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    P&C shipping frustration

    I have recieved around 7 packages from P&C over the last year, and there is always a tin or 5 that are dented. Usually the dent is just cosmetic, but sometimes it is bad enough to break the seal. I just started smoking a pipe a year ago, so I have had some catch up to do. Now that I am getting...
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    Need some guidance on a new pipe purchase

    Thanks all for the responses. It did help. Links to three of the four pipes below. https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/radice/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=197850 http://www.alpascia.com/pipes/d/Dunhill-817-i26426.html http://www.alpascia.com/pipes/d/Kai-Nielsen-087-i33094.html I had made my...
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    Need some guidance on a new pipe purchase

    Have been putting in some overtime lately at work, and looking to transform some of that effort into a new pipe. Have narrowed it down to either a Radice rind, Dunhill shell, Kai Nielsen or Caminetto. All have been made in the last couple of years, and the last three essentially have identical...
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    This is why I stay away from B&M Pipe stores!

    I was in Chicago this week, had a few hours to kill downtown and decided to stop in at Iwan Ries. This was my first time visiting the shop, and wasn't planning on getting anything other than a tin. My main point of going was just to check the place out, out of curiosity. I ended up buying a...
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    Who Builds Cake In Their Pipes?

    Not sure if this question would derail the discussion, but when one talks of cake, are we talking about pure carbon? Do some people leave the tiny particles of burnt tobacco that are stuck to the side of the bowl, such that the resulting cake appears texured? I have been scraping the sides of...
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    Any Value in Keeping the Pipe Level While Smoking?

    I overthink by nature, so take this for what it is worth, but I have noticed that I can get an ember to move to the other side of the chamber by tipping the pipe, assuming there isn't ash in the way.
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    Two Tins of Presbyterian Mixture, Which One is Older?

    Thanks, nice to have some confirmation.
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    Two Tins of Presbyterian Mixture, Which One is Older?

    I stopped in at the local B&M today to pick up a tin of Presbyterian Mixture, as I had seen it on the shelf there previously, and have just recently learned that this blend might just be up my ally. I get the impression this store does most of its business in cigars, and most of their pipe...
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    Pipe Smoking for anxiety

    If you are a perfectionist, pipe smoking can cause some anxiety when first figuring things out, especially if you are unfortunate and have read up on how you are supposed to smoke a pipe and what you are supposed to be getting out of it. It is best to learn to smoke a pipe without knowing what...
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    London Mixture, Comments?

    LM was the first blend that really struck a chord with me. Other than Peases' Westminster blend, any other suggestions on similar blends?
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    Best Methods For Tobacco Drying

    I just got two 250g packages of FVF in the mail from Smoking Pipes (they had just got a new shipment in) and the cut was much thinner than the previous tin I had. One package was fairly wet but not crazy, the other was practically saturated. It was sad to see how much tobacco I had lost by...
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    Beginning Signs of Burnout?

    Thanks guys. I scraped at it some more and there is hard virgin briar just underneath. I could see it being a chatter mark or chip from the drilling process I suppose. As for the cake thing, I would like to develop enough to be able to smoke the pipe out in the wind without worrying about...
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    Beginning Signs of Burnout?

    New Ser Jacopo that I have just started breaking in. I have smoked 5 bowls so far on this, two half bowls first, followed by three full bowls with PS Luxury Navy Flake. The first four bowls, the tobacco was fully rubbed out, the last was cube cut. First four bowls were smoked very slowly, in...
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    Light bulbs and cadence..

    I think packing too loose, too wet, and smoking too slow are the more common pitfalls among newbies who do their research going in. Drinking soda through a straw is a very ambiguous description, how big of a straw are we talking about here? I found that just slightly less than milkshake for...
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    Problem while lighting ?

    Are you using matches, butane or a zippo? I find that it is pretty hard to do the false and true lights with a zippo, as you really have to suck a lot of air through the pipe to get the flame to move. A match can be more difficult as well due to the lower temp. For this reason, I find a...
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    Even burn/light

    Still pretty new to this, but it has been my experience that it takes a lot of maintenance with a tamper, ideally one that is canted, to keep the whole top of the pack evenly lit. I have settled for getting the inner 2/3s of the pack lit during the true light and then let it go down the middle...
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    Tar Buildup in Chamber

    A follow up on how things are going and some further thoughts on the issue. I have had this problem in other pipes now as well, although not quite as severe as originally with this pipe. I think I was still smoking the tobacco too wet, and I wasn't letting my pipes dry out enough in-between...
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    Tar Buildup in Chamber

    With a little more testing, it seems that my problem probably most stems from smoking 965 in this pipe. Smoked a bowl of this a couple days ago, and while the cake had not been gummy beforehand, was after. Also, the smoke was pretty harsh compared to all the other blends I have smoked in the...
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    Tar Buildup in Chamber

    Thanks for the reply Sablebrush. I do use a paper towel to clean out the chamber as you describe above, although I usually do it after the pipe cools down. At that point, the tar is too sticky and thick to get off with a paper towel. At best, it just causes some of the tar to ball up, but...
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    Tar Buildup in Chamber

    First post. Have tried in vain to find some help on this through searches, but it seems rare that people get tar build up in their chambers (referred to as sludge cake, I believe), so I thought I would start a new thread on it. I have a relatively new Bjarne Viking bent apple that came with a...
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