Hello from Düsseldorf Germany

[ernst]

Welcome from North Carolina. How is life in the home of Alt Bier?

It is tough at the moment, as restaurants and bars are closed. Home drinking is the way out.

 

[anotherbob]

Servus @ernst !

My wife lived outside Düsseldorf for a few years when she was younger.

Welcome to the forum!

technically everyone who doesn't live in Dusseldorf lives outside of Dusseldorf. Yes I know what you mean though.

 

[ernst]

Welcome from Florida. I am a flake and plug junkie, it is all I smoke. Here is a list of some of my favorites.

Fribourg and Treyer Cut Virginia Plug, Special Brown Flake, Vintage Flake
Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake, Brown Virginia Flake, Gold Virginia Flake, Gold Slice and Gold Brick.
Solani 660 Silver Flake, 633 is a Virginia/Perique
Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky
Capstan Blue Flake
Escudo
Peterson Navy Rolls, used to be Dunhill
Peterson Flake used to be Dunhill Flake
John Aylesbury Luxury Flake, now being called Classic Flake
Mac Baren Old Dark Fired
Esoterica Stonehaven
Peter Heinrich Curly Block
Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs

excellent taste cigrmaster- Peterson Flake is one of my favorites as well and the PH curly block is a secret to most German pipe smokers. I love the shop of Peter Heinrichs in Niederaussem which is not far from here. It is a pipe smoker's heaven.

 

[ernst]

I'm still exploring so all of it!

some examples: Presbyterian Mixturebei danpipe.de kaufen - https://www.danpipe.de/de/Pfeifentabak/9006-23_Presbyterian-Mixture-100g-D

Hamburger Pfeifentabak Hamborger Veermaster Flake 250g Sparpack

Hamburger Pfeifentabak Hamborger Veermaster Flake ist ein echter, klassisch englischer Virginia-Flake, wie ihn die Sailors auf den Windjammern liebten: Geschmack von echtem Tabak, nicht gar zu flau und dennoch "seut un' sacht" (süß und sanft). Der langsame und kühle Abbrand schafft allerbeste...

www.danpipe.de

The Jolly Joker 250g Sparpack

The Jolly Joker - eine lebhafte Black & Gold Mixture von samtweichem Black Cavendish, rotbraunem bis goldgelbem Virginia und etwas Burley, verfeinert mit delikaten Aromen von Marzipan und Nüssen mit einem Hauch Vanille. Cremig süß getönt im Rauch, mit feiner Mandel-Note in Duft und Geschmack -...

www.danpipe.de

the last one is an aromatic

 

[Toast]

Hello from the UK!

 

[LEP7cv]

Dear pipe fellows,

I am Ernst. 64 years old and smoke pipes with some interruptions since 45 years. I have a collection of ca.100 mainly European pipes and love Virginia Flakes. Here and there also a nice Latakia or an aromatic.
In Germany we have around 750 different pipe tobaccos. Some of them made by small manufacturers like HU tobacco
or Dan Pipe.
The gras is always greener on the other side and therefore I started to order and cellar US pipe tobacco recently from C&D and Seattle Pipe Club. I am still looking back to the good old days before COVID, when I could buy Penzance in the shop of Iwan Riess in Chicago on business trips.
I am looking forward to some interesting exchange here.

All the best
Ernst

Hello from Portugal!
you're already a legend!

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[mikethompson]

technically everyone who doesn't live in Dusseldorf lives outside of Dusseldorf. Yes I know what you mean though.

Technically if you are spelling Düsseldorf without the 'ü', it would be Duesseldorf. Yes I know what you mean though.

 

[BROBS]

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Upping your greeting game I see

 

[marconi]

Zigarren online kaufen - Original-Qualität | Cigarworld.de - https://www.cigarworld.de/ is shipping HU tobacco as well. On the website they, say that due to legal reasons they are not shipping to Austria. I guess shipping to the UK should be fine. Let me know if they do not- than we find a way ?

Thanks Ernst I have sent them an email to confirm whether they do.

 

[anotherbob]

Upping your greeting game I see

it is kind of hard to believe that cosmic could exist in the same township as the person in that photo, you know without causing a catastrophic rift in time and space.

 

[Bengel]

Hallo! Ernst, me in Frau Komi aus Deutschland

 

[Suilven]

Dear pipe fellows,

I am Ernst. 64 years old and smoke pipes with some interruptions since 45 years. I have a collection of ca.100 mainly European pipes and love Virginia Flakes. Here and there also a nice Latakia or an aromatic.
In Germany we have around 750 different pipe tobaccos. Some of them made by small manufacturers like HU tobacco
or Dan Pipe.
The gras is always greener on the other side and therefore I started to order and cellar US pipe tobacco recently from C&D and Seattle Pipe Club. I am still looking back to the good old days before COVID, when I could buy Penzance in the shop of Iwan Riess in Chicago on business trips.
I am looking forward to some interesting exchange here.

All the best
Ernst

Welcome Ernst from Vancouver Island, BC. I'm a fairly new pipe smoker and am not familiar with Virginia flakes but if you ever decide to try a Burley flake, I can recommend Solani Aged Burley Flake. Enjoy the forums. Cheers.

 

[Rockyrepose]

Welcome Ernst, enjoy your stay.

 

[cshubhra]

Welcome ?

 

[Kottan]

Welcome Ernst
Und viele Grûße aus Hessen.

 

[Kottan]

I love the shop of Peter Heinrichs in Niederaussem which is not far from here. It is a pipe smoker's heaven.

More than that, it's a pilgrimage destination for pipe lovers?

 

[lochinvar]

Welcome from the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. Your city is near and dear to my heart as home to two of my favorite beers, Uerige and Fuchschen.

 

[danimalia]

Welcome from the San Francisco, USA area! That is cool that you used to visit Chicago. Despite being nearly 40 years old and living in America my entire life, I still have not been to Chicago. I hope to go soon once travel is more open and available. I'd love to go to Germany as well. I have visited a few other places in Europe but not Germany.

The gras is always greener on the other side

I try to be aware of how good we have it here In the US compared to other places with much more restrictive laws and higher duties and taxes. But I do wish we had easier access to those HU tobaccos, and some of the other selections that are available in Europe, but not in the US. Oh well! I guess there is no one perfect place for the pipe and cigar lovers to live.

 

[musicman]

Welcome from sunny Tucson, AZ in the USA! My younger brother spent a year in his teens going to Gymnasium in Wesel, just north of you. I visited him for a week during that year, and I love that area!