I've heard this as well kuz, however, this is the same tobacco(same blend) the manager at the B&M smokes everyday. He lights his bowl with a single match and never relights unless he sets it down. He usually just fills his pipe straight from the canister.

I think it might be a combo of me not properly packing it and his pipe being very well seasoned.

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I'd bet how seasoned his pipe is has almost nothing to do with it. He's an experienced pipe-smoker. He could probably snag any pipe in his store and smoke it the same way. You're . . . not so experienced. Not to worry. It just takes a while to get the hang of smoking a pipe. I got to where I could keep 'em lit okay, I just couldn't ever solve the moisture problem.

The Captain's Delight sounds like it's Cavendish-heavy.

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Well he said seasoning has a lot to do with it but not near as much as experience, as you said Urbi.

He cracked me up though. He looked at the pipe you gave me for about a minute and said,"The guy you got it from smoked less than 20 bowls in there, lit it straight up(didn't turn the bowl to the side to light), and thankfully never used a torch. Nice Pipe."

LOL.

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urbino:

The Captain's Delight sounds like it's Cavendish-heavy.

I believe you are correct its nearly all cavendish and some hints of Virginia if I remember correctly.

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madurofan:

Well he said seasoning has a lot to do with it but not near as much as experience, as you said Urbi.

He cracked me up though. He looked at the pipe you gave me for about a minute and said,"The guy you got it from smoked less than 20 bowls in there, lit it straight up(didn't turn the bowl to the side to light), and thankfully never used a torch. Nice Pipe."

LOL.

Right on all counts. Actually, it seems like I smoked more than 20 bowls in it, but that's in the right range. Less than 100, anyway. Hope it works well for you.

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Its doing the trick so far. :) So I know you said all this talk had you interested in breaking out a pipe again. Did you do it?

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Not yet. I did go ahead and tidy all of mine up, though, when I got them out to send you one. I will before long. Seeing them again resulted in one of those sudden, vivid trips down memory lane, where I suddenly was back in all those shops in all those places where I lived at the time I bought them.

It was like when Proust dropped his cookie and remembered how fucked up he was. Only I didn't feel compelled to write 6 volumes of masturbatory prose about it.

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urbino:

It was like when Proust dropped his cookie and remembered how fucked up he was. Only I didn't feel compelled to write 6 volumes of masturbatory prose about it.

Thankfully.

I, so far, thoroughly enjoy the process of cleaning a pipe. I'm also seriously enjoying restoring that old calabash. I'm thinking I might pick up a few estate pipes on eBay just for the restoration process. Seems you can buy large lots of pipes for pretty damn cheap. I could restore them all smoke out of each decide which ones I like and sell the rest. This pipe hobby really could be trouble for me ... and my marriage.

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Yeah, it can be a nice ritual, once you get the hang of it. Like shining one's shoes.

I never bought large lots of estate pipes, so I have no advice there. I just bought the one I mentioned in PM.

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I say large but the one I'm eyeballing right now is 3 pipes. I'm starting small. I don't think I could make any real money at it but I think there is a possibility for me to break even at and enjoy restoring some pipes, so I'm going to take a shot at it.

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Go for it. Once upon a time, I thought I'd try my hand at making pipes, but never got around to it.

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My B&M sells a block of briar pre drilled with a stem and everything. All you have to do break out the dremel. If you get the itch again lemme know.

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My grandfather used to whittle his own pipes. I wonder if my mom kept any of those.

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dutyje:

My grandfather used to whittle his own pipes. I wonder if my mom kept any of those.

Wow whittling briar is quite a task. I hope she did. I'd love to help restore them if so :)

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If my mom doesn't have them, my little brother might have them. If that's the case, who knows what's been smoked in them. Or, they may have been passed to my uncle, who is a big pipe smoker as well. If that's the case, they'll be exceptionally well maintained, and located in Alliance, OH (not too far from Akron, wink wink).

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