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  1. mngslvs

    A Sherry Evening

    Every night after dinner I read and smoke. I sip amontillado sherry all the while, tiny sips every few minutes, which for me goes really well with tobacco, clears the palate and enhances the next puffs. I buy the stuff by the case. Used to be Sandemann, but that is now unavailable where I...
  2. mngslvs

    Any Castello Comparable pipes?

    I have 4 or 5 Don Carlos pipes, all estates, which have been noticeably superior smokers for me. Not better than my Castellos, but very good. They are thin on the market these days, not sure why. Certainly less $ than Castellos. Have also had good luck with Ser Jacopos.
  3. mngslvs

    Watch City Va/Pers

    Old dominion flake is outstanding. Really outstanding. I never smoke aromatics, but Nor’Easter is outstanding in an aromatic kind of way. It’s a great change up smoke. I’ve never smoked any other tobacco like it.
  4. mngslvs

    Why Some Briar Gets Hot

    It remains a mystery. I don't puff hard, or pack tight, and the bowls are typically at least 13/16 and often more, as I prefer larger bowls for a longer smoke. Only flakes. If these pipes were basket pipes then it would make more sense to me, but one was a GBD and one was a Charatan...
  5. mngslvs

    Why Some Briar Gets Hot

    o k I'm sure this has been discussed before, but since I don't live here on the web, I've not seen it. I've owned many pipes over the decades, and two of them, both estates, both reputable British marques, were really very hot to the hand when smoked. No, I'm not a fast puffer. I smoke va...
  6. mngslvs

    Who has a David Jones Pipe?

    I bought one roughly 20 years ago, I think it was a bent billiard, smooth. It was nicely shaped and a good smoker. I probably smoked it for six or eight years. (I don’t know whether this happens to other smokers, but sometimes a pipe will, just somehow lose it. Has this happened to any of you...
  7. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    OMG you people are batshit crazy. I am a PMSS virgin. Just received gift from.... anonymous. I had stipulated no Pease, so I got corn and carrots, which should provide an interesting smoke. Lucky me I got some Cap'n Black Grape ...... I have an unsmoked 1951 Dunhill, wondering how I'd...
  8. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    Hi Steve I ordered some tobacco from you maybe 6 weeks ago, and received it no problem. Maybe your shipping department had a substitute worker that day ? The next most recent order might have been a year ago, don’t recall, but I received that too. Then again I don’t know exactly when Maine...
  9. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    In the past couple of years, if I try to order tobacco from Smoking Pipes, they tell me they can't ship to Maine. Maybe a new state law that I missed. On the other hand, ordering from Watch City or Pipestud has never been a problem. Go figure. Fortunately I no longer really have to...
  10. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    whoever created this should receive the highest accolades from all quarters. OMG, almost rolled on the floor laughing. Thank you.
  11. mngslvs

    What’s the deal with Rattray’s Marlin Flake?

    I recently opened a tin of MF, I think it had 10 years of age. Moisture content was close to perfect. Rubbed out a bit of it for my evening smoke, let it dry a few hours. Perfect smoke, no more than usual problem keeping it lit.
  12. mngslvs

    Virginia flakes and sugar content

    Just opened a tin of Ashton Brindle Flake 1995. Made by McClelland. Good round full mellow Va, no bite, but short on that sweet note that I look for in a Va. Smoked in several pipes. No sweet note. So my question is : among the various types and shades of virginias, what are the...
  13. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    Did I do this already ? Anyway, if I'm your match : if possible --Va flakes & Vaper flakes please no aromatics, no Lakelands, no burleys, no FVF (believe it or not)
  14. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    What will you receive ? Take a chance !
  15. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    Virginia flakes please. Va-per flakes please. No aromatics, no Lakelands, no Pease.
  16. mngslvs

    🎄The Official Unofficial PipesMagazine Secret Santa 2023 🎅

    I’m in. Email in progress. Regarding Ms Carey, I have never been exposed to her work, living under a rock as I do. But I will say she has a nice pair of ………
  17. mngslvs

    Why Do Aromatics Have a Bad Rap?

    I smoke only vapers and straight Virginias. They are the only tobaccos that have had staying power with me over the decades. I steer clear of anything commonly thought of as aromatic, including Lakeland blends. That said, there is one tobacco that I smoke from time to time that seems like an...
  18. mngslvs

    Show Off Your GBD Pipes (and 2nds)

    Perusing the estate offerings recently on SP, this GBD stopped me, though I'm not normally looking for billiards. The grain, and the apparent condition, and my fixation with the marque. Have it in hand, looks to be little smoked. Stamping : one side -- GBD FLAME GRAIN other side London England...
  19. mngslvs

    Illegal To Ship Tobacco To Maine

    Also, I’ve ordered from Steve Fallon a.k.a. Pipestud, several times. Never had a problem receiving tobacco from him. Although his tobacco is quite expensive.