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samcoffeeman

Can't Leave
Apr 6, 2015
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I know this may be a faux pas, as this is a pipe site, but I digress. When I Saw this on eBay for @$30 I said why the hell not. And ya know what, they're damn tasty..non filtered in a early(patent number) Dunhill cigarette holder. They have a Virginia Tang, very flavorful, incredibly rich and smooth. Just realized I don't have a picture of the tax stamp on the back that says series of 1910!

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hawky454

Lifer
Feb 11, 2016
5,338
10,220
Austin, TX
I wish I could have tried cigarettes when they were actually made of quality tobaccos. Mike McNeil talks very highly of the old school cigarettes that came in tins. I imagine they were very flavorful more akin to pipe tobacco. Cigarettes these days are mainly to give you a fix rather than flavor.
Great score on those, man!

 

georged

Lifer
Mar 7, 2013
5,491
13,920
Mike McNeil of McClelland fame absolutely LOVES pre-war tinned cigarettes. They're in excellent condition surprisingly often. Several years ago I had a couple from his stash that the tax stamp dated to 1915. (I think he broke them out because it was their 100th birthday). Yum, yum. :D
Seriously, if any of you pipesmagaziners come across an intact, sealed tin of old cigarettes, regardless of brand, let him know. Or contact me and I'll let him know. You'll have a no-haggle sale if the price is anything close to reasonable.

 

kcghost

Lifer
May 6, 2011
13,156
21,423
77
Olathe, Kansas
I brought some pre-1960 cigarettes to the KC pipe show and McNiel, Brian Levine, Lee Von Erck, and Greg Pease just enjoyed the hell out of them.

 

slowroll

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 25, 2017
281
3
Now all this brings back memories. Not of 100 years ago, but a while. I used to occasionally smoke Sobranie cigarettes, and the odd pack of Gitanes, along with my Sobranie pipe tobacco.

 

deathmetal

Lifer
Jul 21, 2015
7,714
32
Those look delicious. Even as recently as the 1980s, cigarettes had some flavor. Now they are different varieties of an ashy taste.

 

hawky454

Lifer
Feb 11, 2016
5,338
10,220
Austin, TX
Mike McNeil of McClelland fame absolutely LOVES pre-war tinned cigarettes. They're in excellent condition surprisingly often. Several years ago I had a couple from his stash that the tax stamp dated to 1915. (I think he broke them out because it was their 100th birthday). Yum, yum. :D
That is really cool you got to try some with him!

 

condorlover1

Lifer
Dec 22, 2013
7,994
26,608
New York
I have smoked sealed cutter top tins of Woodbine, Players, Players Weights and Park Drive over the years. I have smoked some stuff that was circa 1916 from an unopened package of stuff destined for the troops in France during WW1. They taste a lot better than anything modern I can tell you.

 

fnord

Lifer
Dec 28, 2011
2,746
8
Topeka, KS
I gave up the nails ten years ago when I turned fifty.
But I'd gladly give up the extra days, months or years in a nursing home to smoke one of those vintage fags.
So jealous, but so happy for you, Sam.
Fnord
PS. My 92 year old, soon to be, ex-mother-in-law has a lump of static lung cancer in her lower left lobe. To me, it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded and there's two outs. "Mary? Would you like to start smoking again?" WTF not? F.

 

clickklick

Lifer
May 5, 2014
1,700
212
George beat me to it!
Call Mike McNeil if you come across more! Or heck, even if you just want to share!

 

aldecaker

Lifer
Feb 13, 2015
4,407
42
That box of Player's Navy Cuts brings back some memories. I used to enjoy those, along with English Ovals and Turkish Specials. Even a pack of Caporals once in a while, when I wanted a little extra hair on my chest.

 

jvnshr

Moderator
Staff member
Sep 4, 2015
4,616
3,868
Baku, Azerbaijan
Thanks for sharing it with us Sam. I envy you. Unfortunately, I have to close this one (rules) while smoking a Korean Parliament Hybrid. I used to smoke it a lot when I used to live in Korea. I am on a business trip and although I quit smoking cigarettes some time ago, I said why not to remember those old days.

 
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