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  1. LudwigB88

    Occasional Bad Smoke. Just Move On !

    Yes. The bottom portion of the tobacco can tend to get bunched up as you are tamping. It’s always an issue because stirring it up risks mixing in ash. Then you get a mouth full of soot. I often end up sucking and spitting out ash until it’s gone … like sucking venom from a snake bite ! Lol !! Or...
  2. LudwigB88

    Occasional Bad Smoke. Just Move On !

    It was definitely the humidity. We had a spell of rain for a week. Today is dry and I’m having a great smoke ! Chelsea Morning in a Savinelli brandy !
  3. LudwigB88

    Occasional Bad Smoke. Just Move On !

    As Bill Murray once said “So you got that going for you!”
  4. LudwigB88

    Occasional Bad Smoke. Just Move On !

    Damn ! Must be why I never married !
  5. LudwigB88

    Occasional Bad Smoke. Just Move On !

    Yes. Same here. I find that the usual culprit is not taking the time to dry tobacco and pull it apart so that it doesn’t clump up. Also, sometimes I do “fold and stuff” with flake tobacco and it gets packed too tight. Much better to rub out and let dry, then pack as usual. The two issues are...
  6. LudwigB88

    Occasional Bad Smoke. Just Move On !

    I was wondering if others have had this experience: you sit down to have a smoke and you pack your pipe as you ordinarily do, but maybe you’re slightly distracted or on the phone. For whatever reason it just turns into a bad smoke. Maybe you have to keep relighting, maybe things get packed up...
  7. LudwigB88

    Tinbids Experiences?

    I find website counter intuitive. I don’t see the ability to do a keyword search. And it doesn’t seem that sellers are rated. I can’t even figure out who the sellers are. On several entries I see what looks like Chinese characters. Does that mean seller is in Asia ??
  8. LudwigB88

    Ser Jacopo Delecta

    So it’s all just about the aesthetics of the silver and the small band on the shank ??
  9. LudwigB88

    Ser Jacopo Delecta

    Very helpful ! Thanks ! So does the silver on the stem make contact with another silver sleeve on the shank ?? Is that what keeps it secure ??
  10. LudwigB88

    Ser Jacopo Delecta

    I have several SJ. Their engineering is amazing and their artistry is stunning. Beautiful shapes, rustication, drilling ! Some of best quality control on any pipe.
  11. LudwigB88

    Ser Jacopo Delecta

    I’m curious about Ser Jacopo Delecta pipes. Is it mostly an aesthetic feature or does the mount have other benefits ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m eying one and wondering whether the extra cost is worth it.
  12. LudwigB88

    Pipe You Didn’t Like—Becomes Favorite!

    I’m curious if anyone else has bought a pipe that at first you weren’t that crazy about, then (maybe years later) you fall in love with it. It happened to me with this small, very modest Savinelli Dublin. It just turned out to be great especially with some Christmas Cheer.
  13. LudwigB88

    Show us your Ugliest Pipes!

    I made one just like that … in the toilet, this morning, … after eating a bran muffin. Ha ha.
  14. LudwigB88

    Potential McClelland Christmas Cheer Rival? Perhaps!

    I I was actually using it as an estate tin review thread. Probably not the right one. And probably nobody needs a review of discontinued tobacco. My bad.
  15. LudwigB88

    Potential McClelland Christmas Cheer Rival? Perhaps!

    Yes. You are correct.
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