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    Help Me Identify a few NOS IM Coronas

    Can anyone help me identify these IM Corona lighters? They kind of fell into my lap. Each is NOS. Silver one on the left is a standard lighter with vertical jet. Silver and Bold Striped is an IM Corona branded for Savinelli. no external jet, but a port drilled into top of the lighter at an...
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    Alan Brothers Pipes

    Does anyone have an experience with these pipes? I like the looks, but for a pipe that is "bench made" I'm finding it hard to judge if its worth the $150-200 for a sandblast. What are your thoughts?
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    British Estates With The Best Stems

    There are so many great english estates, and they all bring something a little different to the game. Of those pipes makers, whose stems do you like the best and why?
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    PS English Oriental Supreme Won't Dry Out

    Recently bought a few ounces of PS English Oriental Supreme to try but it won't dry out. It feels like a goopy aromatic. I have had about an ounce laying out to dry for the last 18 hours and it hasn't gotten any better. Has anyone else ever had similar experiences with this tobacco?
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    Upshall Without Stamping

    Was smoking my James Upshall today realized it doesn't have the "Tilshead, England, Made by Hand" stamp on the right side of the shank; or anywhere for that matter. Only the grade "P" next to "James Upshall" in the oval on the left side of the shank. Anyone know why there isn't a "Tilshead...
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    Kiribi Kabuto Inconsistent Flame

    Been having very inconsistent flame with my Kiribi Kabuto regardless the butane I used. I will set the flame for roughly an inch. Works perfect for a bit, but later on I will light and the flame barely covers the jets. Try lighting a few more times with same results. Put the lighter down and...
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    Pipe Travel Case/Pouch Recommendations

    Looking into getting a travel case/pouch for my pipe. I have used various fake leather travel cases but they never hold up. Hoping to find one that holds 2 pipes along with lighter, pipe tool, tobacco pouch, and pipe cleaners. Any recommendations? I was looking at Sorringowl but was hoping to...
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    Lighting and its influence on tobacco flavor

    Tonights deeps thoughts during the pipe was.. What influence does the way in which you light your pipe have on taste? Specifically, do you light the entire top of the tobacco to get that initial cherry then slow down? Or do you only light enough of the tobacco to get it smoking and keep it as...
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    Dry dottle?

    Having difficulties smoking the bottom half of all of my pipes even when packing half bowls (great indication of user error). The bottom third of my bowls are always bone dry as is the tobacco, but I cannot get it to stay lit. I know it isn't a moisture problem, so what could it be? The tobacco...
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    Even burn/light

    Seems I have found myself lately getting sporadic lights. Sometimes the pipe lights complete evenly, other times and most commonly, only the center lights and burns. I have been using the palm swirl filling method recently. Is there a trick that I have managed to forget since focusing so much on...
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    Light bulbs and cadence..

    Many of you have seen my difficulties in embracing the glory that pipe smoking should be as posted on this forum. Not having anyone with pipe smoking experience around me, I was left to my own devices and the advice from the internet. Not always a bad thing.. Experience is a great teacher, and...
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    Small freehand style pipes

    I love the danish freehand style, especially with plateaus but unfortunately I rarely have 2 hours to smoke. Are there any pipes that follow that same style, but are smaller in size? Say rougly around 1.5 x .8 bowl dimensions?
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    Smoking to the bottom...

    Looking for some insight. Regardless which of my pipes I smoke (Sav, Nording, Rossi, Cob), they all demonstrate the same problem. This tells me it isn't the pipe it is me. Once I get to the last 1/3 of a bowl, even if I am only smoking a half bowl the tobacco will not stay lit. It becomes a...
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    When does it become relaxing?

    When does it become relaxing? I have been asking myself for the off and on 2 years I have been smoking a pipe. Yet I still have the vast majority of the same problems such as pipe going out with or without tamping, tongue bite on relights, condensation/wet bowl upon relights. 10+ relights with a...
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    Outdoorsy Pipes?

    Looking for recommendations on some pipes that have an "outdoorsy, or wilderness" feel to them (no cobs). Gold, silver, and really any bands or fancy pipes just do not do it for me. I have one Sav, and while I love how it smokes, I don't know that I would get another because I cannot find any...
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    Advice needed

    In need of guidance Have been smoking a pipe off and on for the last 18 months. Took a few months off for the same reason I am currently debating tossing my pipes in the river. I am at my wits end now... I'm tired of re-lighting 20-30 times only to find tons of dottle, regardless of what packing...
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