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What Sort of Blends Did the Typicall British Gentleman Smoke?
I'm under the impression that the plentiful, varied and clearly defined tobacco blends we have available today are a modern phenomena. Please correct me if I am mistaken. I recently read a book about Kim Philby, the famous British traitor. After his defection he had Soviet spies buy two pipes...- Gecko
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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How Many Pipes?
And here I thought they died from drinking a bottle of gin per day... ? -
How Many Pipes?
And a enviable 42 from what I've seen in your pictures :) Sorry, I should have phrased that differently. What I meant was that you can always easily find a reason to buy another pipe if you want to, which many of us do. -
How Many Pipes?
Obviously you can never have enough pipes ;) So far I've grouped my pipes into three groups. One for blends with latakia. One for unflavoured/pure blends and one for aromatic blends. More groups (e.g. for Lakeland blends etc) will be added, if not so as to have an excuse to buy more pipes... -
Anyone Else Love Maintenance Day?
+1 If a pipe starts to sour I'll wipe it out with a whiskey soaked paper towel. But otherwise my cleaning routine is as yours.- Gecko
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Funny And Odd Sayings From Our Elders
You are correct :) But I get more giggles from my kids when the bear Is doing his business in the popes hat ;)- Gecko
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- Forum: General Discussion
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So New to Pipe Smoking, My First Pipe Hasn't Arrived Yet
Welcome from Sweden! My advice would be to not get frustrated in the begining, for many of us it seems to take about 40 bowls to the pipe gods before you get the hang of how to smoke a pipe successfully. People here are great and very helpful, so don't hesitate to ask.- Gecko
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Away in Maine
Welcome from Sweden! Perhaps having a friend in another state order and ship it on to you in discreet package might work? Class C felony and up to 5 grand in fines for ordering a legal product. That's insane. I thought we were supposed to be the big government types and you guys the land of the...- Gecko
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Funny And Odd Sayings From Our Elders
My kids get a lot of giggles out of my mash up of "Does the pope wear a funny hat?" and "Do bears poop in the woods?". I've combined them into "Do bears poop in the popes hat?"- Gecko
- Post #86
- Forum: General Discussion
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The Beauties of Burley
As a fairly new pipesmoker I don't believe I've smoked any burley blends yet. Have some Haunted Bookshop on its way that's currently stuck in customs. Looking forward to trying it :) Found this article which may be of interest for the subject...- Gecko
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Davidoff Flake Medallions in a Peterson Outdoor
"Quality leather" is a great description for it, really spot on! ?- Gecko
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Davidoff Flake Medallions in a Peterson Outdoor
Yeah, I could see this being a all day or only tobacco for someone, really feels like a well rounded quality blend. Found it for 30 USD at my local BM which is a little less than I normally see it priced at here in Sweden.- Gecko
- Post #10
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Davidoff Flake Medallions in a Peterson Outdoor
Have smoked it now and it was very pleasant. Nice mellow pure tobacco taste from the Virginia. Very easy to light and to keep lit, burned to the bottom with only a single relight. Pleasant, mild and unobtrusive room note. Felt like a bit above average nicotine strength, but that may also just...- Gecko
- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Funny And Odd Sayings From Our Elders
Not so much sayings as euphemisms I believe. Instead of saying "just do it" or something like that when someone is hesitating we shout "Shoot Dana, Shoot!" at each-other with faked german accent. We have a bunch of silly ones like, a slow day at work is "the district championship of pocket-ping...- Gecko
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Anyone Else Not A Fan Of The P-Lip
Guess I'm in the minority here, but I quite like them. Especially for lunting. To each his own etc...- Gecko
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Davidoff Flake Medallions in a Peterson Outdoor
Picked up a tin of Davidoff flake medallions at my local BM and had to share it with you as i found the tobacco to be absolutely gorgeous. The tobacco is cut in beautiful big round coins and the tin note is of rich full natural tobacco without flavoring or adulterants. I feel like if one were...- Gecko
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Are Cuban Cigars Sold From Switzerland Different?
Back when I was a regular cigar smoker I bought a few hundred cuban cigars from Switzerland. Many made in 02-04 which was years then known to be troublesome. Had my fare share of duds, unevenly rolled, splitting when lit etc. Far more than when buying cubans locally in Sweden, that were made in...- Gecko
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- Forum: Cigar Discussion
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