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I’ll admit it’s a little juvenile, but I picked up my first meerschaum at the Columbus pipe show last weekend.
My kind of juvenile meer. Bravo!- BingBong
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- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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Is There Such a Thing as Pipe Tobacco Sommelier
Possibly Greg Pease? With his culinary background.- BingBong
- Post #5
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Twigs and Stems: Do You All Care?
Paid for it, smoking it.- BingBong
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Historical accuracy of important events
I cleave to the "cui bono?" approach to history nowadays. You could say that many present day troubles date back to a meeting on Jekyll Island and the passage of a bill in December 1913. Or the actions of a major investor immediately after the Battle of Waterloo. And so forth. One thing is for...- BingBong
- Post #45
- Forum: General Discussion
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Peter Heinrichs Can Seal
Imagine jarring a tin of nitroglycerine. I have started to bag half the flakes in a tin of flake, small bag that can live in the tin, to keep part two moist until I get to it. Burley or VaBur flake especially, loses flavour dried out.- BingBong
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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UK Pipe Smokers....or Lack Thereof
Crowborough, the land of Aspidistra. Try going up to Ashdown Forest and puffing a pipe up there (fire restrictions permitting). I'd love to do that now, it's one of my favourite places.- BingBong
- Post #167
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Wash mason jars between tobaccos?
Surfaris option.- BingBong
- Post #25
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Anyone Smoke A White Elephant Pipe?
Ideal to safely smoke plutonium blends. Go nicely with an uranium tamper.- BingBong
- Post #5
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Its Finally Cooling Off!!
Another warm spell for a week in London about to commence, 29° of Celsius (84° F). It will be most pleasant, I imagine.- BingBong
- Post #17
- Forum: General Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***
68th orbit complete, celebrating with SG Cabbies in my new Eole St Claude Prince Flammée. Weather 20°C, warm sun, cool air, perfect.- BingBong
- Post #618
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Mold. Crazy Stuff.
Oh yes, smudging. As a left hander using a fountain pen, I know all about that.- BingBong
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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Watch Out or Watch on? Pt 2.
New strap for the old Zenith Chronomaster.- BingBong
- Post #867
- Forum: General Discussion
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Opening A Tin? Show Us!
A few months in the cellar, might have been a few months on the shelf. A fine quality ready rubbed.- BingBong
- Post #1,872
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Manhunt in Montana
There would be a lot fewer drowning deaths if there were enough bellows kits to go round.- BingBong
- Post #56
- Forum: General Discussion
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It's Long Been Said that Pipes are Functioning Works of Art
Tolkien lived on a different planet altogether, evidently. -
Hard to understand what is going on with packing
Trial and error, depends on the blend, springiness of ribbon, moisture level. So long as you can draw after packing, you've got a smoke - and you can tamp as you go.- BingBong
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Do Some Pipes Smoke Hotter Than Others?
Yes. Bowl mass, wall thickness, shape will all have an influence. I'm not overboard about volcano shapes, but I am really curious if they smoke cool and may yet acquire one.- BingBong
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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An Email I Just Received From No. 6 Cavendish In Britain
French, not British.- BingBong
- Post #10
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation