The Forums are being upgraded…

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The forums should be working. I’m still sorting through all the archives, but if you click on the main topics, you will be taken to the newest posts. If you only had a login for the forums, it should still work. If you had logins for both the main pipes.org site and the forums, you might have to go through the password retrieval process. Sorry for the pain all this causes, but we really couldn’t continued to run on the software we were using before. Thanks!

New to pipe smoking

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Hello Everyone,

I have decided I would like to take up pipe smoking, I do enjoy cigars and my wife asked if I would like to try a pipe, after doing some research I am very excited to go and buy my first pipe just wondering what recommedations some of you may have for buying and what tobacco to start with. My price point for the pipe is approx $100.00 . Also what type of tobacco would you recommend for somebody starting out. Last any other helpful tips would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dan

Breaking in a new pipe…

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I recently took up pipe-smoking again after a 30 year lay-off. I used to smoke a pipe when I lived in the UK, but more or less gave up after moving to the USA in 1983. I still have my collection of pipes (mostly Kapp-Peterson) which I recently rediscovered whilst going through some boxes after a move. I found a brand new un-used Peterson System-317 which I thought I’d christen, and from the depths of my memory came the fact a coating of honey on the inside of the bowl of a brand-new pipe will enhance and speed up the formation of a carbon layer in the bowl. A few smokes later seem to verify this interesting tip. (Mac Baren “latakia blend” tobacco, for the new pipe, by the way!) – Wil Davis (NH)

Pipes for sale

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Hello~

I have over 200 pipes to sell… mostly used, some new with original boxes, some Meerschaums… a lot of them unique and beautiful! My ex husband was a nut for collecting them for years, and I have them all! I also have special racks, lighters, etc.  I was wondering what the best way was to sell them besides ebay? I’d prefer to sell them by bulk.  Any advice would be appreciated.  Thank you!

Welcome to the new(est) pipes.org!

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This site has been around in one incarnation or another since September, 1994.  Originally, I did everything by hand, using only ‘vi’ and ‘make’ for Unix aficionados.  In circa 2004, I moved the site to a content management system (CMS) as the amount of data had grown to large for me to manage manually.  Well, that CMS is no longer actively used or supported, so I installed WordPress and am in the process of moving everything to it.  I’m hoping to expand the topics and contributions from you (there are over 5,000 registered users!)  So, please contribute where you can.  If there is something you’d like to see, let me know.  Thanks for all your support through the years!