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  1. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    SCANDINAVIAN TGRP -INVITATION TO SIDE BY SIDE SIMILARITIES COMPARISON TO THE PALETTE?

    Returning to the pipe after 40 years ,tobacco reviews here have been interesting . Ive tried several aromatics and some English narrowing it to “W.O.Larsen‘s” big 3 - “Signature,Old Fashioned & 1864 “ and comparing it to “Borkum Riff “Original” It seems the latter is the base for the other...
  2. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Faulty Towers proposed remake a pipe dream?

    John Cleese is a brilliant master of the spontaneous retort, perhaps redoing FT is reaching as we seniors often do when lost in the depths of reminiscing ? Should be interesting if it happens , if it fails he has a back up series about a newscaster.
  3. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Filters, Pros and Cons

    9mm White Elephant Supermix vs Meershaum , anyone care to help a senior ? How effective? Preferred brands? Thanks Old Brown Trout
  4. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Provenance of Antique Pipestand?

    Title revised to include subject and shorten. Old title: Internet Find -Most likely English /European -Austria/Czech ? Drool time fellow puffers! The big stand went for $1,500 and as a woodturner ,carver am not surprised. Beautiful museum quality piece, wonder how many are languishing in the...
  5. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Larsen Tobaccos in “Tobacco Reviews” Indigo of Interest to Me as it May be Similar to DE “Ambrosia?

    At Tobaccos Reviews .com under WO Larsen reviews, some are indicated available ,but from whom in America? How do I find the answer? Certainly all are available from obvious suppliers like Smoking Pipes.com or P&C. If Ive friends going overseas are they allowed to bring home those tobaccos we...
  6. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    C&D’s Three Friars-Matching to Bell’s “Three Nuns” Orange Tin?

    I'm a newbie , I started with buying “match” blends of what I remember way back in the 1960’s. They were: Edgeworth Reday rubbed, House of Windsor “Field and Stream” Mixture 79. The latest is Three Friars but no toasty room note to match . All were close but taste tapered off. Am I better to...
  7. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Reliable Soft Flame Pipe Lighters

    Title edited and shortened. My 3 month old Xikar Resolute lighter turned into a butane welding torch with 3” flame after 3 months of gas guzzleling use and paint didnt last after careful storage in a dedicated hip pocket . Had high hopes for reliability but…… Sent Xikar a memo , don’t dare...
  8. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Brown Trout Museum Style Idea for Visible Storage and Housing Your Collection

    Im a flyfishing, wood working ,pipe smoking retired Wooden Objects Conservator over 50 years in clock case restorations and even restored one of George Washington’s tallcase clocks for his favorite nephew Augustine. Ive 15-20 pipes to display and have just enjoyed taking up the pipe again...
  9. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Old Brown Trout

    Dunhill 1960’s Cavalier bottom clean out plug seized ,suggestions/solutions appreciated
  10. Browntrout on a 2 wt

    Quality Ultralight Fly Tackle

    The joys of flyfishing no matter what you are using is “The Take”!The moment your size 22 fly is slurped.On a 6’ 2 weight rod and a Ross Evolution reel there is nothing more exhilarating. It’s you being in a clear stream like the South Holston River enjoying takes all day long that brings peace...