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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
65,577
677,080
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am almost a third of the way through this bowl of Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture in a black rusticated medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 67/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Abner the Eager finally showed up a half hour ago. Everybody is snoozin' in one place or another except for yours truly.
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newbroom

Lifer
Jul 11, 2014
6,416
10,662
North Central Florida
Interesting can you tell us more about the vulcanite stem with the Missouri Meerschaum Morgan?
bought a MM Shire when they first came out. Their vulcanite stems were cast, and there were ridges on the sides of the tenon that prevented me from removing my stem the first time I tried, and like a dumbass, I broke it off inside the shank. That left me with a broken stem and part of it still stuck in the shank. I salvaged the broken stem to use on non filter cobs. The replacement stem that Marilyn sent to me (free of charge!) can also be inserted and used in filter cobs.

This a.m. I'm on about my third bowl. This one is Big n Burley in a small apple meer.
 

JoburgB2

Can't Leave
Sep 30, 2024
446
1,542
Dundee, Scotland
bought a MM Shire when they first came out. Their vulcanite stems were cast, and there were ridges on the sides of the tenon that prevented me from removing my stem the first time I tried, and like a dumbass, I broke it off inside the shank. That left me with a broken stem and part of it still stuck in the shank. I salvaged the broken stem to use on non filter cobs. The replacement stem that Marilyn sent to me (free of charge!) can also be inserted and used in filter cobs.

This a.m. I'm on about my third bowl. This one is Big n Burley in a small apple meer.
Thanks. Interesting. I did not know there were any vulcanite stems for cobs, but then, I have not been paying attention or looking for any. It’s my one complaint about MM cobs, the cheap plastic stems, the bits feel uncomfortable on my teeth. That does not stop me from smoking them, or buying more. One more thing, your 3rd bowl already this morning? Isn’t it like 5:00 a.m.? Good on you!
 

MisterBadger

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 6, 2024
946
7,692
Ludlow, UK
Just another Hallmark holiday. Sorry, but why do women fall for that crap ? Smoking Cairo in a Castle Briars.
Imagine my relief when - having forgotten the day entirely - Mrs Badger apologized to me across the breakfast table for not having bought me a card...so I too confessed my own sin of omission, and we gave each other absolution :)
Seriously though, much as we might like to take each other out for a nice meal at this season, every restaurant in town insists on Valentine-themed menus at double the usual price. Meanwhile, a friend of mine shared this year's Valentine's gift from her husband (a man after my own heart):
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Sigmund

Lifer
Sep 17, 2023
3,555
34,973
France
Beautiful grain. Beautiful shape. Sigmund do you even own just an average ordinary plain looking pipe? Or is each more stunning than the previous?
haha...I got infected by PAD and really...no...any normal pain old pipe gets sold if I happen to have it. Thanks. I have gotten more picky about what I buy which saves me money. Also most area estates.

This one is a Peter Klein volcano. Its got HU Delight in it and tea on the side.

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