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  1. cersono

    Oom Pauls

    I don't think you really need any words to hear from me, even this one. But thank you anyway 🌺
  2. cersono

    If You Could Have Only One...

    My desert island combo would be a Peterson 221 bent billiard and Samuel Gawith St. James Flake. Nothing fancy, but the pipe is very reliable and the tobacco never becomes boring however often I smoke it.
  3. cersono

    Oom Pauls

    Check your privilege (lol) and add whatever faces you think are the most appropriate. My only contribution was a pipe photo. Until some posts sounded pretty like a Boer War time propaganda: It's politically uncorrect, ya know lol. (Why did I hope this thread would be spared of this?)
  4. cersono

    Oom Pauls

    I was waiting for the moment when Mr Kruger bashing starts, just like in almost every board and thread where the shape is dicussed :mad: Demonizing victims of British imperialism is lately thought of as kinda untrendy thing - unless, of course, the victim is white. Only then you may go full...
  5. cersono

    Two Power Crazed Multi Billionaires will Cage Fight: Why?

    Why? Because, sooner or later, a day comes in the life of any Crazed Multi Billionaire when cocaine and paedophily fail to turn him on anymore so he seeks for some more exclusive pleasures for his money. That's why.
  6. cersono

    Is it Possible to Have an Allergy to Latakia?

    Actually, there are ways for an allergic person to persevere through the Latakia ordeal: - repeatedly washing his mouth with some anaesthetic solution before, during and after the smoke - self-administering a hypodermic injection (or better a continuous intravenous infusion) of some...
  7. cersono

    Filter Or No Filter?

    I started smoking with no filters, then switched to 9mm charcoal (just because most of my fancy pipes were supposed to be used with a filter) and never looked back. Regarding the flavour loss, I don't feel any, while the reduction in rough edges and harsh notes is very palpable. I'm used to...
  8. cersono

    Is it Possible to Have an Allergy to Latakia?

    I have a similar thing to Orientals. So I avoid Oriental-rich blends. Can't say I feel myself much deprived because of that. I don't think the minute dose of Latakia in Presbyterian might cause such severe symptoms as you're having (and the lymphadenopathy is a symptom serious enough to put...
  9. cersono

    Need some help, novice

    I'd suggest Peterson Old Dublin. It's one of the standard introductions to the world of pipedom for great many new smokers who aren't happy with aromatics. Straight Virginia flakes, even as good as Capstan, are for more experienced smokers, in my opinion.
  10. cersono

    Any Tea Drinkers?

    Unfortunately, there's no benefits of aging for black tea, unlike for tobacco. I tried aging black tea for 5 and 8 years and all what I got was the tea getting bland and loosing much of its fine aromas. There's the only kind of tea that benefits from aging, it's so called Puerh, Chinese...
  11. cersono

    Weed Pipe

    I (rarely) use a tiny Missouri Meerschaum Mini corn cob pipe when I need a quick Nic fix, have no time for a proper smoke and don't feel desperate enough to resort to cigarettes. Aristocob don't sell this model explicitly stating they don't sell drug parafernalia. I'm not sure that MM devised...
  12. cersono

    Any Tea Drinkers?

    I'd lovely recommend a source, but I live far from the USA, so I afraid my vendors' list won't be of help to anyone here. What I can recommend are the Kenyan tea factories whose teas are especially worth of seeking after: those are Itumbe, Imenti and, the best of all, Kiru.
  13. cersono

    Any Tea Drinkers?

    Hi, my name is Cersono and I'm a tea-addict. I drink three teapots of strong Black Leaf Tea per day, unsweetened and unspoiled, always accompanied by a pipe. Among many dozens of different teas I've tried I prefer African teas, like Ruandan, Tanzanian, Malawian, and legacy Rhodesian, but 90%...
  14. cersono

    Pipe Smoking: Should I be Concerned in Public ?

    Sure, a lot depends on which kind of communication and previous experience you have with your neighbours. Sometimes it might be totally OK to be the first to make sure you don't bother them with your smoking or whatever else. In a standard case though it seems wiser to me to wait until the...
  15. cersono

    Pipe Smoking: Should I be Concerned in Public ?

    By giving a massive (and, most important, un-asked for!) explanation to your personal choice you're obliging yourself to giving similar explanations to any of your other choices. "You see, we'll be having another baby soon. A little crying brat, you know. I swear, we didn't plan it but what can...
  16. cersono

    Does my Briar Pipe really Need Resting ?

    Generally, I tend not to overcomplicate things, pipe rotation included, but I feel like when I smoke the same pipe back to back for, say, a week the quality of smoke starts to deteriorate noticeably, acquiring an unpleasant ashy whiff, however thorough clean I give the pipe after each smoke. I...
  17. cersono

    Pipe Smoking: Should I be Concerned in Public ?

    Don't we have a Reverse-Calabash thread already? :D
  18. cersono

    Pipe Smoking: Should I be Concerned in Public ?

    Your neighbours might be bothered by your pipe smoking in two different ways. Firstly, if their windows/doors are close enough to your porch, they could be bothered immediately by the smoke (unfortunately, I have no idea how close you are to their property). In this case, I believe, you may...
  19. cersono

    Oom Pauls

    My simple and nice Hardcastles Hallmark Oom Paul. I'm not sure if that's a canonical Oom Paul shape but it was sold as that and I like it a lot because it's a great clencher and it's not as humonguous as some other Oom Pauls I've had and sold away because their huge size made them hardly manageable.
  20. cersono

    Humidity Disks

    It's a good idea to disinfect the disk thoroughly between moving it from jar to jar. Once, I transplanted a mold infection with it from a problem moldy batch to two other jars. Since the disk is wet, it's very succeptible to mold infection. Since then, I don't use disks, I put a small vial of...
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