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  1. menuhin

    Dunhill's (Probably) Last Luxurious Tobacco Pipe Project

    When some of us have to take shelter from our Dunhill Tobacco bunker, it might well implies there will also be no more Dunhill pipes in the future. Let's take a look at this supposedly last luxurious tobacco pipe project of the modern Alfred Dunhill group...
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    A Bad Apple Buyer - Opened My Vintage Tins and Wanted a Refund from PayPal

    Hi all, I haven't been too active on the forum in recent years due to being busy at work. Indeed I took a year or two away from enjoying the pipes, because there was no space in life for me to sit down and relax. Anyways, I returned to my pipes recently, and did some trading online. I put my...
  3. menuhin

    U.S. Chamber of Commerce Works Globally to Fight Antismoking Measures

    I read the article, but am more interested in the comments picked by readers and NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/business/international/us-chamber-works-globally-to-fight-antismoking-measures.html...
  4. menuhin

    So one might think pipe tobaccos are expensive in the US - my trip in the UK

    I am in the UK for a short trip and of course will visit a pipe shop as long as I find some time off. There are a few discoveries: First of all, the specialty pipe shop I visited (http://www.yell.com/biz/herbert-love-aberdeen-aberdeen-7185763/) that has even its own blends do not have any Condor...
  5. menuhin

    Fraudulent German Ebay Vendor

    Hi forum members, I believe I might have fall victim of eBay fraud in pipe auctions. There are two cases, both are from Germany, eBay.DE and German sellers, and instead of using PayPal or Credit Card, both sellers demanded direct bank transfer which is a commonly practice in here. I waited for...
  6. menuhin

    Cartoon / fictional characters that smoke a pipe, and what pipe?

    I will start with this one: Popeye His pipe style is obviously corn cob with a straight stem. What is in his pipe? I think probably some navy flake.
  7. menuhin

    Lung cancer - "Oh, you smoked. You did this to yourself, you deserve it, ..."

    There are patients who have lung cancers, for those who smoked, even just one cigarette and in the past, some people would possibly say "Oh, you smoked. You did this to yourself, you deserve it."; and for non-smoking lung cancer patients, they really want to clarify that they never smoked or...
  8. menuhin

    Effectiveness of alcohol treatment: cotton vs salt

    The story goes like this: I got an estate pipe (chimney) from a seller who did a decent job in refurbishing outside of the bowl and the stem, and after having passed an alcohol dipped pipe cleaner to the stem and the shank, I decided to give it a try. It was okay at the beginning but when it...
  9. menuhin

    Vulcanite stem oxidation: what is totally unsavable?

    Hi forum members and experienced restore workers, There are times when you try to remove the oxidation from Vulcanite stems but eventually have to toss them away because the oxidation is way too deep to be removed. I am curious as some of you may already have developed the ability to quickly...
  10. menuhin

    Pipe-smoking author Günter Grass died at 87, he smoked ...

    Günter Grass produced many well-known work including "The Tin Drum", which led him to win the Nobel Prize. It seemed to me that he carried his pipe wherever he went, and people say that his favorite tobacco was W.Ø.Larsen Classic.
  11. menuhin

    Product-design form-reductionist - Werner Mummert's Pocket Reverse Calabash

    It has been there for a while, but I am recently interested in checking out the reverse calabash pipes. I cannot help sharing this design by Werner Mummert, a German pipe maker. There is not much further exploration in form, but rather an attempt to reduce it, to a pipe's bare functional...
  12. menuhin

    How to tell if a pipe has not yet been '"broken in" or it's simply a bad smoker?

    As title. What is "broken-in" proper? Is it just the thin layer of cake? Or more? If a relatively new briar pipe smokes hot, or not as dry, is it related to not having been properly "broken in"? Or is it simply a bad performer? Because some pipes smoke really well already in the few 10 bowls...
  13. menuhin

    Can I bake my used briar pipes in oven to make them drier?

    I wonder if any forum member has tried baking their used briar pipes in oven with low temperature as a mean to re-cure them or to make the smoke drier. And will it work? Is there any risk involved? I know it sounds a bit naive but I am really curious to try it out.
  14. menuhin

    More unidentified tins: e.g. Craven Mixture, Original Sobranie Ready Rubbed, etc

    There are a few more unidentified tins that I want to learn about from the forum members. The search of some of them yields results in Google or Tobaccoreviews.com, the information nonetheless is impoverish and lacking in many sense. These tins can be half-consumed, dried, or sealed, I have yet...
  15. menuhin

    If there is a tobacco God, I am definitely blessed this weekend.

    If there is a tobacco God, I am definitely blessed by him (or her) this weekend. In a conversation with an older instrument maker, I found out that his deceased father is a pipe smoker. And then he told out these 'tins' which he peeled off the seal labels to make them look better. I don't think...
  16. menuhin

    Tobacco tins named 'Four Square ' and by John Sinclair - are they any good?

    Dear forum members, From a non-smoking friend, I have the chance to acquire some old tobacco by 'Four Square' and by John Sinclair in almost negligible cost. Should I just give up the idea? Are they any good? Hope some of the old palate in here can give me some direction. :puffpipe:
  17. menuhin

    Used pipes sold by Kilogram - saddening to see.

    :| Found this on the internet and it is a bit sad to see these pipes not because they were in bad shape but because at least every pipe was at least partially crafted by hand in the first place.
  18. menuhin

    Pipe mud: how thick can it be, yet stay effective and stable?

    I am trying to do a bit of restoration work for a really over-reamed pipe. The pipe's bowl chamber is so over-reamed (it's about or > 1&1/8") that if I can put a normal lining of meerschaum inside, it still won't be too small. I can also see some heat induced fracture patterns from inside the...
  19. menuhin

    Oh mine oh mine... I lost this chance to taste the older EMP again!!!

    I lost in the bidding... Oh mine oh mine oh mine...! http://www.ebay.de/itm/Uralter-Tabak-5-x-Dunhill-Early-Morning-Pipe-voll-aber-alle-offen-wohl-hinueber-/201298849016?nma=true&si=c1DXZ2fLUjG3dr9e7%252B09N01kbvk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
  20. menuhin

    Alcohol vs Tobacco: which is more harmful at society level & one's health level?

    I always think this way: With some misuse of alcohol, it is possible to quite quickly harm human lives, be it drunk driving, bar fights or domestic abuse by alcoholics or other related events. In the long run, over-consumption of alcohol is also harmful to the liver, the heart and the body in...
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