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I'm not at all sure how or why but a beautiful priority box destroyed my front door mail slot today. It has been some time, (a LONG TIME) since I have been active here. Health issues have been keeping me down for a while now. But some person named "Mahuke" from Gilbert AZ blew me away today and...

It has been some time since I've been around and I wanted you to know why. Nearly 5 months ago, while climbing the "Rocky stairs" at the Philadelphia Art Museum, I had chest pain for the first time. I walked it off looking at the special Cezanne show. The next morning I took the trash cans out...

Sunday the wife and I were climbing the "Rocky" stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art. When we got to the top not only didn't I feel well but I had some pain in my chest. We walked the museum, (the special Cezanne exhibition was extraordinary), and the feeling passed. Monday morning I...

Just finished this and thought some of you might enjoy seeing it. It was commissioned by a BOTL in Virginia. This is made of first growth (virgin timber) yellow pine that I salvaged as stair treads from a 125 year-old farmhouse that was going to be torn down. The paint and ground-in dirt on...

After work today a box from 2006 caught my eye. Wow, what a marvelous smoke! I continually am amazed by Padrons, particularly with a little bit of time. I don't know of a better cigar dollar for dollar.

Here are some culebras I found at a B&M in Missouri. The shop owner, whose late father-in-law previously owned the shop, said they were ordered by the late owner some years ago and have been in the humidor ever since. He said he thought they were Dominican but could not be sure. He also said he...

The $5 2-pack arrived today and I promptly torched the first, the smaller of the two, the "Magnifico." It was a thoroughly enjoyable smoke, a flavorful treat! I had to correct the burn once because of some canoeing, but then it was fine. I will try to find time to do a formal review of the...

A years time has passed on CP and I didn't remember until a day late! THANK YOU! It has been a good year with so many memorable interactions with some truly wonderful souls.Again, thank you all very much! :D In celebration I want to send 3 very nice 5ers to some newbies, to welcome them as I...

There are some new trays on the site: Visit My Website and some discounts on some trays! Please take a look! Blessings! Dave

What do you think? I hope you like it! It will be available at Handyman Dave Website.

I have used a paper and pencil to keep track of GB info and that works, but it would be nice to have a little more integrated approach. Does anyone have a solution that works really well? TIA!

Here's a couple new ones: Pipe & Cigar Tray - You can see more of it AT MY WEBSITE. Here' a new Big Leaf Maple piece with a different edge treatment. You can see more of it HERE. Thanks for looking! Dave

At Alan's (LilBastage) suggestion here's a first attempt at a Pipe & Cigar Tray. I had this beautiful piece of unusually shaped wood and, although it didn't really have room for a recess for a lighter and tamper, I thought I'd try this design just to get a sense of what pipe smokers might...

First, I have no connection with Roberto Penate or Habanos y Hermanos. I post this just to report my experience with the Pedro Estevez line. And order arrived from Habanos y Hermanos today with some more Pedro Estevez sticks I am still enjoying. IMO they are an amazing value and a very...

Here's some new trays I hope you will like! :) You can see them with closeups and many more at: www.dave-arnold.com I hope to hear from you!

A package arrived from "Habanos & Hermanos" containing the Pedro Estevez sticks they have offered in the Retailer Forum. Very pretty. A couple tiny splits at the foot on a couple of them but these are very reasonably priced smokes, so I wasn't expecting too much! Let's face it, at $1.24 a...

Here's a new one, fashioned out of Mulberry. The piece was take out of a friend's covered woodpile and was cut some years ago. As you can see it has 2 bowls at different heights and slot for your cutter and lighter. Part of the beautiful color and grain comes from the wood having been part...

I finished the humidor I had started some time ago. The outside is Curly Maple & Paduk, lacquered & hand-rubbed. The door has 3 - 1/4" steps in its edge that interlock into 4 - 1/4" steps in the case to provide quite a tight seal, eliminating the need for rubber or foam seals. So that's...

Here's some new trays I hope you will like! And some more! Close-ups and prices are on my new website www.dave-arnold.com Please let me know what you think!

I went out my back door this morning to find a box from a BOTL to whom I recently shipped 2 trays. He does 21st century woodworking and does some pretty amazing stuff, including a piece of walnut I found enclosed in a drawstring bag. I particularly appreciate the scripture, as small...