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    What are You Smoking this Christmas?

    I am smoking - breaking in - abusing my new Radice while waiting my estate Castello to arrive.
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    Dunhill pot question

    Anyway this is the pipe https://www.smokingpipes.eu/pipes/estate/england/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=161374 The pictures don't do it justice. It is much prettier in reality.
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    Dunhill pot question

    There are two kinds of tsipouro. I drink only not flavored. I noticed that this dunhill pipe performs best with the tobacco bone dry. It is my first non filter pipe. My pipes with filters seem to be more forgiving.
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    Dunhill pot question

    Don't ever underestimate tsipouro :ROFLMAO: I was ready to toss the Chacom in the fireplace. The taste was so awful. Impossible to smoke it anymore. I cleaned it many times with tsipouro and let it rest for a couple of days. Well, yesterday night I had the best smoke ever. Of course I was...
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    Dunhill pot question

    There is no Everclear in Greece but thank you anyways. I practiced all the advice given here and I keep reading this great forum. My technique has dramatically improved and now I experience way less sour taste or tongue bite. Thank you guys. You are awesome!
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    Dunhill pot question

    Final update. I cleaned the pipe several times with tsipouro, a traditional 40vol greek drink. I also followed all the advice given here. The sour taste and feeling want completely away. Time to put the big baby to sleep for a few days. Now I feel that my chacom is sour lol. Thank you all for...
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    Hello from Greece

    Thank you all. Nice to be here
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    Dunhill pot question

    I smoked the pipe for the second time and followed all the advice given here. The sourness was still there but noticeable less, way less actually. So wether i made less mistakes or the palate is been educated.
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    Dunhill pot question

    I have just cleaned the pipe according to the suggestion and looks like it was very well cleaned by the seller.
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    Dunhill pot question

    Thank you. I will try that. I tried with dry pipe cleaners and seems like the pipe was already deeply cleaned. Besides the seller is well known and very respected.
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    Dunhill pot question

    Chamber Depth: 38.60mm Chamber Diameter: 23.20mm I will try with 965 as well
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    Dunhill pot question

    Maybe but i didn't experience that sour with any of my other pipes. I will try what you described though. Like i said it took around an hour.
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    Dunhill pot question

    Thank you all for your time and priceless advice. So the pipe arrived and it is really nice. It looks and feels pricey, no surprise here. It is like new in excellent condition inside and outside. It has a great feeling in the hand, actually it fills the hand. The bowl is big but the pipe looks...
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    Dunhill pot question

    I keep reading this advice here but I always forget and rush things. So I smoke hot and have too many relights. Thank you for the kind reminder.
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    Dunhill pot question

    I am pretty sure that my story will have exactly this ending.
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    Hello from Greece

    Hello all. I will give the greek pipes Amadeus a try.
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    Dunhill pot question

    Hello all. New to pipes and already ordered an estate 5506-2021 Dunhill half bent smooth bruyere pot in excellent condition. Chamber diameter is 23.20mm. It will be with me soon. I didn’t know anything about pots and diameters so I decided based only on the looks. I am only smoking Peterson...
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    Greetings from Germany

    willkommen aus griechenland Ich blieb ein Jahr in Hamburg. 1996
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    Hello from Greece

    Hello all. It's very nice to be here!