March Meer Madness - 2015

Herfing with @LivingDeadGuy and @upinsmoke tonight. Calabash's are good for working on trucks.

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Herfing with @LivingDeadGuy and @upinsmoke tonight. Calabash's are good for working on trucks.

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I'm pretty f'ing jealous right now!!!!!

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Mr Moo PM'd me saying he missed me in this thread. So I'm pleased to oblige.

Sutliff Revelation Match in a Kiko Au Pair/Opera pipe

St. James Flake from our inaugural group buy. One thing I have noticed about this baccy (other than being delicious), is it wet as hell and needs considerable dry time. I don't usually plan my smokes that far ahead so left a few flakes in a plastic bag to be my "ready to smoke" baccy. After almost a week in the bag I pulled out a flake and it was still way to moist for my liking. So I look over and see the heat gun I was using earlier on some estate stems and though....hmmmmm. About 20 seconds with the heat gun and that baccy was good to go.

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Originally Posted by JustTroItIn

St. James Flake from our inaugural group buy. One thing I have noticed about this baccy (other than being delicious), is it wet as hell and needs considerable dry time. I don't usually plan my smokes that far ahead so left a few flakes in a plastic bag to be my "ready to smoke" baccy. After almost a week in the bag I pulled out a flake and it was still way to moist for my liking. So I look over and see the heat gun I was using earlier on some estate stems and though....hmmmmm. About 20 seconds with the heat gun and that baccy was good to go.

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You sir, are brilliant. That is a great idea!

Hi Mister Moo,

Kaywoodie did make meerschaums (or they were made for them) and they were well considered in the 1950s. I don't know the heritage and history of the White Briar but they were a pretty good seller back in the day.

I haven't smoked a meer in about 35 years but last fall I purchased a cased Inderwick meerschaum prince on eBay that I will indulge in after I get it cleaned. Lack of pics and cleaning was a personal matter but Inderwick was an English store up to the 1960s and it's probable that it was made in Austria. It's a group 3 size and despite my tardiness I'm looking forward to firing it up because like you, I've become a better smoker in the last 35 years and I might better appreciate the meer now. Pics will follow.

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St. James Flake from our inaugural group buy. One thing I have noticed about this baccy (other than being delicious), is it wet as hell and needs considerable dry time. I don't usually plan my smokes that far ahead so left a few flakes in a plastic bag to be my "ready to smoke" baccy. After almost a week in the bag I pulled out a flake and it was still way to moist for my liking. So I look over and see the heat gun I was using earlier on some estate stems and though....hmmmmm. About 20 seconds with the heat gun and that baccy was good to go.

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There's a microwave trick for damp cigars - nuke it for 5 or 10 seconds, blow out the steam, repeat as needed. I wonder if a similar treatment would work on pipe tobacco?

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Back by popular demand, Meerschaum!

Got some Squadron Leader in an Altinay Billiard. Kohaku Yebisu on the side ;)

Latakia Flake. Good stuff!

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Burnin thru a couple coins of Peter Stokkybe's Luxury Bullseye flake, in my prized Altinok meer :)