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  1. pistolero

    GBD 9456

    Snagged this one off ebay. Couple seller's pics: Smoked a bowl out of it last night. Smokes OK but it has a ghost. Bought a Virgin billiard 9436 a few years ago that has the EXACT same taste. Did everyone who had these in the 70s smoke Mixture 79 in them? Is someone selling me Hugh...
  2. pistolero

    New stuff!

    Two packages came yesterday. One from Mississippi: And one from Ireland:
  3. pistolero

    Weber.

    Weber Golden Walnut. Snatched this up off ebay. Don't know anything about them just bought it because I thought it was pretty and the price was right. No way it can smoke as good as it looks. Seller's pics.
  4. pistolero

    How high is too high?

    My Peterson System 302 came in. It's just as beautiful as the pics showed. The drilling where it comes into the bowl is pretty high. Like at the "back" of the bowl, the bottom of wall at the full outside diameter. Hope I am describing that sufficiently. Can't really get a pic of it the inside is...
  5. pistolero

    Pipes. Euro deals.

    Well the US dollar and the Euro are right at 1 to 1. Anyway I was looking on smokingpipes.eu at some Savinelli Dry Systems and picked out the one with the best grain. Smokingpipes shows pics of the actual individual pipes for sale. In the cart it goes. While I'm at it why not another 614? Anyway...
  6. pistolero

    Aging Va/pers

    Sorry if this is a stupid question but a quick google didn't really answer it and you guys would know better anyway. I smoke 95% codger baccies mostly PA but I do enjoy a va/per as a treat occasionally. I was lucky enough early in my piping journey to encounter the joy of a good va/per and...
  7. pistolero

    I'm back!

    Witness my triumphant return! Been on the road a while. Working too many hours a week. Smoking cigarettes. No time for pipes. I'm back home, got a gig for the time being where I'm home in my own bed every night thank god. Went by Pipes by George in downtown Raleigh today and picked up a couple...
  8. pistolero

    New gig!

    Well I've been sitting at the house since June 20th or so. Got laid off. Got a short term gig starting next week. Gonna be out of town so only home on weekends. Which sucks. The extended-stay type place I have a reservation at has smoking rooms though. So I am looking forward to being able to...
  9. pistolero

    New baccies.

    Which one to try first? Haven't tried any of these yet. First straight Va's for me.
  10. pistolero

    New Rossi

    Been looking at Oom Pauls and full bents on ebay. My favorite briar I have so far is the Peterson XL02. I like the way the bent pipes hang. Been wanting a Savinelli 614. Looking on smokingpipes I came across the Rossi pipes. These are made by Savinelli in the same shapes. The Vittoria 8614 is...
  11. pistolero

    "I like ma pipe..."

    Sitting here smoking PA in a Peterson Donegal Rocky XL02. This guy pretty much sums it up: "I like ma pipe, and I wouldn't like to be without ma pipe, to be honest..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia66OTkuxVE
  12. pistolero

    pistolero's first resto.

    Picked up an old Kaywoodie from ebay. $10 plus $5 shipping. Used oxyclean and micro-mesh on the stem. Soaked the stummel in 91% alcohol and hand sanded it. Thought I'd restain it but the original stain was pretty deep and the stampings were shallow so I didn't want to sand them out. Just...
  13. pistolero

    TAPS in Durham Sunday.

    Checked out TAPS site and they are meeting Sunday afternoon at Kickback Jack's in Durham Sunday. Might make it over there. Don't really have any other plans. Noticed quite a few posters here are in NC. Any brothers here go to these?
  14. pistolero

    Antique Yello Bole ebay score.

    Old "Stembiter" $33.24 shipped. Prop logo and stamped "KB&B" Gotta love ebay.
  15. pistolero

    I'm back.....

    "Witness my triumphant return!" Hello brothers. I was here around 2010-2011 for a little while. Had some down time and started smoking a pipe. Went back to travelling a lot for work and sort of put it aside. Never did kick the cigs. Back to sitting at the house a lot. Unemployed at the moment...
  16. pistolero

    Piet OK?

    Looking at some older threads and saw a post of Piet's. Noticed he hasn't posted at all since like Nov 30 I think it was. Almost two full weeks. That's not like him is it?
  17. pistolero

    Check this out.

    Was lookin at harmonica stuff and ran across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdUkGV7pGzg&feature=related Must see.
  18. pistolero

    Escudo?

    Just ordered a tin of Escudo with my new Peterson from 4noggins. Their site says it's A.C. Peterson's, Tobaccoreviews.com says now it's Stokkebye's. First is the tin I get from 4noggins going to be Peterson's or Stokkebye's, and second is there any difference? I've not smoked any version of...
  19. pistolero

    Help me pick a pipe.

    OK, I worked for the last 3 weeks and assuming have a little cash left after getting Christmas taken care of for the kids & old lady, I'm looking at getting a piece of briar. I'm liking my Omega and despite the bent shape it is my best smoker and I like the way it hangs so I'm looking at full...
  20. pistolero

    A Small Celebration.

    Enjoying a bowl of C&D Burley Flake #2 on the porch (in my old yet not quite broken in Grabow Golden Duke) in with a cold Budweiser. Got a new gig this week (haven't worked since April). It's a contract deal so no bennies or anything like that. It's temporary, but possibly a lot of very...
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