Yeah, they got me a couple of months ago. Ran up a bunch of charges in Thailand. Pretty sure it happened at a shady (but very good) restuarant in North Philly, though. I buy pretty much everything but groceries online, so I guess I should be thankful it hasn't happened more often.
Dave Wolfe at Walker Briar works was the man to see with problems like these. He has since passed the pipe repair portion of his business on to a gentleman named Mike Myers. I don't know anyone who has used Mike yet, but I sent two pipes to him for re-stems. Should have them back mid-May...
That's got to be a pretty long shank to have swallowed an entire pipe cleaner. If you can see the end (assuming its very near to the opening, you might try the old screw trick. When you break off the tenon in the shank you can gently thread a screw into it, just enough to get it to bite, then...
The last big ones that come to mind are MacBaren Old Dark Fired and GLP Sextant, but I think they have been around for more than a year now. GLP released Navagator which is Sextant with KY instead of Latakia. Not really my thing, but some folks like it. McClelland released a couple blends with...
Setting price aside, I really enjoyed these. I have always liked the LP smokes I have had, but never really fell in love with any, and I didn't particularly care for the Undercrown line. I was wondering what those more experienced with the entire DE line might think these compare most closely...
Can you not remove the stem from the shank? How big of a pipe are we talking about?
Also, my best guess would be your father smoked this:
http://pipesandcigars.com/miapto1po.html#.UWQwTTeMdPY
You might want to give Boswell's Apple Strudel a shot.
FWIW, my sister was diagnosed as being bipolar after having a break down at work one day. In discussing the situation with various professionals after the fact, we realized that, for years, we (my immediate family) would cater to her, rather than confront her. Looking back, we always let her...
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