Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco

Giospro · Subject: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:52 pm

I have a tinderbox by my house and thinking to try some of there's, is there any good pipe tobacco brand that is worth trying??

Carlos · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:49 pm

Sure. It's been a while. Most of what I have tried was English. Mild and medium in strength for me. But alright.

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ftrplt · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:59 pm

Haven't been in a Tinder Box in a zillion years. IIRC their tobaccos are either Lane, Altadis, and/or Consolidated bulks with store names. That said, I used to smoke a bunch of their English tobaks...Philosopher coming to mind!! FTRPLT

kilted1 · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:30 pm

I recall the same mainly Lane's blend renamed, my introduction to English blends being 'Typically English' and '10 Downing Street' both by Lane's

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Justpipes · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:18 pm

kilted1 wrote:

I recall the same mainly Lane's blend renamed, my introduction to English blends being 'Typically English' and '10 Downing Street' both by Lane's

I always thought 10 Downing was a very good smoke but it's not available anymore, I don't believe. I have looked around for it but haven't seen any in a long time.

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Texas Outlaw · Number of posts: 1238 Age: 2009 Registration date: 2009-03-27

I didn't like any of the Tinderbox blends I tried. I sent one to a member see if he liked it.

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kilted1 · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:09 pm

Justpipes wrote:

kilted1 wrote:

I recall the same mainly Lane's blend renamed, my introduction to English blends being 'Typically English' and '10 Downing Street' both by Lane's

I always thought 10 Downing was a very good smoke but it's not available anymore, I don't believe. I have looked around for it but haven't seen any in a long time.

I'm not sure either was necessarily an actual Lane's product name, like 'Crown Achievement' I could be wrong, but I assumed that they were the Tinderbox names for Lane's bulk blends, I defer to my more knowledgeable brothers here. I rather quickly moved on to then Excellent Dunhill tinned baccies! (late 1070's and early 1980's)

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And of our holy herb nicotian,
And bring withall pure honey from the hive,
To heale the wound of my unhappy hand." Henry Buttes

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Bent Stem · Number of posts: 127 Registration date: 2008-11-11

BEWARE! A local Tinderbox nearly ruined my attempts at enjoying pipe smoking years ago! When I was much younger, before there was an internet, I trusted the people there and they convinced me that some heavily cognac cased garbage of tobacco was as good as it could get. I struggled with smoking that severe tongue biting crap for years thinking that if this was the good stuff I'd hate try anything else. Needless to say it made a lasting impression on me. In summary, take what they tell you with a grain of salt because they may/may not what the hell they're talking about but will act as though they do either way.

Texas Outlaw · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:24 am

Bent Stem wrote:

BEWARE! A local Tinderbox nearly ruined my attempts at enjoying pipe smoking years ago! When I was much younger, before there was an internet, I trusted the people there and they convinced me that some heavily cognac cased garbage of tobacco was as good as it could get. I struggled with smoking that severe tongue biting crap for years thinking that if this was the good stuff I'd hate try anything else. Needless to say it made a lasting impression on me. In summary, take what they tell you with a grain of salt because they may/may not what the hell they're talking about but will act as though they do either way.

My local Tinderbox which hasn't been open that long has a couple of kids working for them, both kids. And they don't pretend to know anything. In fact, they sucked me for information. One cool thing, they said they were each given a Tinderbox house pipe to smoke and wanted me to help them pick out some more pipes for themselves.

Of course, they only had Petersons, Ascortis, and their house pipes, which I would assume they are basket pipes.

Still a pleasant experience; wish they carried more than their own house blends.

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Chaz · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:16 pm

Back in the 80's they had one around me.
I used to have them make me a 4oz. pouch
3/4 oz. Captain Spice and 3&1/4 oz. of norse gold

I liked it and everyone in the room did too. If there was one within 100 miles of Chicago I
would make the drive to buy another batch of that.

JohnnyO · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:26 pm

I think our tinderbox just closed down Sad

I really enjoyed their blend called Black Russian. One of the best, and sweetest aromatics one can buy...back when that's all I smoked was the sweet stuff, I smoked it more than CAO/Dan Blue Note!

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31z40 · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:08 pm

I go there on a daily basis and they have the widest selection of tobacco in tin and bulk. The carry all the major brands in bulk, e.g., McClellands, Mac Barens, Lane, SG, Dunhill, etc., the tins as well are a very good selection.

Dukeofbluz · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:42 pm

Chaz wrote:

Back in the 80's they had one around me.
I used to have them make me a 4oz. pouch
3/4 oz. Captain Spice and 3&1/4 oz. of norse gold

I liked it and everyone in the room did too. If there was one within 100 miles of Chicago I
would make the drive to buy another batch of that.

http://pipesmagazine.com/pipe-store-locator/illinois/2.html

I go to the one in Rockford all the time

Jeffrey

grumpy1 · Number of posts: 18 Registration date: 2008-02-11

Ah yes, Bent Stem you have confirmed my impressions.

31z40 · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:09 am

grumpy1 wrote:

Ah yes, Bent Stem you have confirmed my impressions.

How can you judge all Tinder Box Shops by one statement. The best thing to do is go to one and find ouit for yourself, if you cannot find one go to tinderboxaz.com and they will be more than happy to assist you.