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Show Off Your Radice Pipes Here!
That dublin is the most appealing Radice I have seen. I always thought their shaping was a bit awkward, especially the blasted ones. That dublin is very elegant.- chispa
- Post #24
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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How Do You Open a New Tin of Tobacco?
We all can agree that Peck is an accomplished tin opener but am I the only one a bit offended at the fact he is charging a fee?? It is an insult to the craft and art of tin popping !! What about the time honored tradition of apprenticing with a master. Start by emptying ashtrays, polishing...- chispa
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Need Help Spending My Xmas Bonus
Ryan Alden An example of Ryan Alden's artistry AldenPipes.com Username Lonestar around here. $200-$300 puts you in the sweet spot for quality/value from an American Carver that will make you exactly what you want. Both Alden and Crawford are ones to watch. -
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Viprati, New VaPer by Russ O.
"Russ Ouellette, started out with three different Virginias, selected for their sweetness, along with a healthy amount of Perique. To round it out, a special fire-cured tobacco is added to add richness and body." Anyone try this yet??- chispa
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- Replies: 5
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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An Experiment
Log splitter sounds much more fun than c clamps.- chispa
- Post #11
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Make Your Own War Horse Bar!
Somebody grt your steam punk goggles and top hat on and whip up a batch. I'd like to see pictures of this contraption.- chispa
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Pipesmoking in Paris
Stop by the Louvre and see my avatar.- chispa
- Post #18
- Forum: General Discussion
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Other Type of Delayed Gratification: White Knight
Try Magnum Opus. From the same blender. Similar but has perique.- chispa
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Alden Brindle Blast Brandy
Hang in there hiplainsdrifter. Dealing with a custom item and not an off the shelf product can take some time. I think it will be worth the wait. -
Alden Brindle Blast Brandy
Lonestar AldenPipes.com continues to shine. Fresh from his selection as one of the winners of the KC pipe carving contest, like a runaway 18 wheeler with no brakes, he's carving his way to the top of the pipe world with this petite, pinched shank, brindle blasted, brandy. 5.40" length 1.65"... -
French Pipes.
1945 MARCEL BICH & EDOUARD BUFFARD Marcel Bich (1914-1994) and his partner Edouard Buffard (1908-1996) manufacture fountain pen and mechanical pencil parts in Clichy (France) 1973 BIC lighter introduced. Yes, BIC is French. So light that algerian briar with a BIC.- chispa
- Post #61
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Expand my English/Balkan horizons...
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/black-house-magnum-opus-legends-wilderness#post-541174 Good info here.- chispa
- Post #10
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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KC Show PAD Show and Tell
You did good picking up the Alden. Great blast and the stem colors go with the stain and shank color perfectly. The Crawford is also very nice. Of all the pipes you could have chosen you found a couple of excellent pipes by real artisans. Jerry also has been a GKCPC winner. -
Need Help Identifying My Pipe
Looks like a bear to me. I've seen style pipes go for $10. -
Rad Davis Seven Day Set, Pipe # 7~ Double Mahogany Blast Capped Rhodesian
Bravo!! Excellent collection and the stand is icing on the cake. Looking forward to seeing them on the stand in a group picture. I know you have some other really great pipes too. You could almost have your own pipe show! -
Steampunk Cob?
That would go perfectly with my top hat and goggles !!! I call dibs..PM sent. -
Removing sandblast
As long as the walls are thick enough I say GO FOR IT. Don't let the naysayers and the purists dissuade you. It is a hunk of wood, not a holy relic. I want to see lots of pics of the during, and after. I think it could work. One thing that comes to mind is that the stem/shank to stummel...- chispa
- Post #30
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Stem Snapped Off In Shank
Unless you want to fix it yourself I'd leave the extraction to the person who is FITTING the new stem. May be that a replacement would need fitting for tenon size and flush fit to the outside of the stummel. Try Walker Briar Works.- chispa
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance