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I went to see "Man of Steel," the new Superman movie, Tuesday. Supposedly there is some religious themes in the movie. I give the movie two stars out of four. First, it's a lot of bing...bang...boom. If one destroyed car is fun, how about hundreds. It was pretty non-stop. The theme was the start...

"Legacy" is a new blend released by PipeandCigars.com at the Chicago Pipe Show 2013. They were giving generous samples on a number of new blends soon to be released under the label "The Smoker Ltd." You can go to the PipeandCigars.com website for more information about the different blends they...

I attended my first "Chicago Pipe Show." Wednesday I went to the Charatan Collectors Club meeting. I had my required five. They are all good smokers and special to me. I was not aware of the specialized extra large behemoths carved by Charatan. Today I went for the Smoke and Swap. Tables...

I'm in St. Louis for a conference. I took time to go to a pipe shop I visited quite often in the early 1970's when I went to school there. I was looking forward to a visit after all these years. Thomas Wolfe said, you can't go home. Sure thing here. Nearly the whole shop is devoted to...

I first looked up this topic under "Paragon" and "Halcyon," two applied by hand waxes. The discussion was rather brief and fell into the pro's and con's of using either on rusticated and sandblasted pipes. Seems to me that rusticated and sandblasted pipes really don't need much than a little...

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Can anyone tell me what "Bench made" means on a Stanwell pipe. The other markings are Reg. No. 969 48, also there is a "63." possible shape number?

Can anyone tell me what "Bench made" means on a Stanwell pipe. The other markings are Reg. No. 969 48, also there is a "63." possible shape number?