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  1. David_Lawrence

    Relighting After Cooling - So Good, Possibly Bad?

    Thanks all around for the responses as always. I have (more than) enough pipes now to not have to repack the same one but it's good to know that it wouldn't be an issue if I did, so long as it's cooled. I couldn't think why that would be a bad thing while relighting the same half smoked bowl...
  2. David_Lawrence

    Relighting After Cooling - So Good, Possibly Bad?

    I recently asked about leaving tobacco, lit or unlit, in the chamber as I'd heard it alluded to as being bad for a pipe. The conclusion was that this must have been in reference to leaving it there for weeks or months as it's perfectly fine to do overnight or for a few hours. My question and...
  3. David_Lawrence

    Open the Jar, Spoil the Broth?

    As usual, thank you all for the wealth of wisdom. I should have clarified to begin with that my focus is on preserving freshness, flavour and moisture levels with any improvement from ageing being a bonus. If my recent wave of tobaccos aren't as bone dry in two/three months' as the first batch...
  4. David_Lawrence

    PPP?

    Well that makes this the first community I've seen adhering to or even suggesting such a considerate idea. If there's one peeve of mine that's endured across every (other) community I've joined or visited, it's acronyms. If the thing in question has already been written out once in the thread...
  5. David_Lawrence

    Repeated Rehydration? And Leaving Unlit Tobacco in the Chamber

    Thanks, this makes sense. I suppose my aim then should be to keep it in its revived state rather than allowing it to dry out and then attempting to resurrect it. I'd been hesitant to use my moisture blocks again because of that earlier advice. I have smoked incredibly dry tobacco actually, this...
  6. David_Lawrence

    Open the Jar, Spoil the Broth?

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob Not sure that title works but here's my question: I've recently bought some Ball Mason jars as I should have when I started pipe smoking. I've transferred the contents of each of my tins to their respective jars and am astonished at the...
  7. David_Lawrence

    Repeated Rehydration? And Leaving Unlit Tobacco in the Chamber

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob Two questions then: 1) I recall somebody saying that dried out tobacco could be rehydrated once but I never did find out why that is, if true. I can't think of why this would be so I'm hoping it isn't the case as I've only now got myself...
  8. David_Lawrence

    Empty Tins

    I'm not a hoarder with anything but tobacco containers, for some reason. I can't even throw away snus pots (small round plastic 'tins') until I've already got one of that type stored away, and even then I hate the feeling of throwing one away. I suspect I'll go with the same approach for...
  9. David_Lawrence

    Latakia Mixtures With Strong Nicotine

    I'm still new to this game and one of the more surprising things I found with pipe communities is that desiring strong nicotine content is a real faux pas with many. As someone who initially came to pipe smoking explicitly for the nicotine (not wanting to wait anywhere between 4 and 20 days for...
  10. David_Lawrence

    Shag vs Ribbon Tobaccos

    Top photo is shag, bottom photo is ribbon - so threadstarter Curl knows. From what I've found in my limited time as a smoker, shag tends to be the cheapest of all options and is most often used either for a quick smoke (e.g. lunchbreak) or to mix with other tobaccos to aid burning of simply...
  11. David_Lawrence

    Concerning Aftertastes..

    I was considering making a thread about this to ask what people's favourite tobaccos/blends are for the aftertaste. It hadn't been a significant element to the smoking experience until I got my hands on the fabled Peterson (Dunhill) Nightcap and Elizabethan Blend. Both have amazing aftertaste...
  12. David_Lawrence

    Removing the Stem of a Warm Pipe

    Would the material of the pipe make any difference in this? I don't know whether the answer's simple or obvious, I don't really have a mind for these sort of 'heat expands shank, which direction does the pressure...' physics demonstrations but I did consider whether meerschaum might be less...
  13. David_Lawrence

    Their Faith Shall Be Rewarded - Etsy Purchase Not a Disaster!

    Thank you for this information, as it happens I only learned this later that same day after searching for discussion of screw in tenons on meers, seeing as that appears to be its only lacking. You're absolutely right, it can be removed like a push-in when rotated clockwise/pulled and man am I...
  14. David_Lawrence

    Their Faith Shall Be Rewarded - Etsy Purchase Not a Disaster!

    I've always said that I'd rather be too naive than too cynical, but after coming within a bristle of purchasing a wholesome looking mass produced glorified children's toy of a pipe, my faith in the honest 'ma and pa' from a land afar was being stretched worse than my monthly budget. I wanted a...
  15. David_Lawrence

    How Old Is Everyone

    Maybe when I'm 54 I'll be able to get a goatee going. Could even have sideburns by 70 if I make it. I love when people reference my 'style' of facial hair! It's called the 'not shaving since 2016' style!
  16. David_Lawrence

    Do You Eat Breakfast?

    I don't eat breakfast, I smoke it. Only time I made myself eat before leaving for work was when I was a gardener for a few years and then it was porridge, which is so much nicer than the 'prison food' stigma had led me to believe. If my lunch break is four hours after I start work then that's...
  17. David_Lawrence

    New Members Crowding In

    At 34, whether or not I'm a "millennial" depends on who you ask (no, if you ask my millennial hating friend of the same age, I think you'd get on!) but do you not think it's the other way around? Pipe smoking is having a resurgence therefore 'internet' rather than 'internet' therefore pipe...
  18. David_Lawrence

    How Old Is Everyone

    It's a good age to be. When I was 21 I decided I could happily stay that age forever, I'd never put stock into that magic number but it truly did mark a distinct transition for me—not quite the entering of adulthood but childhood's end for certain. Now at 34 though, I wouldn't trade the...
  19. David_Lawrence

    Kids Are Soft These Days

    Great post there. I really dislike the disdain for younger generations, particularly boys/men who aren't traditionally masculine and girls/women who aren't traditionally feminine (though the former tends to offend more). I realise the first post was largely in jest but it inevitably flows into...
  20. David_Lawrence

    Rusted Can - Still Good to Smoke?

    I was horrified at this too until I realised it's not anything on the tobacco, it's the bottom of the emptied tins with little crumbs! It looked like frost or some ungodly mould, yeesh.
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