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Subject: Pipes Digest #150 -- July 22, 1994
Pipes Digest #150 -- July 22, 1994
Circulation this issue: 446
Welcome to new members:
Bill LeBorgne (????????????????)
Arthur C. Greenwald (????????????????????)
Alfritz (???????????????)
Ron Smernoff (????????????????)
David Stewart (??????????????????????????)
Charles Montgomery (???????????????????)
Jeff Nichols (?????????????????)
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Schuzl (??????????????)
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Mike Ryan (??????????????)
John Hedgcock (????????????????)
John Hauser (?????????????????????)
And join us now, for a series of forays into the Ups and Downs of
magazines, darts, and the Great Cavendish Mystery...
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Help Stop Prohibition -- Keep Tobacco Legal
Call -- Write -- Vote
Then, Smoke in Peace.
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From: ???????????????? (Elliott C. Evans)
Subject: News
Hiya Steve,
Just some news for people in the Pittsburgh area
or those who might pass through:
"Poor Richard's" in Station Square just expanded
their walk-in humidor by about 45%. I don't know
if they really increased their stock by much, but
it's certainly much easier to walk around in. It's
much more of a 'walk-in' now, instead of a 'shuffle
in.'
Of course, they had to lose some room from the darts
area for the expansion, but I suppose some sacrifices
must be made.
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| Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans |
| Technical Writer, Ansoft Corporation |
| ???????????????? Pittsburgh, PA |
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From: ????????????? (Tom Line)
Subject: Text File I Wrote About Pipe Smoking
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TEXT FILE ABOUT PIPE SMOKING
Head Chef
Damage Inc. Ohio
Cyber BBS 513-863-0447
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So you want to smoke a pipe. Here's some basic information to get
you started without looking stupid or getting ripped-off in the
process. The following is based on my opinions and experience.
Select a decent pipe.
You can spend billions of dollars on pipes. I suggest you try an inexpensive
pipe to start with, and wait a while on buying Merchaum pipes and mershaum
lined bowls.
Best first pipe.
Buy a simple pipe, the most traditional looking pipe you can find.
If you drive down the street smoking a Sherlock Holmes pipe you're going
to look pretty silly. Pipes that have filters are really just frills.
If the store can't sell you a half-way decent looking respectable pipe
for under 12 bucks, go someplace else. Look for a pipe like an old
man would smoke. Old men know pipes.
Later on, if you want something better, look for a Merchaum
lined pipe. It looks like a regular pipe, but the bowl is lined with
white ceramic stuff. Good merchaum comes from Africa. It's some type
of hard clay. If you want the ultimate, you can find some really wild
pipes carved entirely from mershaum with some wild figureines and
monsters carved into them. Corn cob pipes burn though. Get the most
ordinary looking tobacco pipe for your first pipe.
Best pipe lighter.
Despite advertisers claims, the best pipe lighter is a simple
disposable gas lighter. Zippo's don't work good at all for pipes and
smell and leak. Zippo's modified for pipes are okay, but they get hot
since you need to light a pipe more than a cigarette and have a tendency
to continue to burn while they're in your pocket. Just a simple Bic
or other disposable gas lighter is really the best. Fancy lighters that
require refilling are junk, and although they look cool, they rarely
last more than 3 days before they break. Matches make a mess and
will irritate your throat even though you don't want to inhale a pipe
ever!
Best Ash Tray
A big one. When you smoke a pipe, a small amount of tobacco is
always wasted and gets dumped into the ash try.
Best Tobacco dealers
Here's the most valuable advice in this text. The tinder box
sells old shitty tobacco that has God knows what in it. The stuff
they sell at the drug store on supermarket has all the quality of
smoking the sunday funny papers. Tinder box tobacco looks like
a tobacco chewing baseball team, ate tobacco, and shit it out, and then
sold it to the tinder box. Then they wiped their ass with the sunday
funnies and sold that to the grocery and drug stores as tobacco.
The best place to buy tobacco is from a speciality tobacco dealer
that is not part of a chain. They are called "Tobacconists", and you
can find them in the yellow pages. Avoid malls, although there are
good tobacconists at some malls.
There are 3 basic types of tobacco and thousand of blends. Pipe
tobacco is made from Burley tobacco. Cigarettes are made from blonde
or Virginia tobacco. These are the basic kinds you should know about.
The naming of blends makes it all confusing. Don't be confused. This
is the strait stuff you need to ask for.
1. Burley flavored with Cherry.
This SMELLS the best when it burns.
2. Burley flavored with Vanilla.
This TASTES the best when it burns.
3. Cabendish or English tobacco.
This stuff is black. Unlike Burley tobaccos which are
a brown color, Cabendish looks like it's been in a
smoker for a couple weeks black and smells like
burnt coals. Has a unique taste, but gives me a headache.
You should try this one though because it's a historic
tobacco you might enjoy.
4. Other stuff that's less common but probably pretty good.
There are THOUSANDs of variations mixtures and blends of these
basic types of tobaccos. Apple, and other flavors are very common
and interesting also but always buy from a reputable specialty
tobacconist.
Best Experimental Selection.
Ask for a very small amount of the following to get a really
good idea or what you like or don't like.
1) packet of plain burley with a slight vanilla flavor
2) packet of plain burley with a slight cherry flavor
3) packet of a mixture of cherry/vanilla burley
4) packet of a mixture containing some cabendish (black-english)
ask them for a suggestion of what's good too unless they are a
cigarette smoker since they can't smell or taste anything anyway.
Best place to enjoy smoking a pipe
Fill the bowl full and compress the tobacco lightly. You don't
need any fancy tools either. A pen knife sometimes helps loosen
the unsmoked bowl left over from last night. A properly packed bowl
when it's been smoked up, can be emptied by tapping the bowl
on something several times. If the unsmoked tobacco comes out
immediately, it's packed too loose, and if it requires a tool to
remove, it's packed too tight.
Never inhale pipe tobacco. The life you save may be your own.
Be aware though that all that tobacco going up in smoke right next
to your face, will definitely give you a pretty decent buzz. The
proper mental state is somewhere between a light buzz and nausea.
Never hold the bowl higher than your lips. The tobacco spit might
find its way back into your mouth. UCK!
Smoking outside at night is the most relaxing for me anyway. This
way you can spit if you feel like it and the smoke looks cool as it
curls away and doesn't smell up the room.
Tobacco Pouches
Special pouches are a waste of money. Like the invention of the
disposable lighter, the invention of the zip lock bag has made
all other containers obsolete.
When you seal a zip lock bag for the first time, with your teeth,
make tiny tears in the sides of the bag near the zip lock. This will
allow you to force the air out of the bag when you seal it.
Make your room or car smell good
Leave a bag of cherry tobacco in your living room, automobile
etc. Even in the zip lock baggie (tear the edges so you can force
the air out). It will make it smell really good. When you walk
into a home of a pipe smoker, it's the unsmoked tobacco that gives
that wonderful aroma, not the actual smoking.
SMOKE IF YOU GOT 'EM.
Enjoy.
Head Chef
Damage Inc. Ohio 1994
cyber bbs 513-863-0447
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end of text file
[ Thanks, Tom! Of course, some of our readers will disagree with some
of your points... -S. ]
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From: ????????????? (Tom Line)
Subject: Tobacco Recipes
Hey I want to make my own pipe tobacco blends. What is the best stuff
to flavor plain old burley tobacco with and what's the best way to do
it? Somebody suggested soaking it in bourbon. Is this good or not?
What do they use to flavor Cherry and Vanilla. Is it Cherry juice and
Vanilla extract, or is it some far out chemical? And how do they get
Cabendish tobacco to look burned like that?
[ I'd suspect vanilla extract for the vanilla, and maybe cherry flavor
for the cherry. Probably nothing more awful than, say, your average
Coca-Cola. I believe the Cavendish is fermented slightly. Anyone know
for sure? -S. ]
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From: Mark Korchinski <???????????????????>
Subject: Tobacco magazines
Was learning to use a periodicals database and decided to do something
useful and generate a listing of cigar/pipe/tobacco related magazines.
I cleaned it up a bit, and deleted some selections that didnt look too
relevant. Thought it might be of interest.
73,
Mark K.
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United States
658.8 US ISSN 1063-7885
CIGAR AFICIONADO
1991. q. $12.95
M. Shanken Communications, Inc.
387 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10016
TEL: 212-684-4224 FAX: 212-684-5424 Telex: 422687
Ed. Marvin Shanken.
Adv.Rates: B&W page $8160. 100,000 Other Circ Consumer
Publication
TOBACCO; MEN'S INTERESTS
Status: Active.
Provides information on fine cigars and other pleasures of
life, such as travel, dining, the arts, collecting and
hobbies. Includes personality profiles, restaurants that
permit cigar smoking, and pastime activities from golf
and fishing to music and literature.
658.8 US
COMPLEAT SMOKER
q.
Compleat Smoker
Box 7036, Evanston, IL 60204
TEL: 708-864-6016 FAX: 708-864-1770
Ed.Bd.
2,500 Other Circ
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
679.7 790.13 US ISSN 0882-3332
PIPE & QUILL; a journal for the literate, tasteful, and
discriminating pipe fancier 1983. q.
George L. O'Belmito, Ed. & Pub.
200 W. Grand Ave., No. 108-A, Englewood, CO 80110
adv. bk. rev. illus. 500 Other Circ (back issues avail.)
TOBACCO; HOBBIES
Status: Researched.
658.8 679.7 US ISSN 0032-0161
THE PIPE SMOKER'S EPHEMERIS
1964. q. free.
(Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers)
Tom Dunn, Ed.& Pub.
20-37 120th St., College Point, NY 11356-2128
adv. bk. rev. abstr. bibl. illus. tr.lit. index.
Circ:
7,500 (controlled) (processed)
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
Carries original short stories, artwork, poetry, pipe and
tobacco club news and convention information.
658.8 US
SMOKERS PIPELINE; the journal of kapnismology
1983. bi-m. $15 (foreign $40)
American Pipe Collectors Club
Box 2089, Merrifield, VA 22116-2089
TEL: 703-971-2627 FAX: 703-971-3352
Ed. C. Bruce Spencer.
adv. bk. rev. 4,500 Other Circ (tabloid format)
Former titles: Pipe Smoker and Tobacciana Trader; Pipe
Smoker
(ISSN 0746-1380)
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
Contains articles on pipes, tobacco, events, history, and
people; promotes pipe collecting as a hobby and for
profit.
SMOKESHOP
1976. m. $24
B M T Publications, Inc.
7 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001-3900
TEL: 212-594-4120 FAX: 212-714-0514
Ed. Paul Dworin.
adv. 5,500 Other Circ
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
745.1 US
TOBACCIANA REPORTS; collecting items related to tobacco and its
use
1993. q. $2.95 per no.
Chuck Thompson & Associates
12239 W. Village, Ste. A, Box 11652, Houston, TX 77293
TEL: 713-442-7200
Ed. Chuck Thompson.
bk. rev. illus. (back issues avail.) Consumer Publication
ANTIQUES; TOBACCO
Status: Active.
Includes history and money-saving tips for collectors and
others interested in specific tobacco-related subjects.
679.7 US
TOBACCO REPORTER; devoted to all segments of the international
tobacco industry: processing, trading, manufacturing
1874. m. $30 in U.S. (foreign $65)
Specialized Agricultural Publications, Inc.
Box 95075, Raleigh, NC 27625
TEL: 919-872-5040 Telex: 802736
Ed. Dayton Matlick.
adv. bk. rev. charts. illus. mkt. pat. tr.lit. 5,000
Other Circ
Indexed: Field Crop Abstr.
Former titles: T R; Tobacco Reporter (ISSN 0040-8328);
Supersedes: Western Tobacco Journal (ISSN 0361-5693)
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
658.8 US
TOBACCO WORLD
1962. 3/yr. $24
Lott Publishing Co.
Box 710, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1107
TEL: 310-397-4217
Ed. Dave Lott.
2,000 Other Circ Trade Publication, Newspaper
Formerly: Tobacco World Illustrated.
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
International
641 AT
PIPESMOKE
1973. 3/yr. Aus.$4
Pipe Club of Australia Ltd.
GPOB 4702, Sydney N.S.W. 2001, Australia
Ed. N. E. Steen.
TOBACCO
Status: Researched.
658.8 AT
TOBACCO JOURNAL
1931. m. Aus.$0.50 per no.
Retail Tobacco Sellers Association of Victoria
Box 1780, Melbourne, Vic. 3001, Australia
(Co-sponsor: Retail Tobacco Traders' Association of
Tasmania)
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
633.71 CU
CUBATABACO
(Text in English and Spanish) 1972. s-a. $12 in S. America;
N. America $14; elsewhere $16.
(Ministerio de la Agricultura, Centro de Diseno de Envases y
Divulgacion)
Ediciones Cubanas
Obispo No. 527, Aptdo. 605, Havana, Cuba
Foreign TEL: 7-61-8453
Dir. Zoila Couceyro.
adv. bk. rev. 8,000 Other Circ
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
633.71 CU
CUBATABACO INTERNACIONAL
(Text in English) 1979. s-a.
Instituto de la Demanda Interna
Amargura 103, San Ignacio, 10100 Havana, Cuba
Foreign TEL: 7-61-8453
Dir. Zoila Couceyro.
3,000 Other Circ
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
658.8 GW
PIPE CLUB; Magazin fuer Tabakgeniesser
1974. q. DM.18
Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main
Grosse Bleiche 44-50, 6500 Mainz, Germany
Foreign TEL: 06131-144220 FAX: 06131-144415
Ed. Hans-Gerd Koenen.
adv. bk. rev. 50,000 Other Circ (back issues avail.)
Consumer Publication
TOBACCO; DRUG ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
Status: Active.
Magazine for pipe smokers.
679.7 II ISSN 0046-4031
FLAME AND FLAVOUR
1968. m. Rs.18
Tapan Kumar Das, Ed. & Pub.
12B 4 Indra Roy Rd., Calcutta 25, India
adv. illus. 1,900 Other Circ (tabloid format)
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
658.8 IT ISSN 0392-5773
AMICI DELLA PIPA; rivista bimestrale per la conoscenza e la
diffusione della pipa
(Text in Italian; summaries in English) 1978. bi-m. L.20000
($35)
Amici della Pipa
C.P. 10734, 00100 Rome, Italy
Foreign TEL: 513 2790
Ed. Giancarlo Fortunato.
adv. bk. rev. 7,000 Other Circ
TOBACCO
Status: Active.
Ceased publications
658.8 US ISSN 0193-2284
CIGAR MAGAZINE
published only in 1980. 6/yr. $10
Haworth Press, Inc.
10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904
TEL: 607-722-1695
TOBACCO
Status: Ceased.
331.88 679.72 US ISSN 0009-6814
CIGAR MAKERS' OFFICIAL JOURNAL
1864. Discontinued Dec. 1972. $1
(Cigar Makers' International Union of America)
Ed. & Pub. Mario Azpeitia
815 15th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20005
stat. 3,000 Other Circ
TOBACCO
Status: Ceased.
658.8 679.7 IT ISSN 0032-017X
PIPE WORLD; international magazine for pipe smokers and clubs
1970. q. $5
Pipe World Est.
Via Pacini 2, Milan, Italy
Ed. Peter Fisher.
adv. bk. rev. bibl. charts. illus. stat. 30,000-40,000
Other Circ
TOBACCO
Status: Post office return.
658.8 US ISSN 0146-9266
679.7 US
RETAIL TOBACCONIST
ceased. 6/yr. $45 (Canada and Mexico $75; elsewhere $95)
Leo Douglas, Inc.
9607 Gayton Rd., Ste. 201, Richmond, VA 23233
TEL: 804-741-6704 FAX: 804-750-2399
Trade Publication
TOBACCO
Status: Ceased.
633.71 679.7 US ISSN 0300-6239
[ Wow! Thanks, Mark! -S. ]
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From: Steve Weinberg/HQ/3Com
Subject: Re: Tobacco Tours
I will be traveling with my wife to Tobacco growing country
(Virginia, North Carolina, etc.) this Fall (late September/early
October) and was wondering if anyone knows of any good tours/places to
visit?
I smoke both pipes and cigars and would be interested in learning
more about tobacco production especially for pipe/cigar use (rather
than cigarette use).
Also, is there any good cigar manufacturing done in the area (I know
about Florida, but will not be going that far South). Thanks, steve
[ I vaguely recall seeing a notice of the US Tobacco Museum in The
Ultimate Pipe Book... -S. ]
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From: ??????????????????
Subject: Re: Pipes Digest #149 -- July...
Steve,
Business first...
Pipeworks & Wilke (Elliot Nachwalter)
RR #1 Box 275
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
800-832-8309
They get quite backed up sometimes; I have waited a couple of months for
repairs at times. Lately I've been sending my repairs to S & R Woodcrafts in
Columbus, OH. I've also been buying more of their pipes; they have a wide
selection and are quite creative.
Now pleasure...(smoking my Elliot Nachwalter freehand)
I have avoided jumping in to the smoking bill debate because I think it could
easily become a bottomless pit that would preempt the discussion of the
pleasures of smoking that I subscribe to the list for. One of my principal
reasons for subscribing was the promise of no flames (other than to light a
smoke with).
That said, Jeff Lowell in #149 expresses my feelings on the subject well. I
would go slightly further to say that there are times I feel I need
protection from a few inconsiderate smokers. I had to clean over 150 butts
out of my hedge last week; there were also 20 empty cigarette packs, a dozen
empty match books, etc. (I shouldn't single out smokers; there were also 10
coffee cups, 8 cans, and 2 bags of Burger King trash.) I DON'T like 2nd hand
cigarette smoke (nothing to do with health; I just don't like it). When I
want to smoke, I ask first if it will bother anyone. I would like other
smokers to extend the same courtesy to me. I think much of the impetus for
this bill is the smoking slob, not the members of this list. A little
compromise would go a long way to defuse the issue.
Larry
Smoke it peace...
[ Thanks for the address, Larry! And, yes, we all at times have slobs
to be annoyed at. However, regarding compromise, recall the tale of
the camel, who only wanted to put his nose under the door of the
tent... if it keeps on, one may not even be allowed to posess Camels,
or MacBaren's or Macunados, in one's own home. -S. ]
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From: John Hauser <?????????????????????>
Subject: RE: Your Pipes Digest subscription request
Thanks for placing me on the mailing! I am looking forward to being
part of the forum!
I have been a avid pipe smoker since I was 18. I have worked on a off
in tobacco shops for fun during the past 13 years and am currently
working at the Up Down Tobacco Shop in Chicago one night a week for the
past few years. The owner is a great lady, (At one point she was the
president of the Retail Tobacco Dealers of America - RTDA) and since I
work there, she gives me a great deal on pipes. She has personal
relationships with most of the manufacturers and as a result, gets some
extraordinary pipes. If ever your members are in Chicago, they should
come by for a visit. My favorite pipes are Ser Jacopo, Upshall,
Dunhill, and Ashton, but enjoy all high grade briars. I have a small
collection of 40-50 high grade pipes.
I am also a cigar smoker and was the founding president and current
vice president of the Chicago Cigar Connoisseurs - a 250-300 member
group in Chicago. I believe we are the largest cigar group in the
Chicago area. We hold smokers dinners and event 3 to 4 times a year.
Because of the owners position in the tobacco industry, we have had
almost every major vendor come to the dinners to discuss and hand out
samples of their cigars. In fact, anyone in town the first week in
November should stop by for our 3 Day Cigar Party for a free cigar and
cocktails. This year, Dunhill will be the featured cigar and will be
providing a speaker. My favorite cigars are the Jamaican Royal
Jamaican Cabinet Selection and the Ashton Maduro in any size.
[ Great to hear from you, John! I hope some of our members around
Chicago will check out the CCC. (And later...) ]
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From: John Hauser <?????????????????????>
Subject: Cigar Club Address
I thought that I would send the address for our cigar club if any one
in the Chicago area would be interested.
Chicago Cigar Connoisseurs
c/o Up Down Tobacco Shop
1550 N. Wells St.
Chicago, IL. 60610
(312) 337-8505
[ And still later... ]
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From: John Hauser <?????????????????????>
Subject: While I am at it....
Please add the Up Down Tobacco Shop to your list of Retail and Mail
Order lists. We offer Visa/MC and American Express and a catalog.
Thanks, John
[ Added to the Resource Guide, John! I think the only way I'm going to
keep the guide even semi-up-to-date is by adding things as they come
in. -S. ]
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Today's Snappy Comeback:
(At a singles bar; the Cut Indirect:) "Doctors say people with
sensitive noses are sexually repressed. Kiss me."
- From "101 Ways to Answer the
Question, 'Would You Please Put Out
that #(!&*!$ Cigar'," Hague et. al.,
1987.
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( Pipe smokers will rule the world! * Internet Pipes Mailgroup )
) (if they don't run out of matches...) * (for all who enjoy fine tobacco) (
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- Subject: Pipes Digest #150 -- July 22, 1994
- Subject: News
- Subject: Text File I Wrote About Pipe Smoking
- Subject: Tobacco Recipes
- Subject: Tobacco magazines
- Subject: Re: Tobacco Tours
- Subject: Re: Pipes Digest #149 -- July...
- Subject: RE: Your Pipes Digest subscription request
- Subject: Cigar Club Address
- Subject: While I am at it....
