Fine cigar or pipe ash will polish nickel. True story. Nice find! Army Mounts will be a boon to keeping your pipe dry, designed for hot cleaning.
The new formula for Zippo brand fluid doesn't have the taste or smell of the old stuff. It also doesn't irritate my skin like the old stuff. This only applies to the Zippo brand, I find the Ronson fluid to stink and give everything a foul taste. @RyX, if you send your lighter to Zippo, they'll give you a pipe insert upon request.
I heard they were good about repair/replace on their product. A freebie? I'm guessing I'd need to send them the whole outside and in and wouldn't get to keep my original insert.
I sent them the whole lighter, they tightened the hinge, polished the outside, put the pipe insert in and sent it back with the original insert, too. The only thing it cost me was shipping to Bradford, PA.
That's not a Canadian. There are 4 pipes in the Canadian "family," a true Canadian, Lovat, Lunberman, and Liverpool. The hallmark feature of each of these is the shank is approximately twice as long as the bowl is high. The differences between the family members is a round or oval shank, and a tapered or saddle stem.
I stopped by a local cigar store on my way home from work, stressful day. I was able to pick up a nice cigar which I really enjoyed. If I can discover the types of leaves they used is it possible to recreate with pipe tobacco? I know I won't get an exact copy, I'm more looking to match the flavor profile.
Even though I'm focusing on Falcons this month, I had an urge for John Bull in a cob today. Negra Modelo in a Tervis tumbler on the right.
Never thought about using Simichrome, I've had some of that for years for use on guns and knives. I usually don't let my stems get too gunked up, so baking soda is all it usually takes. But I'll keep Simichrome in mind if I ever get a heavily oxidized stem.
That's basically a no go due to differences in the curing and handling processes that are employed between pipe and cigar tobacco. However, Presbyterian mixture, Dunhill Early Morning or Nightcap and other Latakia and oriental forward blends might suit your tastes better. Blends containing lots of Dark Fired or Green River treatment Burley are often described as cigar-like. Not really my thing, but others will jump in shortly.
Perfect concise answer. And fwiw that Chacom I bought when I was with you in Birmingham was a great find.
Agree, you're not going to find a pipe tobacco that tastes like a cigar, although the dark fired comes pretty close. My son is mostly a cigar guy, and when he does smoke pipes he leans Latakia. This past weekend, however, he tried Newminister Superior Round, a loose spun thin medallion of dark fired and Virginia, and really liked it. So I think your Dark fired comment is spot on. H&H Virginia Spice is a Vaper with cigar leaf added in a very condimental dose, just enough to notice something different from other Vapers. But it's not going to taste like a cigar.
Thank you both for answering. I'm learning all sorts of new things reading this thread. The dark fired came up a lot when searching. I've always enjoyed a heavy cigar so I'm looking for something similar. Now that I know that they are very different from each other I'll dive in and learn to appreciate each for what they are
Ben, Cigars are dependent almost entirely upon the skills of the farmer and the roller, and to a great extent, the global location of the tobacco plots. Cigars are more like wine in this regard than pipe tobacco. Premium Cigars derive their flavor from the careful selection of aged fill leaf, ligero, binder and wrapper. A cigar may contain tobacco from 6-12 farms, each selected to play a role in the construction and the flavor. It takes the best ingredients and the best rollers to produce top flight cigars. Pipes are a much more user controlled experience, and leans far more heavily on processes and flavorings in the tobacco. Pipes also consume of wider variety of leaf, and the range of flavored and blended tobacco is essentially infinite, and not simply limited to prepackaged offerings. @RyX is one amongst us who seems to really enjoy blending his own mixtures. Additionally, pipe tobacco must be prepared for smoking and loaded by the user. This lets the user control everything from cut size and blend to draw, and the style of smoking and inhaling even changes the smoke. If you enjoy cigars, ask a tobacconist for a mild English Latakia blend, or even a Balkan style. My tastes betray my Southern whiskey soaked roots, as I am all about the Virginia and straight aged Burley. I don't even own any Latakia or Oriental anymore, I just kinda moved away from it, even though those blends are considered classics and must try canon for new converts.
It looks like that is likely from the 70s. The Danes revolutionized pipe carving and kinda went their own way and diverged from the traditional English and French shapes. It's definitely not a Canadian; I have seen similar pipes referred to as a Danish Acorn. I have a Danish carved pipe that is similar.
Thanks for the tip. I will read up on how to clean it properly. There is not very much cake in it. It also has a stinger. Tom Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Yup, just put a note on the repair slip that you print off from their website that you want all the original parts returned and no issues. Have sent several in with never an issue. I finally found my very first zippo from 1984. Needs hinge and cam replaced But it's a Slim and they normally just replace those, but mine in monogrammed so will be asking them to fix hinge and if new insert needed ok just send old one back. To bad they don't make pipe inserts for it. But I can use reg style zippo to light a pipe anyway.
