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Russian PAD
Russian PAD stroke me again, new acquisition, Vladimir Grechukhin's signature shape. -
Dunhill Flake First Impressions
moto, might it be due to different pipes?- halfy
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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First Estate Restoration.. Need help!
Just retort, try to search for the retort method. use paper towel and pipe cleaners in between to remove everything removable. the cake would become soft and wiped off. then you get to the clean bare wood ghost free.- halfy
- Post #7
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking*** (April 2014)
Dunhill Flake in a Dunhill chestnut bent apple.- halfy
- Post #253
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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1951 Dunhill Catalog --- (very very very image heavy)
the same story here. after I got some dunnies I gave away all my stanwells and petersons to my friends with curiosities on pipe smoking. -
My First Straight Virginia
Dunhill Flake is simply the best explanation of the concept "Virginia". Besides, I'd love to mention Elizabethan Mixture, Three Nuns and Dorchester. Capstan is great but takes too much jarring or cellaring.- halfy
- Post #16
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Top Dottle?
too much tar ... not good for your health and you lose the freshness of the first puff- halfy
- Post #2
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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World's Best Va/Per
+1 Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture Very light perique blended. Once you find it charming you would understand its beauty is on a higher level.- halfy
- Post #44
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Castello Sea Rock GG, Price Worth It?
Looks not appealing to me at all. Castello offer good smokers, but far bigger and far less elegant than Dunhill. They look like casual free hands. I mean too few of them would continuously have your appreciation. And GG is quite a monster pipe. Nice to see you hold the click.- halfy
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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1951 Dunhill Catalog --- (very very very image heavy)
This is my 1959 33F/T, love the elegant shank/stem ratio :) -
One thing I've learned about tobacco blends!
100% agree. Time is the crucial thing. I don't think one may understand a tobacco for smoking it for less than a few months and sometimes even longer. You have to try it in different pipes, status, humidity, occasion, moods ...- halfy
- Post #5
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What are You Smoking? ***March 2014***
Dunhill Flake, in a Dunhill Chestnut 4113 bent apple.- halfy
- Post #1,553
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Metal Fans?
Metalhead here! I've been a metal fan since my teenage hood. I was into thrash metal as the very beginning then soon switched to death and black metal. As getting older I am now more into folk things. I am not quite a melodic guy. I favor the the progressive and symphonic riff structures. My...- halfy
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Samuel Gawith's Full Virginia Flake
I was NEVER able to rub out FVF without getting mad. Neither was I able to keep it lit until I completely dried the whole tin in anger (opened and put it in a very dry room for a week or two). This thing always burns like a watermelon. Even I rubbed it to fine single layers on 1-2mm scale (takes...- halfy
- Post #51
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Open or tight draw?
Swilly, The only Castello I own has a 4.6mm draw. The first few bowls were so great that I thought I would have that as std draw as well. However, I changed my mind after 20 some bowls of the Castello and quite some opening tests on a few brands/carvers.The castello is still a good smoker in...- halfy
- Post #34
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Good sweet Virginian?
dunhill flake jar for a few months and you'll see how wonderful it becomes.- halfy
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Russian PAD
indeed, the Russian carvers have expanded the aesthetics of pipe making. my Boris Starkov -
List Your Other Hobbies / Interests
play football (the one played with feet, quit because of my MCL problems) heavy metal (old school thrash metal, death metal and black metal, start to love them as teenager and now I dance with stupid grammy pop songs) turtle pets (I gave all my turtles to a friend long ago coz I had to stay...- halfy
- Post #563
- Forum: General Discussion
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Should I return this newly purchased pipe?
So was my dunhill bent apple, even a limited edition. PC might go through only twisted hard. I had no intention to buy it but my lucky number pushed me... I worked on one side of the draft hole on the shank with a file, and the opposite side of the opening in the tenon. Just a few tenth of a... -
A Jess (?) Pipe
If anyone sells any pipe under the brand Silver Castle, Golden Age, Neptune, Huge Stone ... you may tell it is very possible that he will sell fake stuff. The brands mentioned above all come out of one factory based in Shanghai. I happened to know someone worked there. They advocate Silver...