BLOWING SMOKE
April, 1996
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF ONLINE PIPE SMOKERS
OoOPS@amug.org
http://www.fujipub.com/ooops
Ray Bromley (rbromley@amug.org), Perpetrator
The Fine Print:
Neither OoOPS nor the Editor nor America Online takes any responsibility
for any ads or information contained herein (we can't afford lawyers, not
even bad ones). Neither Ray Bromley nor the Organization warrants the information
in this newsletter to be free of defects, and we specifically will not pay
for any direct or incidental damages caused by this Newsletter or its contents.
This disclaimer applies to any damage caused to computers,hard disks, soft
disks, mail servers, femail servers, modems, phone lines, pipes, tobacco,
pipe racks, , fine wines, cheap wines, winos (sorry, I meant the "sobriety
impaired"), or any other things real or imagined that exist in the
universe or anywhere else.
This electronic publication is for distribution to OoOPS members only. Each
submitted item (including every ad and article) is copyright 1996 by the
contributor or author, unless otherwise stated. No part may be duplicated
or distributed in any form without the expressed written permission of the
Editor and/or all contributors. Generally, if you wish to duplicate this
stuff we will be so pleased that, when we are revived, we will grant permission
and pay for your photocopying.
Submissions of ads, articles, suggestions, changes to the membership directory,
or interesting pipe lore or trivia are welcome. Yes, ads are free. Send
all such items by e-mail to
OoOPSGroup@aol.com
by the second weekend of the month, if possible All submissions remain your
property, and we thank you profusely for letting us use them (since you
won't get paid anything beyond the plaudits of your pipe-smoking peers).
OoOPS is the ultimate non-profit organization, since we operate at a loss
and thus constitute a net drain on the economy of the United States of America.
Remember that it is your patirotic duty (if you are an American) to assist
us in this noble effort. If you are not a U.S. citizen or legal resident,
feel free to assist us anyway.
CONTENTS
1. JOINING MORTISE TO TENON- Members making
connections with others
OoOPS Club News
Pipe show news!!
Some members introduce themselves/ news of other
clubs
Pipes/items wanted
Pipe/items for sale
2. LOADING UP- Resources for members
In this issue, places to purchase tobacco!
3. CHARRING LIGHT- Friendly discussion of controversial
burning issues
4. DOTTLE- Odds and ends to amuse
Tobacco/Pipe quotes
Section 1
Back to Contents
Joining MORTISE TO TENON
Advertisements and Notices from members
NOTICE:
If you want items placed in this column to run permanently (in every issue,
until the items are found or sold) please let me know when you submit them.
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
Our club's home page is now at
http://www.fujipub.com/ooops
We hope to update it with some new pipe quotes, new information about tobacco
blending, new famous pipe smokers, and new photos of pipes within the next
month.
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
The OoOPS Member Directory is growing to hard-disk-busting proportions.
It's taken a while to catch up with all the new members, and your humble
perpetrator/editor is still learning how to put the newsletter together
and keep the membership records up-to-date. As a result of all this learning,
I hope that you can expect, with some regularity, a new version of the Membership
Directory and the Blowing Smoke Newsletter to arrive at your computer during
the second weekend of every month. That's the goal. I beg your patience
if things do go quite as planned.
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
Getting this addition of Blowing smoke together took more time than
expected, and as a result, it will not be sent out until April 15. This
means that one of the events that several members asked to be mentioned
in an ad will be over by the time you read this. I apologize to those who
sent in notices of the Big Chicago Pipe & Lighter Show; Apr. 13 &
14. I can only say that the delay was my fault, not yours, and that I hope
to get and stay on top of things enough that such a delay will not happen
again. I hope the show was as great as it sounded.
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
Deep South Classic Pipe and Cigar Smoker's Convention,
sponsored by the Carolina Briar Friars
April 27 and 28, 1996
at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel
Charlotte, NC
(704)357-9100
Among the great exhibitors will be our own Craig Tarler of Cornell and Diehl
tobacco. Maybe he'll give out free samples of his uncle Sam's own "Flowers
of the Steppes" blend.
-submitted by Ray Bromley
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
Another show to watch for is the
ANNUAL PIPE SMOKERS NATIONAL CONVENTION,
sponsored by Pipe Collectors International
May 25 and 26
at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Int'l Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
call (214)669-3087 for convention information (Jack Ehrmantraut)
call (214) 453-1234 for hotel information
OoOPS will have a table at the convention!!! We will also have our unofficial
annual non-virtual meeting during the convention. Many OoOPS members will
be at the convention!! More details as the event approaches.
-submitted by Ray Bromley
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
The Southwest Pipe & Cigar League
Presents
THE 1996 WEST COAST PIPE & CIGAR EXPO
Location:
The Los Angeles Airport Sheraton Hotel
6101 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, July 27th and 28th
Presenting the only event of its kind in the country!
The West Coast Pipe & Cigar Expo features a wide range of Exhibitors
in a Venue specially created for All PIPE And CIGAR Enthusiasts. This Outstanding
Show also includes Door Prizes, Cigar Smoking Contests, a Silent Auction
of Pipes, Cigars and Related Items, and a Pipe Smoking Contest on Sunday,
July 28th. Come meet Special Guest, Sir Richard Carleton Hacker, author
of The Ultimate Pipe Book and The Ultimate Cigar book. Our Banquet on Saturday,
July 27th will include Excellent Food, Interesting and Entertaining Guest
Speakers, and an Auction of Tobacciana and Fine Spirits.
SPECIAL EXPO DISCOUNT FOR HOTEL ROOMS!
Hotel rooms: $79+tax per night single/double
For room reservations call toll-free (800) 445-7999 by July 6th.
You MUST mention the EXPO to receive hotel room discount!
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, July 27: Doors Open to the Public 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Banquet 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday, July 28: Doors Open to the Public 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Pipe Smoking Contest at 2 p.m.
GENERAL ADMISSION: $3.00
HOTEL PARKING: $6.00 per day (special EXPO rate)
GOURMET BUFFET BANQUET: $45.00 per Person
EXHIBIT SPACE IS AVAILABLE! For more information please contact:
Steve Johnson, 1532 South Bundy Drive, Apt. D, Los Angeles, CA 90025
PHONE: (310) 820-9706
COME CELEBRATE THE PLEASURES OF PIPE AND CIGAR!
-submitted by Jerry Lustig, SmokeyJer@aol.com
Personal note: Last year's Expo was really great, despite the restrictive
California anti-smoking rules.
OoOPS will have a table at this year's Expo!!!!!
-Ray [:-?
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From February, 1996:
Ray, I'm really pleased to announce the final details of the 1996 Ohio
Pipe Collectors swap/sell pipe show (pipes only; no cigars) on Saturday,
Sept. 14, 1996 at the Holiday Inn on Lane Ave. in Columbus. This is the
same location as last year, but we have increased the space by half again,
with room for 65 dealer tables. Again, there will be no admission charge
for the public. Dealer tables are $25 until June 1, $30 thereafter, first
come first served. As Neil Murray recorded so well, in words and pictures,
in his Agricultural and Mechanical Gazette, last year's show was a huge
success. We're getting a much earlier start this year and are expecting
a
much bigger and better show.
The Holiday Inn (614-294-4848) is offering a special rate of $69 for show
attendees for single, double, triple and quadruple rooms, so for all who
plan to come, get your reservation in early and troll for others to share
a
room with you.
Last year was my first attempt at producing a show, and I was extremely
nervous, but right now I'm confident of a huge success. If any of your
subscribers would like a show flyer (or more than one if you can distribute
them), please send me your mailing address. Also, if anyone would like to
rent one or more tables, contact me for a participation sheet, which also
contains a line for donations to our raffle--the thing that keeps us in
the
black, as the rest of our money goes for show expenses and producing our
quarterly newsletter (or magazine, as my wife said after the last one).
If
anyone would like to donate something for the raffle in exchange for all
the fulsome praise we can heap upon you and publicity we can give you,
please write for a sheet.
Having gone over 100 members last year, we are shooting for 200 this year
(dues only $12 per year, pro-rated for new members). As always, anyone
interested in joining the OPC should contact me for a complimentary
newsletter. Our mailing address is Ohio Pipe Collectors, P.O. Box 9642,
Columbus OH 43209. Thanks for your help.
If you've got one pipe, you're a pipe smoker. If you've got more than
one, you're a pipe collector.
Bill Unger
Secretary, Ohio Pipe Collectors
*****MARCH UPDATE FROM BILL
On this occasion of the mailing of the first OPC newsletter (all 18 pages)
of 1996, I'd like to bring you and OOOPS members up to date on the Ohio
Pipe Collectors and our upcoming show. The OPC now stands at 113 members
from many states, Canada and Europe. The newsletter is out, featuring a
long and interesting piece by OPC member Bob Everett from Anacortes WA on
his success at becoming an amateur maker of high-quality pipes. As always,
we welcome anyone who would like to become a member, thereby receiving the
newsletter and supporting our annual September swap/sell pipe show. Dues
are only $12 a year, prorated by the month for new members. Anyone who
would like a free complimentary copy should send me their mailing address.
The show, scheduled for Sept. 14, is shaping up very well. Of the
available 65 tables, 18 are now rented. I have just heard from noted
Chicago collector Rex Poggenpohl, who took two tables, and Mel Feldman of
The Smoker in Albany NY, who took five tables and promises to be coming
with a van full of people and 2,000 pipes. Merchandise and promises of
great merchandise for our show raffle are pouring in. The raffle proceeds
are what keep us afloat year to year as all other income pretty much gets
spent on the newsletter and show expenses.
Join us a member and/or come to the show. We'd love to have you all. If
anyone would like a show signup sheet, please let me
know.
If you've got one pipe, you're a pipe smoker. If you've got more than
one, you're a pipe collector.
Bill Unger
Secretary, Ohio Pipe Collectors
From: Bill Unger, bilunger@freenet.columbus.oh.us
Personal note: Please notice that the show is Sept. 14, 1996. I don't
know if OoOPS will have a table there yet (heck, I don't even know whether
I'll have a clean shirt to wear tomorrow, so planning five months in advance
is beyond my capabilities). Rest assured that I will figure it out by June
1 'cause five bucks is five bucks.
-Ray [:-?.
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
Ray, just to ask you to add a small note to the next OooPS news report/letter,
about the Canadian Chapter of the Ohio Pipe Collectors.
We are going to be activley looking for new members, after New Years, and
hopefully we will be able to assist Bill Unger in pushing the OPC past the
200
memebership mark. To join the OPC or Canadian Chapter, please contact me
via
email at 72400,450@compuserve.com. Anyway have a great festive season and
a
super New Years. Regards from Mike Glukler, in the great white north.
From: Michael Glukler, 72400.450@compuserve.com
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From: iannini@embratel.net.br (Sergio Iannini - SFI/Avirnex Communications)
To: OoOPSGroup@aol.com
We installed in Internet the South America Pipe Club home
page.
Address:
http://www.brnet.com.br/callback/sapc.html
Hot Link (with a link to OoOps):
http://www.brnet.com.br/callback/link.html
Please visit our home page and give us a feedback.
Regards,
Sergio.
SAPC.
VISIT OUR INTERNET HOME PAGE ON WWW:
http://www.brnet.com.br/callback/callback.html
Our services: WorldAxxess Travel Card, Callback, DirectConnexx and
Pre-paid Calling Cards
SERGIO IANNINI - DIRECTOR
SFI/Avirnex Communications
SRTS 701 Bloco K Sala 219 - Ed. Embassy Tower - Asa Sul
Brasilia, D.F. ZIP 70340-000 BRAZIL
Phone 55-61-321-9899 Fax 55-61-321-9225 MCIMail 646-0903
CompuServe 76312,3135 Telex USA 6506460903MCI UW
Internet iannini@embratel.net.br or 6460903@mcimail.com
PERSONAL NOTE: Sergio, as soon as I update the OoOPS Page, we will link
to your site.
-Ray [:-?
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
In case you haven't heard, there is a new pipe smokers magazine being
published called "Pipes and tobaccos." My company, SpecComm
International, just came out with its premier issue in late February.
For subscription information, contact Betty Miller at SpecComm
International, at 919-872-5040.
Thanks,
Ken Hayes
Ken6009@mail.concentric.net
Personal note: The first issue was superb!
-Ray [:-?
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From: monty@nando.net (Monty Hood)
I was pleased to see Georgetown Tobacco in the business listings of your
site, and wanted to let you know that we now have a Web page at
http://www.gttobacco.com. We would appreciate a mention in your next
newsletter.
Thank You
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
I have just created a new pipe site.
Http://www.icon.co.za/~newark/stokvel.html
What must I do to introduce it to the pipe smoking community?
Regards
Gert van Eeden.
E-mail/ E-pos: newark@mail.icon.co.za
Http://www.icon.co.za/~newark/
Consider yourself introduced; we will link to your site as soon as we
do the next update.
-Ray [:-?
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From: iannini@embratel.net.br (Sergio Iannini - SFI Comercio e Representacoes
- Brazil)
To: OoOPSGroup@aol.com
Ray,
I bought from our friend Alberto Bonfliglioli 1 pipe of OoOps series
and he send me this pipe by registered airmail to my office in Brasilia,
capital of Brazil.
All was ok, but the Brazilian mail service ship my package to the
hall of my building. My package was registered in the mail service and ....
my pipe was stolen!!! Someone get my package and sign the form in my name!
As I have no time to wast I order another one for christmas... and I
loose the money of my 1st OoOps pipe...
Tips for all users: ask shipper for a discreet package.
Best regards,
Sergio.
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From: John Johnston, bearqst@polarnet.com
Are you familar with the Friends of Tobacco (FOT) organization. I noticed
they have a home page directly related to tobacco issues and gov't
regulations, past, current and upcoming. If you're interested in adding
a
link to them thier URL is: www.fuji.com/fot/
also a new pipe smoking group called the South American Pipe Club has a
home
page at: www.brnet.com.br/callback/sapc.html.
Might as well help all we can these days with fellow smokers.
John
PERSONAL NOTE: Thanks for the information, John. I'll add the FOT (as
well as the South American Club) to the OoOPS page when I next update it.
-Ray [:-?
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From: Chet Gottfried, chet@unix.asb.com
Hi! You certainly have many interesting pages here (and I intend to add
it as a
link on my own tobacco-related page . . . but Condor isn't being sold by
JR anymore
(per the info in your link), which is why I established a page on where
to buy it:
http://www.asb.com/usr/chet/get-con.htm
--Chet
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From: goodee@ngbsmtp.ngb.army.mil (Goode, Eric)
To: OoOPSGroup@aol.com
Is there anyone that can help me find out if I am the only 26 year old
Pipe smoker. How do I find out? Is there a group for me?
Please send reply to DENNY EG@aol.com.
thanks
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
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For a free, no obligation, personalized quote, please call our office between
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Please feel free to publish my e-mail address.
Thanks again.
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Vice President
Estate Planning Resources
INFORMATION/GREETINGS
From: jtolle@freenet.columbus.oh.us (John Tolle)
To: ooopsgroup@aol.com
I have just become aware of OoOPS. I am just returning to pipes after a
long absense, but am quite interested in finding the availability of old
Charatans & GBDs-principally freehands, but including GBD Unuques,
Pedigrees, & Virgins (depending), usually large-unsmoked or smoked.
My
understanding is that the new ones are far from the same quality. Also I
would just like to communicate with others in this "hobby/interest".
As such, I have a few questions to start some discussion.
1. Tobaccos of old that I enjoyed where English blends (including some of
my own) e.g. Best Blend (Smokers Haven), John Cotton #1 or Smyrna, Comoys
#1, etc. But I do not particulary like Virginia (except as part of the
blend). I prefer Turkish, Latakia, ... Although this is where I am
unsure--what is the typical English mild and medium to, full blends? I
have tried "Esoteria's" Margate-Very Nice--anything else out there
like
this--especially if it is less expensive?
2. Recommendations on cleaning,refurbashing pipes (in good condition to
begin with-just to freshen up?
3. Sourses of the forementioned pipes.
4. The best new pipes available now-I'm sure this will raise some arguments.
Thanks for your assistance.
John
* WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED *
I am looking for a good Late night Petersen with an Apple bowl to cogitate
the universe with at midnight or so.
From: phil.young@engineers.com (Phil Young)
* WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED *
Does anyone have any pre-Transition Barlings or Dunhill ODA' s for sale?
David H. Gabriel -DHGabriel@aol.com
* WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED *
I finally received a copy of ALFRED DUNHILL - ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND MORE
from a used book dealer in England - real nice. Am now seeking Dunhill ODA
#837 in root briar and a Dunhill 519 in shell. Thanks.
From: Frederick C. Sake, LAWMIAMI@aol.com
* WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED * WANTED *
From: mlathem@vvm.com (Mark Lathem)
To: OoOPSGroup@aol.com
Greetings, all.
I'm trying to build a small collection of straight-grained straight-shank
billiards. Brand name does not matter, as long as the quality of grain and
workmanship are high. Small dings and bite marks are perfectly acceptable,
but fills are not <g>.
Regards,
--
Mark Lathem
http://www.vvm.com/~mlathem/home.html
*HELP WANTED * HELP WANTED *HELP WANTED * HELP WANTED
From: vandeven@IAEhv.nl
(Jan van de Ven)
I'm looking for information about a meerschaum pipe I bougt in an antique
shop. as it is rather difficult to give a perfect description of the
pipe, I would like to ask your readers to look at my home page. the url
is: http://www.iaehv.nl/users/vandeven/pijp.html.
thanks a lot,
kind regards,
jan van de ven,
eindhoven, the netherlands.
* FOR SALE * FOR SALE * FOR SALE * FOR SALE *
FOR SALE *
From: jtolle@freenet.columbus.oh.us (John Tolle)
To: OoOPSGroup@aol.com
Sale or Trade-all in excellEnt condition, most just cleaned & polished.
Trades of particular interest are large/very large Charatans & all GBD
Uniques.
GBD:
#1 Collextor New Era, clear lucite bent stem. Unique shape #9620,
large-"Sherlock",top of bowl larger with base coming to a rounded
point,
slight crack near stem, but never banded for originallity. Nomenclature
excellant. $50
#2 Conquest New Era, bent stand up poker, extra large bowl #9572. Very
nice, nomenclature excellant. $50
#3 Virgin straight medium apple, clear lucite stem. Beautiful straight
grain one side, birdseye other side. Nice. $95
#4 Virgin large billard, med-longe shank #9457. Replacement stem. Nice.
$110
Misc:
#5 Charatan Distinction, beautiful straight grain completely around
bowl-very nice. "Made by Hand in City of London".Modified "dublil"
unique
Charatan shape, straight with slightly curved stem. Medium size. $125
#6 Comoy Extraordinaire, straight large Apple, nice birdseye one side,
cross grain other side. #130 Made in London. $50
#7 Cyclone Deluxe, Made in England, swing down briar wind cover, shank
cracked, but not banded. Small/med.Bought in 1963 $40
#8 Ropp Supreme "made in France"Cherrywood. $30
* FOR SALE * FOR SALE * FOR SALE * FOR SALE * FOR SALE *
There was a time a few years ago when I would send out a list of
pipes for sale. I had restored these pipes, which is one of my hobbies.
Then I became much busier, and could not find time to send out my lists.
And then a year ago I learned how to operate a computer (I was computer
illiterate) and I encountered OoOPS and "Blowing Smoke." I am
not in
business, but I simply enjoy restoring old smoking pipes for my own use
and
my own collection, some of which I like to make available to other pipe
smokers. I have a special interest in collecting smaller older Castellos
and Caminetto New Dear A/Rs. This is a list of some of the "estate"
pipes I
have restored and which are now available.
If you are interested, send me a check for the amount indicated,
(postage included) and after the check has cleared I will send the item(s)
to you. For a Polaroid photo send $1, deductible upon purchase of the
pipe. If you are not satisfied, send me an e-mail, or a phone call, within
five days, And I will authorize the return of the item(s) and will refund
your payment. Your satisfaction is as important to me as my own. My e-mail
is:
grosskopf@usfca.edu
My address is: Al Grosskopf
650 Parker Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
phone: 415-666-6698
Charatan Collection
1- Charatan's Make, Supreme, 148, a very large Pot, pencil shank,
saddle bit, magnificent straight grain, excellent cond. $200
2- Charatan's Make, Executive, "made by hand," tilted Dublin,
beautiful straight grain, medium size, taper bit, excellent cond. $165
3- Charatan's Make, Special, 1018, Lovat. smaller size, saddle bit,
better than good cond. $45
4- Charatan's Make, 4T, tan sandblast, squat Dublin, beautiful blast,
medium size, taper bit, excellent cond. $45
Dunhill Collection
5- Dunhill, Shell Briar, 83 f/t Yacht, taper bit, group 3, 1962,
excellent cond. $100
6 Dunhill, Shell Briar, 53 bent Billiard, taper bit, group 3, 1964,
excellent cond. $95
7- Dunhill, Cumberland, 41031, squat Billiard, taper "bowling ball"
bit, group 4, 1970, excellent cond. $90
Barling Collection
8- Barling's Make, (pre-transition) LF Oom Paul, Fossil, T.V.F.,
magnificent curtain grain, deep black sandblast, replica stem (by J.T. &
D. Cooke), a very rare pipe, excellent cond. $300
9- Barling, Guinea Grain, (transition), Brandy Glass, smooth, nice
grain, saddle bit, excellent cond. $65
Peterson Collection
10- Peterson's Deluxe, 11S full bent smooth Billiard system, sterling
hallmarked 1977, nice grain, excellent cond. $75
11- Peterson's Shamrock, Smooth Billiard, made in Ireland (pre
republic), taper bit, Peterson lip, excellent cond. $45
12- Peterson's Goldsmith, Smooth Billiard, new unsmoked, 9 kt. solid
gold band, tapered bit, Peterson lip, made in Eire (pre republic), $150
13- Peterson's Shamrock, 263 Smooth Canadian, made in Ireland (pre
republic), taper bit, Peterson lip, excellent cond. (putty fill) $25
14- Peterson's Kapet, 417 Smooth Dublin. made in Ireland (pre
republic), taper bit, Peterson lip, nice grain, excellent cond. $45
15- Peterson's Deluxe, 120F Smooth Dublin, made in Ireland (pre
republic), cross grain and birdseye, taper bit, Peterson lip has been
modified to regular lip, excellent cond. $75
16- Peterson's Kapruf, 150 Bulldog, black craggy sandblast, London
made, taper bit, Peterson lip, excellent cond. $65
Kaywoodie Collection
17- Kaywoodie Flame Grain, 99S Bent Bulldog, saddle bit, nice grain,
excellent cond. $30
18- Kaywoodie Flame Grain, 04 Lovat. saddle bit, exceptional grain,
excellent cond. $30
GBD Collection
19- GBD Prestige, 1344 Smooth Poker, saddle bit, nice grain, excellent
cond. $40
20- GBD New Standard, 508 Smooth Full Bent, taper bit, excellent cond.
$40
Miscellaneous Others
21- Comoy's Grand Slam, 340 smooth smaller Billiard, taper bit, British
patent no. 405743, nice grain, metal fitment intact, excellent cond.
$60
22- Parker Golden Bark, 281 large Poker, tan sandblast, taper bit,
excellent cond. $45
23- Ben Wade, slightly tilt smooth Billiard, taper bit, "Made in
Leeds," weak stampings, not outstanding grain, but Leeds made are hard
to find, $20
24- The Doodler, Squat Billiard, ventilated cooling rings on bowl, a
rare U.S. made classic from the '40s, saddle bit, excellent cond. except
for some slight tooth marks on the bit. $30
25- GHK, large bent smooth square long shanked sort of Poker freehand.
G. H. Krissor made these in the Sacramento area until his death a few
years ago. He stamped the weight in grams on the shank, and this one
weighs in at a light 62 grams. Fairly straight grain, and a rare pipe, $75
26- Bonfiglioli Alberto, D medium size smooth bent. This seems to be
an early Bonfiglioli with a gold colored triangle mark in the saddle
bit, excellent cond. $40
27- DAN, Shape Reformed, 32/967, 1/4 Bent smooth Pear, taper bit. An
old Danish pipe from PIPE-DAN, excellent cond. $25
28- Savinelli Punto Oro, 122 Pot, 1/8 bent, tan sandblast, saddle bit,
better than good cond. smokes great, $25
29- The Pipe, lined with pyrolitic graphite, the material of the "nose
cone" of the Polaris missile, from the 1960's, made in California,
Billiard, imitation plastic "briar," graphite lined, excellent
cond. $20
30- The Pipe, Billiard, real briar with great grain, pyrolitic
graphite lined, new unsmoked with instruction sheet. This is a rare "The
Pipe" made of real briar. $50
31- Kirsten, aluminum shank system pipe from Seattle, early model ('30s
or '40s) medium size, excellent cond. $25
32- Kirsten, aluminum shank system pipe from Seattle, early model ('30s
or '40s) medium size, excellent cond. $25
33- Kirsten, aluminum shank system pipe from Seattle, early model
('40s) small size, excellent cond. $20
34- Meerschaum, Apple, an extremely high quality, light weight old
smooth block meerschaum in a fitted case, amber stem, (probably
from the '20s) smoked only once or twice. $100
35- Andreas Bauer, block meerschaum Apple. intricately carved, in
fitted case, excellent cond. $75
36- Meerschaum, carved, tree stump, with full figure lion roaring,
amber bit, in fitted case, excellent cond $100
37- Dunhill Rollagas butane lighter, gold plate, fine wavy design,
converted to pipe lighter (45 degree flame), excellent cond. $125
38- Dunhill Rollagas butane lighter, silver plate, fine vertical lines,
excellent cond. $100
39- The Book of Pipes and Tobacco by Carl Ehwa, with dust jacket,
excellent cond. $45
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From: bmusil@musil-hotels.co.at
To: OoOPSGroup@aol.com
dear pipe friends in the USA
here is bernhard Musil from Austria in Europe writting.
email: bmusil@musil-hotels.co.at.
we have a collection of antique meershaum pipes and some other here, which
we
would like to sell.
The collection constists of 24 pipes, among them 16 meershaum pipes (with
punches Alt - Wien), 4 porcelain pipes and 4 carved wood pipes.
all of them are from the 19 th century and in its very best shape.
Please give me a help. On request we could send you easily via mail photos
of these pipes.
Or if you are not interested - could you mail us via email adresses of people
or museums - who might be interested.
The emperial tabacco museum in Vienna did check the pipes and they wanted
to
buy them, because there are really some exceptional pieces with them.
Due to the fact of the new elections we had - they did cut all expenditures
in
our country - and one of the first things was - that they did put the purchase
budget for all Austrian museums on ZERO for the next 2 years.
I would appriciate very much your answer, because we really need to sell
this
originals from the past.
have a nice day
bernhard musil, from the cold Klagenfurt in Austria.
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Quality Tobacco UK - PRICE REDUCTIONS
We are now able to remove Value Added Tax from our prices for orders being
sent
outside of the EEC. This means significantly lower prices for most Non -
European
countries.
We have also added to our list of products and now include many popular
English
brands, including CONDOR in three variations.
A revised price list is now available by E-Mail, please contact me directly.
John Turner
100654.2546@compuserve.com
Quality Tobacco (UK)
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Section 2
LOADING UP
Listed below are some sources for tobacco. This is a list of those sellers
of tobacco which seem to put forth particular effort to cater to mail order
customers. If I left out your favorite mail-order source for tobacco, let
me know and I will add them in next time this list is published. The next
issue of the newsletter will feature pipe periodicals and books.
Aromas
Steve Leaders
4936 Windsor hill
Windcrest, TX 78239
(210) 590-1802
Dozens of aromatics, several house English blends, all of the Esoterica
Tobacciana blends, and all of the Butera Royal Vintage Tobaccos are available.
Large selection of cigars as well. Reasonable prices.
*****
Carey's Smokeshop
1-800-99-BRIAR
23 house aromatic blends and a few English and "natural" blends
at $14-$18 a pound; all of the Captain Black, Amphora, and Dunhill blends.
A smoking club offering discounts on pipes and free tobacco after 12 shipments,
and the first shipment free. Many popular cigars.
*****
Cornell and Diehl, Inc.
Craig Tarler, President
P.O. Box 475, Morganton, NC 28680-0475
1-800-433-0800
http://www.tacoma.net/~pipes/candd.html
cnd@hci.net
Cornell and Diehl is a blender and manufacturer of tobacco, and its President,
OoOPS member Craig Tarler, is a great guy. Calling Craig to order tobacco
is a delight. He loves to talk about tobacco, talk about pipes, and tell
jokes. You may forget why you called. But with several hundred blends, from
super-rich aromatics to studly English fog-generators, he'll have something
you are bound to love. He even has copies of most of the popular store-bought
house and tinned blends. Also, if you want him to try to match a favorite
blend of yours, he can usually do it (if he doesn't already have a match
for it). Craig prides himself on selling the finest pure tobaccos available,
without humifactants or unnnatural additives. The quality of Cornell and
Diehl tobacco is comparable to that of any other premium tobacco, and prices
are pleasantly low ($14.75 per pound for loose tobacco, $16.75 per pound
for the pressed stuff).
*****
Doc James
P.O. Box 36, Shrub Oak, New York 10588
1-800-41-SMOKE
Several unique custom blended tobaccos (mostly aromatics). Prices range
from $19 to $22 per pound.
*****
Georgetown Tobacco
3144 M Street NW
Washington DC 20007
800-345-1459
Fax 202-338-0008
http://www.gttobacco.com./
A really unusual selection of blends are available, including such names
as His Master's Choice, Jabberwock, McSwine's Sweet Mixture and Smoking
Duck. The tobaccos are quite tasty; the clever and amusing labels alone
are reason enough to look into them. Prices range from $17 to $29 per pound.
*****
John B. Hayes
Fair Oaks Mall
Fairfax, VA 22033
(703) 385-3003
A large selection of blends; an old-fashioned hand blending tobacconist;
custom blends available.
R. C. Hamlin
The Pipe Collector's Club of America
P.O. Box 5179
Woodbridge, Virginia 22194-5179
(703) 878-7655
(703) 878-7657 (fax)
71530.40@compuserve.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rchpcca/
OoOPS Member Bob Hamlin is a tobacco epicure who sells exceptional tinned
tobaccos that will please the most demanding smoker. Among these are the
exclusive Collectors' Reserve tobacco series, each a unique blend of rare,
aged and exotic leaves (made by McClelland). Besides this selection of excellent
blends, Bob occassionally offers his customers rare tins of vintage tobaccos.
These are well-aged and carefully kept by a real tobacco connoisseur who
knows tobacco. Prices range from $7to $8 for most tobaccos (50 gm. tins);
the special aged stuff is usually a bit more.
*****
JR Cigar
1-800-JR CIGAR
Besides every "drugstore" brand of tobacco you can imagine (in
all sizes), they feature just about every tinned tobacco still sold in the
U.S., including Bengal Slices, Captan, Condor, Dunhill, Erinmore, Mac Barens,
McClelland, McConnel, Rattray's, Sobranie, St. Bruno, 3 Nuns, Troost, 4
Square. They may even still have some Cope's Escudo hiding somewhere. Very
low prices on these and just about every cigar sold. Shipping is always
$3.00 per order.
*****
NML Pipes Direct
12159 Cuddington Ct
West Palm Beach, FL 33414
nml@mja.net
http://www.mja.net/nml/
(407)753-0153
fax:(407)791-5025
McClellands and house blends, with special attention to a selection of premium
English and natural tobaccos. Outstanding prices.
*****
VSOP Tobacco
P.O. Box 1335
Agoura Hills, CA 91376
A very large selection of natural, cavendish, and English style tobaccos
of really high quality. Prices range from $24 to $38 per pound. They also
carry most tinned tobaccos.
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Section 3.
The CHARRING LIGHT
A CALL FOR FLAMES
The purpose of this section of the newsletter is to get people on their
feet (metaphorically, of course, but feel free to actually stand if you
want). It is hoped that The CHARRING LIGHT will draw us into a civilized
debate concerning pipe related issues that might not come up in other places
or contexts. Giving one's own opinion on an issue and reading the conflicting
views of others may produce heat (flames, CHARRING, get it?) but it may
also produce enLIGHTenment.
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BURNING QUESTION Does the grain pattern on a pipe really make any difference
in the flavor, heat, moisture, or the way the pipe smokes? For example,
does a straight grain actually taste or smoke different from a bird's-eye?
From: phil.young@engineers.com (Phil Young)
It's great to be part of a minority of Epicureans that we are. I noticed
a remark about grains and the coolness of the smoke. I can comment that
a grain that enables the heat to be rapidly transferred to a radiative surface
(such as the large surface area at the top of bowl of the pipe) helps considerable
in making the smoke cooler and hence smoother.
I recently bought a Church Warden and find it a great excuse to louge back
and read a good book while lanquid drifts of grey and blue smoke swirl around.
(BTW the color of the smoke is due to the particle size I think)
From: roe@baker.cnw.com (Robert O. Everett)
I have been interested in the opinions stated in earlier issues of the
newsletter regarding the importance or lack thereof of graining in the
smoking qualities of a briar pipe. My experience in this matter suggests
that although straight grains do not necessarily smoke better than flame
grains or birdseyes, the presence of grain _of some type_ over the entire
surface of the bowl does, in fact, contribute to a superior smoke. I
attribute this to the fact that the presence of visible grain indicates
briar of less density than ungrained wood. The lower density briar,
particularly that portion of the burl very near the surface, tends to
exhibit the superior graining and associated superior smoking quality
that we search for in a briar pipe. In pipes which I have made I find
that those made from extra grade plateaux (the outside part of the burl)
invariably smoke sweetly and cool from the first bowl while pipes made
from denser interior wood tend to smoke hotter and usually wetter. The
fact that the outside of the burl almost invariably displays superior
graining cannot ne ignored, therefore, when one picks through a selection
of pipes searching for one that will yield a good smoke. I recommend a
pipe with grain covering the entire bowl, the tighter, the better. These
thoughts are, of course, my opinion only, but are reinforced by 40 plus
years of pipe smoking and making a few pipes myself.
Smoke in Peace,
Bob
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What pipe tobacco is the best to smoke around non-smokers??
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From: bob.dodson@chemek.com (Bob Dodson)
Hmmmm...I tend not to smoke around non-smokers at all. (My wife is
non-smoker). I've voluntarily limited myself to smoking in my den only
(with a fan blowing out the window) if I'm in the house and tend not to
smoke if a non-smoker is visiting in the same room. The only tobacco I
smoke is a Danish long-cut cavandish/Condor blend (since Condor is scarce
these days) and I'd never consider changing to something else just to have
non-smokers say "Gee..that sure smells good!".
If I *WERE* to smoke around non-smokers, I'd consider a flavoured
(shudder) cavandish of some sort - perhaps peach or cherry. Something
light and sweet smelling.
-Bob
rom: goodfell@nbnet.nb.ca
I've found that many non-smokers I know rather enjoy the scent of a
vanilla flavoured tobacco. I know that some smokers abhor flavoured
tobaccos, but if this doesn't apply to you, vamilla's a good bet.
Ed Goodfellow
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Which is better for a beginning pipe-smoker, an unsmoked pipe or an estate
pipe? Why?
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From: mlathem@vvm.com (Mark Lathem)
Ah, I love this particular debate. I think you covered the pros and
cons very well in last month's "Dottle" section, but I'll throw
my two
cents in anyway <g>.
Looking at one of my pipe racks I see two pipes by Jim Cooke. Jim made
these pipes to my exact specifications and they are unquestionably
*mine*. No one else has smoked these pipes but me, and no one else
(short of one of my children) will. I treasure these little works of
art, and if I were forced to part with all of my pipes save one
(horrors!), the sole survivor would doubtless be one of these two.
Immediately adjacent to the Cookes rests a pair of Dunhills, a "Dead
Root"
billiard from the 1960's and a pre-war "Bowling Ball." While I
enjoy these
pipes very much (and I just *love* that tiny ivory dot on the bowling ball),
they are not "mine" in the strictest sense of the word--they were
broken-
in by another. Still, if one wants the pleasure of smoking a 60-year-
old Dunhill (and it is indeed a pleasure), the estate market is the only
way to go. (BTW, if anyone has any unsmoked pre-war Dunhills, send me
e-mail ASAP <G>.)
The question, however, was "which is better for a beginner?" I
will
answer that an estate pipe is probably the better choice. To back up my
answer, let me share a very recent experience.
Just yesterday, I received two pipes from Nikos Levin. The first was an
unsmoked Taylor Made (I just couldn't resist the low price tag); the
other was an obscure little pre-smoked straight-grain apple. To
christen the pipes I smoked two bowls of Bob Hamlin's remarkable "Winter
95-96" in each of them. The Taylor Made smoked well, as expected; the
unique nutty Ashton taste was there, and if there is a make of pipe that
can do better at bringing out the best of a good oriental, I certainly don't
know of it. Still, the pipe was unquestionably "new"--the smoke
was a bit
"thin," and I had to resort to pipe cleaners to rid the uncaked
bowl of
moisture a few times. It will be a few months yet before this pipe
begins to realize its full potential. Just imagine what this experience
would have been like had I been a new smoker and the pipe a drugstore
special.
Now to the apple. This pipe cost me the princely sum of $15, and has
wonderful grain--straight, tight, and without fills. The maker's name
is foreign to me, but the gentleman obviously knew how to make a smoking
instrument. The bowl is just a tiny bit heavy for my tastes (the wood is
very dense), but the stem and lip button are well engineered, so this is
a
very minor inconvenience. The pipe bears a few small dings and a bite mark
or two from its previous owner, but it was well-cared for. Since it was
an estate pipe, I ignored my usual (very careful) breaking-in procedures
and callously filled the bowl to the rim and lit up. The little pipe
smokes wonderfully. Granted, I won't have the pleasure of experiencing
this pipe's maturation process (it's not going to get much better than it
is already) but we're talking about a pipe for a new smoker--someone who
wants a satisfying smoke immediately--right?
I firmly believe that estate pipes give the novice smoker the best "bang
for the buck." A good quality estate pipe will yield a quality smoke
from
the beginning, and will leave the new smoker with enough cash in his (or
her) wallet to to begin building a collection (we're all "collectors,"
no?).
Regards,
Mark Lathem
http://www.vvm.com/~mlathem/home.html
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Section
4
DOTTLE- Odds and ends to amuse
"Nowhere in the world will such a brotherly feeling of confidence be
experienced an amongst those who sit together smoking their pipes."
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
"Nothing serves life and soundness of body so well, nor is so necessary
as the smoke of the royal plant, tobacco."
-Dr. Cornelius Bontekoe, 1685
"If you can't send money, send tobacco."
-George Washington to the Continental Congress, 1776
"Smoking is a necessity for a person engaged in study- It stimulates
the intellect and revives the spirit should lassitude set in."
-Dr. Beintema, 1650
"Don't get upset, drink plenty of coffee, and smoke."
-Javier Pereira (allegedly 167 years old) on the secrets to longevity
"Where there is idleness, weeds thrive; where there is diligence, tobacco
flourishes."
- Bulgarian proverb
"When the blazing sun tortures the peasant, it is good to the tobacco."
-Bosnian Proverb
"As a golden necklace adorns a woman, so does the dizi (strings on
which tobacco leaves are hung to dry) adorn her house."
-Bulgarian proverb
"Allah created woman to labor at stringing pastals (bundles of tobacco)."
-Turkish proverb
When the pastals (bundles of tobacco) are ready, dancing begins."
-Turkish proverb
"Allah made tobacco grow to put a smile on the faces of men."
-Turkish proverb
"... contented saturnine human figures, a dozen or so of them, sitting
around a large long table...Perfect equality is to be the rule; no rising
or notice taken when anybody enters or leaves. Let the entering man take
his place and pipe, without obligatory remarks; if he cannot smoke...let
him at least affect to do so, and not ruffle the established stream of things."
-Carlyle, describing the smoking room of George I of Hanover
"It is not enough to fill a pipe and put it to the mouth and set fire
to it, for even the country bumpkin knows as much. It is only correct to
hold it with the left hand, have the right hand provided with the stopper,
impress the onlookers with majestic mien, sit in the proper attitude on
the chair, and finally, to take enough time for each pipe and not treat
with hasty irreverence this heavenly food."
-Peter Burmann on pipe etiquette, c. 1710
"Diplomacy is entirely a question of the weed. I can always settle
a quarrel if I know beforehand whether the plenipotentiary smokes Cavendish,
Latakia, or Shag."
-Lord Clarendon (English Foreign Secretary)
"Blessed be the man who invented smoking, the soother and comforter
of a troubled spirit, allayer of angry passions, a comfort under loss of
breakfast, and to the roamer of desolate places, the solitary wayfarer through
life, serving for wife, children, and friends."
-unknown Englishman, nineteenth century
"(Tobacco is) a companion in solitude; it is a storehouse for reflection
and gives time for the fumes of wrath to disperse."
-Japanese author
"The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts
up the mouth of the foolish."
-Thackeray
"I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue."
-Charles Lamb, when asked how he became such a prodigious pipe smoker
"(Tobacco) is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco
is not worthy
of living."
-Moliere
"Sublime tobacco...Divine in hookahs, glorious in a pipe..."
-Byron