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  1. 6

    Syrian Latakia Is Gone ... Forever

    [Believe what you will and if you don't believe me pull open a tin of 3 Oaks Syrian and a recent one of HH vintage Syrian or any German made blends that claims to have Syrian latakia and compare them.] The question is what is the cutting time HH Vintage Syrian had no more Syrian, 2017,2016,2015...
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    Does Solani 779 still has Syrian Latakia?

    [EDIT 12-03-2017: After a discussion with one of the great names in the pipe smoking world I have decided to remove MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian from the tobacco list. There were rumours before that MacBaren was mixing amounts of Cyprian latakia with the Syrian dark leaf. I already had suspicions...
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    Help With Buying A Calabash

    Baki makes new real african gourds with meerschaum block calabash. Not cheap but probably the best you can find new today. You can look at his site below. http://bestmeerschaums.homestead.com/GOURDCALABASHPAGE.html
  4. 6

    Brebbia tobacco

    Who is the actual manufacturer of the Brebbia blends. From this we could figure out if they still have Syrian Latakia in their blends.
  5. 6

    Packing even with top of the bowl?

    When packing do you flatten the surface of the tobacco even with the top of the bowl or do you leave some free space at the top? Reason is because initially I was going to pack even at the top but now I realized that leaving some free space at the top of the bowl it is less likely charring the...
  6. 6

    McClelland Grand Orientals

    I have the MC Drama reserve, I like it a lot and I am definitely going to buy more. Question is if the other McClelland Grand Orientals (Yenidie, Yenice, Samsun, Katerini, Smyrna and Sokhoum) are different enough to be worthwile to be purchased or are very similar to each other.
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    Does Solani 779 still has Syrian Latakia?

    [I received an email from K+K just two weeks ago. They claimed that they are not using Syrian in anything they make even if it says so on the label.] This looks like the final answer. They should not market anymore as containing Syrian. Thank you.
  8. 6

    Does Solani 779 still has Syrian Latakia?

    [That one and Black and White by Solani both contain, or at least contained Syrian Latakia, not sure how things are at the moment.] I am pretty sure they contained but not that much sure and doubt they still contain which is the critical issue to be found. Anyone knows for sure yes or not?
  9. 6

    Does Solani 779 still has Syrian Latakia?

    Does the "Solani - 779: English Luxury Mixture" still has Syrian Latakia on it?. The label it has but I read the manufacturer Kohlhase & Kopp finished the Syrian Latakia. Reason being I like Syrian Latakia and with McClellanf having finished their Syrian and likely McBaren soon (I have a decent...
  10. 6

    Which Tobacco for new Tom Spanu Briar?

    [Unless you already know that you're going to dedicate this pipe to one genre, I'd break it in with a good non aro burley.] In part it is because I have to decide how to dedicate. In part it is to see if any blend could be best in that shape even if I am not a big believer of this rather than...
  11. 6

    Which Tobacco for new Tom Spanu Briar?

    I am thinking which tobacco to use for the first smoke in my new Tom Spanu pipe. Of the ones I have I am thinking about: McClelland Drama Reserve McClelland 3 Oak Syrian Peretti Tashkent Peretti Cuban McClelland Tudor Castle McClelland Black Woods Flake SG FVF Manil Semois Which one...
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    Smoking a large bowl in two different days

    [I don't like the idea of a half-burnt bowl of tobacco because there is bound to be moisture trapped at the bottom of the bowl. That can't be good for the wood.] If it can make any difference, for the better or the worse, I am thinking to meers not briars, and I am not thinking leaving there...
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    Smoking a large bowl in two different days

    I am a low volume smoker and I don't smoke more than 30-45 min at a time. On the other side I tend to like some large bowl which lasts definitely more than that but I am hesitant to buy a large one as I don't want to go with a 2 hour session. Yes, I could just partially fill the bowl, but I am...
  14. 6

    Pre-Colored Meers...Is it dead? Post em up!

    What about meers not white but yellow from applied natural beeswax instead than bleached beeswax?. Do you consider them colored or not?
  15. 6

    Medet Kara Meerschaum info

    I am looking at buying my first Meerschaum. I was looking mainly at Baki ones who is regarded perhaps as the top living carver, but I noticed some pipes by Medet Kara which looks outstanding. Any info on them? I know sometime Carvers good in aesthetic might be problematic in the mechanics of...
  16. 6

    MATCHES!

    Matches to start as I can feel the difference in taste from their lower burning temperature. Then I light a beeswax candle and halfway I use the candle to light hempwick which is perfect to go down in the bowl even if it is not completely taste neutral as the matches (it gives a little bit of...
  17. 6

    Fingernail Tamping

    I found that tamping with the fingernail (obviously when there is some ash in the bowl otherwise you would burn the finger) is way better than using the tamper. From the tactile feedback I can understand right away where and how much to tamp in the bowl and I am much more successful in bringing...
  18. 6

    Bottom one quarter of tobacco

    I use a combination of all of what said before, dry the tobacco, metal screens in the bottom of the bowl to keep an air chamber below the tobacco which improves the combustion, pack it more loosely (I use what I call the palm method where I put some tobacco in the palm of the hand, then I run...
  19. 6

    RIP Ashton's Artisan Blend

    [https://www.google.com&s/dutchpipesmoker.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/syrian-latakia&; See the 2013 edit at the bottom] The link does not work
  20. 6

    Best very full bodied English?

    Ashton Artisan blend's is a full English similar to nightcap you should like.
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