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A Pipe Mystery Solved
In 1998, I bought a cheap but great smoking pipe from a long-past website: a diamond-shanked bent pot. The vulcanite stem is stamped with a “K” with a circle around it (I call the pipe “Circle K” after a convenience store chain). One side was stamped “Kensington,” and the other “Made in London /... -
Mystery Blend: C&D X-Batch
I did some tobacco swapping about 10 or 12 years ago. I ended up with this blend. The story and the tobacco are both long forgotten. I just unearthed the jar recently. It’s labeled “C&D X-Batch” followed by ZPI or some other combination. It’s a nice Latakia blend. I don’t have a refined palate...- greysmoke
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What Fate BBB, Alan's Inspiration, Princes Street?
As one who used to frequent Chief Catoonah's, the Ridgefield, CT, B&M pipe shop of the late Dick Silverman, I'm asking whether the fate of his many blend recipes is known? There's this (closed) thread from nine years ago, that isn't encouraging. If anyone knows anything more recent I would...- greysmoke
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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New-To-Me Humidor, Unexpectedly Arid And Aromatic
I'm not a big cigar smoker, but I stash two or three dozen or so. I also have a couple of pouches of pipe tobacco that I keep humidified. My humidor needs were met for years by a mini-suitcase of black ABS plastic with foam inserts. That, plus a Boveda pack and a hygrometer, was effective and...- greysmoke
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- Forum: Cigar Discussion
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I Think I've Finally Hit Bottom
Over decades of pipe accumulation, building a collection that at one time numbered somewhere between 200 and 300 pipes, I've just completed a years long series of purges. Now, for the first time in -- I don't know how long -- I own just 30 pipes. Still far too many by any rational standard, but...- greysmoke
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Banishing that Old Tire Smell
Title edited for caps. Please read Rule 9! I have a much beloved Abdulla Dribaccy shark skin (sandblast) pipe that needed some serious restoration. Since I have catcher's mitts for hands, I had a friend of mine do the resto and I'm very happy with the outcome. In particular, while he had to...- greysmoke
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Cellar is Bursting - How to Ship Bulk?
Title edited. Folks... I must have more ounces of tobacco in my cellar than I have days left on earth. It's time to thin it out. I can figure out how to put tins into a box, but some of this stuff is bulk, currently in glass jars, much of it aged 10 to 20 years. You can bet it's pretty dry. So...- greysmoke
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Four Commissions
For no particular reason, I'm posting the four pipes I've commissioned over the years. In the first picture, they're: 1) Paul Bonaquisti Ruvido in a "Canadian Prince" shape from 1998. The bowl was designed after an Ashton prince owned by a friend of mine. 2) Bill Boyle re-interpreting the same... -
Advice sought re: Peterson Mark Twain
I’d been on the hunt for a Peterson’s Mark Twain, at a reasonable price, for a long time and was finally able to score one last year. Due to some dings on the sterling silver band and overall heavily-smoked condition, the price was right for me. The pipe is otherwise in great shape and has...
