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Post by trailboss on Apr 29, 2023 15:31:57 GMT -5
I recently picked up a few hard to get European Pouched plugs, and got into the cellar to fish out some jars, and ran across a plug that I bought from desolbones .  That pouch is marked Ogden's of Liverpool and on the back enquiries should be directed to Ogden consumer services in Nottingham. So, by what this article tells me it is pre 2016 when they had to change it to meet the regulations, Walnut had to be replaced by original. thepipeshop.co.uk/history/ogdens-original-flake/I searched tobaccoreviews and could find nothing about Ogden's version versus the MacB product. I am going to crack it soon and wondered if the current version is the same as the original? My guess is that it is, a solid 3.1 rating on TR, and I hold MacB in high regards for product quality. In that pipeshop article, the paragraph: Cultural Impact was pretty cool...too another little band from Liverpool did not do the same.
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Post by turbocat on Apr 29, 2023 16:11:40 GMT -5
I would be curious to hear how it smokes. I wonder about the changes, if any, to a number of brands Mac Baren took over. I’ve rarely had the previous iteration roughly as fresh as the replacement to give it an honest answer for myself. I have some of the old St. Bruno and the new Mac Baren production. There was a bit of time between the two being available and when I compare them, I could easily attribute a lot of the differences to age. From my smoking old to new, I have the impression that the Mac Baren products have a subtle, slightly more, refined quality to them, I’m not sure of another way to describe it.
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Post by coalsmoke on Apr 29, 2023 16:37:05 GMT -5
A pipe forum friend sent a pouch of Walnut to me and I thought it was terrific.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 29, 2023 17:15:34 GMT -5
Thanks, guys!
I will have to ask around at the pipe club, see if someone has the current version, and maybe we could do a side by side comparison...better yet....do a blind comparison. That might be fun.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 29, 2023 20:28:02 GMT -5
I miss Greg. Nice guy and generous too.
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Post by taiguy66 on Apr 30, 2023 10:44:14 GMT -5
Thanks, guys! I will have to ask around at the pipe club, see if someone has the current version, and maybe we could do a side by side comparison...better yet....do a blind comparison. That might be fun. Please keep us in the loop. Would love to know more.
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Post by urbino on Apr 30, 2023 14:52:18 GMT -5
Thanks, guys! I will have to ask around at the pipe club, see if someone has the current version, and maybe we could do a side by side comparison...better yet....do a blind comparison. That might be fun. Please keep us in the loop. Would love to know more. Look who the cat dragged in.
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Post by taiguy66 on Apr 30, 2023 18:08:48 GMT -5
Please keep us in the loop. Would love to know more. Look who the cat dragged in. You got dragged by a cat?
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