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A Beginner's Pipes Cost $900
Hey guys, so it's one year later and let's see what we think about it now. :D I bought several Ray Kurusu pipes. And I broke in two of them myself. A Dublin dedicated to Bo Nordh and a nose warmer. They all smoke fantastic. I mean at leas the Dublin beats most of the Jess Chonowitsch pipes I...- halfy
- Post #90
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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*** What Are You Smoking?*** (February 2016)
Capstan flake(blue) in a Ray Kurusu straight Dublin.- halfy
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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New Pipe Problems
Teach your kid to smoke a pipe. He'll know everything! Welcome aboard!- halfy
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Looking For Something Similar.
JF Germain Special Latakia Flake- halfy
- Post #7
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Do Pipes Really Get Better With Time?
I have great respect for your years of experiences in pipe smoking. But I don't think you have got some of the points in previous post. Anyway, why so serious ... I deleted the words I have put in, not the right place nor the people to talk about the science in pipes and tobacco :D- halfy
- Post #41
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Your High Dollar Artisan Pipes: Display Only? Or Smoke Away?
I don't have a collection, just a rotation... Of course I got many more unsmoked .......substitutes. -
Huge Stone Pipe??
A friend of mine worked for the HS studio. He said Todd did came to China to teach them. However, he was not satisfied with any piece of work they produced. It's great to know that some Chinese studio have become capable of making nice pipes. -
Huge Stone Pipe??
The Hugestone studio is based in Shanghai. The owner of the factory was a former pipe and cigar wholesaler/retailer. After some troubles related to cigar smuggling he could no longer run the business so he hired a group of former woodworkers and established the studio. The first brand they made... -
Wanting To Buy Pipe From My 1990 Birth Year
You got a few choices. Dunhill is obviously the easiest to go. They made a lot every year, but I've not seen a dunny so special worthy a birth year pipe. Some established carvers in that era do accurate year stamping, like Sixten, Lars, Bo and Tokutomi. The price and uniqueness is worth a birth...- halfy
- Post #11
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Losing Your Favorite Pipe
Sorry ... but nothing lasts forever. It's a new journey of finding THE pipe for yourself.- halfy
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Drilling Concern...
The screw thing of common meer mortise/tenon would simply screws the smoke. I would only use a meer that use the same engineering setup as briar pipes, like F.Baki or IMP ...- halfy
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Do Pipes Really Get Better With Time?
Some of my Toku pipes with BN briar also tasted good from the first bowl. But even Lars' pipes take some bowls to break in, though the break in was flavorful and not that harsh. I tried many young carvers and mostly got pissed off about the greenishness of the briar ... It seems that only the...- halfy
- Post #28
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Dunhill 6 star
With that bunch of money I prefer to invest on some Lars, Tokutomi or Sixten ... -
How Slow Is Slow?
I learned how to write in bold! This made my night.- halfy
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Slow Is Slow?
I would prefer the word "gentle" rather than slow. The nice flavors come from the fresh tobacco beneath the ember, not the burning. The key is to keep a very low airflow speed through the bowl. Thus the fresh air goes in and travels in random directions through the tobacco, making an even and...- halfy
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Don't You Think Dunhill Tobacco Sold in EU and the US ARE DIFFERENT?
As for Dunhill Flake which I smoke everyday, a delightful soapy flavor is developed for all EU tins within two of three months of jarring. For US tins (from fresh to 5 years of aging), it takes at least half a year or even forever ...- halfy
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What Do You Think About Morta Pipes?
I tried a Becker morta and a few others. They taste good but a bit too absorbent. So it works better with heavy Latakia blends.- halfy
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Do Pipes Really Get Better With Time?
It takes time to get the shits out of the briar. My experience is, the first couple of bowls may taste ok. But as soon as the resins or other residues in the briar are activated and start to separate out, the following bowls may be very harsh, sour or whatever shitty... Then it depends on how...- halfy
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Don't You Think Dunhill Tobacco Sold in EU and the US ARE DIFFERENT?
I agree with you guys too. It adds too much costs to run two recipes in modern industry. The bar code is just bar code, which means different place of product registration but not necessarily different product. However they do taste consistently different over the years ...- halfy
- Post #18
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Don't You Think Dunhill Tobacco Sold in EU and the US ARE DIFFERENT?
The EU and US versions do have different bar code. The EU version starts with 571 (UK starts with 500) and the US version with 761 ...- halfy
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion