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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. drsam

    Memorial Day

    Brothers, remember the reason we have this holiday.
  4. 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...
  5. drsam

    How long have you been smoking a pipe?

    I grew up on A small tobacco farm in Kentucky in an era when almost everyone used tobacco in some form. Almost everyone started smoking at an early age. I guess that I was about 12 years old when I got serious about it. I did however clinch a pipe when I was cutting my first teeth back in...
  6. drsam

    Been Gone but now back with A good tobacco book.

    I have been out of pocket for a few months without internet service. I had to take care of my 95 year old mother who went into a sudden decline. (Dementia) I found A very interesting book about everything there is to know about tobacco including history, growing, and curing. It is a free book...
  7. drsam

    Fly Fishers/tyers

    I have been fly fishing and tying flys for almost sixty years. sometimes as many as 3000 flys/year from Salmon flys to size 24 Trout flys. I used to fly to Alaska on a fishing trip with 400 or 500 Salmon flys which paid for the trip. Cannot do it any more due to sight and shaky hands. I would...
  8. drsam

    Oh Lord, I did it agan! ADDICTION!!!!

    I purchased another CAO Becker carved meer. I could not help myself....I stared at the photos and everything went black. I already had three. Helga will be upset but I will blame it on my dementia. (snicker snort.)
  9. drsam

    Life Is Good!

    What A great day! Clear skies and 64 degrees in January. No bills in the mail and I got to take A great nap this afternoon. Just finished supper. (Grilled pork chop, baked sweet tater, and fresh cabbage cooked with smokey bacon.) Loaded up a meer with C&D's "Gray Ghost" and I am flopped in my...
  10. drsam

    Pipe Smoking Statistics??? Help!!

    I will be meeting with my U.S.Senator this week and I need some ammo. I have read in several posts that pipe smokers live longer, are more laid back, and are in general happier then non smokers. So, where are the numbers? I need em sort of like now. Any info will help. by the way, the new...
  11. drsam

    125 Year Xmas Tradition.....Smoking Allowed!

    Today I help to continue a Christmas tradition in our town that has been going on for at least 125 years. The proprietors of The Concert Hall and Barrel Tavern will open a barrel of eggnog on Christmas Eve And Helga and I will be there to greet and meet everyone while I smoke my Alwetter pipe...
  12. drsam

    How Long Does A Briar Pipe last?

    I have been reading "Pipe Dreams" and found the essay on the longevity of briar pipes very interesting. The author claims that briar gradually soaks up the tars from the tobacco and eventually becomes full and no longer smokes well. I have several briar's that are over 100 years old and they...
  13. drsam

    My First Visit To A Real Tobacco Shop

    Helga and I just returned home to Hermann Missouri from a train trip to Los Angeles. While there My cousin Dave offered to take me to a pipe and cigar shop that he frequents... It was wonderful!! The whole shop is a humidor, One entire wall was covered with cigars and the opposite wall was...
  14. drsam

    First Cob Pipe

    Wed. when I stopped off at Missouri Meerschaum factory to pick up a few boxes of filters They had a sale going on and I had no way of resisting. I purchased two pipes, Diplomats, one bent and one straight. I loaded the bent up with some "Gentleman Caller" today and it smokes wonderful good. I...
  15. drsam

    pipe shops in L.A.???

    Helga and I will be going to L.A. the first week of Dec. and I would like to find a decent pipe shop there. Any suggestions?
  16. drsam

    What is your best smoking pipe?

    This can be very hard to answer if you have more then one pipe. My favorite is an old system pipe Rettke of Washington Missouri. The company is now gone having been purchased by missouri Meerschaum. This odd looking pipe is made of briar and has a lower chamber with a metal condenser and an...
  17. drsam

    How much do you smoke?

    I have been wondering if I smoke too much. I seem to go through at least a pound a month of my favorite tobacco plus a bit of "try outs" that I sometimes get hold of. Do any of you guys keep count? Some statistics might be worthwhile, at least to me.
  18. drsam

    Does Anyone Know Anything About "American Briar"?

    I have a nice little pipe that has very good grain almost flame grain. It has a dark finish and a sterling band. left side is marked "DASCO" and right side is marked "American Briar" I picked it up in Tenn. probably 50 years ago at an estate auction. Has anyone heard or rune across a Dasco pipe...
  19. drsam

    I found a tobacco shredder!!

    Plug,tobacco,jacknife plug I found an old cast iron tobacco shredder today and purchased the thing. I can rember seeing these when I was a kid in Kentucy. They were mounted on the counter usually close to the plug cutter. They would cut the required amount off of a big brick of tobacco and put...
  20. drsam

    Anybody ever heard of a Dasco pipe?

    I have a Dasco pipe that I love...got it back in the 70's...can read "xx American xxx" on left side of shank. It has a silver (plate?) band on shank. smokes well...cannot remember where I got it but then I can't remember all of the names of my grandkids most of the time either. DR Sam
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