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Post by sparks on Jan 24, 2021 20:58:26 GMT -5
10 tins of Presbyterian Mixture
1 tin of Dunhill 965
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Post by urbino on Jan 24, 2021 22:38:15 GMT -5
My Pipe Of The year from the Pipe Club Of London arrived yesterday, it only took 5 days! I thought that the pipe tamper made by maestro De Paja was included, and was initially disappointed, but the price for a tamper was too steep for my liking. I can afford it, just cannot justify. This bulldog I believe, will be a great smoker. Great looking pipe. Express shipping seems to be working well from Europe these days. Last May, I had a pipe take two and half weeks to arrive from Denmark with a good part of that waiting for Customs clearance. Now, like your experience from England, a pipe was shipped with UPS Express on Thursday from Germany and will arrive here tomorrow. DHL, fellas. DHL is breaking its foot off in USPS's hindparts. If you can, ask for DHL shipping. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 24, 2021 22:41:59 GMT -5
Great looking pipe. Express shipping seems to be working well from Europe these days. Last May, I had a pipe take two and half weeks to arrive from Denmark with a good part of that waiting for Customs clearance. Now, like your experience from England, a pipe was shipped with UPS Express on Thursday from Germany and will arrive here tomorrow. DHL, fellas. DHL is breaking its foot off in USPS's hindparts. If you can, ask for DHL shipping. Everything I get from DHL is damaged and late. The tracking always says that it's somewhere else, even after it's delivered. Maybe they are good on the west coast, but not in Texas. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 24, 2021 22:45:28 GMT -5
DHL, fellas. DHL is breaking its foot off in USPS's hindparts. If you can, ask for DHL shipping. Everything I get from DHL is damaged and late. The tracking always says that it's somewhere else, even after it's delivered. Maybe they are good on the west coast, but not in Texas. Interesting. I've never had problem one with DHL. They've always been reliable and whippet quick. |
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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 Jan 24, 2021 22:54:09 GMT -5
Needs that stem cleaned, but it's unsmoked!  Half of the time they actually are, Make that a third of the time. Most of mine were, just glad I don't have to devote much time to cleaning an unsmoked stummel!😃 Remember this mess?  |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 24, 2021 22:54:34 GMT -5
DHL smokes everyone else here.
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chasingembers
Senior Member
Posts: 1,909
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 Jan 24, 2021 22:56:12 GMT -5
DHL, fellas. DHL is breaking its foot off in USPS's hindparts. If you can, ask for DHL shipping. Everything I get from DHL is damaged and late. The tracking always says that it's somewhere else, even after it's delivered. Maybe they are good on the west coast, but not in Texas. I think it's just going around. A package from Etsy I've been waiting three weeks for had less travel distance that an SPC order made recently that arrived in two days.🤷♂️ |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 24, 2021 23:10:58 GMT -5
Everything I get from DHL is damaged and late. The tracking always says that it's somewhere else, even after it's delivered. Maybe they are good on the west coast, but not in Texas. Interesting. I've never had problem one with DHL. They've always been reliable and whippet quick. My guess is that you are one lucky guy. At the company I worked for if I saw something was coming DHL, I would start the claim process. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 24, 2021 23:13:24 GMT -5
Half of the time they actually are, Make that a third of the time. Most of mine were, just glad I don't have to devote much time to cleaning an unsmoked stummel!😃 Remember this mess? My Peterson Special Edition couldn't fit a pencil in the bowl. It cleaned up really nicely though. Took a couple of days and 5 packs of pipe cleaners. |
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Post by Yohanan on Jan 24, 2021 23:19:19 GMT -5
Excellent, Congrats!!!
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Post by CrustyCat on Jan 25, 2021 4:29:09 GMT -5
A Savinelli Bing's Favorite. The sandblast with the standard black stem. Apparently I got the last one Tobacco Pipes had.  I'm going to have to get one of these one day. Very nice. |
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Post by taiguy66 on Jan 25, 2021 8:37:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up Jeff. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 25, 2021 19:47:35 GMT -5
God love the USPS. You can always count on them. If I have a package being delivered on a rainy day, I know where it will be: in the nearest deep puddle available.
Now have some LJ Peretti blends drying out.
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Post by Gypo on Jan 26, 2021 12:06:39 GMT -5
When I got home my KBV 2oz Dark Fired Cherry and 8oz Burley Morning were in the mail box.
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Post by Plainsman on Jan 26, 2021 23:04:32 GMT -5
Not a pipe (well, it HAS one), but “in the mail”— or rather in the custody of Mr Brown on its way to my friendly local pusher. One of those Ruger take-down 9mm carbines. I’ve gotten very interested in the 9mm ca’tridge lately. Something I used to deride before the revolution in 9mm bullet/powder applications. Be fun to see what this little toy can do and how agreeably it does it. Cases, primers, powder, and projectiles awaiting its arrival, mayhap as early as tomorrow.
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Post by urbino on Jan 27, 2021 2:49:00 GMT -5
Some Old Dominion and Flake #558 from Watch City Cigars to try.
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Post by sparks on Jan 27, 2021 11:49:34 GMT -5
SP.com order is out for delivery, and apparently so is my Merchant Service order. Fingers crossed, but I should be swimming in pipes and tobacco by the end of the day.
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Post by sparks on Jan 27, 2021 14:30:58 GMT -5
Well, the Merchant Service order showed up. The tobacco pouch is great. Great coloring, beautiful leather. I see this softening up nicely with use, and becoming a nice accessory.
The pipe is a total disappointment. Totally my fault though. Quality and construction are great, but I guess I didn't pay enough attention and actually visualize the dimensions. This thing is ridiculously huge. Not talking about the length, but the bowl size. If I had to describe it, I would say it's damn close to an ODA. I can almost get my entire thumb in the bowl. This thing is significantly larger than the Bing's Favorite from Savinelli. I should have gone with the standard. Oh well, lesson learned.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 27, 2021 15:29:24 GMT -5
Well, the Merchant Service order showed up. The tobacco pouch is great. Great coloring, beautiful leather. I see this softening up nicely with use, and becoming a nice accessory. The pipe is a total disappointment. Totally my fault though. Quality and construction are great, but I guess I didn't pay enough attention and actually visualize the dimensions. This thing is ridiculously huge. Not talking about the length, but the bowl size. If I had to describe it, I would say it's damn close to an ODA. I can almost get my entire thumb in the bowl. This thing is significantly larger than the Bing's Favorite from Savinelli. I should have gone with the standard. Oh well, lesson learned. What pipe was that? I can't find a specific reference to it? I like big pipes. |
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Post by sparks on Jan 27, 2021 16:31:06 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 27, 2021 17:03:17 GMT -5
That's about the same size as the Basil Meadows Bing that I had. I thought it was a "medium" 😁🤠 |
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Post by urbino on Jan 27, 2021 19:37:48 GMT -5
Well, the Merchant Service order showed up. The tobacco pouch is great. Great coloring, beautiful leather. I see this softening up nicely with use, and becoming a nice accessory. The pipe is a total disappointment. Totally my fault though. Quality and construction are great, but I guess I didn't pay enough attention and actually visualize the dimensions. This thing is ridiculously huge. Not talking about the length, but the bowl size. If I had to describe it, I would say it's damn close to an ODA. I can almost get my entire thumb in the bowl. This thing is significantly larger than the Bing's Favorite from Savinelli. I should have gone with the standard. Oh well, lesson learned. Sorry to hear about the pipe. I've been sticking my pouch in my back pocket, even though I don't go anywhere all day, just to start breaking it in. |
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jcurtis55
Junior Member
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First Name: Jeff
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Post by jcurtis55 on Jan 27, 2021 23:26:34 GMT -5
Ordered my first cob pipe. A MM Little Devil Acorn, which looks to be a Devil Anse shape.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Jan 28, 2021 10:41:14 GMT -5
Well, the Merchant Service order showed up. The tobacco pouch is great. Great coloring, beautiful leather. I see this softening up nicely with use, and becoming a nice accessory. The pipe is a total disappointment. Totally my fault though. Quality and construction are great, but I guess I didn't pay enough attention and actually visualize the dimensions. This thing is ridiculously huge. Not talking about the length, but the bowl size. If I had to describe it, I would say it's damn close to an ODA. I can almost get my entire thumb in the bowl. This thing is significantly larger than the Bing's Favorite from Savinelli. I should have gone with the standard. Oh well, lesson learned. I got a beautiful cutty from Bruno Nuttens yesterday. It's basically his Bing with a cutty bowl. The band is inset, and the transitions are pretty much flawless. I'd imagine his Bings are probably spot on for traditional size and length. I don't know if you've looked at them, but if I were to get an affordable Bing, I'd go with one of his. (I have a Basil Meadows, but fit/finish isn't very good, has noticeable inclusions on the surface, and it was $200) Here's my cutty:  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 28, 2021 11:43:54 GMT -5
Well, the Merchant Service order showed up. The tobacco pouch is great. Great coloring, beautiful leather. I see this softening up nicely with use, and becoming a nice accessory. The pipe is a total disappointment. Totally my fault though. Quality and construction are great, but I guess I didn't pay enough attention and actually visualize the dimensions. This thing is ridiculously huge. Not talking about the length, but the bowl size. If I had to describe it, I would say it's damn close to an ODA. I can almost get my entire thumb in the bowl. This thing is significantly larger than the Bing's Favorite from Savinelli. I should have gone with the standard. Oh well, lesson learned. I got a beautiful cutty from Bruno Nuttens yesterday. It's basically his Bing with a cutty bowl. The band is inset, and the transitions are pretty much flawless. I'd imagine his Bings are probably spot on for traditional size and length. I don't know if you've looked at them, but if I were to get an affordable Bing, I'd go with one of his. (I have a Basil Meadows, but fit/finish isn't very good, has noticeable inclusions on the surface, and it was $200) Here's my cutty: Beautiful pipe, but I would go with one of yours. I |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 28, 2021 11:44:36 GMT -5
A jury summons! 😮🤬
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Post by mrlunting on Jan 28, 2021 11:59:37 GMT -5
Same thing happened to my brother a couple months ago. Hopefully you won't get picked. Unless you don't mind. Joking we told him to say "he's guilty!" Or "i am prejudice against all races"😉 |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jan 28, 2021 12:02:32 GMT -5
I got a beautiful cutty from Bruno Nuttens yesterday. It's basically his Bing with a cutty bowl. The band is inset, and the transitions are pretty much flawless. I'd imagine his Bings are probably spot on for traditional size and length. I don't know if you've looked at them, but if I were to get an affordable Bing, I'd go with one of his. (I have a Basil Meadows, but fit/finish isn't very good, has noticeable inclusions on the surface, and it was $200) Here's my cutty: Beautiful pipe, but I would go with one of yours. I That is a beautiful pipe...and I agree I would go with one of yours, Cramps! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 28, 2021 12:10:31 GMT -5
Same thing happened to my brother a couple months ago. Hopefully you won't get picked. Unless you don't mind. Joking we told him to say "he's guilty!" Or "i am prejudice against all races"😉 I don't mind. Civic duty and all that. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 28, 2021 15:47:28 GMT -5
Same thing happened to my brother a couple months ago. Hopefully you won't get picked. Unless you don't mind. Joking we told him to say "he's guilty!" Or "i am prejudice against all races"😉 I don't mind. Civic duty and all that. It's an interesting experience. I was on a sequestered jury for a week last year, right at the end of February. It was like summer camp. You throw a bunch of strangers together, isolate them from everyone and everything else, and regiment their days. People quickly bond and/or form factions, drama ensues, personal details get shared in teary late-night conversations, everyone says "let's stay in touch," and no one does. And then there's the trial. |
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