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  1. hugodrax

    Cleaning an Oversmoked Meerschaum

    Well, dont think it's a pressed meer. While I agree with you that I've never seen anything about tar adding to the weight, either, I've never seen anything indicating Peterson made pressed meerschaum pipes, either. I'd be far more likely to believe its African, but even then, good gravy it's a...
  2. hugodrax

    Cleaning an Oversmoked Meerschaum

    I'll take a picture tomorrow. Like I said, pretty sure Turkish because it colored fairly evenly, but it's a ton even compared to African meers I own. I'll leave it to experts.
  3. hugodrax

    Cleaning an Oversmoked Meerschaum

    Neither. Both of those problems arent new to me. It sounds crazy, but I could swear the bowl itself, the meerschaum, is absolutely saturated with ooze.
  4. hugodrax

    Cleaning an Oversmoked Meerschaum

    I've an old Peterson meerschaum from the 1970s I picked up for a song. Scratch and dent special--worn down rim, dented silver band. Problem is it was just oversmoked. It's clearly block from the way it colored and the fact it doesnt have a calcined rim, but it is so heavy with tars it isnt...
  5. hugodrax

    St. Bruno's Day

    Well, not all are possessed of a sense of humor....
  6. hugodrax

    OTC Curiousity Got The Best Of Me

    You'll be ok. I cant speak for others, but I found once I knew how to smoke, over the counter tobaccos became delightful. Sugar Barrel and Walnut became my daily blend for years, in fact. Prince Albert is good for the soul. I wish you joy of the journey.
  7. hugodrax

    St. Bruno's Day

    October 6 is the Feast Day of St. Bruno, patron saint of Calabria, possessed persons, and pipe smokers.
  8. hugodrax

    Pipe App

    Good gravy, no. I smoke to relax.
  9. hugodrax

    Proposed: Hipster millennials are GOOD for pipe smoking

    I was an 18 year old fresher aping the manners of a courtly old Forestry professor in 1996 when I picked up the pipe seriously. The term didnt yet exist, but I guarantee most who saw me from a distance laughed. Glass houses for me, gentlemen, and I suspect for many of you.
  10. hugodrax

    Ogden's of Liverpool Blends

    Thanks for tweaking my heart strings, fellows. Sigh. Ogdens. (Respectfully removes hat).
  11. hugodrax

    True Lakeland and Nice Pipes

    I must be unusual. I like the interplay of the ghosts with my next tobacco. But then again, scented Virginia's really punch my ticket. I wouldnt hesitate for a minute to but Dark Flake in a dunhill.
  12. hugodrax

    Shelby Foote's Civil War Trilogy...Any Good?

    I’m not sure about that comparison. For it to be apt, Sir David would have to be a die hard Labour supporter who blamed everything bad in the natural world On British Colonialism and gave the lion’s share of on air time to prominent anti-Tory Royal Fellows of Asian descent.
  13. hugodrax

    SP 15% Drucquer & Sons Through Oct. 1st

    Inns of Court is superb.
  14. hugodrax

    Fred Bass Article Help

    This year I only took along one pipe to Tokyo--a very old Andreas Bauer panelled bulldog sort of thing. In twenty years, the meer bug had never bitten me and I only smoked cobs and briars. Well, I've been bitten hard. Mr. Bass seems to be an acknowledged authority, but I can find relatively...
  15. hugodrax

    No Love For Dunhill Blends

    I'm glad. In the long run, nobody really has any answers, whether you've been smoking 60 years or since yesterday afternoon. De gustabus and all that. I love the essay and I strongly recommend buying two pipes in a case. That way your wife doesnt object to putting them in her purse and you...
  16. hugodrax

    No Love For Dunhill Blends

    To the OP: No disrespect intended. I simply meant that your tastes will change. I've noticed a progression from aromatics to virginia and virginia periques over the years. Some progress into burleys, some dont. I strongly suggest keeping it. You might end up loving it. You might end up...
  17. hugodrax

    No Love For Dunhill Blends

    Anybody else ever read “Smoking as a Fine Art” by Milne?. This fellow rather reminds me of it, somehow. In another month, he’ll be ready for his own custom blend.
  18. hugodrax

    St. Bruno Flake impressions

    I couldn’t possibly add anything to sablebrush’s post. He hit the nail squarely on its head and drove it home. I once posted a rant about what the Dane’s did to Erinmore Flake. I’ve since calmed down. The problem is that they get the saucing absolutely spot on and then put it on the wrong...
  19. hugodrax

    Meerschaum Pipe Case Lining Durability

    Nothing lasts forever, sir, but I have some very old cases that have weathered quite well.
  20. hugodrax

    Swan Sulphur-Free Vestas

    Every time I go to Japan I bring back a bunch of matches. Very high quality.
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