That weasel paid for as little as possible. While finding him despicable, I admit to some fascination with his life. Wonder if he had a regular tobacconist in Paris!?
Why Prof. Einstein Smoked Pipe This Way?
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No. He was dead to me! And, so far, I have not betrayed my country.
Have you a favorable comment about the late Duke?
Have you a favorable comment about the late Duke?
He wasn't exactly a patriot, no. :\ More than a bit of a horse's ass too.
Without, I hope--getting totally lost in the weeds here--for the makers and retailers of luxury products, especially, royal patronage and being the holder of Royal Warrants was once a huge big deal, both in England and other countries.
Even before he became Prince of Wales (in 1910), Edward was an influential Dunhill customer. And in 1921, he officially granted them the first of several warrants (allowing them to use the ostrich plume emblem on their products and in promotional material). Both George VI and the queen followed suit. (Or did until the endorsement of tobacco products was discontinued.)
In Michael Balfour's very handsome and lavishly illustrated 1992 history of Dunhill's first century, he describes Edward as a regular, lifelong customer of all three of Dunhill's principal headquarters (London, Paris and New York). So, presumably, a brisk traffic both in person and by mail order, of pipes, tobacco, cigars, and sundry other products, both as gifts and purchases, was apparently carried on for over sixty years.
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He abdicated rather than cause a domestic crisis by trying to hold onto the throne. That was certainly favourable to the contrary choice.
Maybe I’m nuts but that smoke was cool and dry to the bone.
Second loading: same results. Was Einstein a pipe genius?!
I was wondering if it was in my head that my pipes that have a natural gap (the army mount and filter pipe sans filter), because it really does seem like they do smoke somewhat cooler. Well one more notch in the gap makes a cooler smoke column.
I have come to prefer army mounts, and notice that the space in between stem and mortise does collect quite a bit of moisture. Seems to help.
yes it certainly does. Same with my Vauen which has the space for a filter.
The reason I came to the conclusion Einstein and Tolkien left the gap as a moisture trap was my experience with this old Maro Well system clone. The stem is a faux friction mount that takes a 6mm filter. I leave out the filter and pull out the stem until it's barely attached for a reverse Calabash effect. Seems to make a difference so it stays this way.
The gap has to do with their being frequent smokers. Their pipes ran hot. That heat clearly ended up melting the decorative silver rings.
Just tried it. It's much easier to clean the pipe mid smoke, and don't have to try to fit the stem perfectly. Smoke was little dry, but not sure if it's just in my head. Down side is, the stem won't fit after the smoke since the mortice has swollen.
Actually, I do this with my BriarWorks 9mm filter pipe when using Savenelli 9mm balsa filters. The filters are a bit too long and don't allow the stem to be inserted all the way unless I trim the filters, which I did for a while, but lately (especially after reading this thread) just decided to not insert the stem all the way.