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  1. elvishrunes

    What Tobacco Did Orson Welles Smoke?

    I didn’t know Well’s was a pipe smoker. I did here him say in an interview he’d polish off a bottle of scotch in an evening, that’s pretty heavy...
  2. elvishrunes

    Tongue Bite, Smoking Technique, and 9MM Activated Charcoal Filters

    The first couple yrs I had more bite, I think I got bit pretty badly with a Va/Per blend, but less with others, although I can’t remember exactly, it was a while ago,,, But when I got bit, I stopped for a couple days than did it again, and I haven’t had a bite in years... Pretty sure there is...
  3. elvishrunes

    Recommended First Non-Aromatic

    So many choices out there, and here already:) My first English was Peterson Old Dublin, it’s a middle English. Not too light, but not too strong either, and full flavoured. It has Cavendish which English’s usually don’t have, making it a bit sweeter.
  4. elvishrunes

    Looking for Smooth or Lattice Meerschaum That Won't Break the Bank?

    Fleebay may have new or used deals... I’ve done OK on antique thrift store meers, depends where u live.
  5. elvishrunes

    If There Were No Nicotine in Pipe Tobacco...

    I would certainly smoke less without the nic, but I’d still smoke... I just recently got some Peterson Deluxe and it was mostly Cavendish, and unfulfilling it was so light on nic till I cut it with Va/Bur... I really enjoy the pipe, but also the nic, maybe 50/50, or something like that...
  6. elvishrunes

    What's Your Favorite Codger Blend?

    A guy a couple yrs my senior gave me a bowl of Captain Black original/white, a lot better than I would have guessed, nice ghost. My first pouch was Backwoods buttered rum, decent good tasting Va/Bur but it’s coated with a moisture lock unfortunately. I have a SWR aro coming any day, like to try...
  7. elvishrunes

    Another Silly Question: Which One Are You Picky About

    I’m sorta with you on that one... There’s lots of good tobacco out there, even drugstore brands. I’ve enjoyed Captain Black and Backwoods. As long as it’s a good English, or aro, burley, ect I like it, but I’d prefer not to smoke out of shape or pipe I don’t like... Now some tobacco is...
  8. elvishrunes

    Van Gogh

    The pipe shop owner was probably annoyed with Van Gough... Oh Vincent you’re a nice guy, but must you constantly bring me one of your “worthless” paintings to pay for your debts? When are you ever just going to buy my tobacco? I can’t keep doing this forever...
  9. elvishrunes

    Uncle Phil Smokes a Pipe! Fresh Prince Albert of Bel-Air?

    Same here. Was just watching a childhood favourite of mine The Never Ending Story on Netflix, and the bookstore owner who has the special book was smoking a pipe at the beginning of the movie...
  10. elvishrunes

    Greetings from Istanbul/Turkey

    Greetings from Canada, dude you have access to some of the best Meerschaum pipes on earth in the grand bazaar Istanbul... It‘s unfortunate I only smoked cigars back in 2008 when I visited:(. I would love to choose from 1000’s and probably cheap too, you can haggle them down over there...
  11. elvishrunes

    Nicotine, Me, and Pipes

    Correct, it’s very low anyhow, one of the lowest. I actually used to think it was one of the strongest, I guess strong tasting! But most lat blends are less than 50% lat, so the other stuff can make up for it in nic, while you enjoy the smoky taste and smell.
  12. elvishrunes

    Frank Method Rocks

    Ok, just tried it and had a perfect smoking bowl from start to finish, right to the bottom, with hardly a relight. Maybe it was a fluke, but ill try it again. Light fill on the bottom, plug on top and I pressed it below the rim...
  13. elvishrunes

    Nicotine, Me, and Pipes

    I haven’t noticed a huge difference either in the so called strong blends, but I do enjoy a nic kick... It’s sorta like caffeine but better, without the jitters. I don’t inhale either, but it goes through your mouth pores anyway. I got some Peterson Deluxe mixture that was maybe 60-70%...
  14. elvishrunes

    Frank Method Rocks

    This is what I do, stuff in several packs, I don’t count, tamp it down lightly and fire it up... Tamp and relight when needed. I do occasionally get a bad bowl though that needs too many relights... I will say this Frank method looks interesting and not that tough to do, it’s on Youtube, but...
  15. elvishrunes

    Oldest Pipe Maker In Ukraine

    I got something interesting about old pipe makers... I was working in the Royal York hotel Toronto in 2015 and went downstairs and they had a pipe shop. I went in a couple times and the owner was pretty ancient then. I just googled around and apparently he has an online store (and probably...
  16. elvishrunes

    Sugar or Mold

    Yup, as mentioned above mold smells bad. I would just smoke a sample and see if it tastes OK. Also because you don‘t inhale pipe tobacco, a little mold won’t hurt anything anyway...
  17. elvishrunes

    Much Respect To The Forum

    I’m only here because I got kicked off the British pipe forum... I think it was English anyhow. When I tried to join the mods started asking me all these questions and I got into a scrap and they tossed me:ROFLMAO: You can certainly learn a few things here...
  18. elvishrunes

    Camping Smoke

    I’ve spent a decent amount of time in the Bush... Closest to winter camping was sleeping in an uninsulated trailer at -30 Celsius. I did have a couple plug in space heaters, which brought the temp up to -2 C, or 28F, something like that. You still sleep in long Johns, winter gear, ect. A...
  19. elvishrunes

    WTF Anti-Smoking Ad

    The old joke is we poisoned and screwed over Native Americans with booze, and they reached out from the grave and screwed us back over with tobacco and cigarettes... I don‘t smoke my pipe as much as before and sort of see pipe smoking as a ritual and pleasure, a bit of both... I think pipe...
  20. elvishrunes

    What Is The Most Repellent Blend?

    That was it, I was thinking of the backy! A guy I used to know gave me a couple tins he didn’t want almost a decade ago, and one was that... The smell was so rank, I didn’t even try, I probly should have tho. The other was Eileen’s dream, a perfectly respectable vanilla aro, I finished the...