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Thread: Pipe of the Day
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09-20-2012, 04:24 PM #4771
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Well gentlemen.
I have finally reached a point where I feel I've made enough progress to justify a picture...
So todays was a cob of sinclair highland slice. Not expensive but I got it to make my past purchase up to a round number lol.
It's taken a while to get used to it, it isn't offensive but I don't think I will be getting it again, just not for me.
Also do any of you good gents smoke shag tobacco in your pipe? I believe in some countries it's considered rolling baccy but in the uk it's classed as pipe baccy so might give some a shake
Onto a note of care. I have decided to go for tapered cleabers as they get down to the bowl with no issues and have taken tobcleaning ky pipe out with a piece of paper towel or napkin aftrr my smoke. I also took a lil risk and sanded all the black stuff out of my cob as I was a bit laxed in cleaning sobdecided to start a new. I have to say it tastes better...
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09-20-2012, 05:03 PM #4772
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09-20-2012, 05:13 PM #4773
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09-20-2012, 05:14 PM #4774
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09-20-2012, 05:30 PM #4775
Just checked few websites in UK that sell shag tobacco. At least Gawith & Hoggarth seems to produce huge amount of various tastes.
Although the prices are higher than our local shag tobaccos, i might try some.
Years ago i spent few weeks in UK and London with wifey. We also visited 221b Baker Street. I remember that the museum shop had also pipes, but do not remember if they were anything special.
Few years ago my daughter and wannabe-son-in-law had a vacation in London too. Later they told me that there were Peterson tobaccos in Holmes Museum, but they didn't check the pipes either.Last edited by Sailor; 09-20-2012 at 05:33 PM.
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09-20-2012, 05:38 PM #4776
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09-20-2012, 05:47 PM #4777
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09-20-2012, 05:53 PM #4778
Geek,
The question is up to you... Do you want to smoke SHAG in your pipe?
Here in the USA they market RYO tobacco as Pipe Tobacco to get around all the taxes... They call it "cross over/Criss Cross" or something like that... Anyway, my understanding the way that they (The Gov'ment) seperate the two is by moisture content and cut...
I have smoked Red Cap which is a X Over but it's not as harsh as others... Real earthy and remindes me of fresh cut grass (Lawn)
But if you think about it, what did they smoke 100-200 years ago... Tobacco...
My two cents...
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09-20-2012, 05:59 PM #4779
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I would be better in Glasgow lol but yeah can find what I need in edinburgh, and by that I mean steak beer amd the train station lol. But it really depends on what you're looking for.
Here it's based on the width of cut. Seemingly anything under 1.5mm is classed as rolling tobacco.
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09-20-2012, 06:25 PM #4780
Your comment takes me way off topic. Guess it isn't the first time.
Howevers. Clay pipes used to be import goodies back hundreds of years ago.
Baltic Sea is rich in shipwrecks, thanks not only to wars but rough sea and rocky waters. In Finnish area alone are thousands and even more not discovered yet. Ship worm doesn't live in Baltic waters so even wooden wrecks stay in good shape if they sink deep enough not to get crushed by the ice in winter.
Here's few pics from Vrouw Maria that sunk in 1771 in our SW archipelago. The cargo is full of clay pipes (as well as more valuable goodies).
Heck. next time we are about to take our divers to practice in some of those wrecks i could ask a mate if it is possible that one or two pipes accidentally ended into their pockets. I could have some use for 'scientific research'. Would be cool to have a clay pipe that is few hundred years old.