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Rattray's Pipe - Pleasant Surprise!
It's only a filter pipe if you leave or put a filter in there. ;) When I got my first Rattray as a gift - a Good Deal 99 - I had no idea there was a 9mm filter in there, until I went to clean it. That little 4" pipe is one of my very best and favorite smokers, and has never had a filter in...- shermnatman
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Sanitized and Ready to Smoke
Yeaaaaaah... I would have preferred to see them offer either a 15% Refund OR 15% off your next purchase with free shipping; and, close by asking: "Which remedy would YOU prefer?". When I had my Fender franchise, I would always ask the less-than-happy customer: "What would like to see happen at...- shermnatman
- Post #42
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
Now Smoking: Some wonderfully rich and flavorful JAN 2021 EGR which has been composting under intense pressure in a 64oz Ball jar - ala' the processing of Perique - where Wifey and I jammed nearly a pound and a half into that jar a couple of years ago, with great difficulty, she held the jar by...- shermnatman
- Post #2,139
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Straight Virginia Styles
C&D's Jeremy Reeve's states the same thing, saying that "nearly all" tobacco get sprayed - if even just a light shot of something sweet - during some part of it's trip through processing from harvest to tin. Perhaps the logical exception would be raw leaf, which is then purposefully kept in...- shermnatman
- Post #18
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Who's Really Behind That Blend...?
Very cool information! That's interesting to consider - although the thought of the TV Captain Black Martian/Earth Take-Over via Mind-Control Pipe Tobacco Smoke Rings Conspiracy Theory is more fun to ponder :LOL: . I could see how Lane could be fascinated by Blackbeard, the pirate; as even...- shermnatman
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Who's Really Behind That Blend...?
Did you ever wonder exactly WHO this Captain Black might be...? Us guys who grew-up in the 60/70s glued to the TV set share the same nagging suspicion... which could explain A LOT! Hmmmmm.... - Sherm Natman- shermnatman
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Straight Virginia Styles
One other VERY INTERESTING THING which I picked-up from listening to Per Georg Jensen, Mac Baron's Mater Blender on YouTube is that if you listen very carefully, you will hear him refer to Bright Virginia as "filler tobacco" and Red Virginia as "flavor tobacco". Understanding his thinking in...- shermnatman
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Straight Virginia Styles
I first went down this Rabbit Hole, in trying to understand the difference between Flue Cured types: Bright Virginia, Lemon Virginia, Yellow Virginia, Golden Virginia, Orange Virginia, Red Virginia, ect, ect,; however; In my conversations with 2 different well-respected blenders, both told me to...- shermnatman
- Post #7
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
Now Smoking: 2/3rd Sutliff Medium Burley ribbons blended with 1/3 Sutliff TS-3 Natural (unflavored) Cavendish ribbons to slow the burn rate and add to the body of the one-note straight Burley smoke, in my little 3.75" Rattray's The Good Deal 99, rusticated apple with fully bent Acrylic stem...- shermnatman
- Post #1,859
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
Now Smoking: Pre-Dominican Prince Albert, in a 5.3" Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series XL23 Le Strade model, smooth apple - I would call it properly a 'ball'. for it looks like a fully-round cannon ball - with sterling sliver band, fully bent Vulcanite stem, and P-Lip button. This pipe is one week...- shermnatman
- Post #1,855
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Finding a Balance with VaPer/Straight Virginia Blends
From what I have been told, Red Virginia - having the lessor sugar level - bites significantly less than Bright Virginia. If so, I would focus on blends of Red VA; or, adding additional Red VA to those blends which feature both VA types, in an attempt to reduce the bite-factor of a VA blend...- shermnatman
- Post #12
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Chacom Hate?
Gentlemen, the identity of OP @Mantis_Shankman 's so-called Group of Chacom Haters has been solved; and, here they appear together in this photo: So, consider the source. - Sherm Natman- shermnatman
- Post #73
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
Now Smoking: Back to smoking my daily bread, some Pre-Dominican, Prince Albert, in my Brigham Heritage '09 smooth apple, with straight Acrylic stem. It's nearly 5 am, and Wifey and all the dogs are all fast asleep on the couch together; and me, your friend and humble narrator, is in his...- shermnatman
- Post #1,578
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Super Value Buttered Rum
The Super-Value line does not spend much, if any, time in my pipe bowls any longer; however, there was a time when first exploring pipe tabaks that I tried everything S-V offered. As I recall some of the stand-outs were: Bourbon Whisky Cavendish and English Mixture. I think the S-V line play a...- shermnatman
- Post #10
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
Now Smoking: Now starting my 2nd bowl of the delicious Hearth & Home Signature-Series VaPer Louisiana Red - plus 1/3rd extra Sutliff TS-20 Louisiana Perique ribbons added into the mixutre by your friend and humble narrator - a know Perique fiend - Community Coffee, Decaf, light and sweet, is...- shermnatman
- Post #1,552
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
Now Smoking: C&D's Poplar Camp - a VaPer + unsweetend Black Cav blend - in my beater 5.5" Yello-Bole 8 Panel, Standard "Brylon" pipe, with straight stem; And, Just finishing watching tonight's Saturday Night Moster/Horror movie with our local TV Horror Host, Svengoolie, 1932's Island of Lost...- shermnatman
- Post #1,537
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Ruminations on the Differences in Individual Pipes
I can't really say I experience any differences between Briars other than those which Brother @Chasing Embers has already stated; however, I do experience a very noticable difference if I smoke with a Clay or Brylon - but especially with a Clay which is why I use those as tasting/tested pipes -...- shermnatman
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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King B Sweet Twist Experiment
This thread uses one of my most favorite words to see in the thread title: "Experiment" 👍 - Sherm Natman- shermnatman
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
Now Smoking: Just finished a late dinner of Wifey-made double cheese burgers, and now, back into my recliner, feet-up, watching re-runs Emergency! - Squad 51, Squad 52, fat lady trapped in her bathtub with her big toe stuck in the opening of the water facet - with my Kristen pipe, loaded with...- shermnatman
- Post #1,107
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion