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    I Want to Try Something New

    These are some of my most favorite/affordable, catch these when the go on sale. Bulk Cornell and Deihl Yorktown, Old Joe Krantz, Derringer Tin Cornell and Deihl After Hours Flake, Afternoon Delight, Exhausted Rooster, Manhatten Afternoon, Opening Night, Pirate Cake and Sunday Picnic.
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    A very comfy Thong indeed.

    Bought me a pair of these last year after noticing a lot of other runners wearing them after 5k and 10k races. Best pair of flip flops I've ever had. Your tired feet with a pair of HOKA Ora Recovery Flip 2 slides. These aren’t your average flip flops. Give your feet the cushion and support...
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    Care of Calabash pipes

    If the freezer trick does not work, take a dishtowel and wrap the bottom lip of the bowl with it. Then use a hairdryer to heat the gourd up to get it to expand while the bowl stays cooler and give it a twist. Each time you try let it cool back down to room temperature before trying again. Try...
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    I know I belong to a bygone world because…

    I still go to my local libraries to get books to read and rent movie dvd's. The books I take pictures of each page with my phone and read them when it gets slow at work. I smile when everone else is watching videos on their phone and I'm reading a book. I like to rent the dvd's because it...
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    ID? Japanese made briar and ivory

    Esterd is the maker of that pipe. I have a few of them in the box with that same paper work as yours. Esterd is a second of Tsunge.
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    What Are You Smoking Pages.

    Elizabethan in the Dunhill and Union Square in the Larson
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    Wife Found Me a Pipe!

    Here is a stamping from a 1977 from a sale by SmokingPipes.com. Stampings change and wear, I guess.
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    Wife Found Me a Pipe!

    Looks to me that it was made in 1976 and the 17 next to the 16 means that it was sold or sent out to be sold in 1977. Great score with all the paperwork sock and box. Being brand new fire that sucker up!
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    3 year pipe smoker

    Hi Marc, Welcome to the forum. Try some straight Virginia's and some straight Burley's and then Virginia/Burley blends. Sometimes the Vaper's just need time in the tin to take the rough edges off. After smoking Cornell and Diehl Old Joe Krantz the first time thought it was not for me. After...
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    Kaywoodie elite grades, availability, and activity

    Not sure but maybe this link can get you there? https://greywoodie.com/collections/nqa-pipes
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    Pipe Stem Manufacturing

    Here is a German maker. Fun to check prices on. All are 1 meter pieces. Type Choose an optionMarbledMotteld Verarbeitung Choose an optionraw Diameter Choose an option38 mm40 mm42 mm44 mm50 mm62 mmClear €265,00 zzgl. 19% MwSt. zzgl. Versandkosten...
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    Antique Mall Finds - 6 Pipes, $18.75

    The centennial is not showing to be listed in the catalog from 1968 to 1969 so that may be when they dropped that line of pipe. Pipe was made between 55 to 68. Very nice pipes you got and great looking grain on that Kaywoodie. Table 3. 1955 Kaywoodie Pipe Grades and Prices Meerschaum...
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    Linkman's and early Dr. Grabows

    For me the older pipes are all about the stem material they used back then also. You'll know you have a good one by the weight of it in hand. It seems to have a different density to me. The oxidation is surface only, is easier to get that jet black sheen to it and keep the fit to the shank...
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    jar openers

    It is an battery powered electric jar opener from amazon. The rubber thingies really help a lot, but I have to remember to not squeeze with the hand on the lid but to relax it. Squeezing it for me makes the lid harder to start the spin.
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    jar openers

    For the money this might be worth a try.
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