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Greetings fellow puffers, I am a 65 y.o. who started his romance of the briar at age 15...so long ago that I could actually walk into my local tobacconists and be waited on as if I were an adult. I quit for a while but eventually decided that life is too short to forgo anything as fine as a bowl of Full Va Flake, Westminster, Anikake, Golden Slices, etc. My pipes are a motley crew of a Savinelli 316, Stanwells (5) a Guildhall, a Sasieni 4-dot, a Peterson p-lip, a Johs churchwarden, a Neerup bent apple (my current favorite) and a few I have made myself.
After a career making collectible knives, my present occupation is that of artist, and I most often paint with a pipe in my mouth, lit or not. When I slide my chair back to look at what has transpired, lighting up a bowl seems to help me to consider it.
If anybody has a handle on when Samuel Gawith's FVF....and apparently ALL other SG tobaccos...will be available, I would love to know.
Murad Sayen, in Maine
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Murad...welcome to the forum....your art work is stunning, I'd give my left testicle to be able to paint like that. As one of your visitors comments said, " Is that a painting, or a photograph? "
This one is just breathtaking.
Do you have pictures of your custom knives you make?
Now I realize I'm just a no talent goof ball ...LOL
Can you post up some pics of your pipes you've made?
Marry the right person, this one decision will determine 90% of your happiness.
Does a culture based on seperation and competition, of scientific sophistication and mideval religion, offer happiness even as it ravishes the Earth that sustains it?Posted 1 year ago # -
I second that! Amazing work. Welcome, Murad. There seems to be a small knot of artists developing here.
Simon
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Jeezum, guys, now I am embarrassed. I paint because I must. I have to do it for the sake of my sanity and my soul, and if you do anything with focus and intent long enough you will get results that you like. It is almost an inevitability.....really.
You can see a gallery of the knives I made at: http://www.shadowchasers.com/knife_index.php That seems like it all happened in another lifetime now, however.
Not exactly sure how to upload a jpg that isn't already online...or I would share the humble pipes I made. It is REALLY hard to find briar plateaus that don't have flaws rendering them useless. Or maybe I just don't know where to look, eh.
thanks for the kind words....nice to be among people who know what it means to settle in with a bowl of fine 'baccy.
murad
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murad, welcome and WOW your paintings are so great! realism....i love realism in painting and you have it by the nose. you are blessed to have such talent, and be such a great guy to be a pipe smoker too. (i also came back to the pipe, and i will be 63 in a week).
jerryPosted 1 year ago # -
I just don't get it, how one person can have all that talent. Unreal...now I really want to see the pipes you made.
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Welcome Murad, beautiful work. I especially like your Bohemian Light painting and Dragon knife.
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Hey hobie1dog, I have always believed that artistic talent is a blend of dogged persistence (pun intended in your case, eh) and being willing to learn from your mistakes. I teach a class in oils on Friday mornings and we've had this as an ongoing discussion for a very long time.
If you saw my early works..in any medium...you would not think I was particularly gifted. You might see that I have certain themes I am drawn to--such as rendering different qualities of light--but you wouldn't think, "Wow!", not at all.
But--and my dear wife, Abby, might tell you it is both a blessing and a curse--I have always been one of those human terriers who just can't let go of something, once my interest has been piqued. Most folks give it a shot and then say, "Well, I don't have a 'gift' for this, so I think I'll do something else." But, anybody who thinks, "Well, this really sucks, but, I know I can do better," is on their way to becoming good at whatever it is.
all, in my humble opinion, of course.....but, based on many decades of experience too, eh.
Murad
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Welcome Murad and you do some beautiful work!
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Forgive me if I pry, but the handle "112mercerstreet" caught my attention. You see, I grew up in Princeton NJ and when I was a young choir boy at Trinity Church....I used to see Albert Einstein walking up Mercer Street on occasion. In fact, the director would actually pause our practice and say, "Gentlemen, there goes Dr. Einstein," with such reverence that we all just assumed that the little old man with the pipe and the wild hair was a very cool guy. Little did we know just how cool he was.
So, might that be the same Mercer Street? Please forgive a bit of 'small world' curiosity on my part. It's also a wee bit of pipe lore too, eh.
Murad
Murad
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yes, 112 Mercer St. was the professors home address. Never met or even saw the man, but he maybe is the "man of the century". just read 2 books on him.
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Welcome Murad.
Beautiful work Murad, glad to have you.I continue to marvel at the diversity of talents and occupations of the members here.
Artists, musicians, salesmen, lawyers (the good kind), businessmen, Jacks of all trades, models, just plain folks and pipe smokers all.To all you new members, welcome.
Don't be shy just dive right in.
We all love the posts, pictures, and questions here.Pleasant puffin'
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yes, 112 Mercer St. was the professors home address. Never met or even saw the man, but he maybe is the "man of the century". just read 2 books on him.
[quote]Which two books, or descriptions, suggestions?
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Welcome to all the newbies
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HI GUYS
MY NAME IS CHRIS AND I AM FROM ENGLAND
LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AND GETTING ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS
CHRISPosted 1 year ago # -
Welcome Dunhill,
We're glad to have another of our brothers from across the pond.
I am personally looking forward to seeing your collection, if your screen name is any indicator of your collection.Just dive right in and again welcome to the fraternity.
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Welcome Chris, glad to have you join in the fun and conversation (not that they are mutually exclusive!)
I find myself sitting idly on the line dividing past and future,
as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- ThoreauPosted 1 year ago # -
Welcome Chris!
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just started and bought another pipe within 2wks of my first. im a firefighter,fomer marine and now national guard.
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Always glad to have a fellow Marine.
I look forward to your posts and pictures.Thank you for your service.
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Welcome lvistcb.
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Hello, gentlemen. I just found this site today, and added it to my bookmarks with a couple of other pipe forums. Found Russ Oulette's column interesting and informative, and will be around from time to time. I've smoked pipes for 46 years now and tho I don't smoke as often I still enjoy it, perhaps even more. Good to be here! -LK
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Welcome newbies....post up some pics for us.
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Hello fellow pipe smokers, I'm Scott Stultz joining you from Marietta in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. I have a nice vintage figural briar, skillfully hand carved in the 1930s in the likeness of William Tell, in France or Switzerland. My grandfather bought it there in 1936. It's a unique and beautiful piece. Thirty years ago when I took it to a pipe dealer to have it cleaned, the shop owner offered me any new pipe in the store as a trade. I declined, as I still felt sentimentally attached to it, but I don't smoke it, and I'd rather pass it along to a collector. I'd like to find an appreciative buyer, or to trade for a more modern high grade pipe that I would use. Any interest or suggestions would be appreciated. I have some nice photos of it.
Thanks!Posted 1 year ago # -
Welcome Scott, a picture would be great of it.
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Welcome Oldguy and Scott/
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[b]Hi everybody!!
This is Ahad/39 from Pakistan.I am glad to join this community.Posted 1 year ago # -
[b]Hi everybody!!
This is Ahad/39 from Pakistan.I am glad to join this community.welcome Ahad....let's see some pics of your pipes...and tell us about the tobacco you smoke, is it unique to the Pakistan region?
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Hello all,
I just signed on and I'm enjoying it here so already. I'm on Pipe tobacco reviews as "Puffingstuff"- Earl Perique.
I put my pipes down for a while (2-3) years and have taken them back up, so I've been out of the loop. I have a nice collection of BBB pipes which I believe smoke as good as any high grade. I do have some nice Dunhills and Brindle Ashtons that are great as well. Just wantd to say hello.
-Earl aka PuffingstuffPosted 1 year ago # -
Welcome Earl to the forum.
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Welcome to all the new members that have joined our fraternity in the last few days.
I think you will like the members here.
We all look forward to all the questions, opinions, suggestions, and pictures.Just dive right in.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I'm Kevin, Ya'll!
Cured my own Kentucky Burley whilst a teen in the farmbelt, had an unusual preoccupation with agricultural chemistry. I have a preference for non-aromatics and a life lived "il moderato".
Service Disabled from the USAF, was the only fella in the unit to bear a pipe and the label of "thinker".Current blending project involves Virginia Bright and some 'ol Dutch recipes - so far so good!
Glad to be heard!
Thy pleasures, Moderation, give,
In them alone we truly live - Handel/Jennens (L'Allegro, il Pensero, il Moderato)Posted 1 year ago # -
Welcome Ahad, Earl, and Kevin!
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Thank you Bob! The sight is characteristic of most pipe smokers. Thoughtful,calm & pleasantly deliberate! In these "pro health" times, it seems reasonableness has taken a backseat to an immoderate rationale to the risk of living. Yours in good health, cheers!
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