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  1. jvnshr

    Vehicle Suspension/Installation Tip

    Great job. I have always imagined you as an old dude :)
  2. jvnshr

    New Family Members

    The bottom one is gorgeous. Enjoy them all.
  3. jvnshr

    Duke Street Irregulars Call Out (1977 Tanshell)

    Hopefully someone will chime in. Great pipe.
  4. jvnshr

    Something To Do With Empty Tins

    This looks cool. I just use one as an ashtray.
  5. jvnshr

    Amazing carvings, left unsmoked?

    also to plant some flowers nnnn
  6. jvnshr

    Timely Seasonal Surprise Gift from Nature

    Looks beautiful, cost saving for Halloween I guess? puffy
  7. jvnshr

    Anyone Heard From Jay?

    Glad to see that you are doing fine Jay. Yeah family problems, I agree with @romaso on this one.
  8. jvnshr

    Pipe Storage.

    +1
  9. jvnshr

    Five Brothers Date Code Interpretation?

    Five Brothers is manufactured by STG so first 2 digits correspond to the manufacturing year.
  10. jvnshr

    History of Pipes Magazine?

    And probably this one:
  11. jvnshr

    History of Pipes Magazine?

    You mean this one?
  12. jvnshr

    Wind Cap

    I second that.
  13. jvnshr

    RIP - Gary Rossington

    There is another thread for this subject that had been opened earlier (exactly 1 minute before this one 😀). Closing this one down.
  14. jvnshr

    Bright, Yellow, Lemon Virginias - Differences?

    Farm Products Grades and Sales Act Loi sur le classement et la vente des produits agricoles R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 374 FLUE-CURED TOBACCO Note: This Regulation was revoked on January 1, 2011. See: O. Reg. 387/10, ss. 1, 2. Last amendment: O. Reg. 387/10. This Regulation is made in English...
  15. jvnshr

    Bright, Yellow, Lemon Virginias - Differences?

    "Flavorless" Virginia won't become "Flavor" Virginia, at least via curing process. That yellow "flavorless" Virginias are coming from lower stalks of the plant, "Flavor" Virginias on the other hand are ripe leaves from upper stalks with more sugar and nicotine content.
  16. jvnshr

    Bright, Yellow, Lemon Virginias - Differences?

    It is a broad topic but I will try to explain as much as I can. Flue-curing is a method in which you apply heat indirectly to the tobacco leaf and dry it, while preserving the sugars inside the leaf. Tobaccos cured by this method are called flue-cured variety, although technically speaking it is...
  17. jvnshr

    Bright, Yellow, Lemon Virginias - Differences?

    Basically it is flue-cured tobacco or bright-leaf tobacco or as we call it Virginia. The longer you cure it, the darker gets the color of the leaf. From farmer's point of view, it is just flue-cured tobacco, from marketing point of view it may be bright, yellow, lemon, gold, etc.
  18. jvnshr

    Help! My Smokingpipes Page Is In Chinese

    I am glad that the problem was solved. Locking this one.
  19. jvnshr

    Cigar pipes

    I do. Sometimes I put the nub into my cigar dedicated MM Mark Twain And sometimes I would just smoke the cigar that I had rolled I would say that it is absolutely different experience. I am also a huge fan of Toscano cigars. I have tried Classico, Antico and Extra Vecchio so far. They are...