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  1. salewis

    Oxidation

    I have the same issue with a few of my older pipes. I just use Dunhill's Stem Cleaner which is an abrasive paste and then top off with some virgin olive oil. I get the members who kill their vulcanite stems and replace with Lucite, however, I still prefer vulcanite. Finally, I don't think that...
  2. salewis

    6 Down 1 To Go, Latest Rad Davis Pipe

    I have three Rad's and have picked up all of them on his on-line store. If you catch it right you can get different shapes and weights. I think, for the price of his sandblasts, that very few carvers can match the quality of briar, engineering, stem material and something never mentioned, the...
  3. salewis

    FM Cellar...What's Next

    Try Dunhill's My London Mixture. This Dunhill blend has some latakia but also has Turkish which gives it a sweet and pungent aroma and it is easy to smoke, never boring and always interesting.
  4. salewis

    Kudos to SmokingPipes !

    Smokingpipes.com is great and their new and estate pipes are usually more reasonably priced than other online retailers. There tinned tobacco selection is second to none. When I want to order a tinned tobacco that online retailers do not have I go to Iwan Ries since they have a policy that by...
  5. salewis

    Vitamin N

    I to am sensitive to nicotine. I am not sure it is related to age since I have been a nicotine wimp for some time. Some of the online retailers rate the strength of tobacco tins like 4 Noggins which is greatly appreciate by me and I am sure others.
  6. salewis

    I was Smoking at the Park When...

    I grew up in Venice, California along the canals. A few homeowners had "watch" geese in their small backyards. On more than one occasion I have been attached by these geese just walking down the sidewalk that was only a foot or so from the sidewalk. Geese can be ruthless!
  7. salewis

    Orlik Golden Sliced

    I like Orlik Golden Slices, however, it doesn't like me since being a nicotine wimp this tobacco affected me. I like Gwawith's FVF and Erinmore Flake better.
  8. salewis

    Mark Tinsky 2013 Christmas Pipe

    I never owned a Mark Tinsky pipe. However, I have always read that they are a great value for price. Really beautiful pipe. I am partial to half bents.
  9. salewis

    Hamborger Veermaster

    I to like the stuff. It is a very high quality Virginia. I am surprised though that it has a higher nicotine level than I thought since it is marketed as a light Virginia blend so I have to take this tobacco slow.
  10. salewis

    Blends Similar To Early Morning Pipe

    Try Balkan Sasieni. It is a similar cut, taste and room note.
  11. salewis

    A Life Changing Decision of Sorts

    Up to a year ago I smoked on latakia blends in all of my pipes. A year ago I began smoking mostly straight Virginia blends, why I waited 25 years I do not know. Converting a exclusively latakia pipe to a Virginia pipe only takes about five or six bowls. It is a good practice to thoroughly clean...
  12. salewis

    So I Have Jarred Up My Tobacco, Now What???

    Do not worry about using the tobacco that you dedicated to jars it will not grow stale unless you leave the jars open too long. Leave tobacco in tins if you are not going to smoke them. One you decide to smoke this tinned tobacco commit to jars. Most pipe smokers open a tin, decide they do not...
  13. salewis

    Royal Yacht Thoughts?

    If you can take the vitamin-N of this blend it's OK. Since I am a nicotine wimp I only smoked it one time and cellared the rest thinking that it may diminish the nicotine over time.
  14. salewis

    Dan Tobacco?

    I have bought tins of Hamborger Vermeister, which is from Dan Tobacco, through an American online company. Dan Tobacco is very reputable and offers tobaccos for all tastes.
  15. salewis

    Cleaning Peterson System Pipes?

    I use a regular pipe cleaner bent in two to clean up the residue of my Peterson system pipes. I have also used both the curled tissue paper and Q-tip. All three methods for cleaning your Peterson system pipe work well.
  16. salewis

    Anything Similar to Dunhill 965 in Tins?

    A blend that you may want to try is McClelland's Blue Mountain. This tobacco was the winner of the 2011 People's Choice award and a 21 year old Mixture 759 was the inspiration for the tobacco. Its a real sleeper and is usually under the radar, why I don't know. Great tobacco.
  17. salewis

    G.L. Pease May I Have Some More?

    If you like latakia GLP blends try Lagonda which is a toasted latakia blend and like no other of the GLP bends. Also, GLP Meridian is another very good blend and very popular.
  18. salewis

    Finally A Non Aromatic Blend My Girlfriend Likes The Room Note Of

    Wait until you marry your girlfriends then they will want you to quit smoking a pipe or anything else.
  19. salewis

    Smoked It to the Bottom

    For me it all depends on the type tobacco that I am using whether or not I finish all the tobacco in the bowl. When I am smoking Virginia tobacco I very seldom finish all the way to bottom of the bowl since there is too much moisture created from my FVF or Dunhill Virginia Flake. Whereas, if I...
  20. salewis

    Peterson's Molly Malone or Mark Twain Set? Decisions, Decisions.

    I have many Petersons of many models. Peterson's all smoke well despite the model. I believe that what you are getting with the Sherlock Holmes model is a better looking pipe with no fills and a tradition since they are copies of the Petersons of old.
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