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    Quintessential Pipe from Various Makers?

    For how much I smoke, I definitely do not need any more pipes, but I know this group understands the desire of PAD. In an attempt to keep the collection as “limited” the best I can, I’m interested in hearing what the Quintessential pipe is for the following pipe makers: Peterson, Savinelli, Dr...
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    Time to Confess

    Some of these #'s are astounding...I really have my work cut out for me.
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    First Visit to Pipes by George

    I'm a newbie pipe smoker in the Raleigh area, I've been to Georges about 3 times. I always felt comfortable and not "oversold" or pressured into buying anything more than a new pipe smoker should get. I feel the advice was helpful and felt welcomed in the store. "Old school" stores are so much...
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    Pipe Smoking in WW1

    Pipe wise, I seem to remember more scenes with pipes in the later episodes, but Anthony, as you mentioned, even with out the pipes, it's interesting.
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    Pipe Smoking in WW1

    Hello. I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this post, but I wanted to share an interesting documentary on WW1 on YouTube. To see what people went through is really something else, and makes you grateful for their sacrifice. I'm sharing this with the pipe community because there are a...
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    Armellini vs Mauro Armellini

    Thanks for sending the link.
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    Armellini vs Mauro Armellini

    Hello. Can anyone let me know if they have experience with the ARMELLINI pipes that are listed in e-Bay? They look very nice, and seem to be a lot less expensive than "Mauro Armellini" Are they connected companies, and is there a big difference in their quality? I know you usually get what you...
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    Resting a Pipe

    If a pipe is used to smoke only one or two bowls, does it need to rest, or can 1 pipe be used indefinitely day after day if it's only getting used for 1 or 2 bowls? Thank you in advance.
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    Slow Smoke Meaning

    I have a question that fits this thread vs starting a new thread. If you let the pipe sit to the point where it gets cold, do you suggest doing a thorough relight (as if it was the charring light) or once the initial charring light took place, any relight should just be a "quick relight"? Thanks.
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    Figuring out What Type of Tobacco I Really Like?

    I'm curious as to how long it takes to find a tobacco you really liked? When you are a new pipe smoker like myself trying to deal with the learning curve, there is a lot of factors that can affect the tobacco experience. There are also so many tobaccos to chose from it's easy to suffer from the...
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    21st Annual TAPS Pipe Show - Raleigh, NC - April 7, 2018

    As I new pipe smoker in the Raleigh area (Wake Forest) I was really hoping to get to this show, but I need to travel out of town. Are there any other shows that I could keep my eyes open for? Thank you. Chris
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    Need to quit...

    To the OP, best of luck to you. As someone who is still very new to pipe smoking, it is so great to see the responses in this thread being supportive vs being opportunistic in looking to get a deal on new pipes.
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    Independence Hall Pipes

    I had the pleasure of visiting Independence Hall in Philadelphia recently and thought it was very cool seeing clay pipes on many of the desks where the Declaration of Independence was written. There were more than what I tried to highlight.
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    Ghosting Question

    Is there a rule of thumb on how many bowls of tobacco it would typically take to ghost a briar pipe? Thanks for all of the help I have received in the past to my newbie questions.
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    New to me estate pipe

    Thanks for the replies. FWIW,I'm totally fine with smoking an estate pipe. I was just wondering if it's common to do a deep bowl cleaning if there's a lot of cake. I did smoke the estate pipe earlier,and feel a touch of the Spanish Flu coming on ;)
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    New to me estate pipe

    Sorry about the multiple pics. I cant seem to get them to size right.
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    New to me estate pipe

    If this was covered in other “estate” threads, I apologize. I have a question on smoking estate pipes. I just bought a Jirsa estate pipe that looks very clean. Not a lot of cake, and the stem is extremely clean. I’ve cleaned the stem, shank with bristle cleaners, vodka until the pipe cleaners...
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    Pipe Reamer question

    Hello. I’m still very new to pipe smoking, and I love everything about it….except the inability to really enjoy the smoking part (smile) due to the learning curve (not staying lit, not getting good taste, poor packing technique and all the other newbie errors you can think of. I trust that it...
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    Looking At Pipes Can Be An Addiction

    I’m very new to pipe smoking, but I’ve always had a real appreciation for any handmade crafts, where people put their heart into their products. I can’t stop looking at pipes…even for the few that I wouldn’t necessarily purchase if money was no object, are so beautiful. I can absolutely see how...