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  1. kgs

    Mini meers?

    MC-955 - AND Meerschaum Pipes - https://meerschaum.com/product/MC-955 The dimensions are as follows...
  2. kgs

    Mini meers?

    Very cool, thanks for the tip. I prefer small pipes so I just ordered one myself. I got a bent billiard with an amber stem. 20 bucks seems like quite the bargain. Though I have to say that in my experience with pipes, price is not at all indicative of quality. I have bought some very expensive...
  3. kgs

    Best Refillable Lighter-- Xikar, IM Corona or Peterson?

    I don't like disposable lighters. I don't like how they look and I don't enjoy how they feel in my hand. I always used a Zippo or an IMCO during my cigarette smoking days. A few years ago, when I transitioned to pipes, I bought an IM Corona oldboy. It was okay but I always suspected it would...
  4. kgs

    Dunhill POS - Removing Dip Stain Taste

    An update: I did eventually get rid of the POS Dunhill. Sold it at quite a loss, but I am glad to have it gone from my life. It is surprisingly difficult to find good pipes. I now really try to avoid pipes that have bowl coatings. I look for pipes that have bare unstained bowls and shanks. Genod...
  5. kgs

    Pipe Tobacco vs. Cigars question

    I struggle with it also. I have a sensitive mouth. Even some foods will cause me discomfort. I have some thoughts on the matter. I think that pipes are in fact harsher on the mouth and sinuses than cigars. At least most people seem to find that this is the case. The average cigar is long and...
  6. kgs

    One Tobacco To Rule Them All

    My favorite pipe tobacco is Gawith Hoggarth & Co.'s Dark Bird's Eye. I have been smoking it exclusively for the past several months.
  7. kgs

    Post Covid Taste

    I posted about this previously: COVID and Lack of Tobacco Taste :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/covid-and-lack-of-tobacco-taste.89008/post-36517253. Have you tried anything like the remedies linked in my post? Maybe they will help you. At any rate...
  8. kgs

    COVID and Lack of Tobacco Taste

    I caught it at the end of December 2021. I spent about a week in bed and then another week or two recovering from lingering symptoms. I lost my smell and taste after about a week of illness. My loss of taste and smell is only now, 2 or 3 weeks later, almost back to normal. I don't think I lost...
  9. kgs

    Covid, @Grangerous, & Vitamin N

    Nicotine did not protect me from covid though I hoped it would.
  10. kgs

    Preferred Lighter

    I almost always use an IMCO 2200.
  11. kgs

    Medicinal Purposes Only

    I have an elderly and presumably senile relative who was hospitalized with covid early on. After a few days in the hospital he escaped and made his way home. They found him in his backyard smoking cigars, so they took him back to the hospital. The next morning he woke up covid-free and was...
  12. kgs

    Medicinal Purposes Only

    Yes it is strange, but not surprising at all.
  13. kgs

    Medicinal Purposes Only

    I make sure to retrohale a lot so that the smoke gets into my nasal cavity and kills the virus. I read that nicotine attaches to something called ACE2 receptors. The virus also attaches to those receptors, so if you fill the receptors with nicotine the virus has nowhere to attach to. The virus...
  14. kgs

    Short Smoke Breaks and Strong Tobacco

    I smoke strong shags in small pipes. These days I am mainly smoking Gawith Hoggarth & Co.'s Dark Bird's Eye in a little cheap French pipe. It is a Genod. I guess it is a group 1 or group 2 in size. It is a shabby bent billiard with a bunch of fills, but I like the grain and the drilling is...
  15. kgs

    Gas station cigar in pipe

    I have a 5 pack of some Italian fire cured cigars. I keep meaning to smoke one but I never get around to it. I have thought about shredding one and packing it in my pipe. I don't think there is anything wrong with it.
  16. kgs

    Anybody Find Small Pipes a PIA to Smoke?

    All my pipes are small and I can't keep them lit even though I am smoking mostly GH shags. If I smoke a cigar it goes out. When I used to smoke cigarettes theose would go out too. How sad.
  17. kgs

    How Concerned should Americans be about the Proposed Tax Hike?

    I don't know if "concern" is the word I would use anymore. The tax hike is an inevitability. I went through it before with rolling tobacco when congress hiked the tax up over %1000. Back then I was poor and that hurt me tremendously. Tremendously. Nowadays I am not quite as poor, so I am not too...
  18. kgs

    Are You Getting An Even Black/Tar Buildup?

    I've never gotten cake to build on the lower 1/4 of the bowl. The cake starts after the bottom 1/4, is thickest in the middle section and extends all the way to the top. My cake is tarry, sticky, and moist. I will smoke the same pipe day after day for weeks or months. I don't clean my pipes...
  19. kgs

    Mouth Still Irritated - Pipe Materials - Tabac - Aggressiveness?

    There are a lot of posts in this thread so I don't know if this has been mentioned. Do you have GERD or acid reflux? I have acid reflux and it is a major contributor to my oral discomfort. My understanding is that stomach acid is extremely acidic and when it backs up into your mouth it can...
  20. kgs

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2021?***

    Gawith Hoggarth & Co's Kendal Kentucky in a small Musico apple. This tobacco is very strong. The smoke is thick and I can feel it. It's spicy and almost immediately I feel my tongue and throat tingling. I let this shag dry until it is just short of crispy. I pack it normally and sip it. The...
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