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    Tell me about calabashes

    Okay, so I'm looking at getting a second pipe, and I've always been intrigued by calabashes, but I really don't know anything about them. Here's a couple of questions: Do these come in a variety of sizes? What kind of capacity do they have? I was under the impression that these were...
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    Zero Effect

    Has anyone else seen it? For those of you who haven't, it's a not very faithful adaptation of A Scandal in Bohemia (the very first Sherlock Holmes story published) set in modern times. The characters have all changed names and some of the plot is also different. One of my big problems with the...
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    High Octane

    As a heavy cigarette smoker, I find myself needing a bit more nicotine "kick" than I'm getting from the pipe. I'd like to hear about your favorite HO tobacs. Information like availability, taste and aroma/room note would also be highly appreciated!
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    The OTHER pipes thread

    When I was reading up before buying my first pipe I definitely knew what I wanted; a traditional briar pipe in an elegant, classic shape, something that would remind me of the pipe smokers in the old mystery novels I read by the bookcase-full as a kid. Lately I've been looking at getting a...
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    Best values in pipe tobaccos - and where to buy

    So as a newb to this I'm trying to educate myself a bit in the different tobaccos types and etc., and I've noticed there is a lot of difference in price between between supposedly equivalent mixes by various makers and even between different (online) retailers for the same product. So I thought...
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    Confused about Petersons (and other stuff)

    So here's the deal- I'm shopping for my new pipe. I'm a bit enamored of the Peterson "system" pipes, both for looks and because of the whole reservoir, dry smoking thing. After reading most of the threads in this forum I'm under the impression that Petersons (along with Stanwell and Savinelli...
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    Hello

    My name is Dakki and I'm a - Wait, wrong forum. Anyway, I've been looking into picking up pipe smoking again after 10 years or so off the briar. I owned exactly one cheap drugstore pipe (and a copy of RCH's Ultimate Pipe Book so I could slobber all over the nice pipes...) and lost it in a move...
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