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Anyone know anything about Mimmo Provenzano pipes? Quality, smokeability, etc.? Any experience with his pipes? I only ask because he has several beautiful shapes on Smokingpipes, and at prices way below normal artisan price points. I'm saving my pennies for an Icarus or Neptune pipe (which...

...And another facet of the hobby opens up. I just watched a video on YouTube documenting the 2014 World Championship slow-smoking competition. The man who won smoked his pipe for 2 hrs, 26 mins. I want to know how. I'm starting from having to re-light every 5 to 10 minutes, so this is an...

So, I think I've finally figured out the thing about G L Pease tobacco. I've always found it kind of rough, harsh. But I've been smoking "Sixpence" recently (having discovered a taste for dark fired KY) and it dawned on me that his tobaccos all taste very pure. I love Old Gowrie, Dorchester...

For quite some time, Old Gowrie has been my go-to blend. Thus, for years, I figured, "I'm a VA man." And for years I've bounced from disappointing blend to disappointing blend. They all seemed to flake out on me (pun, of course, intended). So the half-emptied jars of tobaccos piled up on my...

So, I am in the process of unloading some old pipes in order to afford a new, "the one" pipe (I do not suffer from the common disorder, but suffer instead an idealist dream of the one, true pipe, till death do us part forsaking all others). I've done my homework, and I think a Nording might fit...

I've heard from a few sources that spit/pipe ash (okay, any ash will do) are an excellent way to polish brass, silver, etc. I tried it out on my 10 year old Zippo lighter today. I can't believe how well it worked: ash, a little spit, and a Kleenex and the thing looks almost new. I just thought...

It's International Pipe Smoking Day (so the Smokingpipes newsletter tells me).  It's a little late in the day, but any special tobacco picks lit up to celebrate? Mine is a bowl (and a half) of 1-year C&D Bayou Morning, enjoyed as I type in a Stanwell brandy.  Lovely. PS: Enjoyed while I clean...

I'm not sure if this is a comment or a question. I suppose it's a realization with an eye to engender further comments from my fellows. I'm a finicky sort of person. Thus, when learning to smoke a pipe and hearing 1) cake build-up is essential to protect your briar and 2) the ole dime's-width...

Just got the latest Smokingpipes update and saw another one of those Sebastien Beo bent billiards up for sale. Don't have the funds now, but some day...some day... I currently have two Beos (two's a company, three's a better company), a bent bulldog and a straight pot and they are the best...

I've recently purchased a fantastic IMP meerschaum, lovely pipe, for a great estate price. It was just beginning to color around the shank and, since I've been smoking it, has acquired a deepening yellow hue. I'm quite pleased with that, but I'm curious as to why the color seems to be staying...

I'm looking to buy a Sav shape 207 (straight apple). I've been swept away by the shape. I'm looking at a Roma and an Oscar Lucite, both in my price range. Can anyone tell me anything about either of these series? Obviously the Roma is rustic and the Oscar is smooth. I've also discovered...

I'm a fairly new pipe smoker and some of my ideas/methods have been real bummers, but this one seems to be working so far, tell me what you all think: My first "real" pipe, the one to which I gave the cake any attention at all, came out very lumpy and I ended up chipping certain parts out...

I'm a fairly new pipe smoker and some of my ideas/methods have been real bummers, but this one seems to be working so far, tell me what you all think: My first "real" pipe, the one to which I gave the cake any attention at all, came out very lumpy and I ended up chipping certain parts out...

Hello all, new to the forum here, this will be my first post. I recently purchased, at a bargain, a Stanwell Sixtus 211, cutty/dublin shape pipe (the bargain came because this line is now discontinued). I fell immediately in love with its looks and when I took it out of the package, was amazed...