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  1. velveteagle

    Not Allowed To Share Or Settings Glitch ???

    I joined this wonderful Brotherhood some time ago.. I have found so many nice people who have helped me find the things I look for ie tobacco and care of pipes.. Here is the problem.. No matter how I try to add topics to follow when posting I find that no email notice comes to my email address...
  2. velveteagle

    What are you smoking?

    MC Red Cake 5100 in a Big Bent Bruyers England.. Windy and warm here.. Feels like a storm moving in..
  3. velveteagle

    What are you smoking?

    Morning chores done with a bowl of Dan's Blue Note in a Dr. Grabow Riviera and hot coffee.. Great breakfast pre smoke.. :D
  4. velveteagle

    Winters Cold Grip.

    Just getting ready to head outside to sit in my truck and turn on the radio while I smoke some FVF mixed with SG's Chocolate Flake in my CAO Big Head Meer. I like this combo.. So cold now..No smoking in the house for me.. I like the peace of it all anyway.. I want to share a photo I changed a...
  5. velveteagle

    Very Short Pipe Cleaners ???

    I was given an old Pipe Reem Tool by my Father-In-Law a week ago. This picture is the same kind of tool and case but taken from the web. Anyway I had this small silver ring with the tool and a slot which was a little bigger for it to set in. Got me thinking.. Then I see this photo and see that...
  6. velveteagle

    Need A Bit Of Clarification !

    I was visiting a fellow I know who enjoys smoking a pipe. I was looking into his ash try and noticed a good amount of tobacco that was not burnt. I made a comment about it and he told me he never smokes his pipe tobacco all the way down but throws half of the bowl content away. I asked him why...
  7. velveteagle

    McCranie's Have Dunhill Tobacco Just In !!!

    Just got an email from McCranie's they have Dunhill tobacco in stock now.. Dunhill Tobacco At McCranie's
  8. velveteagle

    SG's Chocolate Flake

    I just returned from outside. I had my first bowl of SG Chocolate Flake in my Eagle Claw Meer.. I must say it was one of the best smokes I have ever had.. The entire smoke tasted great.. Smooth to the tongue and pure joy in its entirety.. This is going to be top of the list for favorites and...
  9. velveteagle

    Dunhill Tins

    I just got this email link for Dunhill tins now at SmokingPipes.. There are 9 kinds.. Dunhill Tins
  10. velveteagle

    Don't Play With Possum

    Okay so I had a few glasses of wine and samples of cheese with friends and lots of pipe smoking and chatting. Came home a tad late.. Had left the light on in the chicken coop. Went outside to smoke some SG Best Brown Flake under the stars.. Then I heard the birds clucking away. So I pulled out...
  11. velveteagle

    Smokers Fall

    This is it.. Fall.. The cool of the air and clear sky with dancing stars at night.. After a good days work nothing better... The pipe talks to me in its subtle tones.. A cold drink to tame its burn.. I have a photo of the last Lotus of one of our ponds.. Then a capture of fall from a friend...
  12. velveteagle

    Wonderful Gifted Blends

    You know who you are and I just want to say thank you so much for the blends you gifted me. There are so many kind people in this world and I have found a great many of them here oh Brothers of Briar.. I look forward to the time when I can gift out tobaccos or other things to people who I find...
  13. velveteagle

    How To Tighten A Pipe Stem ?

    I have an older pipe I really enjoy. The stem fits into the shank a tad loose. Its a round shape that fits the stem into the shank. What is a good way to make it a bit bigger without having to stick a piece of tissue paper next to it after cleaning to keep the stem a tighter fit. I have been...
  14. velveteagle

    Cornell and Diehl 106 Golden Ash Pipe Tobacco

    I am compiling an order list the short one for next order and a long term list to try out in the future.. This blend is in the latter list.. I noticed some were smoking this on what are you smoking.. Got curious and did a search.. Reviews show it as a great rating.. But alas I cannot find it for...
  15. velveteagle

    Good Ole Wally !

    I just wanted to share a short tale. Collecting pipes other than the three I got back that I gifted to a friend who passed on. I went to ebay and my total now is 21. I know I was going to stop at 14. Well I gave up on worrying about it now. I have put my order in for my first hand made pipe by...
  16. velveteagle

    Great Places For Tobacco Testing ?

    I was just thinking on not so many days ago I was doing a bit of camping and kayaking in the great up north woods. On a beautiful river with friends. Many of types of drinks and food. Oh yes and of course all the time in the world to ponder the taste of un tested blends of pipe smoke. Burning...
  17. velveteagle

    I may be a Flake Guy!

    Being new to the real pipe blends it seems after picking up the pipe after years. I was gifted many blends from a nice fellow BoB. I have not found one I really do not like yet. I have two tins I have not yet opened. But I must say this the flakes have got me good. I had my first bowl of J.F...
  18. velveteagle

    What's Your Favorite Pipe Season ?

    My favorite is Fall. The blustery cool air and turning leaves seem to draw me into daydreaming with my pipe. So I wrote this below. Plus a fall picture I captured. The Fall is like a last kiss of summer. It holds the beauty of warmer colors to prepare the soul for the bleakness and frozen times...
  19. velveteagle

    Pipeworks & Wilke Moving Get Orders In Soon

    I just received this email and will forward info to anyone who may want to order before their move. My dear Pipesmokers The good news is I have finally bought a house !!! The bad news it has all happened very quickly and I was unable to give you more notice...
  20. velveteagle

    Perfect Pipe & Tobacco Testing

    Had five days of camping, kayaking, fireside cooking,wonderful conversations and joke times. Camping in the woods with the winds and animals to keep ya company. Never a time where food was not ready to eat or a drink not ready to pour. I took six gift blends of tobacco and four pipes which were...
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