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    New blender.

    Try a different blending strategy. Start with a commercially available mixture -blended by professionals- that you enjoy smoking. This will be your "base". Add some other blending tobaccos to the original base mixture and try smoking a few bowls with these addition(s). Blend only small...
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    Have Some Regulars Become Lurkers Since the Switch?

    Some changes are terrible, some useless, some make changes just for the sake of changing....some changes can be good. On a scale of 1-10, I give the changes here, a 2. Why the changes? Why was it necessary to revamp the whole forum? But in the end, for me....it really doesn't matter. I...
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    One Year, Only One Brand Blender -- Which?

    I think I'd enjoy smoking my way thru most of John Patton's mixtures. "Storm Front" is real easy to live with.
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    How To Prevent Rim Charring?

    At my age, I could care less. A pipe to me is an object of utility....something to enjoy. When I kick, my pipes will either go in the garbage, or with some luck, they'll go to another pipe smoker. I'll let him worry about refurbishing/restorations. I won't abuse a pipe, but a discolored rim...
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    What’s Your Favorite English?

    Easy. Wilke's 'HIGH HAT"........been around since 1870s. Smoke it, and you'll know why. Top-notch stuff for both smokers and sniffers. Fragrance is heaven, with very little trace of that horrible, nose-curling, burnt-leather stench of Latakia. Not too strong either.
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    Negative Customer Psychology

    I delete, many times, the items that I have placed into a cart, when the shipping charges are added onto the order, and almost double or exceed the total price of the items. I very rarely buy impulsively because of ridiculous shipping charges. I can't tell you how many times I bought small...
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    Let’s Talk About Bags… (Long Post)

    Small, leather "possibles bag"......it's primitive and they come in all sizes. Over the shoulder/cross carry for convenience and free hands. "PEG AND AWL" makes some perfect bags/pouches for carrying pipes and stuff, they're made from heavy-duty, cotton duck/canvas....and they come in...
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    Pipespotting

    Never. Never saw any other guy smoking a pipe. When I was much younger (1960s) pipe-smokers were far more common. I had two uncles who were pipe smokers, but they both passed away, and that was that. Cigar-smoking guys are far more common and visible. Wish cigar smoke smelled as nice as...
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    Brass Pipe Nail?

    Got a friend with a metal lathe, or do you have a hand drill? Chuck a bronze carriage-bolt, and fashion your own. Ace Hardware sells bronze carriage bolts that can be sanded, and polished up to make a nice, heavy tamper. Cut to length and sink the treaded end into a short section of drilled...
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    Difference Between Vodka/Rubbing Alcohol/Everclear?

    I keep a small bottle of Rum Extract in my pipe kit. Dip the tip of a pipe cleaner and run it through the stem.. Removes tars, and all the sticky gunk that fouls up a pipe....and it smells and tastes good....but the residual taste quickly vanishes when the pipe gets smoked. It's cheap, it...
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    Aromatic for the non-aromatic guy

    Do try Lane Ltd "HGL" which is described as a mild, English-aromatic. It's really Lane's "RPL-6" = "Captain Black"-original..... with a small amount of Latakia added for some smokey flavor. Too mild?....add a little blending Latakia for more of a hit. Better yet: Try Wilke's "High Hat" for a...
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    What Music Are You Listening To ~April 2019

    @ Cortez: Scott Joplin's classic masterpiece, "Solace" is one of my all time favs when I'm in a contemplative mood and especially when I'm at war with this world that's beyond my understanding..... The plaintive, and poignant harmonies that flow effortlessly together connecting the four...
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    Written Communication is Inherently Hazardous

    Great read, with a cup of morning coffee. You guys made me smile.
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    New guy looking for the right smoke... please help!

    Buy sample packets of various tobaccos from major shops and sellers. Many advertise on this forum. Trade tobacco samples with other pipe smokers or forum members. Zero in on what you prefer, and you'll quickly learn what you dislike and what disappoints..... We all go through this trial...
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    Hope You All Have Had a Good Friday

    Pax vobiscum.....
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    I Hate to Post This..Briar Patch Closing

    Sad to read... More infuriating politics that prevent and destroy the ability of man to earn a living. Censorship and forum politics.....prevents me from making any other comments lest I offend the sensibilities of some readers.
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    Trying new blends

    Ditto: Lane Ltd. "HGL" aromatic-English with just enough Latakia to keep "Captain Black"-original, interesting. "HGL" is Captain Black with a slight amount of Latakia for some added flavor interest, and to prevent the smoker from going into a coma. Nice fragrance to keep the skirts happy.
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    Perfecting My Second Home Blend... Need Advice!

    Hello diamondback..... Interesting reading thru your blending experiments. Good luck with your endeavors. I tried making some customized blends but I started with a commercially available mixture, that I liked, as my "base"and then tweaked it by adding other blends/tobaccos until I found...
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    Missed the Boat on Wilke Nut Brown Burley

    "Gotham Court"...also defunct. Sad.
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    Nonsmokers' Descriptions of Tobacco Aroma

    I always wondered what my smoldering tobacco mixtures smelled like to others, to all the "sniffers". Being the "smoker" cuts us out from the fun end. Burning pipe tobacco, to us, never smells like burning pipe tobacco does to all the sniffers and smellers. I wish it did. Thirty years ago, I...
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