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  1. madox07

    Condor, Hate It or Love It (?)

    First off, this is not a review, just a rant. I have managed to get my hands on this, my parents brought it over from Tenerife when they went there - I understand that it is a common OTC blend all over Spain though. I am not sure how to describe this blend. After my first bowl all I can say is...
  2. madox07

    Planta - Mild English

    Thanks to a friend of mine in Bucharest, I have been gifted, this past week, a small zip lock bag filled with what I understand is a bulk only tobacco, sold in the US. Open to new things I though I would play around with it, and based on this little amount of tobacco (maybe 5 full bowls) I have...
  3. madox07

    Cleaning a Cavalier

    Recently I bought this baby, for cheap. Needed little restoration, smokes well, and the stem seems to be .. bone. Any way, cleaning it is a bit problematic, since inserting a pipe cleaner from the shank part towards, what I was hoping to be, the bowl ends up down to that screw cap area in the...
  4. madox07

    US vs EU Topping (?)

    I have been at our modest club meeting the other day, and I had some Orlik Golden Slice with me, bought somewhere in the EU. A fellow piper had a tin of the same blend, but I could tell from the lack of warning labels that it was bought in the US. The guy confirmed that indeed he had the tin...
  5. madox07

    Is Peterson in Trouble ?

    I have read on another forum today that peterson blends met their demise, a provided link explaining something about them being taken over and a great number of blends being discontinued. I wasn't sure whether this is just rumours, or if there is some fact to this ... just wanted to check the...
  6. madox07

    Mac Baren - St. Bruno

    Here I go acting brave again, reviewing a blend that has been reviewed over and over again, probably by consecrated reviewers with far more credibility than I. Non the less, I have been meaning to try this for a long time and since I had some difficulty in obtaining the tobacco the anticipation...
  7. madox07

    Playing Around With stems ... Again

    I am giving it another try on restoring shine to my stems (god I heard on the radio show that a shine and ream costs around $25 in the States, it's getting so frustrating right now that I would be willing to make an effort and pay for my best pipes if that were an option). What's different this...
  8. madox07

    Preferred Pipe Weight for Clenching

    Just curious, what is the top weight you guys are comfortable with clenching? Personally I like a good clencher for working. If the shape is right and it feels good hanging from my mouth, I don't mind a 50-60 gram pipe.
  9. madox07

    How Can I Write an Objective Review (?)

    I came home rather late from work today, and I felt in a mood for a lat light english, so I am playing around with squadron leader for the past few hours. I light my Savinelli Bianca (half bent), with 6 mm balsa, and I smoke and smoke and smoke, and my bowl goes out. As I hang up the phone, I am...
  10. madox07

    Clay Pipe - A first (asking for advice)

    Today the opportunity arose to get me a clay pipe, which I have been meaning to buy for a while now, but the opportunity never came up. Some local online auction site had this for sale, relatively cheap - and since reading around the forums that clay pipes do come cheap, I didn't second guess...
  11. madox07

    Review: Royal Island

    I have postponed this for a while now ... I guess this is a very difficult review to write, as the temptation to write it in comparison to the predecessor of this heritage blend is very high. I will try to keep this as a single review, but please forgive me if I cannot refrain from mentioning...
  12. madox07

    First Club Meeting

    Finally we have managed to get together for our first pipe club meeting, which our "dean" - a serious pipe collector (which un be-known to me leaves a couple of streets away from me), that has brought two shoe boxes full of pipes that we examined and discussed, has suggestively called "The...
  13. madox07

    Good Service

    I don't remember details from Raegan's funeral service, but President Bush Sr. sure has a nice ceremony. Solemn, marked by relevant and moving speeches, fit for a former president. God rest his soul. Don't have much though on his administration, as I was a small kid when he was in office, and...
  14. madox07

    They Call this a Berca Pipe

    Or cigar ... or pipe cigar, or whatever I am confused. I was gifted this by a friend, who seems to know the owner of this Berca venture. It is actually made in Romania, and since I can't pass on something made in Romania, I said thank you and that I would give it a try. Well, what do you use...
  15. madox07

    Opps I did it Again

    I said I would contain my PAD ... I rebound ... my wife is going to love me. A few guys found each other in my home town having the same hobby, about 4 of us, and we are setting the corner stone for a local club. If three english gentlemen can call themselves a club, we figured that 4 Romanians...
  16. madox07

    I Almost Forgot What Syrian Latakia Tastes Like

    At the back of my tobacco cupboard I have found a forgotten 100 gr tin of HH Vintage Syrian by Mac Barren, which I have picked up in Prague a couple of years ago. Oh boy am I a happy camper, as I almost forgot the greatness of Syrian latakia ... not sure if this is one of those forbidden fruit...
  17. madox07

    Royal Island (Robert McConnel) is NOT Royal Yacht

    I have received a batch of Robert McConnel baccy about a week or so ago, and the soonest I got a chance I opened the Royal Island, I being a huge fan of the deceased Royal Yacht. Well guys ... it's not the same. I will be reviewing the blend in itself, but for now this post is meant to be just a...
  18. madox07

    Dunhill Pipe Mystery Solved

    I have been ... fighting with this Dunhill Pipe since this summer. I bought it estate, refurbished myself, but it smoked like crap. Kept clodding, required many relights, when I finally had enough and I pulled out that long stinger - you know the metal insert that is quite specific for Dunhill...
  19. madox07

    For the Hunt ... and Pipe

    So look at this old guy, no worry in the world. Shot a fox, although you can't eat that - or I guess you could push come to shove. Oh wait, the fox is stealing his lunch is not shot. Since all good things start with a break, he got himself drunk as a skunk, and fell asleep while smoking his...
  20. madox07

    The Magic of Smoking the Pipe

    I wasn't sure whether I should write this post or keep the thought to myself, but I guess we are a close community here so here goes. Lately I had it hard, in as far as work and fatigue. Long hours, a bit of commute, out of town trips, weekend obligations and more work, with little to no...
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