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    Snapped In Two, Need Recomendations

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    Snapped In Two, Need Recomendations

    No critique, but an interesting, to me, observation.... Always wondered just how close some bored smoke holes came to the top curved surface of a bent-shanked pipe. This horn looks to have a just few millimeters of wall thickness right at the unfortunate break. When it comes to pipe-making I...
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    Va - Bur - Per Blends

    I never smoked any of these reviewed blends, but I found the comprehensive critiques to be very helpful, and more importantly, interesting. Thanks, Frank
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    Everclear and Bourbon

    I have been using McCormick's Rum Extract....which can be found in any large food market, in the Baking Section....for years to clean stems and smoke holes. Also, you can use any grain alcohol products that you have on hand, high-proof vodkas, rums, brandy, etc. Many liquor/wine stores sell...
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    Christmas Days of Yore Ads

    "TUXEDO" pipe tobacco? Don't recall this OTC blend. Anyone know what kind of mixture this was? OTC blends....probably Burleys + other tobaccys.
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    Christmas Days of Yore Ads

    A really wonderful trip down memory lane, courtesy of the Madison Avenue ads. Too bad I'm old enough to remember these ads when they were new and exciting. My God! How sad and lamentable to see how much this country has digressed! Take a good look at the sexy, objectified women, guns, rifles...
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    52 Years

    Congratulations....many more happy years together.
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    Looking For a Sweet Balkan

    Dave g... For an aromatic, sweet-mild, English style blend, try Lane Ltd. "HGL". Creamy, great aroma, all day smoke. Tiny amount of Latakia adds to the exotic fragrance....but, no burning-leather stench, here. I've found that LL "HGL" makes a great "base" when adding other blends/tobaccos to...
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    Do You Use A Leather Pouch?

    The vast majority of these pouches - that hold pipes, tobacco, and various accoutrements- look like....sorry to say...a woman's handbag. Not very masculine, and, you have to hold them in your hand as you walk around, like a purse. This is one of the main reason why I usually smoke my pipes...
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    Mixing It Up?

    Love reading through all the "blending-your-own-mixture" type threads, for the endless ideas, and possibilities. My approach is to take a favorite, professional blend, and try to tweak it with a small amount of condiment tobaccos...but I also write and critique everything that I try so I can...
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    Mixing It Up?

    Recently tried blending some left over tobaccos together and came up with a great hybrid blend.... "Pleasant Moments" Base(by weight): 1 ounce mild cigar leaf shredded 1 ounce Stokkebye's "Cube Cut Burley #41" 1 ounce match-"Elizabethan" Mix these tobaccos well. To this base, add by volume...
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    Please Send Us Your Own Home Made Blends

    Hello.... Recently tried my "Pleasant Moments" cigar-leaf base mixed with equal parts of Lane Ltd. "HGL" instead of "RLP-6". Both the RLP-6 and HGL versions were great, but with the addition of a small amount of Latakia that's in the "HGL" turned this cigar-leaf blend into a very special smoke...
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    "Elizabethan" ... Alternatives .....Closest Bulk Matches

    Thanks for all the suggestions and the names of some alternative blends/mixes. Match "Elizabethan" is the only blend that I have tried so far, and enjoyed this blended mix very much. But, one always thinks there might be another blend that might be more enjoyable. So, I asked, really, more...
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    "Elizabethan" ... Alternatives .....Closest Bulk Matches

    I have smoked P&C match blended, "ELIZABETHAN" and I think this tobacco blend is quite good. I never tried the original Dunhill version, and I probably won't because Dunhill is supposed to be getting out of the tobacco business. Why get to enjoy smoking a blend that may not exist in a short...
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    GBD Rhodesian: Shape # 9438 and # 569 Differences

    The saga continues...... all very interesting. God! You guys know so much about your pipes. Bottom line, I am very happy that I bought myself a restored GBD Rhodesian. I like the shape, the larger size (62 grams)the history behind the pipe, and, that I will by smoking it very soon. The kid...
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    GBD Rhodesian: Shape # 9438 and # 569 Differences

    Thanks for all the interest, and for some answers. So I assuming, from reading through some the comments that a 62 gram-weight pipe would be considered large for this line and shape. The seller said that this is a big, beefy, and thick-walled pipe, with a golden medium-brown stain....no...
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    Percentage Latakia in Lane HGL

    Hello missionpipe: Hoping for the answer to your question. "HGL" is my preferred blend precisely because it has only small amounts of Latakia blended into the other tobaccos that make up this mixture. I can't take a heavy Lat-hit and the stench of burning leather is really repulsive to taste...
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    So The Humble Yet Noble Poker With Hand Made Acrylic Stem Partially Rusticated

    I LIKEY THAT PIPEY! Looks like it was carved from a branch section. Rustication looks top notch, and especially like the way you sanded down all the rough, pointy peaks that were left behind from the carving burrs. Nice briar treatment. Great color. The carved portion reminds me of a walnut...
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    Charles Manson Dies Aged 83.

    He never lost that wild, deranged look, over all these years. Too bad he lived so long.
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    My New ‘High-Energy’ Pipe

    newbroom.... Arthur Godfrey! LOL....I haven't heard that name in over 55+ years. But you are right! The carving does look more like A.G.BTW loved his show, especially when Julius La Rosa would sing the latest hits. Hope this carved pipe makes Americans smoke pipes again. :))))))))
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