Zach
Pro Member
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,358
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 17, 2024 20:02:18 GMT -5
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Riegel’s pipe and tobacco. The downtown location, there are 3 locations in town.
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Post by Gypo on Jan 17, 2024 20:06:39 GMT -5
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Riegel’s pipe and tobacco. The downtown location, there are 3 locations in town. Thank you. I think it's important to point out when and where the businesses are who give customers amazing services. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 17, 2024 20:10:04 GMT -5
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Riegel’s pipe and tobacco. The downtown location, there are 3 locations in town. A locally owned pipe shop with multiple locations?? I thought they went the way of the dinosaurs. |
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Zach
Pro Member
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,358
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 17, 2024 20:23:59 GMT -5
This is one of the very last around the country. The downtown location has been here in Fort wayne since the late 1800’s. The Georgetown location opened sometime in the 1970’s, and not sure on the date for the 3rd location, 80’s or 90’s maybe. All sell pipes and cigars and have smoking lounges.
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Post by Silver on Jan 17, 2024 20:50:23 GMT -5
Got a package in the mail yesterday from Goldbrick . 3 Pipes, a tin of Balkan Sasieni and a few packets of dye for staining pipes. The pipes, top to bottom, are: West End Pipes, square-shanked Rhodesian/Bulldog; Comoy's The Guildhall: home-carved pipe by Herb's friend, Larry. I've already started fiddling with the Larry pipe. It's getting a new stem, streamlining the shank, and taking quite a bit of material off the bowl. Thanks again, Herb!  |
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Post by Goldbrick on Jan 18, 2024 11:02:37 GMT -5
Just some projects to fiddle with between pipes. I never could get started on that block at the bottom; it'll be fun to see what it becomes next. That tobacco might not fit in your usual diet of burley flavors, but there's enough age on it to make it a treat for those moments when you need something different.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 18, 2024 14:36:55 GMT -5
An enlarged print on glass of one of Legend Lover photograph. He can post it if he wants. |
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 18, 2024 15:54:24 GMT -5
Two new postcards for my collection, one is from around 1908.
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Post by turbocat on Jan 18, 2024 16:10:07 GMT -5
Two new postcards for my collection, one is from around 1908. I wasn’t aware you collected post cards. I also collect them. What subject or theme do you focus on? |
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 18, 2024 16:28:57 GMT -5
Two new postcards for my collection, one is from around 1908. I wasn’t aware you collected post cards. I also collect them. What subject or theme do you focus on? I collect vintage railroad postcards. Here's a link to my blog... railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/What do you like to collect? |
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Post by turbocat on Jan 18, 2024 17:01:33 GMT -5
I wasn’t aware you collected post cards. I also collect them. What subject or theme do you focus on? I collect vintage railroad postcards. Here's a link to my blog... railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/What do you like to collect? Very cool! I collect antique RPPC French risqué cards and cards with historic Detroit themes. I won’t post any of the French cards so my comment doesn’t get removed  but this was my most recent acquisition.  |
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 18, 2024 17:09:50 GMT -5
Very cool! I collect antique RPPC French risqué cards and cards with historic Detroit themes. I won’t post any of the French cards so my comment doesn’t get removed but this was my most recent acquisition. Interesting! Postcards give us a look into what the world was like in the past. In the case of those famous French postcards, what women were like, too! |
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Post by urbino on Jan 19, 2024 2:10:44 GMT -5
Well, that Comoy's Black & Tan I bought from Country Squire has gone missing in the mail. Somehow, they got my old address on it, despite my specifically checking for that before hitting the "place order" button. Anyway, that's where it went. Who know what will happen to it now. That was a really nice looking pipe.
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 19, 2024 5:16:03 GMT -5
Well, that Comoy's Black & Tan I bought from Country Squire has gone missing in the mail. Somehow, they got my old address on it, despite my specifically checking for that before hitting the "place order" button. Anyway, that's where it went. Who know what will happen to it now. That was a really nice looking pipe. Uh-oh...I just placed a tobacco order with them. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 19, 2024 5:44:11 GMT -5
Well, that Comoy's Black & Tan I bought from Country Squire has gone missing in the mail. Somehow, they got my old address on it, despite my specifically checking for that before hitting the "place order" button. Anyway, that's where it went. Who know what will happen to it now. That was a really nice looking pipe. Uh-oh...I just placed a tobacco order with them. If your address hasn't changed since your last order, I'm sure it'll be fine. They're good people. Their software just screwed up. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jan 19, 2024 8:08:49 GMT -5
 Not pipe related, mailed 3 heated vests yesterday, 2 to Mandeville LA 1 to Odem TX, cost almost 100$, UPS WAY UP, wife went to Lafayette and mailed them as they were late for Christmas, guess it’s a preview of things to come.
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 19, 2024 8:19:01 GMT -5
I placed my monthly tobacco order yesterday and by Tuesday I should get...
...200g HH Pure VA Flake
...100g Wessex Brown VA Flake
...100g DAN Limerick Flake
...100g McConnell's Scottish Flake
Soon I'll have plenty of tobacco on hand and I still haven't opened my boxes of SG Best Brown and Full VA Flake.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 19, 2024 8:29:51 GMT -5
Not pipe related, mailed 3 heated vests yesterday, 2 to Mandeville LA 1 to Odem TX, cost almost 100$, UPS WAY UP, wife went to Lafayette and mailed them as they were late for Christmas, guess it’s a preview of things to come. I use Paypal shipping weigh at home and print at home, and it offers a comparison between UPS/USPS, and it can be quite a bit more with UPS. Overall the prices across the board have gone up. Most of the time it is cheaper to just ship from the store to a person. |
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Post by turbocat on Jan 20, 2024 18:05:53 GMT -5
 I got the longest Canadian I’ve ever seen, 10 1/2” long (270mm). It’s marked Protter NYC. I know nothing about this brand/maker. It’s only been used a little. Seems like a perfect fit to my often quirky collection. |
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Post by turbocat on Jan 20, 2024 18:08:01 GMT -5
I also got a couple more tobaccos from KBV.  |
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 18:24:40 GMT -5
I got the longest Canadian I’ve ever seen, 10 1/2” long (270mm). It’s marked Protter NYC. I know nothing about this brand/maker. It’s only been used a little. Seems like a perfect fit to my often quirky collection. That's not a Canadian. That's a churchwadian! "Churchwardian"? Whatever. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 18:31:10 GMT -5
Arrived: the Comoy's billiard I snagged off eBay:   As I recall, the preferred method for cleaning up the blackened rim is uncut Murphy's Oil Soap and some elbow grease. Is that correct? |
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Post by coalsmoke on Jan 20, 2024 18:43:48 GMT -5
Arrived: the Comoy's billiard I snagged off eBay: As I recall, the preferred method for cleaning up the blackened rim is uncut Murphy's Oil Soap and some elbow grease. Is that correct? Looks like a good sized bowl on that beauty, Urb. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 18:45:59 GMT -5
Arrived: the Comoy's billiard I snagged off eBay: As I recall, the preferred method for cleaning up the blackened rim is uncut Murphy's Oil Soap and some elbow grease. Is that correct? Looks like a good sized bowl on that beauty, Urb. It is. Bigger than I expected, actually. At least a Group 4 size. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 18:51:02 GMT -5
I got the longest Canadian I’ve ever seen, 10 1/2” long (270mm). It’s marked Protter NYC. I know nothing about this brand/maker. It’s only been used a little. Seems like a perfect fit to my often quirky collection. Pretty cool looking pipe, a bit ostentatious but you can avoid that label by sending it to me...anything for a bro! |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 20, 2024 18:52:04 GMT -5
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Post by turbocat on Jan 20, 2024 18:59:21 GMT -5
Yeah, not what I would think of as a fun purchase. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 19:03:38 GMT -5
Arrived: the Comoy's billiard I snagged off eBay: As I recall, the preferred method for cleaning up the blackened rim is uncut Murphy's Oil Soap and some elbow grease. Is that correct? Umm, looks like the MOS is actually removing some of the stain along with the gunk. |
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Post by turbocat on Jan 20, 2024 19:04:53 GMT -5
On Friday I received a package from Herb (Goldbrick). Thanks again Herb, that was a really nice surprise!  |
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Post by urbino on Jan 20, 2024 19:57:55 GMT -5
Arrived: the Comoy's billiard I snagged off eBay: As I recall, the preferred method for cleaning up the blackened rim is uncut Murphy's Oil Soap and some elbow grease. Is that correct? Umm, looks like the MOS is actually removing some of the stain along with the gunk. Yup. Well, it went from blackened dark to too light. Gonna have to send it out for restoration at some point. Oops. |
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but this was my most recent acquisition. 
Not pipe related, mailed 3 heated vests yesterday, 2 to Mandeville LA 1 to Odem TX, cost almost 100$, UPS WAY UP, wife went to Lafayette and mailed them as they were late for Christmas, guess it’s a preview of things to come.
