Brothers of Briar

Red Sox vs Yankees - 4 Game Series

Slow Puffs — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:48:48 GMT

beginning tonite... Hopefully the Yankees got their need for scoring runs out of their system as they scored 18 runs last night against Texas .

Ken, I'm digging out the Dark Plug . Need to get our relievers on track.

These two haven't met since April and the Red Sox are up 1 game in games between eachother so far this year.

GO RED SOX !!!!!

What are you smoking?

Puff Daddy — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:34:30 GMT

I am a sucker for the Perfecto shape. A Victor Sinclair Series 555 Maduro in a Perfecto shape.

CC Sabathia

Slow Puffs — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:02:49 GMT

This guy is set to make a ton of money.

After today, he should go to a team in the National League... he hits a monster home-run 440 feet (some are saying 480). He could be a pinch hitter on the side.

If Cleveland can't turn it around by trading deadline, one of the NL teams should go after him.

"custom blends"

mark — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:38:10 GMT

Since I'm just getting back into smoking pipes, I've sent for samples from many places, all aromatics. Some from the major bulk suppliers like altadis and lane, also quite a few from pipe shops with their own blends. What I've found is the pipe shop custom blends are the bulk tobaccos with an imaginative new name. My favorite tobacco shop closed, but I called the retired gentleman and discussed this with him. After some hemming and hawing he agreed with my observation and stated 75% of the tobacco ...

Tonite - Two Young Pitchers to Watch (Tuesday)

Slow Puffs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:30:15 GMT

Joba Chamberlain will make his first "start" in what is known affectionately as the "Joba Experiment". The Yankees will face the Blue Jays and one of, if not, the best starting pitcher in baseball, Roy "Doc" Halladay. Halladay has 5 complete games in 12 starts. You just know the Yankee hitters want to support their budding star, especially in light of the failures of Kennedy and Hughes. To be sure, a game to watch.

Justin Masterson of the Red Sox will make his third start of the season against ...

Go Cubs Go

Winslow — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:32:19 GMT

Amazing team this year but we in Chicago know too much heartbreak to get

all wired up just yet;Here's the fight song--

http://www.princesskatherine.net/gocubs.html

Winslow

your opinion on filtered pipes

mark — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:03:38 GMT

noticed pipes for sale using 9mm filters, mostly from germany. Does this cut down on flavor? Any advantages? Any opinions?

What tobacco did you buy today?

Puff Daddy — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:32:29 GMT

The big brown truck just pulled up, a rather large box from smokingpipes.com

1 tin Wessex brigade campaign dark flake

1 tin Solani aged burley flake

1 tin Squadron leader

1 tin Bracken flake

500G G&H Bobs chocolate flake

8 oz 1792

1200 pipe cleaners

Pavel Hodula

Hermit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:39:54 GMT

I just got this beautiful pipe this morning.

Carved in the Czech Republic by Pavel Hodula and sold by Jan Zeman (zemanpipes.com).

As soon as the mail-lady drove away, I took some pictures and loaded it up with C&D Riverboat Gambler.

I smoked it to ash without a relight and it barely got warm in my hand.

Cigar Cutters

Midnight Blues — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:55:14 GMT

Well as long as I'm asking questions, what type of cutter do you fine fellows prefer?

I'm contemplating 3:

Xikar Xi3

Palio

or a cutter I design and build myself

Any thoughts or words of wisdom?

Joe vs Joe

Slow Puffs — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:29:54 GMT

I think the Steinbrenner's made a huge mistake in letting Torre go and hiring Guiardi.

In Guiardi, the Steinbrenners got a "puppet". Steinbenner yells on Wednesday and the yanks get 18 runs (big deal for one game). Then after a loss to the Bosox, Guiardi calls a "closed door" meeting after the game. "They are ashamed at how they they are playing, promply lose today.

Torre would stand up to these ego's, both owners and players. This could be the down fall of ...

Happy Independence Day!

Ol'Dawg — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:04:14 GMT

An early Happy Independence Day to all...a little early.!

Here's a link to a John Wayne narrated slide show-

America, Why I love her

Jim

"Cadillac" of pipe cleaners

Natch — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:02:16 GMT

A new friend recently gifted me several packages of these pipe cleaners. As they�re new on the market (began production a year or two ago?) and I don�t know if they�ve entered the US market yet, thought you guys might like to see the �Cadillac� of pipe cleaners.

They�re made of incredibly soft cotton chenille, and thicker than anything I�ve ever seen, (short of a 12 gauge bore mop!). As you can see from the pix, they start out a bit thicker than the average Dill�s type pipe cleaner, (in ...

'ello gents

pipedumb — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:32:47 GMT

Tom Martin here in Boston. Been meaning to join for a while now. Lurking since. Finally I pulled the trigger. Member of SHPC Boston. Nod of the cap ta Dock, Ken, et al. looking forward to membership.

Thanks,

Tom

Where to buy cigars?

Midnight Blues — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:23:42 GMT

I'm just setting up my desk top humidor and I have a question for the cigar aficionados among us. Is there any advantage/disadvantage in buying cigars from internet stores ie JR cigars or should I stick with the local B&M?

Thanks,

Dan

A Couple of New Pipes

Rad Davis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:26:52 GMT

I have added FH01139 and 1140 to my site, and they can be seen here:

http://raddavispipes.com/store.cfm?R=0.472419548655

Thanks for looking.

Rad

Sponsor me in San Francisco AIDS Walk?

glpease — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:14:17 GMT

Brothers,

This year, my family and I are participating with the BioRad team in the San Francisco AIDS Walk to help raise funds for this worthy cause. I'm reaching out to my community to seek sponsorship. If you can give - $1, $5, or any amount - please consider it, and visit my Sponsor Page. If I don't raise $25, they'll take away my t-shirt. Wink

"Since 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised nearly $65 million for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area. For 21 years, the ...

Old Kaywoodie briar cigarette holder

scottyb — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:07:22 GMT

Happy 4th all! I just added an old Kaywoodie briar cigarette holder and new Laguiole horn pipe tool to my sale page. Check it out if you wish.

http://drumandpipe.googlepages.com/pipesforsale

scottyb

newbie/oldie

mark — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:06:57 GMT

I'm just returning to the pipe from a rather long hiatus so I'm starting all over again. The availability of pipes via the internet is amazing, and the selection of tobaccos is overwhelming. All the tobacco shops in my area have closed so the internet is my only source. I'm happy to have found this site and hope I can contribute somewhere along the line as I pick your brains. Tobacco choices in the thousands and the escalated price of pipes is enough to drive a man to drink. Now I'm looking for ...

baweaverpipes.com - New Pipe

baweaverpipes — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:37:55 GMT

I have added an interesting sandblasted cherrywood poker with bamboo.

http://baweaverpipes.com/pipesforsale.html

Many Thanks!

Suggestion for an inexpensive, yet quality, pipe

Dr. Fran�ois — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:38:36 GMT

I currently have two briar pipes, one bent and one poker. My bent pipe is just a single step above a drugstore pipe. It was made in Italy, and it works fine. I'm pretty sure I bought it because I liked the color of the finish.

My poker was an estate pipe purchased on ebay, seen here, and it is an excellent pipe. I also have a corn cob pipe I love to use when out on the kayak or wandering somewhere less than hospitable to polished briar.

I'm hoping to buy a nice, new pipe. Does ...

My Photo Lab (*ATTN: Zulu Collector)

Danish_Pipe_Guy — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:31:00 GMT

I just set up my tiny photo studio in my basement(see pic)The two other pics are of a Maenz blowfish...

*Neill,

I sent you a couple of pm's but they keep dying in my out box for some reason.My questions are, how do I get the annoying light dots out and do I have the light tripods too close to the light box?

Best,

D.J.

David Jones

Hermit — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:29:44 GMT

David Jones

Nice big sitter.

Group Birthday Hugs !!

Slow Puffs — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:24:26 GMT

These birthdays represent over 400 years or 4 centuries. Who's going to buy the candles?

June 30 Connman (63) and Maggid (58 )

July 2 Vaperfavour (35)

July 4 Piperlover; JohnnyFlake (67); Hazmat (34); Buddy Springman (51)

July 5 Mongo (48 )

July 6 Carlos (51)

Happy Birthday wishes to all these brothers this week.

Paul

Maltese Falcon - What am I doing wrong?

Wet Dottle — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:57:49 GMT

I finally tried some Maltese Falcon and am now in the middle of the second 2 oz tin. This is the problem: the first 1/3 bowl is great and I couldn't be happier. Then, it turns bitter and becomes very unpleasant. I've tried everything I could think of: different pipes (even dedicated a new Ruthenberg to it), different times of day, different ambient temperatures, but there wasn't any appreciable difference. Perhaps larger bowls work better, but in the end the bitterness always comes. I do like ...

Syrian vs. cyprian

vaperfavour — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:26:42 GMT

i know this is an old one but here goes anyway! i am a perique fanatic and with that in mind i would like a discussion on the above topic. i usually ndont like latakia in general though i dont think i have ever tried syrian. Is it really different from cyprian latakia? i find cyprian tastes too much like soap to me. i find that i am wanting a little more from my smokes and i have read that syrian doesnt taste like cyprian. I am a lover of Fillmore and this blend has opened my mind to trying more ...

Crosby Pipes Updated

CrosbyPipes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:52:21 GMT

Hi all, I have updated my site with some new pipes. One in particular is a sandblasted billiard with what is probably the nicest ring grain I have ever accomplished. If you like sandblasts you really should see this pipe.

http://www.crosbypipes.com/sale/1/item.php

Some others in the update are a 3 knuckle bamboo and an interesting full bent Cobra/Horn hybrid of sorts. Feel free to take a look whenever you get a minute.

Thanks

John

jcrosby@crosbypipes.com

www.crosbypipes.com

Blast Aesthetics

CPT/VSG — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:31:11 GMT

As I've re-entered pipe collecting after a long absence, I've grown to appreciate sand blasted pipes in addition to smooth. It seems to me that the surface aesthetics of smooth pipes are much easier to appreciate than blasts in that the natural grain is obvious; the blast finish, on the other hand, results from the intent of the blaster. While I understand that the blaster follows the grain, you see a lot of variation in the depth of the blast as well as the pattern. I think of Cooke's deep blasts ...

Arcadia

jerrygarrison — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:32:50 GMT

I have been smoking Arcadia for a few years and I think I am ready for a somewhat stronger English tobacco. Any suggestions? Please advise.

jerrygarrison

BBB for Schulte

Doc Manhattan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:13 GMT

I found a pleasant little BBB pipe in an antique store, unsmoked, in its original box and sleeve from D.A. Schulte haberdashers. It's a smallish straight apple with a planed bottom, so it sits flat. I don't think it was ever a high-grade pipe--it might be one of those deals where the maker made the "house brand" for the store--but at $13, the briar was cheaper than a new basket pipe, and it cleaned up pretty well.

Does anyone know roughly how old this pipe might be? It has the ...

help cleaning the "burned" rim of a meer

Natch — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:56:55 GMT

Brothers,

I've got a carved meer that I was a bit sloppy with in lighting, (30+ years ago when I thought using farmer/kitchen matches was the cool way to light a pipe) so the end result is a rather burned looking, black crusted rim of the bowl. As meerschaum is a mineral and I assume won't burn at the temperatures we smoke at, is it just coated with this black "crud" and can it be cleaned/removed without hacking the poor pipe to pieces?

The rest of the outside of the pipe ...

A Wonderful Nite At The SHPC Mtg.

pipetongue1 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:18:38 GMT

Even' All, Another wonderful nite at the SHPC Mtg.! Our Friend who is ill continues to sell off most of his collection, I bought 3 pipes , a Straight S. S. Pierce Dawg that Dock snagged for me, a full bent Lorenzo Brandy[?]' and a know name octagonal. Dock brought some 20 yo Three Nuns to share with anyone who wished, a VERY thoughtful gesture by a wonderful friend and PIPEMAN! Smoke a ton about 5 bowls of different tobacs, I'm very grateful to have these guys in my life! Ken.

Pacem en ...

ebay:Butera Bent Dublin & Gold Band Dunhill Root Zulu

Nick — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:33:09 GMT

Hi all,

I just thought i'd toss these two autions of mine up there. Take a look if you like. Both pipes are on no-reserve auction. Both are in excelent condition and are great smokers.

Here are the links and descriptions:

Butera Smooth Bent Dublin

This pipe is a beautiful Butera Classic Grain with a gorgeous cross cut showing an immense field of birdseye. The pipe is in wonderful shape and has been rarely smoke. It has been cleaned and sanitized and is ready to be ...

Buddy's cellar

Buddy Springman — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:25:47 GMT

A few photos of my GLP & Lake District collection...

Buddy

New Pipe!!!

J_Rock — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:59:37 GMT

I bought another Jan Zeman pipe today!! I figured with all of this overtime I am working I should start buying more pipes.

Old Sea Dog, Fiery Cross

Classic poker shape with rusticated bowl and perfect balance...will sit. Black Vulcanite stem fitted with Palm Tree band. Finished in rustic black, this is a pipe of true sea dog and the smoking qualities will not disappoint you...

Size 40x54x148mm

Chamber Diameter 21mm

Color Rustic Black

Finish Carnauba Wax

...

Some Murray's and GLP exotics...

Buddy Springman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:16:49 GMT

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbuddyspringman

Thanks for looking!

Buddy

New pipes added

scottyb — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:30:34 GMT

Hey gang,

I just added a couple of Meerschaums for sale, one of which is a pre-1940's Pre-Republic Peterson bent. Take a look if you wish.

http://drumandpipe.googlepages.com/pipesforsale

scottyb

The Auditors are Coming

Yak — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:59:51 GMT

Finally.

Bush held off attempts by the International Monetary Fund to examine the US financial system as long as he could. When this was no longer possible, his condition was that the audit couldn't start until his final year in office, and the results couldn't be published while he was still president.

This is front page news in Germany.

Gabor Steingart wrote:As part of the assessment, the Fed, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the major investment banks, mortgage ...

WTB: Poker shaped pipes

J_Rock — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:00:26 GMT

Hello to all,

I am looking to increase my poker pipe collection. If anyone has any poker pipes they are looking to sell please let me know.

-Jeff

Dilemma of Seasoning a Pipe

alfredo_buscatti — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:53:45 GMT

I recently opened a 50 g tin, and as I didn't have a dedicated pipe(s), I had to season one. Doing so ate up approximately 20 g, leaving only the other 30 g for pleasurable smoking. But with only one pipe-I didn't want to use up even more of the tin to season two pipes-I'm only able to smoke that pipe every third day, my minimum for resting a pipe. Thus the repetitive aspect of getting to know a blend by smoking it daily, is not possible.

I got this tin in trade and thus had no other choice, ...

Have a Great Summer Folks!

Danish_Pipe_Guy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:49:34 GMT

Hello All,

For the next seven weeks or so my participation here will be minimal at best due to Summer vacation.I leave the board in the capable hands of the Mods.Please be nice to them

Have a great Summer folks!

D.J.

need a review of PCCA Tudor Castle Arcade

vaperfavour — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:45:36 GMT

i am thinking of placing an order but would like a revie of this. Anyone try this?

Imperial's Bell's Three nuns

vaperfavour — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:13:08 GMT

ummmmm....first bowl way too wet to be enjoyable...left the tin for three days re-opened the tin to an aroma just short of heaven itself!!!!! this tin was purchased over e-bay, supposedly bought in mid nineties. first bowl was dis-appointing to say the least. this bowl my second, is... is...remarkable. what is this i taste/ almost like fluffy egg but subtler and with a bit of sweet like maple?? this utterly marvelous. i dont have the right words to describe this.... to those of you have tins ...

New Larrysson Pipes website

larrysson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:40:34 GMT

I would like to invite you all to take a look at my new website, www.larryssonpipes.com

There you will find a news and articles page, a biography and a different style of workshop tour. There are, of course, a pipes page and a gallery of past pipes, but this post is not meant to be a commercial ad.

The site will continue to change over the next weeks, including a place for reader comments and a better check-out procedure.

Please have a browse and enjoy yourself. Feel free ...

The Anticipation of PCCA EUFALAH

vaperfavour — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:17:30 GMT

I am REALLY looking forward to this one, i love REiner's lgf could be in the same ballpark?? Anyone else waiting anxiously?

Review of Box Pass samples

Puff Daddy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Let's all share our thoughts on what we smoked from the box Seems a shame for us all to be sampling the goodies without sharing and comparing our opinions, so here's the place to do it

I have to start with the Maduro cut cake, an amazing blend. Pease has accomplished something quite special with this one. The flakes are superb, everything is quite melded together as far as flavors go and the result is a flavorful, cool smoking tobacco where the cigar note is slightly sweet and ever ...

Another Chedda

CPT/VSG — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:25:53 GMT

While I sit at home recouperating from having a deviated septum straightened (not fun, by the way), obviously unable to smoke, I can at least look at another Chedda that is being held for me. I saw it last week as it was being finished and I plan on picking it up next weekend but will have to wait another week to smoke it.

Chedda Blast Bing:

Maltese Falcon Redux

Carlos — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:24:43 GMT

Nobody told me when Maltese Falcon became available in 8oz tins! Just saw it this morning.

Trooper Island.

puros_bran — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:05:42 GMT

Just noticed the link under Jeepernicks posts. http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/island.htm

Fellers if you ever feel the need to help some decent folk out in doing a decent thing for underprivileged kids this is one worthy place to send a few bucks.

This is not a State funded or ran program it was 100% thought up by the Troopers as a way of helping out the kids that they dealt with on a daily basis. It is funded by Troopers and donations and with a little help from 'volunteer ...

Awesome HS Wrestling Move

jhuggett — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:36:47 GMT

I have never seen a single leg take down defense like this. He may have a future in MMA.