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  1. mso489

    What Type of Tobacco Was Used in Nat Sherman Classic (Red Box)?

    I'm a burley devotee, though I have taken a liking to several Virginia based blends of late. But I would recommend for sampling C&D's Tuggle Hall, a burley based English and their Stratfordshire, another fuller strength English with burley. I like Peterson's Irish Flake and their 3-P, among...
  2. mso489

    Increasing a Blend's Nicotine Content Without Altering the Flavor?

    I'll echo the recommendation on Five Brothers. It won't change the flavor that much, and it will deliver a nicotine hit. It's all-purpose and inexpensive.
  3. mso489

    Signage regulation in Ontario

    My local independent pipe shop has a note in pencil on lined paper on the front door saying that entering the shop may involve encountering tobacco smoke. I think he was grandfathered in, along with his smoking table, to make this okay.
  4. mso489

    What Type of Tobacco Was Used in Nat Sherman Classic (Red Box)?

    I don't remember that blend, but while we are waxing nostalgic about Nat Sherman, I made a pilgrimage there while it was still going strong, maybe about 2009. Cliff Gold, a lead sales associate, greeted me and recommended Nat Sherman 536, a medium strength English blend with burley as a...
  5. mso489

    Show Us Your Jacono Pipes

    NIce looking pipes.
  6. mso489

    Tobacco at Night???

    You say there's no breeze, but there may be just enough. Try one of those little caps for the bowl for a buck and change. Worth a try.
  7. mso489

    Jim's Low Country Atalaya Limited Edition 2023 Review.

    Interesting this comes out as a Low Country blend and not C&D. I have two Low Country blends I haven't tried yet. They should be getting good..
  8. mso489

    Double Edged Razor Blades

    Double edged is what I took to Navy bootcamp in San Diego, which no longer exists. I shaved with that all the nearly four years I was enlisted, out two months early to start school, under special dispensation from the then top admiral Zumwalt. That applied to all exiting Navy people headed...
  9. mso489

    1985 Dunhill Shell Billiard Restored

    Perhaps better than the current product. It certainly looks great. I'm not a Dunhill guy, but they make a handsome traditional pipe. Plenty of years left in that briar.
  10. mso489

    Question about Prince Albert

    It's a good over-the-counter burley blend, mild and even burning. I found it a bit heavy in its cocoa flavoring which muted the tobacco flavor even more. But you might like it. Maybe someone on Forums who has it on hand will send you an ounce in a baggy to sample. I admit, my experience was...
  11. mso489

    Never Believe Your Eyes

    This shows the technology that makes the animation possible but in no way illustrates the potential for mischief. People can be made to say things they didn't and deny things they did, until reality itself acquires a tentative aura. I think the induced imbalance in our sense of reality is the...
  12. mso489

    Cob cleansing?

    I've never felt MM cobs need anything other than standard cleaning. Scoop the ash, wipe the chamber with an abrasive paper towel, run a pipe cleaner through it, and it's good to go. Keeping the "cake" to only a thin carbon layer means no reaming, the chamber remains the same size as new. My MM...
  13. mso489

    Perique

    I like Perique handled with a light touch. It's an accent, not the main flavor. I like hot spices in my food the same way, to bring up other flavors and not to predominate.
  14. mso489

    How Many of you are Divorced?

    Married at 30 to a remarkable woman. She had an extraordinary teaching career, and I lost her when she was 52 and I was 54. I was ten years a widower. I married a friend I've known since we were 19 years old. Her ex had departed with another woman after many years, and he died shortly...
  15. mso489

    Wow - Hit 4000 Posts!

    Beware of a bad habit becoming an obsession. Seriously, congratulations and keep posting.
  16. mso489

    New Geppetto Pipe Has a Bad Smell

    As a sub-brand of Ser Jacopo, I'd expect Gepetto pipes to be finished properly with no non-pipe odors. This is definitely an inconvenience to say the least. This may be a misguided version of oil-cured briar. You could air it out, sand it out, and use pipe mud. It would probably improve...
  17. mso489

    Choicest Plugs

    I liked Triple Play.
  18. mso489

    The New Old Beatles Song

    Lacks the magic and surprises of many of John's melodies, and for a downbeat song it lingers a little too long,, but if John had lived to finish it, it would be seriously better. I understand he reworked most of his songs many times. But very interesting. I wanted to hear this to see how it was.
  19. mso489

    Bad Taste In The Morning

    I don't know if this applies in this case, but anyone experiencing changes in taste should consider any new medications you may be taking. I was recently prescribed a medication in a fairly heavy dose that makes all coffee taste stale and suppresses my appetite. I'm hoping the doc will wean me...
  20. mso489

    Found out a Friend is a Pipe Smoker!

    I'd keep it to one Dr. Grabow and one pouch of tobacco. And don't be irked if he then shows up smoking one of his old-friend pipes. The object isn't to show him where he goes wrong, but just to share your mutual interest in pipes. The generosity I have encountered on Forums is amazing.
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