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  1. burleyboy

    Tubos In The Humidor?

    Hello cigar smokers, Just a short question - I'm wondering what are the pros and cons of leaving tubed cigars in their tubo versus untubing them, when stored in a humidor? My opinion is to leave them in the tube, as they aren't probably perfectly airtight anyways, but might bring a little...
  2. burleyboy

    A Little Warning - Castello On eBay

    Browsing eBay I found a pipe for sale that I knew from an earlier offer. As you can easily see, these two offerings are the same pipe: 1...
  3. burleyboy

    A Curiosity For Meerschaum Cutty Friends.

    I just stumbled across this offering on eBay and thought it might be of interest to some of you. I had never seen a filter system like that one. https://www.ebay.de/itm/rare-ancien-FUME-CIGARETTE-pipe-ECUME-a-filtre/353067466935?hash=item52347600b7:g:THEAAOSw-~pegFhz
  4. burleyboy

    What Distinguishes Dunhill / Peterson Virginias From Others?

    I have the STG blends Ye Olde Signe, Elizabethan Mixture, and Three Years Matured Virginia in mind. All of those contain a significant amount, if not 100% of Virginia tobacco. Those three blends are so different than all the other Virginia tobaccos I know, that I wonder, what distinguishes...
  5. burleyboy

    Estate Castello Cleanup Photos

    I did a little estate pipe cleanup and decided to share some photos. The pipe is a large Castello Collection KK Dublin with plateau top. Referring to the briarblues dating guide, it must be from 1982 or earlier, as it has the cpital letter grading K's not in an oval. I used an elictric...
  6. burleyboy

    Tobacco Varieties: Nicotiana Sylvestris

    My lady surprised me with a gift she bought from a local market garden. It‘s a pot with a bunch of plants of Nicotiana Sylvestris. A label was attached, which said, that this variety’s leafs were smoked in pipes by South America’s Native People. There are no blossoms yet, but even the leafs...
  7. burleyboy

    Dunhill Dating - Help appreciated

    Hello Dunhill experts, I have the opportunity of buying a pipe, of which this is the nomenclature: Beforehand, I would like to know roughly from which period this particular pipe is. This has no year suffix, so I'm not sure, how to narrow it down to a year... Do you Dunhill experts have...
  8. burleyboy

    HH Bold Kentucky Strength?

    Hi fellow pipe smokers, Just a little question occurred to me. Would you say, HH Bold Kentucky is stronger in nicotine than Old Joe Krantz, C&D Burley Flake 1 and Sam Gawith Brown Nr. 4? I ask this, because I enjoy the occasional bowl of the above blends, which seem to be rated rather strong...
  9. burleyboy

    Tobacconist on Mallorca - In Search of Recommendations

    As we have recently learned, tobacco prices are still reasonable in Spain. So, I would like to take the chance of an upcoming trip to the island of Mallorca with my family, to stock up on some tobaccos. I found nothing concrete on the web about buying pipe tobacco over there, so I'd like to ask...
  10. burleyboy

    McClelland Tin Weight Question

    Howdy fellows, I have a 2oz can of McClelland, which is from 2007. It is same the type of can still used by Cornell and Diehl, Gl Pease and probably others. Indicated by the sound when shaken, I suspect that it may have dried out. In case it is still in good condition, I'd rather like to avoid...
  11. burleyboy

    Still Struggling With Samuel Gawith Flakes

    I know, this has been discussed here over and over again, but I have some specific questions to you successful SG flake smokers and thought that this may bring up something new. First of all, I dried my Gawith Flakes even to bone dry crunchiness and still do not get from them, what I would call...
  12. burleyboy

    Short Question About Wessex Tobacco

    I've read a lot of good things about Wessex tobacco online and I'm tempted to try some. Unfortunately, this brand for some weird reason seems not to be available in Germany (where I am located), which is kind of absurd because the tin descriptions say, that these tobaccos are made in Germany...
  13. burleyboy

    American Consignment Tobaccos at Larrysson Pipes

    Hi fellows, as I am located in Europe, I am always looking for opportunities to find any American blends. So far, the only way, I found, is ordering directly from America or Switzerland, which harbors the danger of high customs, taxes etc. In addition to that, eBay seems to have its enforcement...
  14. burleyboy

    Where To Find Some Thorough Castello Information?

    Hello Castello savants, I am trying to do some research on Castello pipes in general and especially on their Epoca line. It appears to me, that there is not much detailed serious information out there about this brand. All I can find is things like explanations of their stamps and grading...
  15. burleyboy

    GBD Century 701 Cleanup Pics

    Recently I scored and cleaned up an old GBD pipe from the Bay. It looked rather bad, but came out nicely. Here are some pics. Before. After.
  16. burleyboy

    Sasieni Fantail Patent Number Shape 38 Cleanup

    Some Days ago my first Sasieni came in. I got it from eBay as an estate pipe and it did clean up very well in my opinion. It is a patent number pipe and as far as I can tell it should have been made in the period between 1952 and 1957. In contrast to the dotted Sasinies, those Fantails still can...
  17. burleyboy

    In Search Of: Tobacconist In Seattle

    Howdy fellows, Relatives of mine will make it across the pond next week for a city trip to Seattle. Now I‘d like to know, where I might send them to find some American blends for me. Do you have any B&M recommendation in Seattle? Also how are the prices per tin in B&Ms? Thanks a lot!
  18. burleyboy

    Question About Samuel Gawith's Full Virginia Flake / Full Virginia Plug

    Lately I find myself drawn more and more to Virginia forwarded blends and I plan buying some of Sam Gawith's Full Virgina Flake and Plug. As I am not very experienced and do not want do waste money, I'd like to ask a particular question. I found out that I very much like the sweeter Virginias...
  19. burleyboy

    What's Wrong With This Pipe?

    Hello fellow pipe smokers, I bought an unsmoked 2011 Dunhill 3103 County pipe from a B&M in 2016. I did only have bad smoking experiences with it so far. Back then when I bought it, I thought, the reason would be my smoking technique as I was quite new to the hobby. But the smokes did not get...
  20. burleyboy

    Dunhill Dating Question

    Hello pipers, I have a little insecurity about dating a certain Dunhill pipe. The nomenclature of the pipe is as follows: To me, the year suffix looks like the "smaller raised type". I always thought that it was indicating the year 1963. But at the closer look to the Pipephil dating key, I...
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