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    Overwhelmed with choice

    Thanks, ill grab some of that tomorrow, and ill make the cgar order next week. thanks everyone. you all have helped me work out what direction i should take. i think i just need to chill out and enjoy it more than worrying what i should be buying. my brick out house should be ready to change...
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    Overwhelmed with choice

    Thanks for the reply's, so i have decided to not worry about what to buy to much and just grab some samplers from an online shop, but funds don't allow me to buy too much at once this close to xmas. so i have a couple of samplers selected already from Petersons and Robert Lewis But there is 5...
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    Overwhelmed with choice

    Hello again, My pipe smoking journey is going well, i got myself a falcon pipe with bulldog bowl, everything seems to be going well, but i'm overwhelmed with choice. Most of the posts, videos, reviews recommend stuff i cant seem to find in the UK, the sites i have viewed have 1001 pipes to...
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    Round 3 of My Questions and a Thank You

    Hi, First off i want to say thank you again for my earlier questions, my first few pipe bowls were lacking and thought it wasn't going to be for me, but i stuck with it, reading post on here, and my last 2 bowls have been great, i dried my tobacco out for 24 hours, until it was not wet. the...
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    I'm Very Tired of Matches. What Is the Best to Replace Them?

    just a butane lighter, normal flame (not a jet flame), it was so cheap and because it had the built in tamper i thought at the very least it was handy to have if im smoking away from home. I'm gonna get some matches as well. so i can say i tried many ways and decide what i like best
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    I'm Very Tired of Matches. What Is the Best to Replace Them?

    i have plenty of zippos, where can you get the inserts from, not seen them whilst browsing online pipe sites, I just got a pipe lighter with built in multi tool for £10, the lighter has a side angles flame to stop burning me fingers (but i think all pipe lighters probably have this)
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    Savinelli Balsa Filters - Not Pushing All The Way Through

    sorry for hijacking the post, just wondered, how filters (absorbers) effects the end result?
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    Tobacco Types and More Questions

    My first 2 pipes im going to buy is a corncob legend and a falcon with a small bulldog bowl, mainly due to brand and style. because i really don't know what i'll like until i try. would these be a good start, and both are not going to cost much. im going to order them, a stand, and tobacco...
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    Tobacco Types and More Questions

    this forum is great for a beginner like me, thanks again for the reply's. I have 2 junk Pipes at the moment which are no make that i picked up online before doing my research. i tried smoking with them one has a very tight draw without it being loaded, and the other i cant even do the 3 fill...
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    Tobacco Types and More Questions

    so the different cuts make the tobacco burn at different rates. so as a beginner i should try all the cuts and see whats best for me or is there a particular cut i should start with?
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    Tobacco Types and More Questions

    Hi, round 2 of the questions from me, 1] whats the difference between pipe tobacco, shag, flaked, rope, and ready rubbed. 2] whats the real resting time for pipes, ive read 1 hour, 2 hour, and 24 hours. do i really need 4-5 different pipes for 1 day, have different materials used in making...
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    New to Pipe Smoking

    Thank you for all the reply's. @ukbob thanks ill check them shops out @newbroom I've seen D&R mentioned a few times over the net, just cant seem to find any of the UK sites. do you have a link for it maybe? @olkofri the pipe looks nice, and thanks for the quick rating tip, that will be...
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    New to Pipe Smoking

    Hi, I been trawling the internet for information on pipe smoking and found this forum. so i hope you don't mind answering some newb questions. Im from England, and i don't have any tobacconist near by, so i been ordering from cgarsltd.co.uk 1] I purchased some cheap (probably useless) pipes...