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Arrived on Friday from Pipes and Cigars, a 2oz tin of H&H Marquee Series "Sweet and Savory" and a Missouri Meerschaum "Mark Twain" cob...

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Nice looking Cob there Mark and a H&H I haven't tried yet. It is in the Mail as I write I hope it was as good as the Rest of the H&H line.

James

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Mark Twain has been my favorite cob. Love it. Enjoy!

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New Savinelli Melange with a pound and a half of PS Luxury Navy and a tin of Escudo came yesterday!

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Nice pick-ups, everyone! :tu

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Nice looking pipe!

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You laying in a supply of PS for the Winter Brian?:D Very nice pu':tu

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I figured I'd jar it up and forget about it for a few years :)

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Nice!

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Got a Blackjack series Bulldog pipe from Morgan Pipes. Picture does not really do it justice.

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Very nice looking Pipe there. Congrats

James

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That's friggin' pretty!

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My local (JR) had some new stuff (to me) at MSRP, so I had to do it...

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Excellent score on the Esoterica lines Jerry:tu

They, especially the Penzance, have been hard to find on-line. But, like you've found, the B&M' have been the way to go regarding this brand. They have been around for quite some time. Never have tried them myself, but hear they are very tasty English blends. Enjoy. And again, good score...

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:tpd: I can't find Penzance anywhere.

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Picked up a bag of Stonehaven the other day. Talk about luck...

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got a little Elephant & Castle Deerstalker from the mid 80's

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Oh my goodness, that should be astounding.

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Wow nice! Let us know how it is!

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Great score on the E&C Wayne. Here's a little tidbit I re-conned from Pipesmagazine.com , regarding a response to aging:

"I think all of the blends you mentioned are naturally going to improve with age. But, man, I think you're really overworrying this. You're certainly not going to "lose" anything by storing any of these blends for the long-term. But I think there may be some skewed expectations regarding aging.

Yes, you'll see some subtle marrying of flavors after 3-10 years. But I honestly think you need to look much further down the road to see any kind of significant change. I've had a 30-year-old tin of Elephant & Castle's Deerstalker -- an all-VA blend -- that tasted exactly as it did when it was fresh. It wasn't any sweeter or richer or deeper in any way (assuming my palate, memory, and tasting notes were fairly accurate).

Which leads me to this: I'd just encourage you to cellar the blends you enjoy now, the untried blends that you think you're likely to enjoy (based on ingredients/blender), and then just let nature take its course. But I think you're just going to drive yourself crazy if you try to parse out whether African Virginias will do better than American Virginias, at what point latakia starts to fade, or whether a flake will age faster than a broken flake or a ribbon cut."

Enjoy:tu

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Mark, I have talked with one of the guys behind this old blend and he has told me almost the same thing. Deerstalker has stayed good over the years while a few of the others have reached their prime and have gone downhill a bit.

I'll have a tin with me all three nights of Snowglobe if anyone can make it to South Lake Tahoe around New Year. @ Mark, I'll be sure to take some with me on my next trip to So. Cal.

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Arrived in Vegas earlier this afternoon for 3+ days of work starting tomorrow. After a brief meal, I traveled over to the "Tobacco Leaf" Summerlin B&M and picked up some McClelland Domincan Glory and Dunhill The Aperitif:

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The Tobacco Leaf has a decent selection of cans and bulk available, not to mention a nice size cigar humidor (I did notice a number of LP #9 and T52 boxes in there too - just sayin for you LP whores).

Tomorrow, there is another B&M called Tobacco Town I want to stop in briefly for a visit. I understand the Las Vegas Pipe Club meets here...

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$30 off the Bay...
Peterson "Tyrone" - I really like the grain, ambivalent about the stem....

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That's a really nice looking pipe. I kinda like the stem.

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It's beautiful. But wouldn't the white stem begin to look bad? :2

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Jerry -

Congrats on the big score!!!

Does your B & M ship? If so, would you mind sending the name of the place? Love to finally get hands on those two Esoterica blends! Always been favorites and are hard to come by, as Mark said!

Thx -

RR

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Ultrasonic cleaner. Vodka (only sensible use for the stuff), pipe cleaners and a soft cloth.

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Wow - some rare birds there.
:dr

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Waiting for my in shipment! Lane 1Q, Lane BCA, Seattle Pipe Club Mississippi River, C&D Autumn Evening, Drew Estates &th Ave Blonde, Borkum Riff. Would love to try some esoteric blends also if I could fine any.

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I think it is lovely including the stem! fantastic score!

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My new Crawford finally came today! I am so pleased with it. Pictures just don't really do it justice. It's exactly what I wanted and the craftsmanship is simply exquisite. I am getting ready to load a bowl of Haddo's to see how it smokes. So awesome!

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Neil and Brian, really great looking pipes:tu

Brian - what material is the ring? Was that bamboo?

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It's some sort of wood. I forget. It's not bamboo though. I'll find out and update the thread.

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Great looking pipe Brian :tu

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:tpd:

BTW, nice pipes, I like the faux horn (so it looks) stem.

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Rob, I am geographically centered between two JR Cigar outlets. Unfortunate for my credit card. JR has proven to be my most dependable B&M for HTF cigars and pipe goodies. Both carry quite a unique selection now; much different than years back. They have most Padron, Illusione, Tats, LP, Fuente, etc. Every so often they get in JFGermain tobaccos too. I'm not sure if they inventory that stuff on their website as I don't ever check it.

The one in Selma has a few tins of Balkan Sobranie and one Margate left as of last week. The bulk bags of Esoterica went pretty quick though. The manager there told me they got in three bags. I bought the last one. If I see more I intend on picking them up and offering them here. Burlington was cleaned out of everything but Margate, though they advertised Stonhaven and Penzance on their in-store marquee...

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...:tu

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So on the same day. Christmas gift form Neil to Neil. At least he knew what Neil wanted....

From the other forum - an Invicata Briars POY 2014.
From 4noggins -
* 1985 MacBaren and a 2014 MacBaren Dark twist - will be the subject of a pipe smoking event here in the city (more to follow)
* GLP Tribute 2001.

Happy with the haul!!!

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No photos, but I scored some Esoterica Peacehaven; I got the last 2oz at Gold Leaf Tobacconist in Seabrook. It's the Margate with some aro topping. I haven't tried it yet, but I dying to. I also bought some more Barbary Coast. The proprietor told me that he used to stock all of the Esoterica line, but he couldn't move it, so he stopped buying so much. He did also say that he can special order pretty much anything. His prices are pretty decent; the 2oz of Peacehaven was only $14. The guy, himself is super helpful, super polite, totally nice guy. :pi

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Just ordered a tin of McClelland Christmas Cheer 2014

20% discount code (winter) at Cigars International

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It turns out that the Peacehaven was only $9.00; I forgot that I also got some moistener buttons, too.

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You people are really bad influences! Now, thanks to this forum, I'll likely to be sleeping in the carport with the dogs. Been stocking the cellar nicely with some seriously top notch pipe blends and the wifey just can't understand. In her view, I could not ever smoke this much pipe tobacco in a year. Silly woman - just doesn't understand the concept of collaring! :r

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Better tell us what that Dark Twist is like! Never saw that tin before...some kind of Canadian conspiracy to make the Yanks jealous? :r

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Just got some Bishop's move and blend 44 from uhle's in Wisconsin.

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This came in the mail last week. The wife hasn't seen it, yet. :D

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You could always ry what I try. I just tell wifey that I have had it for a long time. I just dusted and polished it and it looks new! Hope it works!

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Too much detail makes her suspicious. Ya see, I'm kinda anal retentive, so everything I have looks pretty new. I have a 24yo Pioneer stereo that looks like I took it out of the box yesterday. Oh well, how long can she stay mad? :sh

It's an Italian Viking and seriously, the fit and finish on this thing is excellent. I can't even feel the transition between the faux spigot and the stem or shank and a pipe cleaner goes through it very easily.

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You're a goner! In the garage with you. :r

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well a garage has to be at least as comfy as those older subs he spent so much time in! And he can then smoke in his office!

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Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whaddya mean "older subs"? The Kamehameha was a friggin' show boat in her day. When she was built, Hawaii gave the Navy a bunch of money for crew habitability and she was filled with chrome and teak wood. Besides, I don't have a garage.

Look at Her! Two Battle "E"s and two MUC's, Bad Ass!
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