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Quality - Workmanship and Disregard
I’ve bought 4 new pipes lately. The first one, a Savinelli which looks good and smoked fine from the start. The second, also a Savinelli same model different finish had stain in the chamber, absolutely smoked like $hit. The more I worked with it the worse it got. After reaming it out and...- Buzzard
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New Pipe Inbound
I like a big bowl. I’m enjoying a couple of Savinelli 616s which are huge things. I have smaller pipes for running errands and carry. At my age I usually do very little running of any kind. In my quest for big bowls I ran across this biggie, a Peterson XL315. I ordered it, my biggest bowl yet...- Buzzard
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A Ramble
I am a very old man. I enjoy setting on the porch with a good pipe reminiscing about my life, old friends, long ago love affairs, and other things I don’t know how got into my head. I like a pipe with a bigger bowl. When I’m pipe shopping I’m not interested in... -
My Grandpa
I’m 84 YO my grandpa died a long time ago. My memories of him are faint. He was a pipe smoker, drug store pipes I’m guessing. He had a can of PA at his setting place and a rack of 4-5 pipes. He was successful before he retired having the first irrigation system west of the Mississippi River. I...- Buzzard
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Question
Excuse my ignorance. Some years ago a fellow piper gave me a tin of Virginia that was aged and thinly sliced from England. You had to rub it to smoke it. I don’t know what it’s called or how to find it to order. If is/was a most enjoyable smoke. Can someone tell me what it’s called and guide me...- Buzzard
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Thanks for Adding Me
I’ve been a pipe smoker for >40 years. I collected a decent number of pipes, some good others not so. Cigarette smoker for 60 years until lung cancer got me 8 years ago. I was tobacco free until a couple of years ago when I discovered my pipe collection in the basement and figgered “why not”. I...- Buzzard
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