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    Coloring Progress Over Time/No of Bowls in one Meerschaum Pipe

    That pipe is beautiful, sir.
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    Meerschaum Dilutes Flavor?

    Thanks for the help, guys. Good to hear some experienced opinions. My working theory here is that the chamber walls continue to absorb flavor-holding oils until the oils have created a seal of sorts in the chamber. From then on, new oils are stopped by the established seal and get carried down...
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    Meerschaum Dilutes Flavor?

    Got a question for you guys about meerschaum's effect on the taste of tobacco. It's often said that a meer allows for a much cleaner or "pure" tasting smoke than briar. But do any of you find that it makes the baccy taste diluted, or weaker than a briar pipe does? I'm breaking in my first...
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    Shipping Tobacco

    You can mail chickens?! Hell, I'm in the wrong business...
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    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    If that's the case I'd be very surprised, but you never know... Le Petit Robin tastes to me exactly like La Volute except with the already existing range of flavors accentuated on the cooler end, and Manil claims La Volute is pure Semois. That being said, I pick up a breadiness in Robin that...
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    My Journey into Burley Blends

    Also worthy of mention is Cobblestone's Hiking. I'm on a burley run as well. It can be difficult to find a straight burley; most touted "burley blends" are a mixture of different tobaccos combined to accentuate the burley taste, or a straight burley with some kind of topping or casing as a...
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    New Pipe Smoker: Tobacco Choices

    This would be my suggestion, too. Instead of looking for a substitute for cigarettes, look for a tobacco blend that you enjoy so much that you don't want or think about cigarettes. 30 year cig smoker here, and these blends do that for me: Capstan Blue Briar Fox Tabac Manil La Volute Balkan...
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    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    Tabac Manil is incredible stuff! Discovered it this summer. If smoked very slowly, Le Petit Robin has a natural sweetness that reminds me of the sweetness found in a good Virginia, except with a clean burley taste. That stuff is just heavenly, immediately went into my rotation.
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    Concerning some who Denigrate Pipe Smoking

    (Edited for capitalization. See rule #9)
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    Concerning some who Denigrate Pipe Smoking

    Ah, yes...the fake coughers. I got them regularly in my old neighborhood, right up until the first Covid outbreak. Somehow they vanished overnight.
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    Andrew Hopkins from Stag Tobacconist on Radio Show of October 8, 2024

    I was in Stag earlier this year and didn't get to meet Andrew but did meet his father, Rick. It's a fantastic shop, they had the best selection of both pipes and tobacco that I've seen in a B&M yet. Rick was an awesome guy, very helpful and a great conversationalist. Too bad Andrew wasn't...
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    Draw Frequency and Should I Puff Like Cigars?

    It may help to treat the pipe the way you treat a thermometer. You stick it in your mouth and just hold it there, breathing naturally through your nose and swallowing spit from time to time. The smoke will waft into your mouth on its own. When it does, just take the pipe out of your mouth and...
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    Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!

    That's a gorgeous pipe!
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    To Drink or not to Drink?

    Someone said once that alcohol robs your ability to taste the tobacco fully. At the time I thought "Bah humbug!" but after a while I've found it to be true for me. I drink strong coffee or ice cold water with my bowls, and the water is the most pleasant.
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    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    This hits the nail on the head. The whole point of pipe smoking is to be mindful of yourself and your surroundings in the present moment. Take a break from all the stressful nonsense of the day. When you approach each bowl like a relaxing experiment, just playing around with the effects you...
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    Help Needed, Please:. What are those White Spots?

    Do you have any recommendations on a supplier for the wax? One brand over another? And how do you choose to apply it to the cloth?
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    JimInks, I've Gotta Ask.

    Thank you for the thoughtful reply!
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    What Blends to Bring Home from USA?

    It's also worth noting that tins of pipe tobacco in brick and mortar stores will cost two or three times as much as what they cost online. I don't know how that compares to Europe.
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    JimInks, I've Gotta Ask.

    Since this does indeed seem to be the unofficial JimInks "Ask Anything" thread, I have a couple questions for Jim: 1. How much of a blend do you smoke before giving it a review? I typically find that I don't have a satisfactory familiarity with a blend until I've smoked at least one tin of it...
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    What Blends to Bring Home from USA?

    I may be stating the obvious here, but make sure you have your tobacco source determined before you arrive. Just because you're in the States and can legally purchase something doesn't mean it will be available on the shelf. Most brick and mortar stores I've been to have a very limited...
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