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    Carrying Around a Pipe and Accoutrements....HOW ?????

    So....I recently started to smoke my old pipes again, after many years. 90% of the time, I smoke my pipes at home, but I would like to bring along a pipe and some tobacco when visiting friends, going to outside events, etc....but how do I pack and carry all the things that go along with...
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    Please Send Us Your Own Home Made Blends

    Mild, smooth, aromatic, Oriental/English....smokes great. Cool, stays lit, no tongue bite, great aroma for the smoker and for those around the smoker. Relaxing fumes, no nicotine buzz, no queasy stomach...very little leathery smell from the small amount of Latakia - which is very "diluted" by...
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    Pressing Tobacco Issues

    I'm new to this forum, so please forgive my rather ignorant questions. After pressing your tobacco blend(s) into a solid "brick"....what do you then do to this brick of tobacco to get it back into a smokable form? Do you slice it....dice it....rub it, chop it....with a knife, axe, cleaver, food...
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    Just tried a huge bowl of McClelland's 2050, described as an Oriental Cavendish -blended without Latakia. Excellent tobaccy, and no burning leather stench! I am definitely not a Latakia lover, and can barely tolerate the small amounts of Latakia that Lane includes in their "HGL"....another...
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    Cherrywood....Branch Sections - for Pipe Making

    Winton- Thanks for that tip. Frank
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    Terrific information! Love the idea of blending different tobaccos together to make your own specialized blend(s) - by working with blending tobaccos. Or maybe even take a easily found, well established blend, and add more specialized tobaccos to it, turning it into a customized mixture...
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    Cherrywood....Branch Sections - for Pipe Making

    I would like to try carving/turning a Cherrywood pipe. Can anyone direct me to a source where I might purchase a few well-seasoned, branch sections for pipe carving? I am particularly interested on branch sections that have a short side branch, so that bowl and shank can be carved from one...
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    I just went to the Wilkes Tobacco site and noticed that they are listing "Wilkes 10 Downing Street". I wonder if it's the original Land Ltd. blend, or, their version of this aromatic, English blend? Frank
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    wy2y, et al... Yep...indeed the world has moved on...and has become a strange place for me, an old fossil. I revisited this post to let you guys know that Smoker's Haven lists "10 Downing Street" as one of their blends @6.25 p/oz.... but you beat me to the punch. Thanks for posting the good...
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    What Is Your Favorite Quote or Motto to Live By?

    ..."90% of everything, is bullshit".... (All too often, true....sadly). Frank
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    Thanks guys- I used to belong to the NYC Pipe Club, back when Sailorman Jack was still at the helm, Barry Levin mailed out photos of the estate pipes he was selling, and Tom Dunn's "Pipe Smokers Ephemeris" was an awaited event when it showed up in my mailbox. Back then, smoking was...
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    papipeguy, and wy2w... Judging by your posts, I think we can be considered "men of a certain age"....at least, I am. When I was a young man, I used to shop all over lower-Manhattan. The area was loaded with surplus stores, job-lots, hardware stores, electric motor stores, WW-2 surplus stores...
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    wy2w... Thanks for the interest. I too smoked this many years ago. Cannot find this old, Lane Ltd. tobacco blend, at least I don't know where to look for it. If I remember correctly, it was a very mild, English blend that didn't stink like burnt leather. I really don't want to smoke...
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    Foam-Backed Sanding Disc ....Using Folded Sandpaper

    Sasquatch.....that's it! Many thanks for all the help from forum members. Frank
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    Lane Ltd...."10 Downing Street"....Any Substitutes?

    Years ago, I used to by "10 Downing Street" that was blended by Lane Ltd. Can no longer find this mild, English-blend. I can find Lane's "HGL" and was wondering if this is a fair substitute? Better yet.....is "10 Downing Street" still being sold? I can't find it. Thanks, Frank
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    Foam-Backed Sanding Disc ....Using Folded Sandpaper

    Thanks for the guidance. I'll now do some browsing around your link. Frank
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    Foam-Backed Sanding Disc ....Using Folded Sandpaper

    I was watching a few pipe making videos on YouTube and a couple of pipe makers used a motor-mounted sanding disc that used folded sand paper sandwiched between a cup shape "washer" on the back, and probably a rigid, foam backed pad. The cup-shaped washer was almost the full diameter of the...
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    1940s Ads Pt. 2 - PIC HEAVY

    Bauer and BlacK SUSPENSORIES....are still being sold! I had to do a search just out of curiosity. Listed sizes: Small to X-tra Large. Ummm....Doesn't explain how to take measurements. I'm guessing...maybe the angle of the dangle...ah, never mind. Just hilarious! Frank
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    What Are Three One-Liner Lessons for Newbies

    Many, many, years ago, my parents allowed me to smoke a pipe, when I turned 16 years old. This was back in 1966. In those days, parents still had some authority, and I took advantage of my parent's generosity. Feeling like quite the young man, I went to the local drugstore and bought me a...
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    Pipe Cleaning With High-proof Spirits

    Hello, Forum Members.... Just this morning I joined the forum, and my first posting was in a thread regarding freshening a "sour" pipe... whatever that means. Cleaning my pipes after smoking was part of my routine, so my pipes never really "soured" with saliva, moisture, tars, and God knows...
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