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Edwards is still around in various cities. The original Edwards store is in Tampa, Florida. Tampa was also the headquarters of their warehouse facility where they carved their pipes and cured them. They were all oil cured back then. For a time in the 70's and perhaps into the 80's they had a...

There is Edward's Pipe and Tobacco located on Henderson Blvd. It has been there at least 50 years. They have a great selection of cigars and pipes and pipe tobacco. They blend their own tobacco and have their own pipes, plus name brands. Thompson cigar is also there. They have a large...

I've used a cork for many, many years and have never had a problem. I've seen people knock their pipes out on many different objects but never gave any thought to someone damaging their pipes on a cork. That's the purpose of the thing. Learn new things everyday. Never thought about the cork...