what is your latest pipe purchase

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Originally Posted by sparky426

I bought a PnC special. The baccarini pocket pipe and accessories starter kit for a buddy whose been smoking for a while with no decent baccy or pipes threw in a cob for him along with several samples to get his tastes acquire. I now have one pipe smoking friend and two
Cigar smoking friends out of the 8 of us with over 17 years of friendship. This site inspires great things.


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Steer them over to the Newbie Pipe Tobacco Trade.

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Originally Posted by Haebar

Steer them over to the Newbie Pipe Tobacco Trade.

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I would but he works two
Jobs has a phone from 2000 and I'm
Not even sure if he has a computer in his house. Hahaha although I know he has one in his patrol car.

Got some bulk tobaccos in today and already have them jarred. Got these from Pipe & Leaf (website) or Tobacconists of Cary, NC (printed material). I'm very happy with this outfit. At first I was just grabbing tins that were on deep discount. When those dwindled down to mostly aromatics, I checked out their bulks and found what I wanted. Good customer service too.

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4 noggins had what I wanted. Couldn't resist.

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Tab (@Haebar), the Gawith Hoggarth packaging makes me want to smoke, a reminder of the delicious taste but also a throwback to mid 20th century look in packaging. i hope that they never change it

Andrew (@MrMotoyoshi), alerted me to this 1984 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #306, brown sandblast. I didn't finish reading his email and I'd already purchased it from SmokingPipes who packaged well and shipped fast.

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@NeverBend : That is a nice Ser Jacopo! I am still looking for a billiard in smooth. Sold mine years ago and really miss it.

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Originally Posted by Haebar

@NeverBend: That is a nice Ser Jacopo! I am still looking for a billiard in smooth. Sold mine years ago and really miss it.

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Hi Tab,

I created the Renaissance Series in 1984. The standards were, to my knowledge, as strict as any pipe ever made. In 2 years less than 20 were made. I own 6, only 2 that I had originally and the other 4 purchased in the intervening years. Hen's teeth to be sure. Jacopo didn't like making them because they had a very low yield.

If you like, I can keep an eye out for you, and certainly I'll look at any Ser Jacopo you may be interested in. After Barling, they are, in my opinion, the best pipe and pipe maker and the gap (to Barling) is less than the gap to the next pretenders. Superior briar, craftsmanship, hand made stems cut from solid acrylic table tops, I love 'em as much as my Barlings, perhaps a little prejudiced because they were my line.

Jacopo and I battled about the Renaissance Series. I wanted perfect shapes according to the drawings I'd given them. They needed at least a little license so there were a lot of 'near' Renaissance quality pipes made in 1984-1985. As far as what to look for in Jacopo, I recommend staying with the Coral Dot era (1997 and before). Up until late 1984 they used a coral dot encircled in silver and later just a small red dot. Can't promise that every pipe will smoke well, but these were the most consistently high quality pipes being made in that period. After 1997, the silver "J" period, there have been complaints about the quality being inconsistent and that's my feeling too. Stick with the coral dots and silver/coral dot.

Regards,

Pete

Snagged this at Mars Cigar a couple of days ago for my cellar.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psfi9gnxnw.jpg

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Originally Posted by NeverBend

Hi Tab,

I created the Renaissance Series in 1984. The standards were, to my knowledge, as strict as any pipe ever made. In 2 years less than 20 were made. I own 6, only 2 that I had originally and the other 4 purchased in the intervening years. Hen's teeth to be sure. Jacopo didn't like making them because they had a very low yield.

If you like, I can keep an eye out for you, and certainly I'll look at any Ser Jacopo you may be interested in. After Barling, they are, in my opinion, the best pipe and pipe maker and the gap (to Barling) is less than the gap to the next pretenders. Superior briar, craftsmanship, hand made stems cut from solid acrylic table tops, I love 'em as much as my Barlings, perhaps a little prejudiced because they were my line.

Jacopo and I battled about the Renaissance Series. I wanted perfect shapes according to the drawings I'd given them. They needed at least a little license so there were a lot of 'near' Renaissance quality pipes made in 1984-1985. As far as what to look for in Jacopo, I recommend staying with the Coral Dot era (1997 and before). Up until late 1984 they used a coral dot encircled in silver and later just a small red dot. Can't promise that every pipe will smoke well, but these were the most consistently high quality pipes being made in that period. After 1997, the silver "J" period, there have been complaints about the quality being inconsistent and that's my feeling too. Stick with the coral dots and silver/coral dot.

Regards,

Pete

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Pete,

The one that I had was purchased in the early 90's; it was a smooth, chunky billiard, almost like a Dunhill LB but with a Ser Jacopo (or your) style. I sold it about 10 years ago and that is one pipe that I really miss out of all of them that have come and gone.

Just a few tobaccos for me.

Some DE Meat Pie, because it's only $5.99 a tin so why not grab one every order.
A tin of SPC Mississippi River. Never tried it and looking forward to it.
A 1 oz sample of SG Best Brown Flake. Haven't tried that one either.

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Originally Posted by Haebar

Snagged this at Mars Cigar a couple of days ago for my cellar.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/...psfi9gnxnw.jpg



Pete,

The one that I had was purchased in the early 90's; it was a smooth, chunky billiard, almost like a Dunhill LB but with a Ser Jacopo (or your) style. I sold it about 10 years ago and that is one pipe that I really miss out of all of them that have come and gone.

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Doesn't that package just scream 1940s? The reason I like (and smoke so much) Gawith Hoggarth is that they taste today much as they did 30 years ago. Not Samuel Gawith or any other company I find to be as close to their roots as GH, who make no bones about buying tobacco from Africa but it's obviously very good leaf and these maestros know what to do with it.

Enjoy that Bird's Eye.