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  1. Lefty W.

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

    Sutliff Cringle Flake, 2019 edition, in a Hardcastle 1/8 bent apple It's Christmas in July.
  2. Lefty W.

    What Brought You To The Pipe?

    I, also have always been intrigued... When I was just a kid, my great uncle showed me and my little brothers how to make pipes out of dried corn cobs and hollow reeds... My uncle on my mother's side was a life-long piper; he seemed to favor bent bulldogs, and I always liked the aroma and the way...
  3. Lefty W.

    New from Houston, TX

    Welcome from another forum newbie! I am originally from Houston. I don't know if this sort of thing is allowed, but I presume you know about The Briar Shoppe in West University? A very nice pipe and cigar store, although I have not been able to visit for a few years.
  4. Lefty W.

    Hello from Austin, TX

    Actually, I have been here in Austin for more years than I care to disclose; originally from Houston, came here to go to school, and like so many others, decided to stay. Where in Louisiana are you originally from? My father had a oil drilling company based in Houston, but the operations were...
  5. Lefty W.

    Hello from Austin, TX

    Yes, I have heard of the Austin Pipe Club, but I have not yet been able to attend a meeting.
  6. Lefty W.

    Hello from Austin, TX

    I just confirmed that my first is a Peterson model 317 p-lip. I still have mine, as well. Of course, I am horrified to realize that I misspelled “meerschaum“ in my introductory post. That sorta thing usually bugs me.
  7. Lefty W.

    Hello from Austin, TX

    I have not heard that before; good to know. I'll need to look that up at the LBJ library here in town.
  8. Lefty W.

    Hello from Austin, TX

    I hope you had a good time. We play a little game here in Austin; it's called "You should have seen it (x) [years] [days] [hours] ago..."
  9. Lefty W.

    Hello from Austin, TX

    Thank you, Jay. I had heard about the Austin Pipe Club, but I have never seemed to be able to make it to a meeting up north. I am south, near Zilker Park. Do some of the meetings take place at Pipe World?
  10. Lefty W.

    Hello from Austin, TX

    Hello, all. I am an occasional pipe smoker, mostly during the cooler months. I got the itch decades ago, while in high school, smoking the obligatory drug store blends such as Borkum Riff. My first pipe was a smaller Peterson system pipe, and my second was a gourd and meershaum calabash. I...