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Post by coalsmoke on Mar 29, 2023 18:19:48 GMT -5
Yesterday I received the monthly tobacco order of my usual smokes... ...200g HH Pure VA Flake ...100g Peterson Flake ...and 100g Limerick VA Flake Wessex Brown VA Flake and Wessex Brigade Campaign VA Flake are all sold out. I'll keep an eye out for them. Seems like availability of those Wessex blends has been spotty for quite a while. It's been like this for years. Both the Brown VA Flake and the Campaign Dark Flake will disappear from the shelves for a few months and then show up in small quantities. This often results in two-tin limits from the retailers. Looking at the once-a-year availability of BBF and FVF, I should be grateful. |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 29, 2023 18:46:54 GMT -5
Got some pipes rolling in from Briarworks, due on Saturday… looking forward to it.
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 29, 2023 20:18:16 GMT -5
Tobacco pipes just told me they have ONE Pete Pub sandblast newly in stock. I ordered that sucker toot sweet.
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Post by username on Mar 29, 2023 21:38:06 GMT -5
Pair of sprue cutters for model making as I have appeared to have lost mine. I swear as the way these things usually work out I will find them now that I have ordered the replacements.
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Post by urbino on Mar 29, 2023 22:20:46 GMT -5
Pair of sprue cutters for model making as I have appeared to have lost mine. I swear as the way these things usually work out I will find them now that I have ordered the replacements. Had to look that one up. Yep, that's how it always works. When you need it, you can't find it. When you replace it, it won't get out from under foot. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 29, 2023 22:29:18 GMT -5
Tobacco pipes just told me they have ONE Pete Pub sandblast newly in stock. I ordered that sucker toot sweet. Sounds like some cornhusker has a monkey on his back. 😁 |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 30, 2023 8:00:51 GMT -5
Pair of sprue cutters for model making as I have appeared to have lost mine. I swear as the way these things usually work out I will find them now that I have ordered the replacements. Had to look that one up. Yep, that's how it always works. When you need it, you can't find it. When you replace it, it won't get out from under foot. You can find the old ones easily once the new ones arrive. Just ask yourself “Now where should I put these to be sure to find ‘em?” |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 30, 2023 9:38:10 GMT -5
Tobacco pipes just told me they have ONE Pete Pub sandblast newly in stock. I ordered that sucker toot sweet. Sounds like some cornhusker has a monkey on his back. 😁 Over east they shuck corn. Out here we punch cattle. Texas has the monkeys. |
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chasingembers
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First Name: Duane
Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
Favorite Tobacco: Black Frigate,Solani Silver Flake, Yenidje Highlander, Angler's Dream, Watch City Slices, Salty Dogs, Mephisto, Ennerdale Flake, Rich Dark Honeydew, 1792 Flake
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Post by chasingembers on Mar 31, 2023 5:28:16 GMT -5
WOW that is a gorgeous pipe Been looking for a Van Erck for a while. This one turns out to have been made the year I graduated but will likely be a display piece. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 31, 2023 10:57:25 GMT -5
 Supposedly my HVC SAMPLER, been wobbling in the mail for a while.
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Post by turbocat on Mar 31, 2023 14:07:04 GMT -5
I got a very early Pioneer calabash in original box in need of repair. I’m inclined to think that the pipe was damaged in 1958, since some of the original packing in the box was supplemented with a piece of newspaper dated May 14, 1958.  |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 31, 2023 14:50:36 GMT -5
Got my HVCS; too windy, so in the humidor,
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Post by coalsmoke on Apr 1, 2023 9:49:52 GMT -5
I finally was able to order my favorite Wessex Flake tobacco although it seems to be selling out fast already. By late next week I'll receive...
...100g Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake
...and what appears to be the last available tin of Wessex Brown VA Flake.
Two tin limit, so I'll just enjoy what I get.
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Post by Gypo on Apr 1, 2023 11:35:53 GMT -5
Pete Geek Zippo lighter. Been using my Zippo lighters mostly this winter. Awhile back Boss was working cow's and branding asked me if I had a lighter one of the few laughs I have had this winter.
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chasingembers
Senior Member
Posts: 1,912
First Name: Duane
Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
Favorite Tobacco: Black Frigate,Solani Silver Flake, Yenidje Highlander, Angler's Dream, Watch City Slices, Salty Dogs, Mephisto, Ennerdale Flake, Rich Dark Honeydew, 1792 Flake
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 1, 2023 16:14:11 GMT -5
I got a very early Pioneer calabash in original box in need of repair. I’m inclined to think that the pipe was damaged in 1958, since some of the original packing in the box was supplemented with a piece of newspaper dated May 14, 1958. |
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Post by turbocat on Apr 1, 2023 17:09:25 GMT -5
I got a very early Pioneer calabash in original box in need of repair. I’m inclined to think that the pipe was damaged in 1958, since some of the original packing in the box was supplemented with a piece of newspaper dated May 14, 1958. Thanks! I do all my own repairs and restorations on calabash pipes. I am thinking with this one I might install a whole new stem arrangement and change the geometry of it a bit. Since it has a full curve to the gourd, material can be removed to achieve that. I’m not the biggest fan of the full bent style that this pipe is. I prefer the bowls to be further away from my face and bit nearer to parallel with the bowl. Or I’ll just repair it and sell it, it does have collector value and is barely used, with original box. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 1, 2023 18:38:36 GMT -5
I got a very early Pioneer calabash in original box in need of repair. I’m inclined to think that the pipe was damaged in 1958, since some of the original packing in the box was supplemented with a piece of newspaper dated May 14, 1958. Somebody got excited and dropped it! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 1, 2023 18:40:23 GMT -5
Thanks! I do all my own repairs and restorations on calabash pipes. I am thinking with this one I might install a whole new stem arrangement and change the geometry of it a bit. Since it has a full curve to the gourd, material can be removed to achieve that. I’m not the biggest fan of the full bent style that this pipe is. I prefer the bowls to be further away from my face and bit nearer to parallel with the bowl. Or I’ll just repair it and sell it, it does have collector value and is barely used, with original box. I would probably just glue it with a piece of tubing epoxied inside. |
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Post by turbocat on Apr 1, 2023 19:10:28 GMT -5
Thanks! I do all my own repairs and restorations on calabash pipes. I am thinking with this one I might install a whole new stem arrangement and change the geometry of it a bit. Since it has a full curve to the gourd, material can be removed to achieve that. I’m not the biggest fan of the full bent style that this pipe is. I prefer the bowls to be further away from my face and bit nearer to parallel with the bowl. Or I’ll just repair it and sell it, it does have collector value and is barely used, with original box. I would probably just glue it with a piece of tubing epoxied inside. Yeah, that would be the straightforward way to handle it. The reality is that it ended up in my box of broken and parts calabash pipes where it will sit in similar company. My thought is that one day I’ll have fun fixing all of them up. |
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 3, 2023 17:03:42 GMT -5
My Pete Pub Sandblast arrived this afternoon.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 3, 2023 18:05:31 GMT -5
My Pete Pub Sandblast arrived this afternoon. I feel like he looks. |
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Post by urbino on Apr 3, 2023 18:38:28 GMT -5
My Pete Pub Sandblast arrived this afternoon. Did the schnozz approve this new implement? |
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 3, 2023 18:46:17 GMT -5
Apparently. No negative votes anyway. This is my current system lineup…  Afraid I’m in kind of a rut. None of my other pipes come even close to the smoking enjoyment of the Pete deluxe systems. They’re about the only ones I smoke anymore. Yeah, I know— boring. But what can I do? |
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Post by urbino on Apr 3, 2023 20:31:04 GMT -5
And Z92 in all of them.
What's your routine for cleaning them?
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 3, 2023 20:35:36 GMT -5
Demount. Remove stinger. Run cleaner thru stem. Run cleaner thru stinger. Double cleaner, run thru body. Clean pit with Q-tip. Clean bowl wit Q-tip. Do this after every smoke or as near as convenient.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 3, 2023 20:36:23 GMT -5
Demount. Remove stinger. Run cleaner thru stem. Run cleaner thru stinger. Double cleaner, run thru body. Clean pit with Q-tip. Clean bowl wit Q-tip. Do this after every smoke or as near as convenient. Yes, Z92. What a rut, eh? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 3, 2023 21:51:22 GMT -5
Apparently. No negative votes anyway. This is my current system lineup… Afraid I’m in kind of a rut. None of my other pipes come even close to the smoking enjoyment of the Pete deluxe systems. They’re about the only ones I smoke anymore. Yeah, I know— boring. But what can I do? I could easily smoke my Peterson Deluxe Systems all the time, but I worry about my other pipes feeling neglected. |
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 4, 2023 3:13:04 GMT -5
Apparently. No negative votes anyway. This is my current system lineup… Afraid I’m in kind of a rut. None of my other pipes come even close to the smoking enjoyment of the Pete deluxe systems. They’re about the only ones I smoke anymore. Yeah, I know— boring. But what can I do? I could easily smoke my Peterson Deluxe Systems all the time, but I worry about my other pipes feeling neglected. I have two of them now. They do smoke great. I think they actually stay lit better than some of my other pipes. I didn't know you could remove the metal part. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 4, 2023 8:06:06 GMT -5
Except for a defect like Bob's, the more you smoke your Pete, the better it smokes. About half of mine are fully broken in, but they were estates,except for the 20FB Deluxe System. I did that myself! 😁
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 4, 2023 8:26:06 GMT -5
What “defect” is that?
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Supposedly my HVC SAMPLER, been wobbling in the mail for a while.
