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  1. ItsKarl

    When to Use Humidifiers?

    Simple question, really. Should humidifiers be used pro-actively, to prevent tobacco in jars from becoming dry? Or should they be used as needed, to restore humidity to tobacco?
  2. ItsKarl

    Could I have Found my Dream Pipe?

    My newest acquisitions just arrived today, a Stanwell bulldog and a Savinelli billiard, full bent. I have just tried the Savinelli, and damn - such a delight to smoke. I packed it 3/4 with Capstan Gold flake, and smoked pretty fast - about a puff a second, but the bowl never got hot on me. Every...
  3. ItsKarl

    Perfect Trinidado

    The madrigal "Come, sirrah Jack, ho!" is probably well known to many here. There are a couple of lines, though, that intrigues me: I swear that this Tobacco it's perfect Trinidado And again, in the last verse: Then those that do condemn it, or such as not commend it, never were so wise to...
  4. ItsKarl

    USPS Questions

    So I ordered some tins of tobacco from tobaccopipes.com back in April. I got very regular updates until May 10th, when the tracking said it was in "Oslo metropolitan area", having been brought to Norway from the US via Keflavik Itl., Iceland. Great, so it's in the country, then. From other...
  5. ItsKarl

    Plastic Tube in Stem- Vauen Churchwarden

    I just noticed that Vauen has a plastic tube lining the stems of their Shire churchwardens, for ease of cleaning. From their own site: "The stem is out of beech wood with integrated plastic tube for a hygienic cleaning." Is this usual? I got a little concerned when I read the review on this...
  6. ItsKarl

    My Pipe Smoking Journey

    So far it seems more like a pipe dream. Just lit up my second bowl with Capstan Original Navy. That is, my second bowl ever. I recounted my very first experience in my introduction thread, here, where I used an obscene amount of matches to smoke a bowl that was, I guess, 3/4 full. Following...