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    Need Identification Help

    No, "Normandie" is not at all a popular name for pipes in France, it has never been a pipe region ! I think it's a bit of a commercial tip to please Americans who remember the landing on June 6, 44 ... ?? :)
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    New Tristan Lefebvre Pipe

    In french in the text :) : https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjI1eGE_P3mAhW6AGMBHXMoAA4QFjAAegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpipe-tristan.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw2FmzLgTCZmhbWPaYjk2qSx
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    Butz Choquin Origine

    :)(it's not mine either...??) Metz is simply the name of the city of France from which originated the 2 founders of the brand. "This is the story of a man and his son-in-law who, passionate about pipes, create a whole. Jean Baptiste Choquin and Gustave Butz, two Messins ( born in Metz) make...
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    Butz-Choquin Gone? Guess I Missed It.

    The workforce is a little less expensive in Italy but I do not think, when it works it remains in St. Claude is a bit their image, it dated back to 1858, otherwise it becomes a simple sales site . (I think they also distributed Dunhill) Sometimes with a little luck the brand is taken over by...
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    Butz-Choquin Gone? Guess I Missed It.

    they say: "butss-shokiiin" like the "pain", the "vin" not shokinne like at your home :) It was the 2nd pipe manufacturer in St Claude, they are in " judicial liquidation" which means in France that everything is stopped / sold to settle the debts (the wages, but especially in priority the...
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    Pipe Zippo Flame Control

    I have one but it annoys me, the tank is too small, I have to fill it every 8-10 days and the flame drops too fast :( I always end up taking the original again. ...
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    Pipe Zippo Flame Control

    Yes there is thin brass wire around to keep rigid wick, but cuts easily with chisel. There must also be enough cotton and it is a little packed if the wick sucks the gasoline at full speed and the flame is larger, especially after filling. I cut the wick a bit below the top of the chimney...
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    Pipe Zippo Flame Control

    The upward movement is to empty the cap of so gas accumulated and to avoid the "boof" that it makes that sometimes blows the flame on the ignition (a little like you extinguish your oil wells:)) If not to set a correct flame must shorten the wick, and more lighter will empty less quickly...
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    NOS Brulor Pipes from France

    This is a good idea, it must be remembered that at the time the French pipe smoker was often only one, and therefore preferably a "good pipe"! Not too expensive and quality, a good functional pipe become "vintage".:)
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    Je ne sais pas si vous pourrez lire:rolleyes:, mais article journal Suisse ,écrit en français : https://www.letemps.ch/dossiers/maigret-commissaire-lhumanite?fbclid=IwAR3ySI9EKaeXRhZZq6RpeBRZuPEtL36VhiJsT8iMQBjN0ZgjbD7p6-kekmU
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    Exciting ! We feel that there has been research ... :-) (In an episode I recently saw Maigret / B. Cremer in the office contemplating his pipe with a thoughtful air, the pipe in one hand the stove in the other, we clearly see that it is broken and that the tenon remained in the pipe :cry...
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    What is especially pleasant in the novels is the atmosphere, the places of action, the characters of the people, it is well described and we immerse ourselves in the story. It's not always easy to transcribe on screen in a movie where we are more likely to do action for action ...
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    ( For the anecdote G.Simenon was a little inspired by himself for his character Maigret, except for women! While Maigret is wise enough and faithful Simenon despite his discreet accountant physique to the tobacco pipe he slept with countless women including prostitutes and he was quite a party...
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    Exactly! :-) We also see Prosper doing the street in bycicle (he smiles when he sees me hidden behind my garden gate) This house of the 30s was empty for sale by the heirs, and the interior had remained of period by the old owners, with its tiling and everything. The production had just sent a...
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    The producer places the postwar action in the 50s. (It is well recognized cars).There were 54 episodes. It is also co-produced with Czech television Ceská Televize, Belgian French RTBF, French-speaking Switzerland TSR, and Finnish Yle TV1. In order to reduce costs, the series is shot abroad: in...
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    ( :oops: not " A little man of the earth." but "a man proximate the grounds", peasant roots in a French expression…)
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    Initially it is the son of a sharecropper, a farmer therefore, on the lands of a chatelain. (We learn this in the episode "The St. Fiacre Affair", where he returns to the places of his childhood.) A little man of the earth... :-)
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    ( Paul said :"Methinks French dark blends are pretty similar tastewise to those Semois Tobaccies from Belgium, though a bit rougher tastin" " ---------- Yes, it's a bit like that in general ! And we must not forget that in France at the time of the novels, everyone smoked only "gray tobacco"...
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    ( The episode "The cellars of the Majestic" I saw it turn in my street, the part that takes place in a house style year 40/50. It was nice the Swiss TV technicians who were hanging out in front of my door, it lasted at least 15 days, had to be careful when going out, hide the cars. (a shot...
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    Maigret, The Series and The Books.

    ":scloyd : The Bruno Cremer led Maigret with English subtitles is available for streaming on MHz Choice. I may start that series in the future...if I don't get Maigret burnout. " --------------------- Yes,exactly, it's the closest to the character and the...