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    Advice on Estate Pipes

    Folks, Lots of great replies about sourcing and cleaning my pipes. Thanks very much. On a personal note, I have just received a box of pipes left to me by my very close friend in his will. He died of pancreatic cancer a few months go. I have smoked a couple as received and those will be my...
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    Advice on Estate Pipes

    Folks, I've bought a few estate pipes recently, with mixed results. Some smoke very sweet and others are sour; cleaning doesn't help. The best smokers have been Peterson, Dr Plumb and Lindstrom. Is there some science behind the smoking characteristics of old pipes? A.
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    Removing Years of Grease from a Pipe

    Folks, A slight side issue. I have been doing similar cleaning (to the OP) on old pipes and find an odd thing with the stems. A little soapy water and a toothbrush and the stems have changed colour! They have gone from near black to a light khaki. On another pipe just smoking it has changed...
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    Anyone Else Prefer Wooden Matches Over A Lighter.

    Good point. I haven't been able to find spills or tapers here in the UK since being born again with the pipes. Making do with cigar matches for now. D.
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    New Zealand Bans Importing Some Tobacco Products

    Folks, I'm so dribbly. It even starts before I have the pipe lit! Its the anticipation. :) D.
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    Cheap Tobacco, Cheap(ish) Beer

    Dave, Great post. Telling it like it is. :) D.
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    ***What Are You Smoking, May 2020?***

    Folks, As a recent born again piper I've tried just a few tobaccos. Started with Clan (old favourite) then Condor, then a special loose bought Black Cherry and finally Petersons Old Dublin. Well, the Petersons is favourite by a long way and my daily smoke. Don't know much about other baccies...
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    Occasional Inhalation

    Folks, That's a good point about smoke going into the throat and 'upper bronchi' with pipe smoking but not deeper. That's what I meant about occasional inhalation. It rarely happens with me, I like it and don't worry about it too much. Of course cigarette smokers will inhale deliberately, but...
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    Occasional Inhalation

    Folks, I guess we've all done it. Most pipe smokers will tell us that they don't inhale. As a rule I don't inhale, but sometimes it happens accidentally and it is so good! So that's the question and the problem. How often does it happen and how much harm does it do? I used to work with a...
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    A Law Is Passed Making Pipe Tobacco Illegal- How Does Your Life Change?

    Folks, There is a dark side to this thread, as the anti tobacco people are busy and never seem to sleep! OTOH smoking style street drugs are in evidence all over the UK and the familiar cannabis aroma is often wafting in the busier streets and byways. Our local city has just one tobacconist...
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    Tobacciana Without Health Warnings

    olkofri, Brilliant! Where is the like button? Found it. D.
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    Clan

    Folks, As a recent born again pipe smoker I went for Clan and it is nostalgically lovely. Local supermarket only stocks: Clan, Gold Block, St Bruno and Condor. I'm guessing these are the last men standing after the attrition against smoking in all its forms in the UK. That must mean something...
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    Tobacciana Without Health Warnings

    hi gervais, Haha! If that's black Gorilla tape I used to do the same thing. Fortunately Peterson's range of tins have stuck on paper labels and its easy enough to slice a line with a craft knife and peel off the bottom half. 'Country' cigarillos have just the health warnings stuck on over a...
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    Tobacciana Without Health Warnings

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    Tobacciana Without Health Warnings

    :) litup, That's a beautiful piece of artwork. Folks, Agreed about contents over packaging. I got the package habit from collecting vintage toys, but would never buy baccy just for the tin. I'm the same with booze, having the boxes for all my whisky/bourbon bottles (if they came with them)...
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    Tobacciana Without Health Warnings

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) Folks, I hope this isn't too controvertial, but I like to collect tobacciana without health warnings, or at least without the gruesome medical images on products here in the UK. There are plenty of vintage tobacco tins around but there are also...
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    New from UK

    Hi, Its a Taylor and Breeden bulldog shape with hallmarked silver band and probably 1940s or before. Still had old tobacco in it from when I quit 20 years ago. Recently added to that a used Lindstrom 718? which feels nice in the mouth. I do prefer small bowl straight pipes, not too heavy, so...
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    What Kind Of Whisky To Ease This Pain

    Folks, I like Jack Daniel's so much that I just decanted a fresh bottle of Elijah Craig into a JD bottle just to fit in with the drinks cabinet. I have the whole range of JD in stock, excepting the rare Sinatra bottling. I just love that bananas and glue note. As a recent born again pipe...
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    New from UK

    Hi, I'm a new member from the UK. Hadn't smoked anything for 20 yrs (I'm 72 in June). Just thought, 'What the heck', dug out an old briar and bought some supermarket Clan tobacco. Then a few pipes and tobacco online, lighters and other smoker's requisites. With all the health concerns around...
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