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  1. tavol

    A Sober Realisation

    I split my time between the UK and France. In France I live in a village of less than a 1000 and there are two pipe smokers. Both are single blend smokers and oddly both the same blend. In the UK I live in a town of over 100 000 and I've seen two pipe smokers in the last year, ones an old boy...
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    What Tastes Better in a Briar?

    In my limited experience of cobs I found they flattened the flavor of latakia, so I much preferred to smoke English blends in briar pipes
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    Chipped Chamber Wall

    I picked up a Stanwell that had a wee chip in it. I Smoked it as normal and completely forgot about until I read this thread, must have had a few hundred bowls though it by now.
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    What is the Worst Pipe Tobacco You have ever Smoked?

    Gawith's Louisiana flake for me. I don't mind lakelands but Gawith's offering can be a little unpredictable regarding their essences. The batch that my Louisiana flake came from seemed to have been used to mop up spilled Tonquin bean essence, the whole flake tasted like burning carpet underlay.
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    Went Full Keto Last Week. Any Others?

    It's a know side effect of the diet. I'm an outdoors person that doesn't feel the cold, the winter I was keto I was constantly cold. Since I've introduced carbs back into my diet I've gone back to not feeling the cold in winter and I'm lighter now than the winter I did keto.
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    Went Full Keto Last Week. Any Others?

    I did keto for 7 months or so several years ago and lost over 80lb, the whole time I was eating less than 20g of net carbs. It's a clever diet that 'tricks' the body into eating less and for me it worked, I was never hungry or lacking in energy so never wanted to cheat. However, in the end I...
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    What's Your Favorite Brand(s)?

    I think I could be fairly happy with just SG, they might not make a favourite blend of mine but make several of my top 10 blends. The second choice would be a toss up between Rattrays and Germains, Rattrays today but tomorrow who knows?
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    Orlik Golden Sliced Alternatives?

    Nope not Brexit. It disappeared from the UK market around 4-5 years ago now.
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    Tell Me About Your Grandfather

    My grandad only shared one story from WWII, it sounds like a tall tale but he swore it was true. He was an artillery spotter and infront of the British lines with his squad in the sunken lanes of Normandy. They where moving towards the German lines when they rounded a corner and literally...
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    Square Tins Staying Sealed

    About twice a year I'll go through my tins and give them a wee tap, poorly sealed tins sound different. In several years I've only had one tin fail, luckily it was Sam G so had merely dried to the perfect smoking moisture. puffy
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    Whats Your Pipe Style?

    I like classic straight shapes, 6" or less and under 40g. Love sandblasted pipes and cross cut pipes that are heavy on the birdseye but think most other grain types are a hint boring.
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    Morta Falcon?

    Chris Askwith has made morta bowls for falcon pipes in the past, drop him an email
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    Good Artisans Who Could Make an Army Mount Pipe (Like Shown in the Picture)?

    He's indeed based in the UK. I contacted him several years ago about an army mount pipe and he said he'll only do faux army mount pipes.
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    Preferred Pipes And Methods For Flakes

    With dense SG flakes that need drying I cube cut an entire tin and dry the whole thing at once and then jar. When I want to smoke I simply open the jar and gravity feed my pipe. With less dense flakes like Rattrays etc, I tend to fold and stuff. I tend to smoke narrower 20mm or less pipes...
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    If You Could Only Have 7 Tobaccos.. Which Ones Are They?

    Germain's Rich Dark Flake, Rattray's Marlin Flake, SG Squadron Leader, SG ST. James Plug, SG Kendal Plug and Dunhill Navy Rolls. There's six there. I'd also take a floral lakeland, probably GH Kendal Flake, they're not something I smoke often but a floral blend with the sun on your back is one...