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  1. simong

    FS Parker & Peterson (03/26/24)

    Any questions etc by pm only please. Price in British pounds sterling, postage £5 for UK & £15 for everywhere else. Peterson 11s Dark Smooth. Excellent condition. 61/2” x 13/4” chamber inside diameter 20mm. £125. Peterson 2s Dark Smooth. Again, excellent & lightly smoked condition. 61/2” x...
  2. simong

    Show Off Your Northern Briars Here!

    Surprised that there isn’t a Northern Briars ‘show us’ page. If there was, I couldn’t find it so starting one off anew. This was very much an ‘impulse’ purchase, bought it as soon as I saw it. A Northern Briars Cutty. Smoke’s beautifully!
  3. simong

    The Dying Swan

    Why can’t people leave things alone! Same box size for over hundred years & somebody decides it would be a good idea to render everybody’s Vesta case redundant! It was bad enough when they ‘outlawed’ strike anywhere matches in favour of today’s so called safety match. Not safe at all, I’ve got...
  4. simong

    What Are You Drinking ? February 2024

    Old Speckled Hen. Pipe is loaded with St. Bruno, ready to face the frozen wasteland of my local pubs beer garden.
  5. simong

    Musical Snuff Boxes

    Don’t laugh but is there such a thing? If there isn’t then there should be & if there is, where can I buy one? I’m a frequent sniffer of snuff so i’m in the market for a pretty little snuff box, a musical one, if possible. Upon opening I think the chorus from that 80’s song ‘White Lines’ would...
  6. simong

    Tinnitus Relief

    Any other sufferers of tinnitus here? Mine turned up ‘out the blue’ about 5 years ago now, a constant high pitch screeching in my left ear. Not much of an annoyance during the daytime but at night it is. Lately I’ve been listening to a Sherlock Holmes audiobook on my iPad. Despite knowing the...
  7. simong

    WW1 Pipes & Songs

    Remembrance Day tomorrow, 11th November. I’ve been smoking my great grandfather’s old pipe, quite a bit lately. Wondering if any other forum members have any old wartime pipes that they’ll be smoking? This old meerschaum, which still smokes lovely btw, dates from the First World War. He got it...
  8. simong

    FS Tins/Pouches/Bulk UK (10/30/23)

    Ships from the UK, Prices in Pounds sterling & doesn’t include postage. Postage will depend on weight & destination. PayPal F&F. Loose has been jarred since purchase, tins are all solid, sealed & no shake, pouches same. Small amount of loose/bulk. Gawith Hoggarth’s Bright CR Flake (2020) 127g -...
  9. simong

    Birds of Britain

    Posting this for my friend, despite not knowing anything about birds he’s just landed himself a job as an ornithologist! Thought this video might be helpful to him in his new field of work. Was going to message him the video privately, then I thought the Americans might enjoy seeing something of...
  10. simong

    Imperial Pouch Dating

    Any of you gentlemen familiar with the old St. Bruno pouches, when it was made by Imperial? I’m currently devouring a pouch from (I believe) between 2007-2013. There’s no barcode or serial number, just a gold stamp with 135 on it. Guessing it could mean May 13 but I really don’t know. Going...
  11. simong

    Jack Hargreaves Tribute Pipe

    Whilst perusing mysmokingshop online shop, I noticed they’ve put together a falcon package, in tribute to the late jack Hargreaves. If anyone is considering a falcon pipe, then you could do a lot worse than this ensemble...
  12. simong

    As Good As The Arsenal!

    Premier League kicks off tonight! With my team playing tomorrow, I remembered a danish friend who once told me about a long gone danish blend. Such was the quality of the tobacco, that the blender named it after Englands best ever team, because he said it was ‘as good as the arsenal’.🙂 I never...
  13. simong

    From Africa to Glasgow

    Short little video, interesting to see the Wills factory in Glasgow. https://cutt.ly/nwaYLHc4
  14. simong

    Price of Amber Stems in 1901

    Pipes & Tobacco by J.W. Cundall, a great little booklet on our hobby. Reprinted from the 1901 original & available from smokingpipes.com. A fun little read & inside are a few old adverts from back in the day. One that caught my eye was this one, advertising ‘ The most popular pipe ever made’...
  15. simong

    Amber Stems & Vinyl Tape

    Any of you use this ‘vinyl tape’ on amber stems? Couple of stems of mine are on the way out & looking to preserve them as long as I can. I dislike & don’t use those short ‘rubber bits’ & am thinking of trying this vinyl tape. To those who’ve used them, any recommendations on a specific brand to...
  16. simong

    Royal Mail Hack

    Anybody in the UK know what’s going on with our postal service? About three weeks ago the mail fell victim to a ’cyber attack’ crashing their system & causing delays & cancelled services for overseas shipments. Parcel Force have also stopped shipping abroad until further notice. I need to send a...
  17. simong

    Fake St. Bruno is About!

    Moody Bruno from the Med?? Yep, it’s happening folks, fake pipe tobacco is out there! Concerned with some pouches I recently got, emailed Mac Barens with some photos. The excellent customer service / quality control team replied this morning, confirming my suspicions. If you’re familiar with...
  18. simong

    Cleaning a Dirty Virgin?

    I’ve got a lovely Peterson Aran, rusticated & similar to those ‘corallo di mari’ from savinelli. Natural, virgin like finish. Starting to look a bit dirty & tired now, so she is. I expect the solution would be wax & a high speed buffer. I haven’t got a buffer so any tips for the ‘hands only’...
  19. simong

    Ireland's Tobacco

    Apologies if this video has been shown here before but I've only just come across it & suspect a few others haven't seen it either. https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DsywS49gWCg4&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiDxKuAl574AhUHbcAKHWtTD7oQtwJ6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw2_LAIvD5qz5pYD7P-ARtyz
  20. simong

    A Pipe Does Something for a Man....

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DNpifzKtVCwg&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiItrSr4Jv4AhUPY8AKHXjuBSYQtwJ6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw1tdvZSas4I5AOtM-uRwZ3J