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Two New Family Members
Well, the madness continues. Two new pipes arrived today . . . picked them up at the post office just before it closed for the weekend festivities - Labour Day! I've been breaking in the Falcons. Great Success now . . . almost there. Same with the two Brigham entry level Tundras. They're coming...- gord
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Falcon Success, Finally!
Well, after multitudinous online whining about my personal lack of success, I finally have my standard straight falcon with the bantam bowl broken in. Final sortie was with a what seems to be a universally disliked cherry aromatic, Captain Black Cherry Cavendish. It happens to be one of my...- gord
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The Bear Facts, a Few Photos, and Some Northern Hunting Lore
I've been busy lately, preparing for hunting season, designing a Field Target Course for the Prince George Rod and Gun Club (of which I'm Smallbore Director), and breaking in pipes as I work, or smoking cigars if I'm outdoors or at the range. I'll be in this zone for about another week or two...- gord
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Autumn Evening
I've been moving away from aromatics lately, since I've been gaining appreciation of Orientals and more subtle Englishes that have an oriental component. As a couple of aromatics I smoked before are dwindling in my little hoard, and as I was neither here nor there about them, I decided to buy a...- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
First of all, I snagged two of these new pipes from Brigham and they're on the way. Cost of $49 US each. Two Tundras. Rock Maple insert. The cheapest I can get any Tundra Series from Canada is about $140. Even with exchange and shipping I'm coming in with two pipes for less than 1 at home. Less...- gord
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On The Road To Slow Smoking
Since my coming to the forum, my views have drastically changed. That, hopefully, was the point. I thought that I was a pretty slow smoker when I arrived, but knew I had a lot to learn, and that's why I joined. My first thread was on gurgling, and I got some great advice, and my backside...- gord
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Balkan Leaf Has Arrived - Need Help From The Mixmasters
Well, it's here, and not what I thought. It's called "Britts' Balkan" and is a full Balkan mix itself, including its own Latakia. I'm figuring to take my 7:1 regular English Mix, (7 parts regular pipe tobacco, 1 part Latakia), and increasing the regular tobacco to 8 parts, leaving my added...- gord
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Three Winners
As you will remember, I surveyed members of the forum and asked for three separate recommendations for newbies and for myself. 1. Flavoured, cherry and chocolate, primarily aromatics for newbs 2. English style 3. Orientals. I've almost compiled my surveys and will let you know what I have...- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
Well, here's my first real thread on my personal opinions, based on my growth as a slow smoker in progress. And do chime in with your disagreements because I'm still very much in the learning phase. The wooden stemmed Churchwarden, to me, is ideal for "probing". If you remember your biology...- gord
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The Great Canadian Skragg
That's the name of my jar of tailings, left-over but not enough to smoke tobacco, tobacco I don't really care for, and so on. I'm sure all of you have a similar jar you add to and eventually smoke. Sometimes, it's pretty good, eh? So why the "skragg" moniker? Scrag, or scragg (I've seen it...- gord
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Test Driving A Falcon
Well, my 3 day pipe fast is over and successful, and the tongue is just fine. So, took out one of my new Falcons (the traditional chromed aluminum straight), and baptized it with my own English. A perfect match. Observations: 1. It smokes cool. The shaft doesn't get hot, but the bottom of the...- gord
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A Whine To Go With Old Age
I'm sure that many of you past 70, like me, have been confronted with an immune system that is going to crap, and this is affecting your lifestyle. My whine is the recent development of eczema, which I never had at any point in my life until three years ago. Now I have to be very careful of...- gord
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The Agony of Day One of My Pipe Fast
Once you see the snapshot below, you will understand. The top one arrived Tuesday, the bottom one this morning. Aaaaagggghhhhhh! But I will persist. Discipline, discipline. My movement lately has been towards straight pipes. I wonder if the reason is the Icon, partially shown in the frame...- gord
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Taking A Pipe Break For Three Days
Severe case of tongue bite. Too much testing of my own mixes and new tobaccos, not to say breaking in of a couple of stubborn pipes that have pre-carbonized bowls. Hate these things. The colloidal fluid that they infuse the carbon particles into to hold the whole insert together has a taste...- gord
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My First Mix Update - The Mixmasters Were Absolutely Right
Right on every count! At last post, I had whittled down my basic English mix from 4:1 (plain tobacco - Latakia) then 5:1, and then finally 6:1 which I was happy with. One of the Mixmasters (I dub Thee All Mixmasters and shall beckon Thee by name in future posts) said to put the jar aside for a...- gord
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A Most Wonderful Gift
A while ago, my smokin' buddy Mike looked at my collection and said, "you need a few more straight pipes!" (I have about eight, and enjoy them when I'm not doing the long-stemmed thing.) So a day later, he came over for an evening bowl, and presented me with a Brigham Tundra, style 47. A...- gord
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Questions About Meerschaum for Meerschaum Smokers
About three months ago, I bought a meerschaum miniature for display, and began using meerschaum chips to diffuse the draft hole in pipes that had that hole placed centrally in the pipe. I had heard that meerschaum never needed to break in, that from the beginning the pipe will be perfectly...- gord
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My First Mix
T'was suggested by a couple of forum members that I might like to try my hand at mixing my own. So I bought myself 2 oz of pure latakia by C&D which has arrived, and have 2 oz of bulk Cyprian Turkish Leaf on the way. Going to start tonight by mixing 3 parts of Sir Walter Raleigh plain tobacco (a...- gord
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What I Dislike About Smoking a Pipe
Gurgling, filters, a lousy packing job and interruptions of any kind. And I have learned (and am still learning), in one way in another, I am in control of all of these. How about you? What ticks you off about your sessions? Love to know!- gord
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Of Falcons and Other Rare Birds
On a whim, I went to eBay, (which is always a mistake), and ordered myself a Falcon Stainless Dental Steel straight pipe frame. I'll select the bowls later, but wanted to snag the frame first. Reason? Well, I'm a flyfisherman and usually smoke cigars while out on trips. However, there is an...- gord
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