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SCHULTE'S PIPE SHOP - CORRECTED
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WOW, can the internet spread BS as fast as an electron or what! | WOW, can the internet spread BS as fast as an electron or what! | ||
The store was first located at 672 Springfield Ave. Newark, NJ. It then moved up Springfield Avenue to 1628 Springfield Ave. Maplewood, NJ. Hy's Cheesecake was further up the avenue by about four blocks | The store was first located at 672 Springfield Ave. Newark, NJ. It then moved up Springfield Avenue to 1628 Springfield Ave. Maplewood, NJ. Hy's Cheesecake was further up the avenue by about four blocks and they did have the BEST cheesecake EVER. | ||
The smell of entering the store was pure STINK. Can you imagine seven ashtrays all around the store with burning and crushed out cigarette butts, with ant mound sizes of scraped out pipe tobacco with human saliva at the base adding to the decomposition process? The only time the store smelled good was when there | The smell of entering the store was pure STINK. Can you imagine seven ashtrays all around the store with burning and crushed out cigarette butts, with ant mound sizes of scraped out pipe tobacco with human saliva at the base adding to the decomposition process? The only time the store smelled good was when there was tobacco blending taking place down stairs in the basement. | ||
Maritza (sorry I think the spelling is incorrect) was not a blend but a | Maritza (sorry I think the spelling is incorrect) was not a blend but a stand-alone Balkan tabac <-- As they used to call it. | ||
The old joke about Maritza and Dear Tung was "Free Elastic Bands issued with every order". What were the elastic bands (Rubber Bands) used for? To put around the cuffs of your pants because the strength of these tobaccos would knock "IT" out of you. | The old joke about Maritza and Dear Tung was "Free Elastic Bands issued with every order". What were the elastic bands (Rubber Bands) used for? To put around the cuffs of your pants because the strength of these tobaccos would knock "IT" out of you. | ||
Anyone | Anyone want the How To Blends of each and every one of the Schulte Tobacco Secrets? | ||
The Repair Shop – For the Newark store was located to your left as you entered the store. Surrounded on three sides by glass. It was the main attraction both in the store and as you walked on either | The Repair Shop – For the Newark store was located to your left as you entered the store. Surrounded on three sides by glass. It was the main attraction both in the store and as you walked on either of the two sidewalks that bordered the corner store. | ||
In the Maplewood store it was to the rear of the shop. Well, rear is relative. The front had the colonial style windows. The rear had a wood paneled hallway that led into the selling floor. The Repair Shop was to the left of the hallway if you accessed that way. There were two polishing setups. One was | In the Maplewood store it was to the rear of the shop. Well, rear is relative. The front had the colonial style windows. The rear had a wood paneled hallway that led into the selling floor. The Repair Shop was to the left of the hallway if you accessed that way. There were two polishing setups. One was a part of the Lathe where most of the work was accomplished. The other was on a separate bench diagonally and behind the lathe. That way both locations could be used at the same time. | ||
Remember how a pipe was polished? | Remember how a pipe was polished? | ||
DISGUSTING! You had to remove the tobacco / remains and place your finger into the bowl. Into the bowl with that disgusting saliva at the very base, rotate the pipe around that finger while holding it against the pumice and polishing wheels. Some smokers drooled into their pipes as if it were a pacifier. You don’t want to know how tobacco is blended! | |||
Howard Schulte was Max's nephew, Barry Schulte was his son. The way to remember them and keep them straight is: Barry was the tall skinny kid (yes kid at the time (Maplewood, NJ store), he was only 24 when he was Honorably Discharged from the US Air Force) he grew up LITERALLY in the store from birth, as he lived directly over the store when in Newark and play pen was at times set up in the store. If you ever talked to Barry about anything other than smoking you would learn his interests included Boy Scouts, Amateur Radio (HAM Radio) (Instructor), R/C Planes (Instructor), X/C Skiing (Instructor) First Aid (Instructor) and SCUBA Diving (Instructor). He did about 80% of the pipe repairs and 99% of the tobacco blending. Max was in semi-retirement showing up to keep an eye on his Beloved Store, it was his life. Max did the repairs almost full time at the Newark store and taught both Barry & Howard the tricks of the trade. | Howard Schulte was Max's nephew, Barry Schulte was his son. The way to remember them and keep them straight is: Barry was the tall skinny kid (yes kid at the time (Maplewood, NJ store), he was only 24 when he was Honorably Discharged from the US Air Force) he grew up LITERALLY in the store from birth, as he lived directly over the store when in Newark and play pen was at times set up in the store. If you ever talked to Barry about anything other than smoking you would learn his interests included Boy Scouts, Amateur Radio (HAM Radio) (Instructor), R/C Planes (Instructor), X/C Skiing (Instructor) First Aid (Instructor) and SCUBA Diving (Instructor). He did about 80% of the pipe repairs and 99% of the tobacco blending. Max was in semi-retirement showing up to keep an eye on his Beloved Store, it was his life. Max did the repairs almost full time at the Newark store and taught both Barry & Howard the tricks of the trade. | ||