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    Jim's Revised Solani 633 and ABF Reviews.

    I recently compared fresh and ten year old tins of 656. Its like two different blends, one heavenly and one just awful.
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    Hearing Problems?

    Sudden partial loss of hearing in my left ear around ten years ago, and an additional sudden loss on that side around 5 years ago. The other ear is fine. I've had plenty of noise exposure, but its unclear how that figures in. I wear one hearing aid, but results have been mixed.
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    What Does Latakia Taste Like

    Dark beer- yes, Guinness Stout or something like that. Horse for sure.
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    What Does Latakia Taste Like

    Smell and taste are intimately related, especially with something rich like latakia. I don't think taste and smell can be separated in that case. I remember my very first latakia was Comoys #11, a very latakia-forward blend. My first impression was a combination of smoke, old damp/musty...
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    Do You Dry Your Tobacco Before Smoking? Why or Why Not?

    Unless its 'wet' I no longer bother. I use the breath method of smoking, which immediately rehumidifies the dried tobacco.
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    Ash Dumping Question

    I used to dump once per bowl, every bowl. Now I never do.
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    Chinese Investment Company to restart McClellands next Year

    I feel sorry for Pipestud.
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    How to Keep Pipe Rim from Darkening?

    If you exhale through the bowl alot ('breath method'), all that heat and smoke will penetrate into the briar, and no amount of scrubbing will completely remove it.
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    Rubbing Out Flakes.

    Fold. It's a flake for a reason. As the blender intended.
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    Changey Mind

    Agree here. The Virginia flakes all taste the same to me.
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    Trouble Contacting Synjeco

    After my last order was returned to them by the USPS, they stopped communicating with me. I never received a refund.
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    Why Not Clean your Pipe After every Smoke?

    Wet cleaning of the entire pipe after every smoke. Takes 3 or 4 minutes. Eliminates the need for deep cleaning. Once you get used to it, the idea of not doing it seems unpleasant.
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    Alex Lifeson turns 70

    What are his favored pipe tobaccos?
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    Help Appreciated: Is it Mold or Bloom?

    It is granular and it shows a specific (looking) distribution. It is plume.
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    Rim Charring

    Unavoidable if you exhale through the bowl, as I do.
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    Outside of my Bowl is Darkening.

    It's the result of an overheated pipe. Very often the overheating is uneven. The main concern is that you may also be charring the inner walls of the chamber.
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    Carolina Red Flake Is Yucky

    It's good tobacco, and many experienced smokers have enjoyed it. If someone doesn't like it that's just their personal experience.
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    Samual Gawith Black XX really hard to keep lit

    Once you put it in the right bowl, its not a fussy one to smoke.
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    Samual Gawith Black XX really hard to keep lit

    It sounds like you are doing it right. I had the same problem, and the only thing that completely fixed it was to change pipes. I went from a tapered bowl (rhodesian) to a non-tapered bowl (pot) and the problem was solved.
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    Cellaring Too Long?

    Once the seal goes, the flavor goes with it. The likelihood of of that happening increases with age. Rehydration can't do much, other than prevent the tobacco from crumbling when handled.
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