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Experiment with Nicotine Patches and Pipe Smoking
Nicotine from pipe smoke is absorbed through the oral and nasal mucosa at a much less efficient rate than snus. I could smoke a whole bowl of a group 5 pipe and still not get as much bioavailable nicotine as you would from snus. While technically there would be more nicotine in that bowl than...- fishmansf
- Post #4
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Experiment with Nicotine Patches and Pipe Smoking
Some of you may remember a post a made a while back about using a pipe to quit snus. Update: doesn't work. Honestly I still love snus but there's nothing magical to it like pipe smoking; its just easy, habitual and requires no skill. It seems that snus has also messed with my palate and my...- fishmansf
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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My Journey into Burley Blends
If you're diving into Burley you have to try Old Joe Krantz. It's pretty similar to Haunted Bookshop in my opinion but one of the best true burley blends out there.- fishmansf
- Post #31
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Tongue Bite on First/Char Light
That’s good advice. I definitely think part of the reason I’m giving myself bite is because I’m focusing too much on getting the whole surface burning.- fishmansf
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Tongue Bite on First/Char Light
Thanks for this. Another question I should add to this one is: do you try to get an even light all the way around the top tobacco? Seems to me that I try to get a light around the whole top layer but end up only getting a cherry/ash in the middle- fishmansf
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Tongue Bite on First/Char Light
Seems I’m having quite a few issues coming back from my hiatus! One thing I’ve noticed so far is that I am giving myself pretty bad tongue but on the char light and initial light of my pipe which sorta throws me off for the rest of the bowl. It seems like I can’t get my top layer of tobacco...- fishmansf
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***
Some black coffee and GLP Regent Flake in the IMP before work this morning- fishmansf
- Post #3,342
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Really Struggling with RM Scottish Cake
This has been a difficult tobacco for me, granted I am only one bowl in on my second tin (had the same issue with the last half of the tin before). I really don't taste much at all. I get a little of the Kentucky and Perique upon first light but almost like an aromatic, it is gone within two...- fishmansf
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***
So I am a little confused on how the whole "burnt ends" line differs from the traditional? Can you explain to me?- fishmansf
- Post #3,255
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***
Getting my 10k steps in before work this morning. Sadly the sun had not come up so the picture didn’t turn out great. Old Joe Krantz in an IMP Lattice and some black coffee in a cool wood paneled MiiR mug my wife got me. I am consistently reminded how amazing of a blend OJK is. Absolutely a...- fishmansf
- Post #3,199
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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How to Get a Foul Taste out of Meerschaum?
Should have thought of that sooner 🤣- fishmansf
- Post #16
- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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How to Get a Foul Taste out of Meerschaum?
@Chasing Embers I've tried your method, let it sit in water overnight, flushed it out, brushed it out, and it still smells and tastes horrible. Any other advice?- fishmansf
- Post #14
- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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How to Get a Foul Taste out of Meerschaum?
Ideally you want to remove the cake.- fishmansf
- Post #5
- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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How to Get a Foul Taste out of Meerschaum?
Thoughts on soaking it in a 25% whiskey 75% water mixture?- fishmansf
- Post #3
- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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How to Get a Foul Taste out of Meerschaum?
I’ve put a few too many “bad bowls” (smoked waaay too hot) through my meer and it has this awful tar , creosote, ash, and graphite like taste to it. I’ve been cleaning the inside of the bowl with a wet paper towel and dry it out followed by a wet pipe cleaner through the shank and stem but the...- fishmansf
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- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***
That meer is colored so perfectly its indistinguishable from a briar. I always thought it was funny, as a primarily meer smoker myself, that the ultimate goal is to color a meer to look like a briar 😂- fishmansf
- Post #2,456
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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My New Beauty!
I've been trying to get a hold of Birinci for upward of a year but can't seem to get a hold of him on Ebay, email, or Instagram...- fishmansf
- Post #24
- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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Maybe Very Old Meerschaum - Your Advice Entreated
I was waiting for @condorlover1 to swoop in and save the day and he did not fail- fishmansf
- Post #5
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Struggling Coming Back after a Hiatus
It definitely takes retraining because I have noticed the same thing. Seems to me after about four days of smoking 1-2 bowls a day, I start picking up on flavors again.- fishmansf
- Post #24
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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TAD Acquisitions 2024
Dumb question how have filters impacted the coloring of your meer, specifically in the shank?- fishmansf
- Post #859
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion