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  1. chopper

    Chinese Made Briars - Warning Will Robinson!

    Several years back I bid on and won a few Road Town pipes on ebay. I'm a bit of a bargain hunter so I won them all for a reasonable price. The seller represents a number of Chinese pipe makers and sells them under the Road Town label. She's a right nasty piece of work [who appeared to have the...
  2. chopper

    New Old Stock Pipes up to 100yo.

    A few years back I used ebay auctions as a bit of therapy, a distraction from life. A 100+yo German tobacconist closed that must have had thousands of pipes dating back to at least 1900. Buying way more than I needed, many wound up just sitting in boxes. Recently I sorted through those boxes...
  3. chopper

    9lb Block of Plum Pudding Giveaway.

    I've not seen this mentioned here; www.tobaccopipes.com has a competition where the prize is a 9lb block of SPC Plum Pudding. One must jump through a few hoops to be in the running but hey, for a chance to win that it's worth the effort. [Sorry, don't know how to capture a screen shot]
  4. chopper

    Breaking in an MM Cob.

    Title edited: unimportant words lower cased. I've got nine MM cobs stuck in Chicago while USPS has shut down mail to Oz. As much as I like MM cobs - good smokers - I'm really not looking forward to breaking them in on their eventual arrival. The vegetal taste from the first few bowls...
  5. chopper

    Missouri Meerschaum Promo Codes Anyone?

    Recently I killed my Country Gentlemen cob accidentally, leaving me just two cobs. I've been meaning to add a few more cobs to my rotation so it's time to bite the bullet. Nine cobs - including a Dagnar Poker and a Dwarf Cobbit adds up to $128usd. Not bad for nine pipes but with postage and...
  6. chopper

    Aged AJ's Vaper

    When I first discovered that I was able to buy tobacco on-line from the U.S., I really had little understanding of various tobacco leaf and my preferences. [Choice of blends is very limited here in Oz. Before then I only smoked two blends for several years] Tobaccoreviews was a big help -...
  7. chopper

    Casings and Toppings With Rum/Whiskey/Liqueurs

    Over the last few years I've grown a few pounds of Burley. Drying/curing sure is a steep learning curve. Lost around 20% of last years harvest that dried green. Not wanting to lose any more due to a dumb-dumb mistake I'm trying to learn as much as possible. I've bought a 13yo spiced...
  8. chopper

    Dr Pats Irish Mixture.

    Choice of pipe tobacco blends is rather limited at local tobacconists here in Oz. One commonly found blend is Dr Pats Irish Mixture. It's been around for years. Back in 4th grade my teacher occasionally smoked a bowl in the classroom during lunch. The aroma on our return to class was just...
  9. chopper

    How To Loosen A Stuck Stinger.

    I've bought quite a few NOS antique pipes; most have a stinger/condenser. Stingers are a good idea in theory but I don't find them at all practical. Over time many of them have become firmly stuck in the tenon of the stem. Trying to remove them with brute force runs the risk of cracking the...
  10. chopper

    Antique New Old Stock Briars.

    G'day everyone. When a 100+yo German pipe shop closed, they must have had a heap of NOS that a German seller has been selling for some time now. He sold on ebay then set up a website - www.markenpipes.com - I've bought way more pipes than what I need from when he was on ebay and several from...
  11. chopper

    Brits; On-Line Retailers. Need Recommendations.

    G'day Brits. What British on-line pipe and tobacco retailers could you recommend for a fellow Brit? An internet acquaintance has given away cigars and would like to pick up a pipe. Thanks.
  12. chopper

    Pricey Pipes.

    Whenever I see pipes with outrageous prices my first thought is 'Is that a typo?' Who would pay $1k or more for a pipe? Or more than $500 for that matter. Were I a multi-millionaire I still couldn't justify spending huge money on a pipe, especially since that I doubt that they smoke any...
  13. chopper

    Volkan Reverse Calabash

    I'd been looking for a Reverse Calabash to add to my collection & to see how they actually smoke. It wasn't easy to find one within my budget. They don't seem to exist under $100usd [which works out at $150aud + postage] Saw this one on ebay with a starting price at around $55usd [including...
  14. chopper

    Antique NOS Pipes.

    G'day everyone. Starting in 2018 a German e-bay seller had NOS from a recently closed 100+yo German tobacconist. He had some really cool pipes. I bought way more than I need. Many I use for display but have a few antiques in my pipe rotation. The ones that I've lit up are all excellent...
  15. chopper

    Venini Briars.

    Before I'd won a nos 80'S Venini smooth 1/4 bent Apple on ebay, I hadn't heard the name before. I've now got five Venini's. If I can figure out how to post pics, I'll show a few. Good looking pipes. The three that are in my rotation are good smokers. Three take a pipe cleaner through to the...
  16. chopper

    G'day from Australia.

    Just dropped by to say g'day from Australia. There's over 30 pipes in my rotation, from a Peterson Sherlock Holmes to 100yo antique briars that were NOS, to 3 MM cobs. Tobacco is extremely expensive here. Thanks to indexed tax hikes every six months, 50 grams of tobacco will be $100 by years...
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