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    Tobacconists in Cape Town and surrounds.

    Thanks Piet, this was an awesome post and confirm my own journey this year (and thanks for the new stem on my 30 year old GJ) :D . I'm also in the process of hoarding like a mad man (and occasionally I do enjoy Sturks - to me the "best" local available. But when I first tried GL Pease, Dunhill...
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    Tobacconists in Cape Town and surrounds.

    I agree with Rob and others here.  I'm in Nelspruit and we have a Wesleys franchise here.  I've started with a local tobacco blend-journey awhile ago and had to report on my website the disappointment of local tobacco shops (to be fair, obviously I had only access to a few). "Well-known Shop" -...
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    Savinelli Milano De Luxe

    I have 2 Savinelli de luxe Milano's and love both of them! Also wonder what "quality range" they fit in. However, judged on the smoke, I would put it higher than 5.2 / 10 :-)
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    The origins of standard shape names

    The Oom Paul shape has its origin from the president of the ZAR during the Anglo-Boer War in the beginning of the 1900's. https://youtu.be/AkqWjw6ql_c
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    Do any of you guys in South Africa know...

    Yup, photo of http://pienaar.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/robert_sobukwe_141.jpg and http://pienaar.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/thabo_mbeki1-150x150.jpg smoking a pipe. With the anti-smoking campaign, every picture of Madiba smoking a pipe is probably destroyed.  :D 
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    Oom Paul - favorite or seldom smoked?

    I've got 2 oom Pauls, a Savinelli & GBD and they are both great smoking pipes. Love the feel and they clench effortlessly!
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    Oom Paul

    I've got 2 (Savinelli & GBD) and they are GREAT smokers!
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