Every Previous Owner Of Every Estate Pipe...

[BROBS]

... smoked Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic.

 

[mikefu]

Indeed. That or Mixture 79.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

My experience is that most of them were used for aromatics, and that goopy sweet smells works its way deep into the pores of the briar, ruining it for most other blends without some esteem exorcism.

 

[BROBS]

My experience is that most of them were used for aromatics, and that goopy sweet smells works its way deep into the pores of the briar, ruining it for most other blends without some esteem exorcism.

I honestly think that specifically SWRA has something that just never goes away in pipes.
Most other aro ghosts aren't as prominent IMO.

it does eventually go away from my experience... and I like SWRA so it's not all bad.
Sometimes I just get a little hint of it and am like.... "Walter?......"

 

[Chasing Embers]

I've gotten a few that were ghosted so badly with Latakia that they were close to an ammonia smell.

 

[sablebrush52]

Well, any renaissance ghost would be getting a bit aromatic by now.

 

[BROBS]

I've gotten a few that were ghosted so badly with Latakia that they were close to an ammonia smell.

yes Latakia ghost to me is the worst.. it makes all tobacco taste salty, smoky, and horrible.

 

[F4RM3R]

Or English blends if you get your estates from europe

 

[cossackjack]

My experience is that most of them were used for aromatics...

... Lane Limited 1Q

Seems like most of the estate pipes that I receive smell like this.

 

[BlueMaxx]

Is there any method of removing the foulness? Or is it just so permeated that it cannot be done?

 

[hauntedmyst]

I've gotten a few English ghosts lately but it hasn't been horrible.

 

[magicpiper]

I have a 60's Dunhill straight billiard that I hoped would make a great VA only pipe because of it's size. It is so heavily ghosted with Latakia that it's only good for English blends.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Is there any method of removing the foulness? Or is it just so permeated that it cannot be done?

For the welfare of all of humanity, it is required that if you get any pipes with a cherry or a lakeland ghost , that you immediately crush that pipe with the heal of your boot.
JK

 

[BlueMaxx]

Well now I know, thanks for stopping me from getting all excited at the prospect of making a bad estate purchase.
Learn something new everyday..

 

[BROBS]

Is there any method of removing the foulness? Or is it just so permeated that it cannot be done?

I get the internals of the pipe wet with water and fill up the chamber and shank with table salt.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I have a 60's Dunhill straight billiard that I hoped would make a great VA only pipe because of it's size. It is so heavily ghosted with Latakia that it's only good for English blends.

Well now I know, thanks for stopping me from getting all excited at the prospect of making a bad estate purchase.
Learn something new everyday..

Ghosts can be fairly easily removed and the pipe returned to a neutral flavor.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Is there any method of removing the foulness? Or is it just so permeated that it cannot be done?

Cotton balls and alcohol, wet coffee grounds, or just smoke them out.

 

[magicpiper]

Cotton balls and alcohol, wet coffee grounds, or just smoke them out.

...or you could try an exorcism. Cotton balls and alcohol might be easier. Your call.

 

[Chasing Embers]

...or you could try an exorcism. Cotton balls and alcohol might be easier. Your call.

I just chase spirits with spirits.

 

[magicpiper]

I just chase spirits with spirits.

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Yep...that will do it. If not, you won't really care anyway but you'll feel great!