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Chinese Investment Company to restart McClellands next Year
I feel sorry for Pipestud.- pauls456
- Post #20
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How to Keep Pipe Rim from Darkening?
If you exhale through the bowl alot ('breath method'), all that heat and smoke will penetrate into the briar, and no amount of scrubbing will completely remove it.- pauls456
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Rubbing Out Flakes.
Fold. It's a flake for a reason. As the blender intended.- pauls456
- Post #22
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Changey Mind
Agree here. The Virginia flakes all taste the same to me.- pauls456
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Trouble Contacting Synjeco
After my last order was returned to them by the USPS, they stopped communicating with me. I never received a refund.- pauls456
- Post #16
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Why Not Clean your Pipe After every Smoke?
Wet cleaning of the entire pipe after every smoke. Takes 3 or 4 minutes. Eliminates the need for deep cleaning. Once you get used to it, the idea of not doing it seems unpleasant.- pauls456
- Post #32
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Alex Lifeson turns 70
What are his favored pipe tobaccos?- pauls456
- Post #6
- Forum: General Discussion
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Help Appreciated: Is it Mold or Bloom?
It is granular and it shows a specific (looking) distribution. It is plume.- pauls456
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Rim Charring
Unavoidable if you exhale through the bowl, as I do.- pauls456
- Post #40
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Outside of my Bowl is Darkening.
It's the result of an overheated pipe. Very often the overheating is uneven. The main concern is that you may also be charring the inner walls of the chamber.- pauls456
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Carolina Red Flake Is Yucky
It's good tobacco, and many experienced smokers have enjoyed it. If someone doesn't like it that's just their personal experience.- pauls456
- Post #28
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Samual Gawith Black XX really hard to keep lit
Once you put it in the right bowl, its not a fussy one to smoke.- pauls456
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Samual Gawith Black XX really hard to keep lit
It sounds like you are doing it right. I had the same problem, and the only thing that completely fixed it was to change pipes. I went from a tapered bowl (rhodesian) to a non-tapered bowl (pot) and the problem was solved.- pauls456
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Cellaring Too Long?
Once the seal goes, the flavor goes with it. The likelihood of of that happening increases with age. Rehydration can't do much, other than prevent the tobacco from crumbling when handled.- pauls456
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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The Great Flakes or the Grand Delusion
I tend to fold and stuff all the flakes that I smoke, even if rubbing them out might enhance the taste somewhat. Most of my pipes are on the smaller side, and it really doesn't make sense to load those with ribbon, unless you want a 15 minute smoke.- pauls456
- Post #32
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion