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Guess this should be "aimed" at LatakiaLover . . . Recently resumed pipe smoking after a "hiatus" of 50 years. Could use suggestions on a couple or three brands of good tobacco with latakia content. Tks. - devislhornpipe

Lat -- Having found it at a swap meet, I have no idea how hard it may have been when I found it 50 years back. I make free-style pipes (vs. lathe) using Dremel sanding sleeves, and the removed material is wood dust, so it's no problem either way. You pros probably can tell its place of origin, but I...

Bonanza! (This will make your mouth water . . .) In the early 1970s, I found a seller at a Tucson swap meet selling plateaux briar blocks out of a five-gallon bucket. Knowing nothing about briar, I purchased one(!) block (50 cents), took it home, marveled at the beautiful "figure" in the w...

Gents/Ladies -- Would like to ask a question: Based on your conversations with other pipe smokers: Do most of them inhale the smoke drawn from the pipe, and then exhale it? Or do they simply draw the smoke into the mouth, and then release it without breathing it into the lungs? I would assume we all...

Are we not allowed to post "asking prices"for pipes for sale? I'd be interested in seeing what quality custom pipes are fetching on the market these days. Have no idea, having just reentered the pursuit after a 45-year layoff. Suggested price range?

Gents/Ladies(?) -- Started (and stopped) making pipes and smoking them in the '60s; now retired and starting again. But first, a couple of tobacco questions (since I'm assuming many/most of you fellow pipemakers are also pipesmokers . . .), if you don't mind. In the '60s, I liked Borkum Riff, but re...