Where to begin? I'm a cigar and pipe smoker of about 40 years...early into pipes, then more toward cigars and recently back to pipes almost exclusively. Pipe inventory is not a 'collection' as much as a 'working inventory'...maybe 30 or so at present. Currently smoking mostly flakes, esp. Stonehaven (my fav.), also older G,H &Co. & SG items from my cellar, Peterson's Plug and the Irish & Univ. Flakes...that kinda thing. Also, being from the Portland, OR area I'm fortunate enough to have direct access to Rich's and Steve Brooks, the magic blender of all time. I'm a professional wood carver, making hiking staffs, walking sticks & canes...and also a myriad of pipe tampers...some carved and some made from copper (um, those aren't carved...lol). My latest fabrication is a copper tube with a cap on each end with a forged pipe nail inside...from one end there is a leather thong on which is suspended a glass bead. They look like a small "Pipe Bomb"...so I call 'em...wait for it...the Pipe Bomb! Pretty clever! Prior to this I've been active on the old JRBB & Torano BB...and then primarily at Herfer's Paradise. Nice ta meetcha, pleased to bee here, yadda, yadda, yadda.
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