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Love it.
I've always been fascinated by Revelation after discovering Einstein was so smitten with it.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/albert-einsteins-tobacco
What a great showcard.
Costly Latakia and scientific tongue stuff.
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I wish I could have a major revelation,
or maybe just a mild epiphany.
I've always been fascinated by Revelation after discovering Einstein was so smitten with it.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/albert-einsteins-tobacco
What a great showcard.
Costly Latakia and scientific tongue stuff.
:
:I wish I could have a major revelation,
or maybe just a mild epiphany.
This topic got me to thinking about a question that Benjamin Rapaport (the finest tobacconalian pensmith I've yet discovered) once asked, which was, why are so many American pipe collectors overly Anglocentric?
In large part, much of the USA stuff has been ignored in mythic pipelore.
Kaywoodie, most especially the early production, has earned a well-deserved respect, but the USA tobacco industry is mostly forgotten it seems.
I'm the most unlikely of Anglophiles and I heavily resisted buying the old English pipes at first, but gradually came around to them with a bright burst of obsessive intensity, which for the most part has cooled off to an admiring appreciation and only really flip my wig if I happen to come across some obscure oddball pre-war Britblast --- but the UK tobacco industry and what it once was still holds me deeply enthralled.
I can't really explain it, but from my first taste of St. Bruno, I was hooked - not only on the baccy, but all the ephemera associated with it as well, and the cultural impact quotient looms large too.
Yet, it is all alien to me.
I grew up in the South.
Why am I not so enthralled with the Larus Brothers or the Big Duke?
There's plenty of stuff out there for me to feast upon,
like this:
http://i.imgur.com/Drf2M1H.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/r4CsphF.jpg
And the old American makers offer some of the most beautiful tins ever,
one of my faves has always been Pace's Electric Mixture:
Vintage PACE'S Electric Mixture Tobacco Tin Richmond Va. NICE
There are too many examples to list,
but a small assortment was posted here:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/ye-olde-american-tobacco-tins-pictorial-very-image-heavy
and it still only scratches the surface.
In that old thread is a Sun-Kist tin which was sold by Sears Roebuck back in the day,
a pocket tin of the brand recently sold for a rather incredible $5,786.86!
Antique Advertising Tobacco Tin RARE Sun-Kist Sample Tin 1910 Pocket Tin Sears
I guess traditionally that the "serious" American pipe collector scene has been focused on the UK made stuff, and by extension, the Britbaccy which was easily available over here, came along with that equation.
:?:
I can only guess, myself being a neophyte and lacking first-hand experience.
Early December will mark my 5th year of pipesmoking, a very short time indeed, and it's all been a wonderful ride!
I know alot more than when I started, but I still don't really know much and I learn something new everyday - I continue to be absorbed within it all.
I do like Prince Albert, but it wouldn't have motivated me to such passionate degree.
I consider Edgeworth to be the quintessential American baccy because it was somewhat simple and straightforward, had a depth and was flavorsome. I mainly call its name because I've actually tried it and the old stuff I got was blissful --- maybe Blue Boar is a better choice, it had the more traditional "kitchen sink" blending approach and ever since I read Bob Runowski talking about it, I've been curious about it.
The thing about the UK baccy is that it was so well packaged and thus remains with us even today, whereas most old American stuff was packed in pocket tins or cardboard and not likely to survive the ages. The cutter top tin was invented in the late 1800's and it was a credit to the British Empire.
Very few USA baccies were packed in those air-tight tins, a few brands from the American Tobacco Co. were, but they very rarely show up.
The overall strength of the UK stuff tended to be stout as well, adding to my personal appeal.
And the often funky flavors also capture my palate in a good way.
Well, this post has been rambling and meandering, the opposite of concise LOL
It is interesting though, how hallowed much of the UK stuff has become, and how we hardly ever hear anything about the many old American baccy houses.
In large part, much of the USA stuff has been ignored in mythic pipelore.
Kaywoodie, most especially the early production, has earned a well-deserved respect, but the USA tobacco industry is mostly forgotten it seems.
I'm the most unlikely of Anglophiles and I heavily resisted buying the old English pipes at first, but gradually came around to them with a bright burst of obsessive intensity, which for the most part has cooled off to an admiring appreciation and only really flip my wig if I happen to come across some obscure oddball pre-war Britblast --- but the UK tobacco industry and what it once was still holds me deeply enthralled.
I can't really explain it, but from my first taste of St. Bruno, I was hooked - not only on the baccy, but all the ephemera associated with it as well, and the cultural impact quotient looms large too.
Yet, it is all alien to me.
I grew up in the South.
Why am I not so enthralled with the Larus Brothers or the Big Duke?
There's plenty of stuff out there for me to feast upon,
like this:
http://i.imgur.com/Drf2M1H.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/r4CsphF.jpg
And the old American makers offer some of the most beautiful tins ever,
one of my faves has always been Pace's Electric Mixture:
Vintage PACE'S Electric Mixture Tobacco Tin Richmond Va. NICE
There are too many examples to list,
but a small assortment was posted here:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/ye-olde-american-tobacco-tins-pictorial-very-image-heavy
and it still only scratches the surface.
In that old thread is a Sun-Kist tin which was sold by Sears Roebuck back in the day,
a pocket tin of the brand recently sold for a rather incredible $5,786.86!
Antique Advertising Tobacco Tin RARE Sun-Kist Sample Tin 1910 Pocket Tin Sears
I guess traditionally that the "serious" American pipe collector scene has been focused on the UK made stuff, and by extension, the Britbaccy which was easily available over here, came along with that equation.
:?:
I can only guess, myself being a neophyte and lacking first-hand experience.
Early December will mark my 5th year of pipesmoking, a very short time indeed, and it's all been a wonderful ride!
I know alot more than when I started, but I still don't really know much and I learn something new everyday - I continue to be absorbed within it all.
I do like Prince Albert, but it wouldn't have motivated me to such passionate degree.
I consider Edgeworth to be the quintessential American baccy because it was somewhat simple and straightforward, had a depth and was flavorsome. I mainly call its name because I've actually tried it and the old stuff I got was blissful --- maybe Blue Boar is a better choice, it had the more traditional "kitchen sink" blending approach and ever since I read Bob Runowski talking about it, I've been curious about it.
The thing about the UK baccy is that it was so well packaged and thus remains with us even today, whereas most old American stuff was packed in pocket tins or cardboard and not likely to survive the ages. The cutter top tin was invented in the late 1800's and it was a credit to the British Empire.
Very few USA baccies were packed in those air-tight tins, a few brands from the American Tobacco Co. were, but they very rarely show up.
The overall strength of the UK stuff tended to be stout as well, adding to my personal appeal.
And the often funky flavors also capture my palate in a good way.
Well, this post has been rambling and meandering, the opposite of concise LOL
It is interesting though, how hallowed much of the UK stuff has become, and how we hardly ever hear anything about the many old American baccy houses.
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