I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I still have not pulled the trigger on a meer, yet. I need to do that one day!
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I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I still have not pulled the trigger on a meer, yet. I need to do that one day!
Reasons to smoke a meer:Quote:
Originally Posted by BryGuySC
very absorbent - no need to rest them between bowls, kind of like a cob
they look good, lots of designs available, although I favor the classic pipe shapes
they gradually get a brown shade as you use them, from the juices migrating outward
Be careful when shopping for one though, look for block meer - the cheaper ones are molded from cemented meer dust.
That's a good point @Bruck . I look for a reputable brand name to be sure that I'm getting real block meerschaum. Good ones are CAO, SMS, Altinok and others. Block meerschaum is very light, so think twice about buying a heavy meerschaum pipe. I had a meerschaum pipe that I smoked for years and it would never color up like it should have; finally gave up on it and decided it was one of those composite meerschaum pipes. It was a little heavy. Another thing to think about is African meerschaum vs. Turkish meerschaum. The African meerschaum is heavier and denser; I think they smoke hotter than the Turkish meerschaum pipes. I don't hear much about African meerschaum pipes lately, but they were in the market in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Got this Christmas present just today. It's a hand crafted pipe made by Ranz Freehands; Ron Smith of our Knoxville Pipe Club (https://www.facebook.com/people/Ron-...00008188929806 makes pipes and sells them. Somebody in the club bought this pipe to give to me after our December Christmas Party. We had one of those White Elephant gift exchange that went many rounds (7 or 8). Seems like everytime I picked a nice gift (2 pipes and a nice bottle of single malt), it would get stolen from me. I guess someone felt sorry for me and got this for me. The reason I got it so long after Christmas is that they left it at Smoky's Tobacco & Cigars and I just found out that it was waiting there for me last week. I'm very grateful to whoever got this for me!
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Lovely clay! I've looked at LePeltiers before, but haven't pulled the trigger. I have 2 clay pipes, and both smoke quite nicely. Have you test driven it yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
No, I haven't smoked it yet. I've got other LePeltier pipes that I do smoke, and they smoke pretty good, very much like a meerschaum. And these are double-walled, so they don't get hot to the touch. You can usually get them for a song on Ebay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Desertlifter
Been really looking forward to trying this Vermont Meat Candy stuff, and the other 2 have been highly recommended.
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I got a bunch of estate pipes today at an antique store and from Craigslist.
The three on the right were purchased from a fellow who answered a listing that I put on Craigslist asking for estate pipes. They are in fine shape and don't need restoring. From the top right downward, they are a Bones bent billiard, a Keyser Hygienic bulldog with a metal band, and a Jeantet Lovat. He gave me a hot tip that an antique store in town had pipes for sale. I drove over there and picked the six on the left out of a bag full of old briars. Got the six of them for $50. They are, from the top left downward, a White Bar bent bulldog, a Parker Matt bent pipe, a Savinelli Deluxe, a Sunrise Amber Grain bulldog, a B. Barling & Sons Londoner Dublin, and, at the bottom, a Sunrise Tawny Grain Canadian. Two of these will need stem repair or else new stems. They could all use a good cleaning and a couple need reaming.
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Great haul! those all look nice. Especially like that Jeantet Lovat. I have a small Jeantet prince that became one of my favorite pipes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
That Jeantet Lovat is almost like new. I'm pretty happy with the new additions to the collection; they will keep me busy restoring them for a while. That Canadian on the bottom is in pretty sad condition; it's been smoked so much that the bowl is almost completely black in the upper 2/3. I wonder if that was what Sherlock Holmes's "well-oiled briars" looked like? On a couple of these, the owner had filed the stems down near the bit to make them thinner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
Got this Sunrise Tawny Grain on Ebay. It is in very good condition except for the buffed-off arrow on the stem.
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Stocked up on baccy a bit.
Got some tins. GL Pease Embarcadero, Robert McConnell Oriental, McClelland 24 Virginia, Dunhill Nightcap.
Also picked up 5 pounds from Tobias on here that will be here next week. Excited about that.
Just got my share of @Tobias Lutz 's bulk sell off:
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I'm making an entry in this thread as it's technically a purchase, but it almost qualifies as theft :)
Picked up the European Vacation Sampler for a dollar shipped....
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Never tried the Meat Candy, but the recommendations were right on the other two tobaccos. That Plum Pudding is great!....Quote:
Originally Posted by bluenoser
Got a gift card for my birthday to smokingpipes so I took full advantage getting 10 tins of Dunhill Flake, 2 tins of Nightcap (in case the Dunhill rumors come to fruition), 2 tins of 3 Oaks Syrian, an 8oz of Sixpence which might be my favorite right now and got the new Savinelli 321 shape in a rustication with a nice emerald band on the shank. Pretty pumped. Happy birthday to me!
Dunhill rumors?Quote:
Originally Posted by nola_tamper
Placed a baccy order.
2 tins of McClelland Red and Black
McClelland Dark Star
McClelland St. James Woods
Escudo
Dunhill Elizabethan
I think that's it.
Dunhill has announced that they are getting out of the pipe tobacco business. Dunhill Tobaccos Going off the Market | Pipe Smokers ForumQuote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
I had been thinking about getting back into pipes a bit and decided I wanted a new pipe while I was at it. So, this followed me home from a B&M today.
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Should be interesting breaking in my first briar.
That looks like a fine pipe! Good choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hardheaded
Noice
Nice! I hope it smokes as good as it looks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hardheaded
Got these pipes on Ebay over the last two weeks
From the top:
Falcon
BC Supermate
Dr. Plumb
Vuillard Champion
Ropp Golden Burl
Paid about $15 a piece for these on average.
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Nice! Have you ever smoked a falcon before?Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
That apple really catches the eye too.
Yes, I've smoked a straight one many times; I like the way they smoke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I don't think that apple has ever been smoked; it looks new.
Came home extremely tired after a long few days at work to find my order of things to try from Smoking Pipes arrived. I think my wife was more excited than I was when I told her what it all actually cost. I was however too tired to take a decent picture.
One 50g tin each of:
Orlik Golden Sliced
Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky
Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture
Dunhill Dark Flake
McClelland Balkan Blue
Bulk 1oz samples of:
Peter Stokkebye Cube Cut
Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired Ready Rubbed
Mac Baren Golden Extra
Dunhill Nightcap
C&D Dark Chocolate
C&D Big 'n' Burley
C&D Old Joe Krantz
GH&Co Kendal Kentucky
GH&C Bob's Chocolate Flake
McClelland 5100 - Red Cake
Lane 1-Q
Plus pipe cleaners and a new pipe tool. Figure these should cover many of the varieties out there, in addition to what I already have.
Well, you've got a LOT of tobaccos to try!
Lordy, I hope that doesn't come about. I've smoked DF longer than any tobacco in my current rotation. And DLNR almost as long (and it's one of the most nobel tobaccos ever made).Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
On Friday, I ordered a special edition Dr. Grabow pipe from the factory. It is called Liberty and it commemorates the 130th anniversary of the dedication of the statue of liberty. There are two shapes, bent and straight, and two finishes, rusticated and smooth. I opted for the straight pipe, which is a billiard, and the smooth finish. The ordering process was like taking a step back in time about 25 years ago... the only way to do the transaction was to mail them a check or money order. That's okay though, I'm not complaining.
Snagged the last two tins of McClelland 3 Oaks Syrian at my local B&M. 2015 stamp on bottom.
Ordered some baccy from smokingpipes.com, since my P&C order is sitting at 37 days unfulfilled and I'm low on a staple in my rotation.
I have coming this week:
2 tins of McClelland Red and Black
1 tin eacy of McClelland Dark Star, McClelland St. James Woods and SG Cabbie's Mixture.
I'm addicted to this blend in a very serious and intimate way...good find!Quote:
Originally Posted by BryGuySC
didn't really buy this, but got the stems in today so I did up this corn cob lovat-- or a "5th Ave Diplovat" as I like to call it. not quite finished but coming along.
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Picked up a few tins from a small online retailer called the Pipe Nook.
Very cool guy named Eddie Gray owns it and he is really active on the Youtube pipe community.
I got a tin each of Dunhill Dark Flake, Peterson Irish Flake, HH Old Dark Fired and HH Latakia Flake.
Also picked up a cool MM cob in a shape I've not had before.
Great place. Check him out.
The Pipe Nook - Welcome to The Pipe Nook!
I got two pipes in the mail today from Ebay! The first one is a French pipe, a Gefapip:
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The second one was a very light Yello-Bole pipe:
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Those are good looking pipes. Especially the Gefapip. If I had as many as you, I'd need a spreadsheet to keep track of them!
That Yelo-Bole looks unsmoked. I picked up an old one that was unsmoked a year or so back....Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
Yes, I keep track of them in Excel, as well as my tobacco cellar. I tried tracking my cigars for a while but it was too tedious to keep up with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
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Seems like I remember that; it may have been what sparked my interest in trying to find one that was unsmoked.Quote:
Originally Posted by droy1958
Having never owned one, I wondered why they were called 'yello-bole'Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
live n learn