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  1. str8razor

    loose tenon

    Im sure its been asked/explained before, but I don't feel like goin through the older posts. How do I tighten it up so it doesn't feel like its swaying like a hammock when I tjrn my head. Its an old , but beautiful Grabow bulldog. A beautiful find at the antique store last weekend for a nickel...
  2. str8razor

    My first Child!!!!!

    Yup! My first child will be here by the 24th of this mnoth and I'm so excited I cant stand it. Been lookin forward to it for a long time now, since before we found out that my wife was pregnant. We tried for 3 years prior to fnding out, so its been a long time coming. Wish me luck! I have a...
  3. str8razor

    All of my smokes, Up in smoke

    Been a while Gents. Had taken a trip to Montana to go hunting and decided since im going to be in a private cabin why not take my briars and baccy to smoke and get a good cleanin in on em while i was on my down time. Well after a 10hr hike into the back country of Browning i come up to what was...
  4. str8razor

    In desperate need of some help!!!

    So I have a huge dilemma on my hands. I was just recently lucky enough to be able to try some Jack Knife Plug. Man O man what a treat it was. I was looking to buy a couple of tins to smoke and cellar but the wife has smashed that dream. I currently have well over 200 cans of assorted Sutliff...
  5. str8razor

    Erik Nording Hunter Blend BEAGLE

    I just dove into a tin of this tobacco tonight and I am realy enjoying it. It has a more pronounced "Ketchup" flavor/aroma when first opening the tin and upon lighting up than many blends I have smoked. Im about a quarter of the way through the bowl right now and I quite enjoy it. What are...
  6. str8razor

    Honey/Syrup Caking a pipe.

    Recently bought a couple of basket pipes and decided to put syrup in one while breaking it in and the other im smoking "raw". For those of you who have done the honey/syrup thing how did you go about it. IE; coating it and smoking then and there, or coating and letting it sit and dry.
  7. str8razor

    Said I couldnt stand anything w/ Latakia in it..............

    Well gents I spoke toooooossssssssooooooonnnnnnnn., Bought me a couple ounces of Bob's Chocolate Flake. I must say that anyone wanting to try a Latakia Blend should give this one a try. I could smell it faintly in the bag but upon loading (Fold and Stuff as I do with all flake), It was not...
  8. str8razor

    Farmageddon Records

    https://www.youtube.com/user/FarmageddonRecords http://www.newrootsorder.com/ If you like roots music or are discusted with the way American Country radio is turning out please visit the above links and check em out. Lets kill Nashville Pop!
  9. str8razor

    VA/PER w/ the heaviest room note available

    As a predominately VA/PER smoker I have noticed alot of the blends I smoke (C&D's Exhausted Rooster, Kajun Kake, Night Train, Bayou Morning) that the room note is just not there. I mean if your sitting in the couch beside me you can deffinatley tell that Im smoking something but I want my wife...
  10. str8razor

    Being a Gentleman in the Age of the Internet

    Not that anyone isn't on here but it does bring up some very good points in the following article. from www.theartofmanliness.com Being a Gentleman in the Age of the Internet: 6 Ways to Bring Civility Online “All u need is one shell: for yourself. Done.” “Nothing says survival like...
  11. str8razor

    Ism's

    My grandfather had a little saying that he used to recite to me before every Wrestling season and Football season started. It realy hit home and made the most sense to me when he, a retired 38 year veteran of the infantry Master Gunnery Sergeant, shook my hand on the parade deck at Paris Island...
  12. str8razor

    I may have committed a pipe smoking sin!!!!!

    So the other day a friend of mine bought a storage unit at a local auction. In the locker was one pipe. A Butz-Choquin Cappadoce. Meer lined almost bulldog style I guess you would call it. I have smoked Meer lined pipes in the past and am not a fan of them. Now for what might piss yall...
  13. str8razor

    Made a big oops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    So there I was sitting at home relaxing, smoking my pipe. A little Exhausted Rooster I believe it was. Had been reminiscing about days gone by. Anyway there I was minding my own business and in comes me dog and jumps on me pipe drops, hits the bottom and now I cant git Bubble Bath outta my pipe...
  14. str8razor

    C&D's Two Friends series - Redwood

    www.cornellanddiehl.com describes it as follows..... Redwood: A mixture for Virginia lovers! We start with naturally sweet red and stoved red Virginia tobaccos, add enough perique to provide some body and spice things up a bit, and finish the blend with a pinch of unflavored black toasted...
  15. str8razor

    Dunhill Elizabethen Mixture.

    So I was given appx 20 tins from a friend who has appx 300 tins cellared (Amazing I know). I had heard from quite a few people that this blend was to be discontinued in the near future if it hasnt already. Anyone give me a deffinate??
  16. str8razor

    A handshake from the Old Dominion

    Hello Gents. I am new here and just wanted to let everyone know that I am looking forward to working with you all. I am from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, I am a 23 year old married male and a 5 year "Veteran of the Briar". I started with a couple of old Grabows that were...
  17. str8razor

    Black lining in a new pipe........

    What is this stuff ad if I decide to make a homemade pipe with this lining in it how can I acquire it or make it?
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