@FurCoat I'll have to get some to smoke in my clays, especially at English Civil War re-enactments where I'd be smoking it in my Old Dominion Jamestown clay.
Historic tobacco blends?
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@Briar Lee I was smoking GH brown twist at the Battle of Nantwich re-enactment with the Sealed Knot. I think it suited my Jamestown clay I was smoking very well. Do you think the Clay King can handle the strength and taste of his twist?The oldest continuously produced commercial smoking tobaccos are likely the twist type products like Happy Bogie.
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"I am the Clay King. I can do any thing." - Jim Morrison of the Doors (or was it Lizard King) ....
@The Amish Tyrant Should I try DOWNING a clay pipe of twist???
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@canucklehead I was only having a joke with @The Amish Tyrant
I don't smoke my pipe too fast now although some people like to see me make big clouds of smoke with the old clay...
No worries, I posted that link in jest.@canucklehead I was only having a joke with @The Amish Tyrant
I don't smoke my pipe too fast now although some people like to see me make big clouds of smoke with the old clay...
G R A N G E R - SINCE THE 1870’s
Granger was originally produced by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. A Mr. J.N. Wellman was credited with making a pipe tobacco that was "very popular" utilizing what was referred to as the "Wellman Method". This was around 1870.
Granger was originally produced by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. A Mr. J.N. Wellman was credited with making a pipe tobacco that was "very popular" utilizing what was referred to as the "Wellman Method". This was around 1870.
Another member and I rapped one time about how the Wellman Process was probably leaving the tobacco barn door open a sixteenth of an inch during curing. It's not mentioned on the most recent tub I bought, a 12 oz'er. My dad smoked only that for fifty years out of the foil pouches.
@canucklehead @The Amish Tyrant I'd like to see how long I can make a clay pipe of baccy last. The best time I've ever managed is about 45 minutes with a clay pipe of Condor Ready Rubbed (green packet).No worries, I posted that link in jest.
I’ve never asked, but do you clench your clays? I’d gladly take up your challenge of a slow smoking clay contest, we would however need to find a way to adjudicate from across the world.
@Ahi Ka I never clench my clays; I don't want to get pipe notches
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Notches smotches. If one hand is holding a clay how can you go fishing. Ok, we need to set this up. Red coats vs island bros
@Ahi Ka What's your best time for smoking a clay pipe and which baccy did you use?
Any pipeweed recommendations? We need to have similar pipes and tobacco
Now that’s intriguing. An advertisement I’d not yet seen. So a Mr Wellman creates a local sensation and his method is purchased, likely “appropriated” by big tobacco. And we’ll never know if this is a genuine truth or mere advertising. Well man, whatever the answer, it’s one fabulous blend.
The Information is obscure. Lost to history I’m afraid. But this may be the small tobacco company acquired by Liggitt and Myers. — If there’s a nugget of truth in their advertising…
“ Wellman and Dwire Tobacco Company, Quincy, Illinois. One of many tobacco companies in business in Quincy when Martha Tolton arrived there. She and her two sons obtained jobs in a tobacco factory. Link to audio description: http://www.alsaudioillinois.net/illinoisalive/tolton-page4.htm
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Maybe the amateur researchers among us can dig into the JN Wellman Process.
“ Wellman and Dwire Tobacco Company, Quincy, Illinois. One of many tobacco companies in business in Quincy when Martha Tolton arrived there. She and her two sons obtained jobs in a tobacco factory. Link to audio description: http://www.alsaudioillinois.net/illinoisalive/tolton-page4.htm
United States--Illinois--Adams County--Quincy
Materials in this collection are made available by the Alliance Library System. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: Alliance Library System, 600 High Point Lane, East Peoria, IL 61611-9397, (309) 694-9200. Please cite the item title and collection name”
Maybe the amateur researchers among us can dig into the JN Wellman Process.
@Ahi Ka How to keep your pipe lit:
I've thought of just following the advice in this video, just go and find somewhere nice and peaceful (but not a windy place like Bolsover Castle or Baslow Edge
), smoke a clay bowl, let you know which tobacco I'm smoking and my timings for when I lit my clay pipe and when the last embers of the pipe finally go out. This would be a good practice for taking part in an organised in-person competition. That way I don't have to do a video contest on Zoom or suchlike. I took part in a virtual smoking competition (for the fastest time to smoke a clay) during the Covid shutdown but due to the death of the event organiser I never received my prize:-(...Been planting some trees this morning - I'm happiest in nature!
Brown bogie is the smoke. My clay is pretty small. I’ll find out the model/size for you.