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Post by sperrytops on May 13, 2023 10:48:49 GMT -5
The original Tinder Box in Santa Monica in the early 70's. A basket pipe and a couple of ounces of their home Latakia blend. That was an amazing shop, as I recall. A virtual pipe smokers museum. Sat at around Wilshire and 27th Street.
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Post by trailboss on May 13, 2023 11:39:26 GMT -5
The original Tinder Box in Santa Monica in the early 70's. A basket pipe and a couple of ounces of their home Latakia blend. That was an amazing shop, as I recall. A virtual pipe smokers museum. Sat at around Wilshire and 27th Street. Looks like it would have bee a cool hangout. www.laconservancy.org/locations/tinder-boxPretty cool sign...they ripped off the image of one of Turbocats pipes though.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 13, 2023 12:09:19 GMT -5
In Houston we had the Pipe Pub with several locations. That's where I bought my first pipe tobacco. All gone now, but I see that they've opened a Cigar Lounge and pipe tobacco place in my old neighborhood. Up here in NE Texas, I don't know where to buy pipe tobacco. There are a few cigar shops, but the one I went into only had the Super Value and similar 1 pound bags. You never know though. I found a great shop in New Mexico on Highway 14, The Old Turquoise Trail, about 12 miles from Madrid. Middle of nowhere. I guess the owner had a dream.
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Post by sperrytops on May 13, 2023 20:59:41 GMT -5
The original Tinder Box in Santa Monica in the early 70's. A basket pipe and a couple of ounces of their home Latakia blend. That was an amazing shop, as I recall. A virtual pipe smokers museum. Sat at around Wilshire and 27th Street. Looks like it would have bee a cool hangout. www.laconservancy.org/locations/tinder-boxPretty cool sign...they ripped off the image of one of Turbocats pipes though. I had almost forgotten about that sign. Almost supernatural looking on a foggy evening. |
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Post by qmechanics on May 17, 2023 22:49:03 GMT -5
My first two pipes were Edwards. They were purchased at an Edwards tobacco shop in North Miami Beach, Florida back when a number of stores existed.
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Post by Silver on May 17, 2023 23:01:30 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2023 23:02:54 GMT -5
My first two pipes were Edwards. They were purchased at an Edwards tobacco shop in North Miami Beach, Florida back when a number of stores existed. Hey buddy, missed ya! |
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Post by trailboss on May 18, 2023 21:18:27 GMT -5
Likewise, good to see you stranger.
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Post by Goldbrick on May 19, 2023 0:25:48 GMT -5
  Here it is! I have one just like it...still smoke it now and then too  |
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Post by SailorBen on May 20, 2023 2:12:14 GMT -5
In a way, I have 3 "first pipes." My first pipe ever was one I made in 2010 from a lump of wood I found in the forest. I knew nothing about pipes besides what I'd read in stories (Tolkien, Verne, Stevenson, London, Hemingway, etc). Adventurers, thinkers, and crusty sailor types in those books always had pipes, and since I was signed up for an Alaskan fish processing tour, I thought I should have one too. Here it is:  Got some dusty Lane RLP6 and Cherry Cordial from the back shelf of a cig store in my hometown that I smoked between shifts cleaning fish and crabs. First purchased pipe was a carved hardwood from Eastern Europe my wife got online for my first father's day, 2017. It was a desk decoration until recently, but smokes great and is now dedicated to Virgina blends. First one I bought myself was a Commoy's Lumberman from a local antique barn, March 2023. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Jun 5, 2023 22:10:08 GMT -5
Does the mini cob I purchased at Garden State News, at the ripe old age of 15, within which I proceeded to smoke cigarette tobacco count?
If not, I think I bought a Grabow and some cherry crap at ShopRite a couple years later. Didn’t take.
If that doesn’t count either, a few years later I bought a couple estates at the Ridgewood pipe store and some forgettable tobacco. Didn’t take.
If that STILL doesn’t count, I bought a couple more estates a few years after that, some store-jar blends, and it ALMOST took.
Several years later I bought a nice Stanwell 63M Majestic, because I was about to become a father, and fathers smoke pipes. Then the baby came and I forgot about it.
I busted that Stanwell back out in 2018, and that’s when it started. So, maybe that one is “my first”, since it’s the one that took.
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Post by urbino on Jun 5, 2023 22:23:03 GMT -5
I'm gonna go with the Grabow. First one you bought and smoked pipe tobacco in.
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Post by kxg on Jun 6, 2023 22:09:49 GMT -5
First pipe was a no name drug store pipe with some Paladin Black Cherry tobacco. It wasn't a good experience. Then I was guided to a trip to the local Town Crier where I bought a little apple shape store brand brier and some Borkum Riff. I still have the pipe. That was around '71/'72.
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Post by urbino on Jun 7, 2023 0:57:48 GMT -5
First pipe was a no name drug store pipe with some Paladin Black Cherry tobacco. It wasn't a good experience. Then I was guided to a trip to the local Town Crier where I bought a little apple shape store brand brier and some Borkum Riff. I still have the pipe. That was around '71/'72. Pull up a chair, Kelly. You're missed. |
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Post by The Wizzard on Jun 7, 2023 6:29:03 GMT -5
probably a couple cobs in '62, smoked corn silk. 1st briar, big bent billiard from long gone shop near Denver. Prop...George O'Belmito. Over 400lbs died young from diabeties overload. Now a yard pipe, shank/bowl held together with electrical tape, replacement lucite stem from JT Cooke. Smokes as well as ever Ed-kinda on the old side! Smoking corn silk. This brings back such memories. I tried this too when I was very, very young. My father was not happy about it though He was a heavy cigarette smoker - 3 packs a day. I tried smoking one of his cigarettes when I was about 8 years old and hated it. I dislike cigarettes to this very day. A pipe however, is another matter. For me this thread contains the pull of nostalgia and I love it. Did we appreciate life when we were young? Was good health taken for granted? I smoke my pipe and often contemplate days gone by. I do enjoy smoking my pipe, trying new tobaccos and experiencing the now. There are things I have to do and things I want to do. By the time I finish the things I have to do, I am too tired to do the things I want to do. Does this seem familiar? Getting older does have its perks though. For one, you’re good at using what you’ve learned. You acquire greater wisdom. (I became The Wizzard). People open doors for you and give you their seat on a bus. I have become more tearful as I age but I am generally happier and less inclined to get angry. It is important to maintain a sense of humour and to keep learning. This will keep you mentally young. I am mentally young. I know this because my wife is always telling me to grow up. One of the best perks however, is taking the time to smoke a pipe, to wax poetical, and to read the wonderful posts here on The Briar Patch. |
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Post by urbino on Jun 7, 2023 14:18:07 GMT -5
probably a couple cobs in '62, smoked corn silk. 1st briar, big bent billiard from long gone shop near Denver. Prop...George O'Belmito. Over 400lbs died young from diabeties overload. Now a yard pipe, shank/bowl held together with electrical tape, replacement lucite stem from JT Cooke. Smokes as well as ever Ed-kinda on the old side! Smoking corn silk. This brings back such memories. I tried this too when I was very, very young. My father was not happy about it though He was a heavy cigarette smoker - 3 packs a day. I tried smoking one of his cigarettes when I was about 8 years old and hated it. I dislike cigarettes to this very day. A pipe however, is another matter. For me this thread contains the pull of nostalgia and I love it. Did we appreciate life when we were young? Was good health taken for granted? I smoke my pipe and often contemplate days gone by. I do enjoy smoking my pipe, trying new tobaccos and experiencing the now. There are things I have to do and things I want to do. By the time I finish the things I have to do, I am too tired to do the things I want to do. Does this seem familiar? Getting older does have its perks though. For one, you’re good at using what you’ve learned. You acquire greater wisdom. (I became The Wizzard). People open doors for you and give you their seat on a bus. I have become more tearful as I age but I am generally happier and less inclined to get angry. It is important to maintain a sense of humour and to keep learning. This will keep you mentally young. I am mentally young. I know this because my wife is always telling me to grow up. One of the best perks however, is taking the time to smoke a pipe, to wax poetical, and to read the wonderful posts here on The Briar Patch. Well said. I'm not much prone to nostalgia, myself, but I am a fan of trying to better understand who we are and how we became those people. A pipe is a useful excuse to sit and let your mind work things out without you. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 7, 2023 14:42:50 GMT -5
I try to keep a young mind, but I'm finding it hard with the bad sleep, back and headaches, and seeing that old saggy face looking out from the mirror. He's definitely a grouchy old fart.
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