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  1. drsam

    Dunhill Score Plus

    Just me with A bit of an add on. Actually A local guy went to an estate auction near where I live and purchased ten pipes. He brought them to me because I am about the only one in town that smokes A pipe. Three of the pipes were cracked from top to bottom and useless. I asked what he would...
  2. drsam

    Dunhill Score Plus

    After several months with no computer access I am back to civilization. I made A major score and need some advice. I picked up ten pipes at A local auction. Three were broken and past redemption. the other seven were really filthy and badly in need of cleaning I have two Dunhills shell...
  3. drsam

    Oktoberfest

    Well, back from the wilderness and have computer capability once more and getting ready for the great Hermann Octoberfest. Here in Hermann, just West of St. Louis, we have a very nice time in October with 20 to 30 thousand visitors every weekend in October. Several Biergartens are in...
  4. drsam

    Talk about HOT!

    It was 112 Yesterday at Big Spring Mo about 7 miles north of me but only 108 here on the bank of yhe Mo river...supposed to be a lot cooler today...only 104. I sure do miss Alaska.
  5. drsam

    The Grain Game ( long with pics)

    One of my best smokers is, of all things, a Dr. Grabow from the 50 or sixties. It has great grain as you can see from the photo. It is an "Emperor grade. (One of one hundred thousand.) Paid less then 30 bucks for it.
  6. drsam

    Can you flavor pipe tobacco with grapes??

    BEWARE....I got kicked off of a Grayhound bus in South Carolina in 1954 for lighting up a pipe of grape tobacco in 1954...It smelled and tasted like burning koolade. (I was young and ignorant.)
  7. drsam

    Bowl upside down

    kept the rain out when I was duck hunting .
  8. drsam

    Missouri Meerschaum Seconds...

    I think it is a good deal if you can't visit the factory...They keep a bucket of seconds on the table for two bucks each and I pick up one or two every time I go to Washington and they all smoke good.
  9. drsam

    Never Ever sell A Pipe at A Pipe shop

    I was in A (unnamed) pipe shop last week chatting with the owner when A fellow came in with A box of pipes and asked if they bought pipes. The answer was yes and the pipes were unloaded on the counter. Two Dunhill root briars, two Pete Dublins Sterling mounts, 3 Savinelles, and several others...
  10. drsam

    All together now!

    I will smoke many bowls that day as I do every day. Irish Motto Its my life I live it, I love it. Criticism be damned!
  11. drsam

    Tooth Pulled/ How long to wait before pipe?

    When I had a batch of teeth pulled I waited juat a few hours....had no problems at all.
  12. drsam

    Favorite Burley?

    Good choice on the Velvet...I just finished a can of it this month.
  13. drsam

    Memorial Day

    Brothers, remember the reason we have this holiday.
  14. drsam

    Favorite Burley?

    PA is my old standby. I always seem to go back to it.
  15. drsam

    What Are You Smoking? May 2012

    Back to a fresh ca of PA in a old Dr. Grabow "Emperor" (! in A hundred thousand.)
  16. drsam

    Finally got a job!

    Good for ya Treedirt3.
  17. drsam

    Clencher or holder

    Clincher, on the left, cause I have no teeth on the right..... Guess when the rest go I will turn into A holder or at least a gummer.
  18. drsam

    What was or is your most relaxing time you've smoked or smoke?

    Good one Barcar. Just about like me.....On the back deck looking out at the Sun setting behind the hills across the Missouri River while the carillon on the bluf plays music.
  19. drsam

    Good god...that's just...

    O.K.....in 1934 I could have purchased about 300 Dunhill pipes....No...wholesale at $3.50 each about 600 Dunhill pipes and have enough left over for a LOT of tobacco and a few gallons of good rye whiskey at 3.00/gallon. My grandfather used to buy a truckload of used barrels from the Old...
  20. drsam

    Dunhill drops price.

    In the January 15th 1934 issue of "Tobacco World" magazine, Dunhill annnounced that as of 1 Feb 1934 The price of Dunhill pipes were dropping to $7.50 retail from their normal price of $10.00. Now if Grandad had invested in several gross of Dunhills and stored them in the attic. Kinda hurts...