Hallo Singapore

[warren99]

Welcome from California.

 

[mingc]

Welcome! There are a few Singaporeans and Malaysian here. I'm now in the US Pacific NW but grew up in JB and went to school and lived in SG for a while. I miss the food so much!

 

[mso489]

Welcome aboard from central North Carolina U.S. I've been to Hong Kong and Taiwan but not Singapore, and that was years ago.

 

[Jacob74]

 

[bbqpiper]

Greetings from Arizona

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[Btan1975]

Hi Ben,
Welcome to the Forums from Sydney, Oz.
How is the pipe and pipe tobacco availability in S'pore ?
Cigars are easily available, but I didn't come across a pipe shop when I was last in S'pore.

Pipes are available here but I buy overseas. Tobaccos are accessible but not very diverse and the prices are exorbitant. Importing them Is almost impossible due to the draconian requirement and taxes imposed.

 

[OzPiper]

Pipes are available here but I buy overseas. Tobaccos are accessible but not very diverse and the prices are exorbitant. Importing them Is almost impossible due to the draconian requirement and taxes imposed.

A very similar situation to Australia.
And likely to get a lot worse

 

[hyperstar]

Welcome from Taiwan.
The breathing technique requires practice, so don't get frustrated.

 

[UncleRasta]

Welcome from Monterey California.

 

[Streeper541]

Howdy and welcome aboard from Ohio, USA. I very much enjoyed my time in Singapore. It's a beautiful place.

 

[dunnyboy]

Welcome from NYC.

 

[Grumpy11]

Welcome from Florida.

 

[tklee]

Hi. Welcome from your neighbor, Malaysia! ?

 

[tklee]

Pipes are available here but I buy overseas. Tobaccos are accessible but not very diverse and the prices are exorbitant. Importing them Is almost impossible due to the draconian requirement and taxes imposed.

And not everywhere can smoke also. @OzPiper

 

[tklee]

A very similar situation to Australia.
And likely to get a lot worse

@Btan1975 next time, both of you come to Malaysia, and stock your tobacco, I don't mind being your "cellar" to hold tobacco, when you all need, tell me in advance, then I post to you all bit by bit. I think that's even cheaper ?

 

[Btan1975]

Hi. Welcome from your neighbor, Malaysia! ?

How is the pipe scene in Malaysia?

 

[tklee]

How is the pipe scene in Malaysia?

There are quite a number of groups of people smoking pipes in Malaysia. Chinese have their own community, Malay have their own community. Almost every state have their own pipe club, and I think they meet quite regularly. But I never met them. Malaysia even have pipe maker. I only met with one before, whom I passed my corn cob pipe and stem for him to modify. Learnt quite a number of thing from him. I think I "get around" cyberly with pipers here more than pipers in Malaysia in real life ?

Pipes' price here are standard, what you see from web sites, after converted, it's the price here. But some shops here sell even more expensive than online, and they have limited design. Tobacco is cheap. 100 grams is around RM 100, some are cheaper, depend on brand. But expensive tobacco like Davidoff, is around RM 400 to RM 500 per 50 grams. Other brand like Cornell & Diehl, GLP, Rattray's are quite standard at RM 50 to RM 60 per 50 grams.

How's it in Singapore? I don't remember I saw any pipe shop there, maybe gotta know which area to go, and which shop to go, then only can find. But the time I went there, I haven't started smoking pipe yet, maybe didn't pay attention.

 

[mingc]

But expensive tobacco like Davidoff, is around RM 400 to RM 500 per 50 grams. Other brand like Cornell & Diehl, GLP, Rattray's are quite standard at RM 50 to RM 60 per 50 grams.

Wow, Davidoff is the same price as C&D, GLP, Rattray's in the US. What other tobacco brands have elevated prices like that in Malaysia?

 

[MtnGeo]

HI and welcome Ben from Northern Colorado.