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  1. misterlowercase

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    If you're like me, you love looking at images of various tobaccos. I've only been pipe smoking now for a year and a couple of months so my experience with a variety of different tob'o is limited, it's great being able to see what's beneath the tin lid and perhaps might even steer you to a blend you hadn't considered before.

    Looking around alot lately, I've found 2 motherlode threads of beautiful pictures and find myself drooling at times just at the sight of the luscious leaf.

    Both these threads are set up with an index on the first page so you can just click a tob'o you're interested in and go straight to it, but I think it's fun (but time killing) to go page by page, here they are:

    http://accademiafumolento.forumfree.it/?t=52995175

    Some great stuff there, as well as nice photography.

    I wonder if there'd be any interest to start a similar thread here on PM?

    I'm not a good photographer, but here's a few to kickstart our thread if there's any interest...

    Gallaher's Rich Dark Honeydew

    old Erinmore Flake

    Murray's Warrior Plug sadly I didn't take a pic of it still in plug form, this is just one slice I cut

    My Own Blend 111 Flake

    Robt. McConnell Pure Caribe

    Edit: Removed one link. L.

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    You've only been smoking for a year and a couple of months?

    Where/how did you come by the Murray's?

    The photography's fine, but I think more people will be interested in what you've photographed!

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    yes, I really became passionate very quickly.

    The old Erinmore came very cheaply off eBay, cheap as in $5 for 2 full tins!!! They have House of Edgeworth distribution stickers on the back, any idea of a time period?

    The Warrior Plug came from a trade with a very cool British gentleman, and along with it and St. Bruno, they have found much love with me but it's frustrating to taste these "forbidden fruits" because they're so hard to come by,
    so it's a blessing but also a curse!

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    I know that I am not the only one who drooled over these pictures and their tasty tobaccos.

    I'm so awesome, I make myself jealous of myself.
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    Well once they're up in smoke and only ashes left, you can take comfort in the photographs!

    Very well done photos, BTW -- thanks for sharing

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    How was that Rich Dark Honeydew?

    I'd love to give a couple tins of that for a rainy day...

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    Simenon, sadly the RDH was very crispy and all the essential oils were lost to time, it didn't even have any discernible scent. I rehydrated some with the wet paper-towel technique and it was okay but nothing grand. I ended up mixing it all with a jar of moist Tilbury, about 60/40 and then after a few weeks the RDH actually came through and added a distinct depth to the Tilbury.

    I'm glad I got it for cheap, I couldn't imagine spending $50 on a vintage tin, expecting heaven on Earth, only to find out a tiny pinhole or bad seal had destroyed what it once was. I understand why people lay that kind of loot on the old discontinued blends, but it's a total gamble on how the tobacco has been preserved and aged.

    On my tin of RDH it had been rusted on the inside and the seal was compromised probably a long time ago, so it certainly wasn't half the tobacco it was when fresh.

    Then again, you never really know. I was stunned when I saw this old tin of Sweet Crop that the famous John Loring had dug up somewhere, the cutter-top lid had rusted to the top and he had to open it on the bottom with a can opener!!!
    http://www.loringpage.com/attpipes/tobacco-rustedtin.html
    "I smoked another bowl last night, and today I started off with it in a 1928 Dunhill 126 Shell that married delightfully with the medium-light matured virginia blend. I don't know what the blend tasted like in 1955 but notwithstanding the packaging it's a wonderful smoke today.

    And if you showed me the tin & told me the story, I would swear you were a g-d- liar ..."

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    Cruel, cruel fate!

    I'm sorry to hear that.

    I was just discussing the meaning of 'Honeydew' tobaccos with rmbittner last week; apparently, the term indicates a tobacco that has been cased with molasses. (A personal favourite of mine)

    The vintage tobacco game is surely hit and miss. I'm 'living for the moment' at the present time but I would be happy to eventually experiment with the legendary old blends.

    For now it is much nicer to revel in today's bountiful selection.

    When it comes to the old stuff, however, broken seals and rust can break the hardest of hearts.

    Thanks for the link! I'd call him a liar, too. I wouldn't even smoke from a container in that condition...

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    ...here's a few more

    the House of Edgeworth sticker that was on the Erinmore

    Gallaher's RDH insert

    St. Bruno

    Old Larus Edgeworth, it wasn't wrapped in cellophane but the tax seal paper strip had not been broken, it still had a strong molasses type smell and it smoked very well --- I must say that Wessex pretty much damn near nailed this taste with their Burley Slice!


    ...and now for something completely different!


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    I hope people add will add some more photos to this thread, but i went ahead and searched a little around the PM forum and found a few I'll post here. Hopefully this won't ruffle any feathers, I credit the photos to the person who posted them...

    vintage Stanwell by kcvet67


    Dunbar by dpkrause

    Mr. B's Rise and Shine by juozapas

    McClelland's Christmas Cheer 1996 by backdoorhippie

    GL Pease Jack Knife Plug by romeowood

    Fusilier's Ration by lordnoble

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    Clan by letsgodowntherabbithole



    Revelation by pawpaw

    St. James Flake by OTD

    Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation 1957 Blend by hfearly

    C&D's Captain Bob's Ship's Mate Blend by captainbob

    Penzance by Spartan

    SG 1792 Flake by papipeguy

    Peterson's Perfect Plug by OTD

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    Want to see what Mac Baren Golden Extra looks like after a good tin baking?

    Have a look here:
    http://13pipe.blogspot.com/search/label/Golden%20Blend

    ...it looks alot darker, reminds me that I need to try this as I smoke a good bit of GE, could it even taste more toasty than it already does?!?!?

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    Three Nuns by hnryclay

    Three Nuns by kasbah

    Escudo by romeowood



    GH&C Brown Happy Bogie by hiplainsdrifter

    GH&Co Best Brown #2 by rcstan

    Balkan Sobranie (Germain's) by choch

    GL Pease Navigator by Gray

    GLP a-go-go by undecagon

    NYPC Jack's Shanty by romeowood

    Colts Gold DeLuxe by juozapas


    This ain't tobacco, but my God man, yes! Dunhill did indeed invent the sandblasted pipe, this one is a 1924 Magnum, from the collection of cumberland

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    A truly great post! I enjoyed it immensely.

    I find myself sitting idly on the line dividing past and future,
    as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- Thoreau
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    Neil Archer Roan has some outstanding pictures of old tobacco and tins on his website a passion for pipes.

    Suffering from a serious case of "EPARD", also known as the Estate Pipe Acquisition and Restoration Disorder.
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    Great pics, thanks for sharing them.

    Harris
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    This thread is AWESOME!!! Thanks

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    drooling all over my ipad.

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    Some of those flakes look so amazing!!!

    Here is some flake I picked up from my local B&M called "bulls eye flake" I am told it may or actually is "PS LBF" I did my best with my girls good camera.

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    Amazing. Wow. Blown away. Please keep 'em coming.

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    That brown happy bogie!! What in the world! Looks so tasty, slice off as needed or what

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    Here is some "Black Gold Plus" I picked up an oz sample from a local cigar shop and have been trying to make it last!!

    I didn't get it from this dealer but they have this description on a tobacco of the same name: "Our rare fired cured Green River Burley, hand blended with Virginia Flake"

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    Some nice looking tobacco.

    "The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected..."
    -William Makepeace Thackeray, from The Social Pipe
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    I just want to try them all!

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    I wonder how many people (non pipe smokers, of course) would consider all of us really geeky for enjoying posts like this.
    I can hear the comments: "Man, they're so weird they ogle pictures of their tobacco blends!"

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    Well, here is my personal favorite!
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    mouth watering here guys. this could start tad very quickly.

    mike.

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    "wonder how many people (non pipe smokers, of course) would consider all of us really geeky for enjoying posts like this.
    I can hear the comments: "Man, they're so weird they ogle pictures of their tobacco blends!""

    Let them think what they want; some of these should be in centerfolds!

    "I'm always easy to please since I'm always satisfied with the very best." - Oscar Wilde
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    Great thread, misterlowercase--kudos!
    Wonderful to see all those tobacco porn pics from the vault. I'll add a sneak peek at one of my little side projects: the opening of a tin of circa 1960 Cope's Escudo at last summer's NY Pipe Club picnic. The hand model was lestrout, photo credit goes to Patrick Grant. I'm still working on a more accurate dating of the tin, but I've narrowed it to late 1950's / early 1960 based on the tin art and wording, printing process, tin size, and company address listing. Jon Guss has been invaluable in this department, and has gone to absurd lengths on the topic of dating Sobranie--check him out in Neil Roan's blog.

    [Edit: can't tell if this blasted link is working.]

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    Hey, A pic I took made it, lol! I'll add some more here (I have an order coming in)

    I like this

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    A pic of McConnell's Scottish Cake

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    No one can say; "This thread is useless without pics."

    This is one of my favorite threads now.

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    Cortez: Miss Sothron already calls me a "pipe geek" and refers to this place as "pipe geek dot com".

    (I then remind her that she attends both chicken and rabbit shows...)

    LOVE this thread.

    Posted 2 months ago #
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    This might be the best thread yet. Got to get my pipe.

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    Cool! I'm glad this thread is building up!

    Esoterica Tilbury


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    Let's try this again...
    Oh good lord, I'm about to toss this computer into the moat.

    Eidt: There ya go Romeo... It's good to see you posting. L.

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    Is that escudo? Those coins look tasty

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    That's no Escudo. That's a space station!

    Look how dark it is...

    Thanks for taking the time to post these pics ladies and gents.

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    Thanks Lawrence! I've returned from the land of all work and no play.
    That's a tin of circa 1960 Cope's Escudo. The hand model was lestrout, photo credit goes to Patrick Grant. Opening this tin was quite a rush, and everyone agreed that it was a transcendental smoke. Even a confirmed aro smoker (and vaper hater) went bonkers over it.

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    I know. I was riffing on Star Wars.

    Out of curiosity how dry was it? Sounds like a fantastic experience.

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    Damn!!!!
    romeowood, thanks for posting that, I bet it was transcendental, even moreso because it was shared amongst the brothers for a grand smoke!

    I found a neat brief little article that's pretty cool, googtrans from German:
    ......What is escudo?.....
    .............................

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    Here's an oddball.
    I came across an old sealed cutter-top of State Express 777 cigarettes and the price was so low that I couldn't pass them up. I thought I'd try and break them open to smoke, and I did smoke a few bowls, but this stuff is strong, very tart and also peppery like perique. I have no idea what type of tobacco went into this blend, possibly some strange Turkish or Oriental, but I was amazed at how stout 'n zesty it was!





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    Wow. A cigarette made with real tobacco. Don't see those much anymore...

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  44. gray4lines

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    That is cool! They look really good.

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    Luxury Bullseye Flake. One of the more interesting looking tobaccos, I think.

    Posted 2 months ago #

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