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In my opinion, the presence or absence of a cigar habit/hobby has very little to do with my opinion of a person. Unless it's a really fat cigar and he also has a mustache. The fat cigar/mustache combo makes me nervous. I don't know why. Well said Frost... Cigar vs. pipes: two distinctly...

hello Tony and welcome

hallo and welcome Dipankar, me being new at this forum just like you, feels nice to read from people living so far away and sharing the same affection. Do they sell Gawith's tobacco in India ? In Nethrelands they DON'T !!!

welcome brother, nice to have someone on this side of the Atlantic joining. have a nice smoke (or two) today ...

welcome from across the Ocean and The Continents this is really a nice bunch of people gathered here but PLEASE don't leave your puros ... cigars are different but equally attractive (blonds, brunettes ... you know...)

well, let me start by saying that I never thought that an e-community can be so friendly ... it is becoming my daily routine to check BoB gentlemen, you are a real jewel in the web-noise. let me intdroduce myself to my pipe-smoking brethren: I am a devoted pipe smoker for more then 30 years...

welcome William, nice addition to our pics-collection :D . Fine to meet like-minded people even when they live on the other side of the world.

well, I used to rub it almost completely. then some years ago i found a site of danish manufacturer MacBarens and watched the video om how you SHOULD smoke flake, and that is rolled in a cylinder and smoked unrubbed. I tried that and HEUREKA : it is better, cooler, testes more and LASTS longer...

three tins currently: Samuel Gawiths Balkan Flake (excellent, traditional, old-style english tobacco packed in flakes') van Rossems's Troost special cavendish ready rubbed (for lightness en general well being of mine family members) MacBaren's Dark Twist roll cake (serious, heavy smoke for...

well, men (and a lady) thank you for beatiful walk down the memory lane. I agree with one of the writers: the pipe smoking community must be one of the most civilized on the web. now, for how i turned into a pipe smoker, the following short story: i grew up as a single child of working parents...

well, men (and a lady) thank you for beatiful walk down the memory lane. I agree with one of the writers: the pipe smoking community must be one of the most civilized on the web. now, for how i turned into a pipe smoker, the following short story: i grew up as a single child of working parents...

i saw somewhere very long time ago a Dunhill with a silver windscreen, a nice little silver(y) perforated contraption mounted on top of the bowl which apparently allows you to draw and yet prevent the wind of heating tobacco too much and burning too fast. recently a read that it was an...