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    Dating for a Castello Sea Rock.

    Thanks Mike.
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    Dating for a Castello Sea Rock.

    Folks, I luckily found an estate Castello shape 55 that replaced one I stupidly sold 20 years ago. I am having trouble dating this pipe as it doesn’t seem to match with what I read online. The pipe is about 1 ¾ inches high with a 15/16 inch chamber opening. The pipe markings are CASTELLO OLD SEA...
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    Sanitized and Ready to Smoke

    Question. How does one get the cake out of the very bottom of a pipe bowl? I have purchased some estate pipes on eBay that were so clean you would have thought they were new.
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    The Quality of Tinned V Bulk tobacco.

    I have ordered my favorite C&D blend in bulk from 2 different sellers. I also have many cans of the same blend. The bulk has been aging for a year or 2 and the tin dates are approximately the same age (but being that my preferred blend is burly based – I don’t think age is much of a factor...
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    Same tobacco different quality

    Just wanted to update the thread to say that I ordered 3 more pounds of my desert island blend from smokingpipe.com (where I got the last good batch a year or so ago). Alas, the same harsher and almost stringent taste in the background. From other posts I have read here it seems like perhaps a...
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    Same tobacco different quality

    Thanks for the replies. Since the last batch had a lot more lighter leaf I was hoping that C&D had not changed the blend. I will cellar most of the new stuff in hopes of a taste improvement.
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    Same tobacco different quality

    I ordered some C&D Tuggle Hall bulk blend last year from smokingpipes.com. A few months ago ordered the same bulk blend for 4noggins.com. Both batches had about the same age date of a couple of months earlier when received. The last from 4noggins is lighter in color and has a different somewhat...
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    GBD's, Pros and Cons

    Just noticed this old thread and had to comment. From the late 60’s to late 70’s I purchased around 30 GBDs bought from the old “Smokers Haven”. I worked in Downtown Columbus and could hardly get out of that store without buying a pipe (usually went there to buy tobacco, mostly "Krumble Kake")...
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    What Is So Great About Castellos

    I have been a small time collector of higher end Italian pipes for many years. Have owned 2 or 3 Castello's (only one left). If I may offer my humble opinion, IT'S THE GREAT WOOD.
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    Dunhill Tobacco

    Hope I'm not ranting or off topic but I believe it was sometime in the early 90’s I started smoking Dunhill blends probably 75% of the time (MM 965, Standard Mixture Medium, London Mixture, Nightcap, Early Morning Pipe, and Elizabethan). They were Murray blended and the quality was unsurpassed...
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    Why is Penzance the Ultimate Mythical Unicorn?

    Back in the 60’s and 70’s I smoked a ton of Krumble Kake. Readily available to me as I worked in downtown Columbus Ohio and got it from the old Smokers Haven. It had lots of Syrian Latakia. Living in a more rural environment I didn’t find Penzance until the 90’s when I could buy tobacco via the...
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    Virginia, Latakia and Perique blends

    I have tried Match 20 and don't feel it is even close to the Murray 965 blend. In fact I think it is a match for Kramer's Father Murphy. Both these blends have some kind of topping (however light) and I my mouth despises those kinds of blends.
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    Fun Blending Your Own

    I have a simple 1 to 1 blend that I have turned to as an everyday smoke. I call it TuggleBudd. One part Tuggle Hall to one part Billy Budd. Tuggle Hall is a straight forward old time blend without the nuances oriental leaf which tames the excellent Billy Budd that can be a tad strong...
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    If I Like Father Dempsey, What Else Should I Try?

    If you want to save a bit of money try Sutliff Match 20 available in bulk. I think it is pretty darn close to Father Dempsey.
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    Virginia, Latakia and Perique blends

    Thank you all for the suggestions. I will probably try or retry most of them. In the last few years (probably because my tastes have changed) I have smoked a lot of C&D Buffalo Soldier and many cigar leaf blends because of the “straight forward” taste I find in them. I only mentioned my love...
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