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  1. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    My experience so far is that mixtures that doesn't bite taste better with meers filters so I use charcoal filters mostly with blends that contains bright Virginias - eg. Capstan etc. - that usually bite me... Today I received some supermix - charcoal and meers - white elephant 9mm filters, may...
  2. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    I tried to remove the blue plastic cap of those old 9mm Dr.Pearl - I bought 70 of them sigh - of course with bent pipes... the airflow was better but sometimes some charcoal pellet got out of the filter and clogged the stem so I trashed them and moved on... Usually the G&H Ropes and Plugs...
  3. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    I did an experiment and I must admit that the result was impressive... I smoked several bowls of G&H Black Bogie Twist and Dark Plug with white elephant 6mm meers filters placed in some of my 9mm pipes... no bites, very improved airflow as direct result of the reduced diameter of the filter, dry...
  4. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    Funny enough, I found this version of no longer produced Vauen 9mm in a Colombian shop, they sports a ceramic 12 holes (instead of 9 in the new version) cap on one side and a plastic 12 holes cap on the other...
  5. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    Good tip! I'll try those Blitz filters but I noticed that some version of their airflow are similar to the Vauen (small holes on the caps) and some other to the Stanwell (an asterisk)...
  6. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    Exactly! There is a hybrid version called Supermix, also produced by White Elephant, with meerschaum and charcoal granules, but I didn't tried it yet
  7. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    I too prefer AC Vauen filters for blends that usually bites me and White Elephant mers filters for non-bitey mixtures... I also liked the Stanwell but they're difficult to find on stock. I was curious for that Hermit Crab but if they are Chinese.. I think I'll pass... thanks Sigmund for the...
  8. Brando

    9mm Charcol Filters vs Meerschaum Throwdown

    I was surfing the web about 9mm filters and I stumbled upon this brand Hermit Crab that claims to use cotton paper and ceramic caps for their filters, right now they offers those at 50% discount on Amazon... 15 bucks for 200 filters it seems a good bargain, I'm considering to try them...
  9. Brando

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    Thank you, I thought he was a pic of Chuck Stanion, the resemblance is striking
  10. Brando

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    Hey friend, I apologize I saw Chuck's pic in your profile and I thought you were him 😆
  11. Brando

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    Pegasus, Haunted Bookshop, Old Joe Krantz, Big 'n Burley, Epiphany, Morley's Best from the late "king of burley blends" Bob Runowski are all Hall of Fame worthy imho... @Choatecav this is you, Chuck? I wish you the best of retirements, stay smokey!
  12. Brando

    Tobaccos of Yesterday that are basically Gone

    Another example... Bell's Three Nuns... it passed too many changes over the last four decades and now it doesn't resemble at all what I used to smoke back in the '80... Apart for the dramatic changes in the original recipe, the main problem for this historical blends is always the lack of...
  13. Brando

    Cats and Pipes

    Prince Oliver the 1st... my tuxedo kitty that loves to join me on my late night smoking sessions...
  14. Brando

    Pfeifen-Shop-Online

    At first, I was going to ask the order to be shipped to my forwarder freight in Miami but they said that after the Trump's administration closed what's known as the "de minimis" loophole, which allowed for duty-free import of goods valued at less than $800, starting from August 29th, such...
  15. Brando

    Pfeifen-Shop-Online

    Tired of all my unsuccessful and frustrating searches on US online vendors about European pipe tobacco blends, often out of stock on mainstream shops or when available - on small online vendors - at crazy steep prices, brands such as Capstan, Dan Tobacco, Solani, Three Nuns to mention a few... I...
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