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Craig Cobine, Director Emeritus of The Chicagoland International Pipe and Tobacciana Show has passed. Craig was always on the go every show. Helping to make it happen. He will be greatly missed.

I am tardy in posting this. Hopefully all who are regulars are well aware of all the events. For you new people, this is looking like the biggest and best event yet. I am posting two links. One is a print friendly list. https://www.chicagopipeshow.com/ https://www.chicagopipeshow.com/schedule/

Years ago BoB Forum did a very similar pipe as a forum pipe. Mark's email popped in the inbox this morning, so I thought I would pass this on. I still haven't wore out those I bought in the past. Mark makes good smoking pipes at a reasonable cost. You can get fancier if you want. The link...

Some pics. The completed rifle is a .54cal Woodsrunner kit from Kibler Longrifles. I want to polish the lock over winter. Or if I get time. Last two pics are the current project. A Southern Mountain Rifle in .40cal. Another Kibler Longrifles kit. This will be the fourth one. Really...

I am not posting links. But I did come across something I had never seen before. R.W. Martin & Bros. "Wally Bird" tobacco jars. If you search carefully, there is a number of these items at auction right now. I suspect other rare tobacco related stuff may also be at auction. Surprising...

Link to the show flyer. Be sure to check the website for more info, or call their contact number about events at the show. Reservations to count for the club totals must be done by a certain date. Read all the info. Go and have fun. Friday Welcome dinner, Saturday Cigar dinner, Pipe Carving...

A search only showed one thread, and I missed it apparently. Did not know what one was. Got my February 2023 of MuzzleBlasts magazine from the NMLRA. Inside was a four page article on snuff mulls. Lots of pics. Most are small tightly curled horn. Decorative. eBay has a number of them...

Looking to trade for Samuel Gawith Bracken Flake. There are at least a couple variations. Both exceedingly strong and uniquely scented. Looking to trade for older Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake. The older versions lived up to it's nickname of, "Dead Mouse in a Tin". When you opened a new tin...

Smoking Pipes has Samuel Gawith 8oz packages in stock.

Been on the struggle bus today. Was in my bibs pocket when it got smacked against a truck steering wheel.

As alluded to in another thread, I have been under the weather. Nearly all summer long. Late June I came down with what I suspected was kidney stones. I was right. Toughed it out for four days and finally had the wife take me to the ER on an early Sunday morning. A 5mm and a 7mm stuck in my...

Not an easy blend to smoke. Oh, it can burn just fine. Getting the best of flavors out of it can take some doing. In the past they seemed fleeting. I would arrive at nirvana for a few minutes, and then, gone. This tin from 2005 has been much improved. Maybe it took this many years to get...

If you attended shows, you may have met Frank. Almost certainly at the Chicago Show. " To all CPCC members, Please be aware that Frank Burla passed away this morning. He was suffering from multiple ailments, amongst them stage 4 cancer. He had recently spent some time in the hospital and was...

...........seems to be some new ones at Smoking Pipes. Limited supply etc. Just passing the info on. All I can do to keep from ordering one of those Kingston Judge pipes.

Angie posted on another forum about a scenario where a user posted looking for an item. Then got a PM from a new user saying that he just got an email from a friend that has what they are looking for. At a really good price. Nothing shows, the money is gone, as is the new user who PMed about...

New weekend = July 31 and August 1, 2021 The usual Friday activities are listed on the show flyer. Free dinner. I do not see the pipe making class, but I may have overlooked it. Or it may be added. http://www.chicagopipeshow.com/2021-pipe-tobacciana-show-flyer/

Very limited. 2 tins per day. "Dangit!" I had to order other stuff to get the free shipping. I checked other suppliers, but do not see it elsewhere yet. Maybe it just came in yesterday at Smoking Pipes. For those of you scratching your heads. Dead Mouse in a Tin is Samuel Gawith 1792...

Sign in or sign up. Register as a BoB forum member. Read the instuctional thread on How to Use the New Software. You can disable the ads yourself. I am told it looks quite cluttered with advertising. To be honest, I would not know. I run so many ad blockers that I almost never see any ads.

I have been trying to make an effort to clean up some of the huge numbers of open tins around here.  But sometimes I cannot resist looking elsewhere.  It's like having to eat leftovers.  I can only stand it so long, and I need something different.   So I knocked the dust off a box with some...

The Official announcement and instructions are posted in the Community in Action Forum. Follow the instructions! Please read the whole thing. Check out the links to past Secret Santa's, for how they play out. Just wanted y'all to know that I had not forgotten. 🎅