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New Tobacconist Shop In Dayton, Ohio
Not only does Nick and company make very nice and interesting non traditional pipes, their house tobaccos are really good blends. Worth the drive from Columbus.- bigmick
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Luigi Viprati At Smokers Haven
Hey all you close to Columbus; Luigi Viprati and Micah Cryder will be at Smokers Haven Sunday April 27th 12-4 PM. A few more details at Smokers Haven's website under Events. I would never have known if I hadn't stopped by the shop today, thought maybe a few of you hadn't heard either. I got to...- bigmick
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What's Your "Most Masculine" Smoke?
Just for the name; Pirate Kake. What could be more manly than a pirate kake? Although I'd have to say in general Lakelands are the most masculine tobacco. If you can smoke flowery flavored tobacco in public, with no worries about people wondering about your masculinity...you win. lol Seriously...- bigmick
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Anyone Know the History of Tobacco Cellering?
I really think cellaring tobacco is still just a isolated phenomenon, practiced by eccentrics and hobbyists. Like us. I believe most pipe smokers have little to no stored tobacco. Although those paying attention may be doing more of it with prices going the way they are. I had cousins and 2...- bigmick
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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How to date a tin?
There are dates on some Davidoff tins as well. I have some dated for '06. Not having newer tins I don't know if they still do.- bigmick
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Dipping
I'm a snusser. Which is close enough for the discussion. I use a few cans of dip a year. I used Copenhagen in the 80s and 90s. The only time I spit was right after putting a pinch in and in the field. Quit dip to start smoking, started snus to quit smoking. Moved to pipes to get my burning...- bigmick
- Post #22
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Variety, It's a Good Thing, I Think
I have been two years finding my go to tobaccos. I have settled on 3 blends to not be without. McClelland 5100, Smokers Haven Exotique and MacBaren London Burley. I keep those in stock and if I never get any other tobaccos I would be content, not happy, mind you. I have several other blends I...- bigmick
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Anyone Else Have This Problem With Unsmoked Estates?
I fall in the camp of an unsmoked pipe is not fulfilling its purpose. Having said that I have only acquired 2 unsmoked estates and both begged me to smoke them, so to speak. I do not collect pipes. I accumulate them. Of course I also need to clarify I don't have the means to accumulate the...- bigmick
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Columbus Pipe Show
Two great events. Smokers Haven, as usual, took very good care of us. It was nice to meet old acquaintances and make new ones. The Hookah bar trip afterwards was...interesting. The actual pipe show was great. My first so I really had no expectations, but it eclipsed anything I imagined. Ended up...- bigmick
- Post #40
- Forum: Pipe Events
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The Value of Brick and Mortar Tobacconists...?
I'm in Columbus Ohio. Smokers Haven gets 90% of my pipe and pipe tobacco money. I have trouble getting $100 or $200 together for a big online order and I'm still testing and tasting tobaccos to find the one or ones I want to spend big bucks with. Premal, Bill and Ben have treated me much more...- bigmick
- Post #34
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Do Different Pipes Need Different Moisture Levels?
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Do Different Pipes Need Different Moisture Levels?
Carter Hal is nice, but I don't have any in the stash. I do have about 12 ounces of Granger. :lol: -
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Do Different Pipes Need Different Moisture Levels?
Roth, no worries. I take nothing on line to personal. The more I think about it, the cake may be the problem. These were both new pipes. My only new pipes, so I'll work with half bowls for a few. There is definitely less cake in the bottom half of both. These pipe never see aromatics, the... -
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Do Different Pipes Need Different Moisture Levels?
So Roth, you are saying I suck as a piper. Got it. :) Could it be I didn't get it broke in well enough? The first half bowl smokes great, the second half not as much. -
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Do Different Pipes Need Different Moisture Levels?
The one that gives me the most trouble is a bent Nording billiard. The other trouble child is a Sav Oscar(it's a conical bowl so packing is the most likely issue there), but mostly the Nording. It just seems the pipe likes dryer tobacco. I dry the tobacco at least twice as long for the Nording... -
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Do Different Pipes Need Different Moisture Levels?
Do some pipes like dryer or damper tobacco? The reason I ask is I have a one pipe that seems to require very dry, almost crunchy, tobacco and a couple that like dryer tobacco. I also have a couple that seem to be able to smoke super damp tobacco. I'm not getting gurgle or moisture in the... -
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You're an Idiot if You Smoke Pipes More Than $50!
Still being fairly new to the hobby, and the "victim" of low paying job, I can't afford so called high end pipes. My budget right now, $150 is high end and something I would need to save up for. I have a few recently acquired pipes, only one of which was new, that are really only one step above...- bigmick
- Post #92
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Is This a Beauty or a Beast?
I'll be the odd man out here. I like it. Not at that price point though. Under $100 and it'd be in my rack in short order. Weird is good, expensive weird...not so much. It looks like something one of my grandfathers would have smoked. They were poor and if it could be fixed it was, as long as it... -
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How Many of You Have a Pink Pipe?
I got to see this pipe in person. It is pink. A tasteful pink that I believe will darken beautifully in time. Definitely one of a kind. Actually I'd like to have one that color. Although I wouldn't let it out of the house for a few years, until it darkened some. lol -
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If You Could Only Have 4...
PS Luxury Twist Flake SG Balkan Flake McB's Golden Extra/London Burley (can't find enough difference between them to decide which) HH Vintage Syrian- bigmick
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion