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    What Are You Drinking? November 2022

    Bruichladdich Black Art 1992 Islay single malt scotch Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation Evening Flake
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    Muletown Pipe Show 18 March 2022

    On second thought, I might go with the three weeks of silence . . . .
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    Muletown Pipe Show 18 March 2022

    Hallelujah bourbon! Nashville seems to have become an overpriced, cash extraction machine. Even business owners I talk with are weary of the conspicuous consumption there. If I had a sugarlady . . . perhaps. Franklin —I dig historic. Columbia sounds promising. I’m more of an Elijah Craig...
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    Is it Safe to Leave Oxidation on Vulcanite?

    THANK YOU ! This is a big help.
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    Briar Fox

    Foxes never go out.
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    Questions You Hate

    If you run a search across all the forums here on the keyword “health” you find . . . essentially nothing. If there are any super-taster physiologists out there, or any athletes, I’ve got a question for you. And if you, dear reader, are neither of these, you are welcome to shell your peanuts in...
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    *** What Are You Drinking? *** February 2022

    HAPPY PLUM PUDDING DAY !
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    Is it Safe to Leave Oxidation on Vulcanite?

    Yes! I acquired all the styles of Neerup brushes and am happy to have ‘em to put to work. Unfortunately, even the most slender of the brushes won’t enter this particular amber acrylic stem from the Fifties. Good I’ve got plenty other pipes to celebrate the day with. Okay, I’ll put the Method...
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    Who is Smoking Plum Pudding on Feb 12????

    HAPPY PLUM PUDDING DAY Y’ALL ! (had MacBuren Plum Pudding and gave it away to the homeless —not a fan of anything that smells and tastes like cigarettes )
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    Is it Safe to Leave Oxidation on Vulcanite?

    Surprised no one mentioned the article about vulcanite stem maintenance on SmokingPipes. The article is, of course like most articles on SmokingPipes, an advertisement for something they sell. smokingpipes.com | Pipe Tobacco -...
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    Filter Pipes?

    As I posted in the other Filter thread, I stumbled upon the joy of filtered pipe smoking by accident. It may be necessary to describe WHY I pipe smoke at all, especially since I just spent a day shoveling clay onto the corpse of a woman who chain-smoked Benson & Hedges for most of her life and...
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    Filters

    I actually found the joy of the filter by accident. I’ve been experimenting with methods of tobacco pack, fire control, draw velocity (not as fancy as it sounds), and tamp in an attempt to 1) have a delicious smoke and 2) enjoy a smoke with zero detritus coming down the stem into my mouth...
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    Anyone Use Black Silicone Tips for Stems?

    I use the BJLong Soft Rubber Pipe Bits ($1.29 for two) sold by Missouri Meerschaum and I really dig how they protect the acrylic or vulcanite stems from teeth. I don’t clench, mostly smoke out of hand, but when I need two hands and can’t put a pipe down it is nice to be able to bite into that...
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    Cob Love…Yes Please! ? 11/30/21

    Here’s one for all y’all who think of cobs as short-lived and disposable. Missouri Meerschaum from the 1950’s which sold for under 40 cents, found in a closet on Vinalhaven, unsmoked. Along with clay Jamestown style pipes, haven’t figured out how to smoke with these without overheating the...
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    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2022?***

    C&D Small Batch Carolina Red Flake in the Edwin Pipes churchwarden. Broken-hearted that I didn’t get any C&D Folklore nor C&D Edisto, grateful to have this Carolina Red Flake. Smokes like it sounds —straightforward unadulterated rich Virginia flavor.
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    North American Pipe Makers

    EDWIN PIPES Kris Edwin Barber made this churchwarden shape for me in his workshop in northeastern Minnesota, when he wasn’t clearing snow, dodging moose, or guiding kayak through the lakes. I found Kris to be straightforward and clear. He asks the right questions and goes to work. I do notice...
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    Anyone Own an Edwin Pipe?

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    Aro Toppings: What are They?

    As you’ve figured out by now, there is no open answer to this question. I’ve got a similar question that I formulated years ago: What spirits on the market are additive-free? No answer found to that one either. And I built and rebuilt pianos for a couple years. Easier to build a piano than find...