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Is Ennerdale Flake Available Anywhere?
A forum member recently sent me a generous sample of Ennerdale. I went from being weirded out by the tin note, to being weirded out + impressed by the first bowl, to wondering what was happening to me by the second bowl, to admitting that I was in love by the third bowl. I know that it's one...- SBC
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What Maritime/Nautically Branded Blends am I Missing?
I've had a mind to include a maritime/nautically branded blend in my regular rotation. I know that what does and does not constitute a "Navy Flake" has been controversial, and I don't want to get into it. Suffice it to say that what I'm looking for would have a VA base with a rum topping. I'm...- SBC
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What is "K.M." on a Savinelli?
I just picked up an estate Sav -- a rusticated, paneled, saddle billiard -- marked "K.M. 1999" I can find no information on the "K.M." Do any of you know what this means? Was this a Sav line? Or could this be an Autograph and K.M. is the carver's initials? -
Changing Recipes without Changing Labels
A few months ago, I got a couple tins of 2014 Wessex Classic Virginia from another guy's cellar. It's been my favorite VA to date. I'd stockpile this for life, if I could. (I like it far better than their more expensive and highly rated Campaign flake.) But, having read that the recipe changed...- SBC
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Quiz: Pipe Smoking Parallels
Different pipe smokers smoke pipes for different reasons. To my way of thinking, many of these reasons can be paralleled with other enjoyments. Below, I will list some pipe parallels which come to mind. I am very curious to read which of them apply to you. (Disclaimer: My suggested parallels...- SBC
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My Experience with Lbepen Deoxidizer [with pics]
Of my pipes, five had oxidation worth bothering with. As you can see, the levels of oxidation varied: I submerged them in the honey-like (in appearance and texture... not smell...) substance for almost exactly two hours: When I pulled the stems out, they left behind beautifully obvious...- SBC
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Shipping Sample Baggies to Canada?
Do any of you Americans have experience shipping tobacco sample baggies to Canada? Or, do any of you Canadians have experience receiving them from the US? I'm just wondering whether I might expect any customs trouble. Could I send a few sample baggies in a manila envelope? Or is that going to...- SBC
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Shortcut To Mushrooms / Frog Morton's Cellar Sub: Fusilier's Ration
Shortcut To Mushrooms (JFH), Frog Morton's Cellar (McC), and Northwoods (Boswell), formed a certain trinity for those of us who loved them. It's not that they were identical. But, somehow, if you loved one, you'd wind up loving the others. Those who loved them almost invariably wound up...- SBC
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Hobby Denial
At the risk of agitating people I like very much: I doubt some forum members' denials that their pipe smoking constitutes a hobby. Certainly, there are pipe smokers in the world for whom it is not a hobby -- pipe smokers who don't discuss pipe smoking on pipe smoking forums, nor collect pipes...- SBC
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Pipes as Conversation Context vs. Content.
Something occurred to me -- For most of pipe-smoking history, men didn't gather to talk about pipes and tobaccos; rather, they smoked tobacco pipes when gathered to talk about other things. Maybe this is a wet-blanket of an observation. Don't stone me. I'm not suggesting what should or...- SBC
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"Super DeLuxe"?
Just picked this up -- You can't see it in this picture, but right above the cursive script "DeLuxe" it says "Super" (also in cursive script). My default assumption was that it's a Dr. Grabow, but here are four reasons that I'm not so sure -- (1) Although everybody knows about Dr. Grabow... -
BBB Own Make Dating?
Here's a BBB "Own Make" I just picked up -- I'm curious whether there's a way of dating this? On one side of the shank is a diamond, and inside that diamond are three "B"s. To the left hand side of the diamond is "Own," and to the right hand side is "Make." On the other side of the shank... -
All Briar Hilson Fantasia?
This strange dublin was included in a lot I just bought: There are no markings on the stummel, but the top of the stem is marked "Hilson Fantasia." The band is marked "Sterling Silver." The reason I'm looking for input from ya'll is that, my understanding was that the Fantasias were made of... -
Who makes the unfinished "FRENCH BRIAR" stummels?
I just picked up this unfinished bulldog at an antique shop. It is simply marked "FRENCH BRIAR." I see that on ebay there are a number of similarly unfinished billiards marked French Briar. Is this made by the same factory? Who makes these unfinished and otherwise unmarked "FRENCH BRIAR"s? -
When did Wessex Classic Virginia Become a VaPer?
I recently got a couple tins of Wessex Classic Virginia marked (by the original buyer) "06/14." I like it far better than the much more hyped and highly rated Wessex Campaign. (I think I just have a thing for Red vs. Dark VAs.) I see that Wessex Classic VA became a VaPer at some point (I'm not...- SBC
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Sehnsucht and the NYT Vincent Manil Write Up
No doubt what I am reflecting on now is something you've long since read. It's old news. But it's new to me and it embodies something that isn't properly called news at all -- something timeless. Something that will make this worth reading again, decades from now. Wil S. Hylton's 2013 NYT write...- SBC
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Rate of Value-Growth as Tins Age?
Is there a generally accepted rate of increase in value as tobaccos age? For instance, "High quality tins increase in monetary value by approximately 10% (relative to MSRP) per year cellared, beginning at year three..." or anything remotely like that? I've never aged tobacco long (unless you...- SBC
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