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Initial Enthusiasm Resulted in Acquisition Disorders
I have heard of this "over buying" - certainly never experienced it MYSELF, but I know of it in others. Don't look at it as over-acquisition, look at it as under-desiring. Learn to love all of them for various reasons, like we do with our uglier children and dumber dogs. But if you want to...- rmcnabb
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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MBSD PAD slip up.
Woops! I got married once like that. Lovely pipe - I hope it doesn't run off to Myrtle Beach with the UPS driver. -
My First Commissioned Pipe (Abe Herbaugh)
Wow, you nailed it. I adore that aesthetic - nobody does perfect stems and beautiful metal ferrule rings like the Danes. I'm a Neerup/Jeppesen addict for this reason. I guess I have to add West Virginia into that mix! -
Morta Pipes Experiences?
I've worked so much oak in so many different forms and capacities from firewood to fine home furnishings, that I'm mortally afraid of oak splinters. I can't look at some of the photos I've seen of morta pipes without reaching for a pair of leather gloves. -
***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***
I remember those ads! I also seem to remember him from Police Story - one of the great repositories of "hey! it's that guy!" character actors in the world.- rmcnabb
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***
I can NOT get off my addiction to Sutliff Virginia Slices. It's really good, and that goodness persists. I like it better than Luxury Navy Flake which always seems harsh. I have a lot of LNF on hand but it's going to be a deep cellar item to come back to in a couple of years. Slices I find...- rmcnabb
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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JimInks, I've Gotta Ask.
I really appreciate and enjoy JimInks reviews, but not for the palate notes, which I know I'm just genetically not predisposed to pick up. I don't know what a "dry soda" flavor is for instance. Palate is such a personal thing based on personal experience and how YOU taste the world (how...- rmcnabb
- Post #58
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Beat the Gurgling!! Here's how . . . . .
I'm working in a new Peterson now - the draft hole is pretty dang high in the chamber, and it smokes like a champ. (It's also very high in the stem hole - you can forget passing a pipe cleaner without disassembly.) Dry and consistent. And that's with VA flakes - to me the most problematic...- rmcnabb
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Seek Larger Peterson.
Thanks very much for the advice. I never was an Oom Paul guy so it looks like a House pipe might fill the size and style. -
Seek Larger Peterson.
Title edited for caps and brevity. Original: Help me with my next (larger) Peterson I just bought my first new, in the box, sock and all, Peterson. After lots of perusin', I set to choosin', and I got a lovely Christmas 2023 model 230, sandblast. To me it's the perfect full bent shape... -
How Much is Too Much?
The old timers used to live with a pipe in their mouth. Tolkien said "Every morning I wake up and think, Ahhh...another 24 hours of pipe smoking."- rmcnabb
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Look What I Found…
I'm on the wait list at all the online stores for Full VA Flake. No doubt they'll email me any...day...now...- rmcnabb
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Look What I Found…
“Is that a Penzance in your pocket or…”- rmcnabb
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Look What I Found…
I haven’t opened my single tin of Sansepulcro! I got the very last one that I saw for sale and I guess I’m saving it for…something? Im sure I will pop this Penzance. My cellar is half twenty year old tins and have 3 month old. I need to start enjoying the old stuff while waiting for the babies...- rmcnabb
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Smoking to the Bottom of the Bowl.
I just pack based on draw. It should be slightly harder to draw on the packed bowl than an empty one. If you’re able to mash the tobacco into a shape and it holds that shape, to me that’s too wet. Also I look at the bottom eighth inch of tobacco as basically a filter. If you do light it, to...- rmcnabb
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Pipes and Cigars Online Store. Never Again.
Correct, I am sure they have a very hard time maintaining consistency from such a small handmade crop as tobacco, sourced from some of the worlds roughest neighborhoods sometimes.- rmcnabb
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Look What I Found…
Having started back after a near 20 year hiatus, I’ve started buying again and have gone back through all my old tins, finding some really nice things. But I happened to look down and sitting on a random shelf was a lovely little tin of Penzance, still tight as a drum, from 2009. I don’t know...- rmcnabb
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Pipes and Cigars Online Store. Never Again.
Well, I’m all for groundlessness. It’s what I built my empire on.- rmcnabb
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Shoutout for Williams Tobacco, Cleveland, TN
Just a heads up for those in southeast TN that are looking for a nice shop with a good assortment of Diehl, Pease, MacB, etc. Williams Tobacco is a BnM that I always try to patronize and if you’re coming down I 75 on the way to Atlanta it’s worth a 15 minute detour if you need a tin. Plus, one...- rmcnabb
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Pipes and Cigars Online Store. Never Again.
Well I buy usually about every two weeks and have made about ten orders with PandC and all have been perfectly executed. I’ve asked customer service a couple of questions and always got a personal response from a very nice lady in usually about 6 hours. They have a few things you can’t get...- rmcnabb
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion