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    Aromatic Recommendations Please

    KC: There are many wonderful blends that were already listed and recommended, but my humble suggestion refers back to your original posting where you say you enjoyed smoking "Captain Black". Lane Ltd. RPL-6 (bulk) is reputed to be "Captain Black"-original. It's a very nice mixture....but I...
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    Hello from NYS

    Quote: ....."BTW, my rooster is a long time pipe smoker".... ************************************************************ Welcome, from a fellow native new Yorker.... Much to learn here, on this forum, from a bunch of friendly, and smart gents. Ask, and thy shall receive...
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    Longtime Pipe Smoker from NYC

    Welcome to the forum. Great members, and they'll help you with anything you ask. They help me. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Frank Da Bronx, NYC
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    Do you make your own blends?

    I make it easy on myself, and add some blending tobaccos to existing, commercially available mixtures. This strategy has been very successful, for me. I don't know enough about blending from scratch, nor do I know where to source all the specially processed tobacco components. Also, I don't...
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    Where To Get Bamboo ?

    I've seen the whole front yard of a house in Scarsdale, NY, infested with a solid forest of invasive bamboo. You could not even attempt to walk from sidewalk to front door through this bamboo, it's that dense! Hobby shops and artificial flower departments/sections have bamboo stalks for sale...
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    Too Much Dottle?

    I smoke my pipes to sit back, relax, and free myself from Life's vexations, and worries. I refuse to let dottle be one of them. I used to care, but now....I don't even think about it. Frank NYC
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    Our Hobby Has a News Aggregator Called "Briar Report"

    Interesting site to visit. The "Drudge Report" for pipes, tobacco and cigars, etc. Frank NYC
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    Instructional Video Announcement --- Tips, Tricks, Tools, & Techniques Revealed

    What a great gift and laudable endeavor, i.e. to share your knowledge and experiences with others, and a new generation of "pipe-doctors". Tricks-of-the-trade, and those specialized "secret" skills, gained over many years, if not passed on, are lost, and sometimes, sadly, never found again. I...
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    New Guy in Connecticut

    Try: "New England Pipe Works", and "4Noggins Pipes and Tobacco"-Bethany, CT. Both have web-sites. If I remember correctly, there was a very old tobacconist/pipe store near Yale/New Haven....but I cannot remember the name. "Owl Shop"..?????? Do a search, there's probably more tobacco shops...
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    Blending Percentage

    luigi....Just some thoughts: Try adding other tobaccos, and condimentals like Latakia, Perique, etc. to a professionally blended, and balanced mixture for some additional interest and complexity. Customize some blends that are already sold on the market, and can be easily bought from major...
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    Jim's Look at Current Wilke Tobacco Production.

    Question: Is Wilke's "10 Downing Street" similar to the old Lane Ltd. blend sharing the same name? I guess the question is moot, because neither blend is available...but, I'm still curious. Frank NYC
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    Ser Jacopo Insanus Pipes?

    Thanks for all the details, videos, diagrams, and explanations. Know I know how its done. A picture is worth a thousand words. Frank NYC
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    Ser Jacopo Insanus Pipes?

    Please....explain drilling a curved hole and how it's done. Is it done in very small increments, being guided by a flexible cable, and some kind of "guide?".... My woodworking and metalworking abilities only allow me to deep-drill straight holes, and then, hopefully without too much...
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    Figuring out What Type of Tobacco I Really Like?

    Honestly, it was easier for me to figure out what tobacco, or tobacco blends that I do not like. Latakia is a a tobacco that I do not care for. From the first time I smelled it, until today, it is a "blend killer" for me. It quickly overpowers, and smells awful....like burnt leather, and...
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    A Blessed Easter/Passover

    Pax vobiscum. Frank NYC
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    Lane Limited HGL

    Using "Captain Black" with some Latakia = (HGL)- as a blending component can give some unexpected results... *************************************************************************** Some "Pleasant Moments", "Storm Front" and "Dark and Stormy" comparisons: When "RLP-6" was used...
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    Love at First Sight Blends

    Easy.... John Patton's "STORM FRONT" Read through all the reviews, and accolades....and it was love at first sniff and bowlful. Wish I had a long history with this wonderful, mixture....but sadly, I just recently tried it. A perfect (for me) smoke. Sweetly flavorful, pleasantly aromatic, and...
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    Lane Limited HGL

    zen.... Yep, there are minor differences, and it takes a little while to pick them out. You can always "dilute" HGL with a little RLP-6, or, try it the other way around.... add small amounts of HGL to RLP-6 until the blend fits your ideas of a great smoke. You'll wind up at the same sweet...
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    Sutliff Match For McClelland

    Great topic. And, thanks for the chart. I used McC-#2050 in one of my home-brewed mixtures and will now try using the Sutliff equivalent. If it comes close, I'll still be in business. Too bad Mc Clelland is no more, and it's lamentable that their revered tobacco blends will no longer be...
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    Blending with Cigar Leaf

    After a terrible month of fighting sinus infections and allergies, I was finally able to smoke a few bowlfuls of John Patton's "Storm Front" and compare this blend to the cigar-leaf blend that I call "Pleasant Moments". I will re-post the final recipe, below. Well, to be honest "Storm Front"...
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