

    What Are You Smoking? May 2012

    PA in A MM Diplomat
  5. drsam

    If You Could Only Smoke One Blend

    Prince Albert. (Geezer blend for an old Geezer.)
  6. drsam

    Been Gone but now back with A good tobacco book.

    I have been out of pocket for a few months without internet service. I had to take care of my 95 year old mother who went into a sudden decline. (Dementia) I found A very interesting book about everything there is to know about tobacco including history, growing, and curing. It is a free book...
  7. drsam

    Shredder, man you want one of these!

    Ya well.....how about this one? A real baccy shredder made in Germany for plugs.
  8. drsam

    Shredder, man you want one of these!

    You want A grinder? How about a real vintage cast iron tobacco grinder? Grinds flakes, plugs, and almost anything else that will fit in it.
  9. drsam

    What Are You Smoking? Happy New Year 2012! II

    Velvet in a Kaywoody standard.
  10. drsam

    Looking for a good bacci plug cutting knife

    How about a vintage tabletop model designed for plugs?
  11. drsam

    Your Most Unusual Pipe

    This is a Rettke briar pipe made in Washington Mo. about 50 or 60 years ago. The shank has two connected chambers one with an aluminum condenser and the other with a standard Medico filter. The smoke path is twice the length of the shank, first passing over the condenser then thru the filter...
  12. drsam

    Historic Tobaccos

    They probably smoked something like this.
  13. drsam

    Pipe Mud and Pipe Cement (WARNING: GIANT POST)

    I agree. Make it a sticky. Now if I just had a fireplace......
  14. drsam

    What Do You Think of Orlick Golden Slices

    GS is quiet good. I have two tins in the cellar but I think that Escudo is just a bit more tasty. If everyone liked the same thing there would only be one distillery. (Sure and it would be in Ireland.)
  15. drsam

    Porcelain pipe???

    Most of them smoke pretty good but they tend to fall apart if you are not careful.
  16. drsam

    Porcelain pipe???

    BB (Before Briar) Porcelain was the Choice for high dollar pipes in Europe. The usually have a very long stem. ( check out my avatar with 140 year old Austrian pipe.) Yes, the bowl and the wind cover get hot.
  17. drsam

    What is your current "go to" or "everyday" smoke?

    switch between PA and Carter Hall
  18. drsam

    Ceramic Pipes Info??

    Ceramic pipes were a Big thing in Northern and central Europe from early 1800's to WWII. bowl inside was unglazed. Smoke good but hot to touch. that was reason for long stems. Usually made in several pieces. Bowl. shoe or foot, stem, and bit. Bit was usually carved horn, stem was wood or horn...
  19. drsam

    Fly Fishers/tyers

    I have been fly fishing and tying flys for almost sixty years. sometimes as many as 3000 flys/year from Salmon flys to size 24 Trout flys. I used to fly to Alaska on a fishing trip with 400 or 500 Salmon flys which paid for the trip. Cannot do it any more due to sight and shaky hands. I would...
  20. drsam

    Concerns Over Rights to Smoke in Military

    During the American Revolution, George Washington sent a message to Congress which boiled down said "If you cannot send money, send tobacco!"