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A Visit to Missouri Meerschaum
I bought a Greywoodie Billiard and a MacArthur, and a medium size can of Great Dane tobacco. Don’t miss Washington Missouri if you are anywhere close to St Louis.- Briar Lee
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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A Visit to Missouri Meerschaum
I’m on the road, but here’s some photos.- Briar Lee
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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A Counterfeit DuPont’s Progress
My fake DuPont arrived today via Brooklyn New York, with no tariff or drama! Sing one Robert Mitchum!- Briar Lee
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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Why Do New Pipes Smoke Hot?
Not only do they smoke hot, they’ll snap, crackle and pop as the heat of the ember finishes the curing of the briar, and causes the briar to sweat. By the way, if the maker was able to use high grade, ancient Pre 54 oil cured and aged Algerian briar the break in process is still present but... -
I Paid Too Much for a Pipe... On Purpose!
Why there is a Nicaraguan and Dominican and Honduran cigar industry is because Castro won the Cuban revolution. A friend sent me a late fifties Dr Grabow $10 grade Rivera. It doesn’t say it’s aged, oil cured, Algerian briar, but it smokes and colors and looks like it. It was the best, of the... -
The Perfect Full Bend
Yes, it was and is Topeka. I’d always heard the Jayhawkers had a mural in their Capitol devoted to the infamous Jim Lane that burned Osceola to the ground, and it’s true. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lane_(politician) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacking_of_Osceola My ancestors... -
The Perfect Full Bend
A wonderful account of restoring an extremely well used Jumbo 9 1/2” Wellington. https://rebornpipes.com/tag/wdc-wellington-jumbo-pipe/#:~:text=From%20Pipedia%20is%20a%20Wellington%20ad%20and,pipe%2C%20but%20it%20had%20a%20number%20of And another... -
Pentax Cameras are Bargains
After a day of playing with this, I’m convinced that if you don’t own a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera and want one, a Pentax K5 (or K5 II or K5 II S) with the weatherproof 18-55 kit lens is hands down the best choice. The best reason is, after you reset it to factory defaults, anybody in...- Briar Lee
- Post #48
- Forum: General Discussion
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Pentax Cameras are Bargains
My Pentax K5 came in today and to say I’m happy is an understatement. I like this better than any DSLR I’ve ever owned, including a full frame Canon 6D and a 7D Mark II. And the kit lens that came with my camera is the highest quality kit lens I’ve ever owned.- Briar Lee
- Post #47
- Forum: General Discussion
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The Perfect Full Bend
In the fall of 1977 I had a new girlfriend (who’d be my first wife) and one day we decided to drive to Wichita Kansas to see the Kansas State Capitol. Just outside Wichita we fueled up at an old gasoline station that had recently been remodeled and there was a big basket of pipes, the previous... -
Show off Your Pipe Maker Pipes
Written sources claim they were made by Whitehall. But Packards were made by Studebaker for a couple of years about the same general time period.:) Two things distinguish a Pipe Maker from a Briarlee: 1. Pipe Maker stamping 2. A different shade of paint (?) or whatever the hard finish coat...- Briar Lee
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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Show off Your Pipe Maker Pipes
Written sources claim they were made by Whitehall. But Packards were made by Studebaker for a couple of years about the same general time period.:) Two things distinguish a Pipe Maker from a Briarlee: 1. Pipe Maker stamping 2. A different shade of paint (?) or whatever the hard finish coat...- Briar Lee
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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***What Are You Smoking, April 2025?***
Velvet in a stereotypical square panel carved Marxman $5 grade Jumbo. No pipe smoked better than a Marxman made at 27 West 24 St. NYC and few were as dog turd ugly. This I think was an earlier pipe with really intricate hand carving and no fills.- Briar Lee
- Post #2,571
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What Are You Listening To - April, 2025
Who Will Buy the Wine was a classic standard nostril nosed high lonesome twanger. Joe Carson version- Briar Lee
- Post #148
- Forum: General Discussion
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A $25 Bertram
During the Golden Age of pipes from 1919 to 1950 Bertram had machine shaped pipes from $1.50 to $10 and hand made straight grains from $10 to $25. This is not the lowest grade, nor the highest. It’s supposed to turn oxblood. That cake will just peel off in seconds, using a sharp pocket... -
A $25 Bertram
About thirty five years ago I discovered 4 hole stinger Kaywoodies, then about twenty years ago Pipes by Lee, and a couple or three years ago Bob and Helen Marx made Marksmans, and this year Bertram’s, made of aged, oil cured, unstained, unvarnished, and unpainted Pre Algerian War of... -
***What Are You Smoking, April 2025?***
Super Value (Sutliff) Amaretto in an angel hair straight grain Bertram 70S.- Briar Lee
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, April 2025?***
Half and Half in a bent Bertram 30.- Briar Lee
- Post #2,480
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Best No Nonsense Way to Pack and Break in a Pipe
Lots of ways to do it, but here’s my method. Take a tiny dab of honey, just enough to coat the chamber. Use a mild tobacco like Carter Hall or Prince Albert. Pack loosely. Tamp often. Smoke it slowly all the way down to the air hole. Smoke a package (1 1/2 ounces) of tobacco slowly to...- Briar Lee
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions