1. Everyone needs at least one Bulldog!
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    Well, I don't have a bulldog, but the iPhone focused on my rat terrier in this shot. A brigham 2-dot with Drew Estate Harvest on the Hudson.
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  3. I dig that pipe. Understated excellence in design.
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    Kaywoodie Drinkless Carved Ball
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  5. I'm real tempted to get a Chinook, the black finished sandblasted Brigham with an acrylic stem.
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  6. Half through...

    I folded and stuffed this bowl. OGS is more intensely raisin when stuffed versus fully rubbed out.
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  7. I think you've convinced me to try a Brigham sometime this year. My next pipe was gonna be another Stanwell Army Mount, but I am intrigued by Rock Maple.
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  8. Yeah, me too. I've been contemplating saving for a higher end Novak, but I'm like you Chris. That rock maple seems to be calling my name also.
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  9. No pic, but tonight it's OGS in a Chacom Lumberman.
    Edit: used the air pocket method, loading the bowl by rolling pipe over some rubbed out OGS.
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  10. So true, Tony! This thread is cool like that, I see stuff I would never think to try.
    FYI... I'll be in Vestavia Hills in July. My brother and his wife are having a baby girl soon. Briary? I may need some cigars.
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  11. P&C has a good price on them currently, but they don't carry the rock maple filters. The first three lines (Voyageur, Algonquin and Mountaineer) have vulcanite stems, which steered me away from the Voyageur even though I like the looks of the pipe. The Chinook is sandblasted, but I would prefer a more natural finish.
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  12. I like the Chinook also.
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  13. Congrats!
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  14. Oh yeah, Father's Day is big discount time!

    Where do you source filters?
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  15. I just placed an order with 4noggins. Smokingpipes.com also has them but 4noggins has much better shipping prices for small orders. Since a Rock Maple Insert should last 20-40 bowls, two packs should last me a while.

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  16. Good info! That's not bad.
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  17. Shoot yeah, when you get here and if you have a chance (family comes first!), I'd love to meet you at The Briary. It's maybe 15 or 20 minutes, depending on exactly where they are in Vestavia Hills. Does your brother like pipes and/or cigars?
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  18. I am definitely gonna plan an hour or three at the Briary. We can smoke there, correct?

    And my Bro doesn't really smoke, just tradition.
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  19. I don't mind vulcanite stems, do they also accept the rock maple filters?
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  20. Yep, absolutely! They have a room with 3 sofas in it, just for relaxing and telling a few lies!