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Jobey Made In England Help
Carver hubris. A pot is a pot, a Dublin is a Dublin. I've known really intelligent men who couldn't spell. Good spelling is no indicator of intelligence. It's like math for some people, they just don't get it. I have also seen pipe makers refer to their pipes as being a shape they aren't. Now...- sisyphus
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Jobey Made In England Help
looks 60s to me. No way is the button on that stem cut before 1950- sisyphus
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Am I About to Smoke Cow Dung???
cat pee and cow manure smells from tobacco can be attributed to fermentation. Most will tell you that the tobacco needs more time when you smell them. In the case of nasal snuff, I love it when snuff is ammonia-y and barnyard-y- sisyphus
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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How Important Is The Stem For You?
It's important that it's original and that the tenon is attached to it, otherwise I defer to the maker and keep my own preferences. Molded vulcanite stems ARE a deal breaker, but that's usually low end and seconds lines. -
HH Old Dark Fired... First Impressions.
the Orlik is an aromatic, a good one where the tobacco isn't wiped out by the topping, but still an aro. For me ODF is very good. I like it better than Irish Flake, but if I'm paying I'd rather have GH Dark Flake.- sisyphus
- Post #43
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Confused About Zippos
I feel to get a really good light started on a cigar you need a butane torch. You don't have to get fancy, a Ronson Jetlite from Walgreens for $6 does nicely. For me the problem of Zippo and pipe much more than a hint of lighter fuel at light is that the flame is very cool. I think getting your...- sisyphus
- Post #5
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking? January 2020.***
Paul's pipe sale got me. Maiden voyage of GH Brown Flake in a NOS Custombilt- sisyphus
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Do You Have A Set Criteria For Choosing A Pipe?
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Protecting Bowl From Charring
even so, there is a temperature difference between the flame of a match, a zippo, and a butane lighter. I'd feel weird lighting a pipe with anything but a wooden match, but to each his own.- sisyphus
- Post #9
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Willmer
they and Millville were two Charatan offspring that never had that high of a production volume. Both are good estate values.- sisyphus
- Post #10
- Forum: British Pipes
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Samuel Gawith Blends History Question
yeah what, 2014? GH bought the tobacco, the people, and the equipment.- sisyphus
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Anyone Play Video Games?
games are like books for me, I always have one open. Currently it's Mario vs Rabbids Kingdom Battle, which is pretty much a Ubisoft/Nintendo take on Xcom. Loving it. I also really like Japanese rpgs. The turn based battle lends itself to a more relaxed play style that suits smoking a pipe.- sisyphus
- Post #108
- Forum: General Discussion
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Comoy's Selected Straight Grain
They're great pipes and you're right, they're just short of being Specimen. You can't sell a pipe with fills as a first so Comoy's loss is our gain. They fly under the radar and can usually be had for a song.- sisyphus
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Top Shelf VA Flakes?
No I think for any specific type of Va flake you're going to have people display a certain preference for one over the others. Let's use your OGS as an example. Tobaccos in the same vein as OGS include Butera Golden Cake, F&T Cut Va Plug, Dunhill Flake, Samuel Gawith Golden Glow, Dan Hamborger...- sisyphus
- Post #92
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Go To Pipe Tamper
Dunhill style but the pro tip is the Tsuge ones are identical and cost much less. What I've always used and anything else feels wrong after all this time.- sisyphus
- Post #30
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Absolute Best Knife For Cutting Plugs
I use something a little like this- sisyphus
- Post #115
- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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Extreme Aging of Pipe Tobaccos
IME anything 30 and over can be hit or miss. I've smoked up to 70 year old tobacco, and I thought that one was excellent but you could tell it had lost something due to extreme age, even though it wasn't dried out and had been properly stored. Smoked 70s era Sobranie and you could tell it had...- sisyphus
- Post #48
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion