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    Favorite Movie Monster

    With Halloween closing fast I was wondering what everybody’s favorite movie monster was? For me it has to be Godzilla followed closely by the Monster in Young Frankenstein
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    Canton/Akron and Buff NY Shops?

    Spending some time out here in the Midwest and Western NY. Wondering if there are any recommended tobacconists worth my time?
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    Tyrolean pipes

    I wonder if there are any folk carving a functional Tyrolean style pipe? I have seen the ones sold for looks but nothing that is a fer sure smoker. Anybody know anything?
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    To crack or not to crack, dunhill question

    So my local B&M had a good number of dunhill tins and when I heard that dunhill would no longer be imported I felt obligated to buy more that I could afford. I "think" they are all Murrays from the mid 90's(I have done a bunch of research and I still think there is some black magic involved in...
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    Colorific Pipes

    I thought this kinda thing ended with The Pipe. :suspect: http://www.therightpipe.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.listProducts/catId/473/Colorific_Selection_Entire_Collection.html
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    Dunhill Tins

    I just picked up a number of tins with diffrent styles but I can't find any good information on how to tell the age and who made um. Seems like its something everybody knows but me :D
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    Any Parker fans out there?

    From what I have seen, none of these are real fancy. Just solid good smoking briar at a good price. I recently finished breakin in a "Jocky Club" dublin and it's my go to for burlys. Dan
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    Yello-Bole

    Ok, anybody a fan? How about "brylon?"
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    SMS meerschaum?

    For Christmas this year the better half got me a calabash from SMS. I know nothing about the company but I thought it might be a good plan to order an extra bowl or two incase I live up to my usual talents of dropping pipes. So if anyone has info about SMS or other options for bowls it would be...
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    SE Montana

    Any pipe related places up in this neck of the woods? I gotta go back to Denver via WY so anyplaces along I-25 work too. Dan
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    Grabows for aromatics?

    So, I don't want to ghost one of my "good" :roll: pipes and I still like an aromatic here and there. Any better ideas for a aromatic only pipe (other than a cob)? Thus keepin my other pipes kinda ghost free.
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    Another need of suggestions

    I leave middle of next week for Vernal, UT for 40+ days and am gonna have to stock up on some tobak. I don't have time to mail order so I’m posting what my local B&M has and hope for suggestions. I’m open to anything though I’m currently working my way around burleys. Any help would be greatly...
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    Franz Swaty hone

    Got this at a shop and have no idea the quality or if I should use oil (what type) or water. My razor needs to be honed so it seemed like a good way to start. What types and processes do yall use with the stroping?
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    Why a pipe?

    So with “where do you smoke” going around I thought it would be interesting to find out what turned you into a pipe smoker. For me it was my grandpa when I was quite young with a combination of Carter Hall and a Yellow Bole NOVA on Friday nights watching the Opry on TNN. He smoked until he had...
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    Rejuvenating dry tobak

    So while moving out of my apt I found a tin of Dunhill Standard mix that I somehow managed to open smoke about two bowls and then forget about. :?: This may have been a purchase done right before finals when anything that did not relate to rocks was banished from my mind. Anyway, I now have...
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    Short term tobacco storage

    I have looked around the site quite a but other than ageing storage I do not see much in the way of folks short term storage methods. I have used bail toped jars and also 3mm baggies for the blends that I am currently rotating through but I was wondering what other folk use. This seems to be...
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    Howdy

    Hello all. I have been a pipe fan for about five years off and on now and make it a point to collect as much knowledge as possible. I stick mostly to basket pipes and corn cobs but my small collection also includes a Stanwell and a Savinelli Churchwarden. Dan
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