Pipe smoking in The Wolfman

[numbersix]

I was watching the old 40s film "The Wolfman" with my daughters (who got too scared to finish it!). I was pleasantly surprised to see several actors smoking pipes. The Ralph Bellamy character appeared to be smoking a Dunhill billiard. And in one scene he fills his pipe using the press and twirl method from the James Fox video (see bottom)

 

[cortezattic]

I think that's an amazing technique! I've been meaning to try it for a long time.

 

[shawn]

Interesting method. So much to learn in this hobbie.

 

[ghost]

I watched the movie last fall and noticed that. Very cool.
Poor young Larry though...

 

[cortezattic]

OK, so I tried the pipe packing method in the video, and to my amazement it worked perfectly -- the first time.

I used Newminster #701 Straight Virginia, a soft ribbon cut, and it climbed from my palm into the bowl like magic!

I'm thinking that for any cut other than a ribbon this method is pointless because there would be no tangling to keep it together.

BTW, I thought the tobacco burned much faster than usual -- ¾ of a bowl lasted only ½ hour.

 

[zanthal]

the new "The Wolfman" will give you a bit of a fright, if you ask me. Anthony Hopkins doesn't disappoint.

 

[gray4lines]

I will have to give that packing method a try! .... with my new pipe coming this week

 

[numbersix]

Loved Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche in "Trading Places."

Great movie. He gets around. I also just watched him in "Oh God" with John Denver and George Burns, playing the lawyer for Paul Sorvino's character.

 

[poligerard]

thats a must watch movie ..

I remember that their imdb rating was 7 or 8 over 10

 

[bubblehead33]

+1 on Trading Places, great movie.

 

[brewshooter]

OK, so I tried the pipe packing method in the video, and to my amazement it worked perfectly -- the first time. I used Newminster #701 Straight Virginia, a soft ribbon cut, and it climbed from my palm into the bowl like magic! I'm thinking that for any cut other than a ribbon this method is pointless because there would be no tangling to keep it together. BTW, I thought the tobacco burned much faster than usual -- ¾ of a bowl lasted only ½ hour.

Yeah, I've found it only works with soft ribbon cuts as well. However, for those, it works great!

 

[captainprophesy]

Yeah, I've found it only works with soft ribbon cuts as well. However, for those, it works great!

+1