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    What makes a good pipe tobacco?

    How much of what makes a tobacco good is in the aging, curing process and how much is down to the quality of the tobacco leaf. If Borkum Riff whiskey (worst rated tobacco on tobaccoreviews.com) used the same source of tobacco as Samuel Gawith use for FVF (best rated on tobaccoreviews) would that...
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    Best low-end briar?

    Which of your low-end briars (new or estate) smokes the best? For me it's a Jacobean billiard I picked up on ebay for ~$20 and smokes equal to if not better than many of my high-end pipes.
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    Sell or keep?

    A question for those who sell/own/collect higher end pipes. If you where to know in advance that the resale value of your pipes would be worthless in a years time, would you: sell them all now or keep hold of them untill they are worthless (in terms of $ value)?
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    Maximum price

    What is the most you would pay for a 50g tin of current production pipe tobacco?
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    Health impact of tobacco fertilizer

    Does pipe tobacco grown using toxic fertilizers produce an extra health hazard when smoked?
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    Bitter briar

    I have an old un-smoked pipe that is 50 years old and when I attempted to break it in I find that it imparts a bitter taste to the smoke. Is this due to the age of the briar and is there anything I can do to remove it?
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    Time not smoking a pipe

    Since you have been an everyday pipe smoker what is the longest duration you have gone without having a pipe and what was the reason for the break?
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    Listing sold pipes

    Why do some estate pipe websites keep sold pipes listed with a sold text/logo next to the pipe for weeks or even months after it has sold instead of just removing the pipe from the page?
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    Pipe and tobacco prices past to present day

    From the 1962 owl shop catalog: 2oz Balkan Sobranie mixture $0.85 1 Stanwell sandblast $12.50 tobacco price relative to pipe *14 From cupojoes.com 25/09/2011 2oz Balkan Sasieni Pipe Tobacco $10 1 Stanwell sandblast $100 tobacco price relative to pipe *10
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    Measuring nicotine content in tobacco

    Pipe tobacco strength is usually rated as either mild, medium, strong. Would it be possible for a device to measure the amount of nicotine in tobacco the same way as a hydrometer measures the alcoholic strength of liquids and display it on the tobacco tin.
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    Forum feature suggestion

    With the exception of new tobacco/tobacconist/pipe/accessories reviews/news, I think every pipe smoking topic question has already been answered somewhere on the internet in the archives of: ASP, forum.pipes.org, pipesmagazine.com. So would it be possible to have a system like ebay when starting...
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    Pipe Filters

    Do you use them? What are their advantages and disadvantages over non-filter pipes?