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Post by puffy on Oct 28, 2018 17:30:44 GMT -5
Grandpa lived with us when from the time I was 8 years old until I was 11 He was in his early seventies..He's the first person I remember watching smoke a pipe. I can't remember if he had one pipe or two. The thing I do remember is the unusual way he did it.He would put his pipe in a pouch (usually Prince Albert) and load it with his thumb,and light it with a match. Actually I've seen him put the end of a stick in the fire place until it caught on fire then use it to light his pipe. He had a tamper he had carved out of a stick.He didn't have pipe cleaners.He had a piece of wire that he used instead of one.He reamed his pipe with his pocket knife..Keep in mind that I was a young boy and all of this was very fascinating to me..If Grandpa could see my pipes and tobacco,tamper and pipe cleaners.Not to mention The 151 Rum I use to clean my pipes He would think my engine has jumped track..He might be right,
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Post by kxg on Oct 28, 2018 18:20:58 GMT -5
Good memories! My Grandpa smoked a pipe as well; Prince Albert, Velvet, Kentucky Club, SWR, whatever was available at the drug store I’m sure. He was a general contractor and I remember his shop smelling of sawdust and tobacco smoke, a nice combination. He died 53 years ago and that shop smell remains fresh.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2018 18:42:47 GMT -5
Really good memories for sure👍👍. My grandfather mostly smoked Granger & Half & Half. Once in a while a good cigar. The only pipes my grandfather owned was 2 Dunhill’s and many LHS pipes. My grandfather and I were close, I spent many summers with him in Brooklyn. Riding the subway, going to Coney Island often and Manhattan a few times. I still remember the aroma of his pipe and the day he passed away.
My grandfather retired from the United Nations and was proud of the letters he received from President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The letters were framed and hung on a wall in his living room. My great grandfather and grandfather also owned a pipe factory in Brooklyn, which they decided to completely close their doors in 1961.
Both were very private people and out of respect for both I don’t discuss much about their lives and what they accomplished. I’m very proud of them both💔💔
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 28, 2018 18:48:36 GMT -5
I wish I knew my grandparents...unfortunately, I barely knew my parents.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2018 19:50:45 GMT -5
I wish I knew my grandparents...unfortunately, I barely knew my parents. Walt, I’m sorry to hear this! Hope you have a few good memories. My ONE grandfather I was very close to, my grandmother not so much....kind of weird. We all have them in our closet....lol |
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Post by puffy on Oct 28, 2018 22:29:18 GMT -5
My grandfather was born in 1880.We used to sit by the wood stove.While he smoked his pipe he would tell me stories about what life was like before electricity,and cars.When he died I was 22 years old and living in Michigan.I hadn't started smoking a pipe yet but I really wanted his.I asked everyone that I thought might have it.They all said they didn't have it,and I never got it..In my mind though I can still see him sitting in that chair by the wood stove smoking his pipe..I guess that you can tell by now that I really loved him.
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Post by djo on Oct 28, 2018 22:31:10 GMT -5
My mother has memories of HER grandfather smoking a corn cob pipe and Prince Albert on the front porch of their farm house. She sometimes comments that I have a lot in common with him.  |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 28, 2018 23:33:12 GMT -5
My grandfather smoked a pipe grudgingly after the Surgeon General's report, and would castigate my poor grandmother for continuing with cigarettes. I have much more potent memories of my grandmother with her Winstons -- she at least enjoyed them.
(of course, she died almost twenty years before her husband, despite being almost ten years younger. So it's not all good.)
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Post by clintonvilleleather on Oct 29, 2018 0:12:48 GMT -5
My Grandpa almost always had Prince Albert though sometimes he had a blend from the local pipe shop. He would always have his pipe after a meal.
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Post by arturo7 on Oct 29, 2018 0:18:21 GMT -5
Prince Albert in a bent billiard.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 29, 2018 2:27:42 GMT -5
Like djo, my mum has memories of her grandfather smoking a pipe. I never knew her dad. He passed away before I was born, but I don't think he was a pipe smoker. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2018 9:16:34 GMT -5
Grandpa lived with us when from the time I was 8 years old until I was 11 He was in his early seventies..He's the first person I remember watching smoke a pipe. I can't remember if he had one pipe or two. The thing I do remember is the unusual way he did it.He would put his pipe in a pouch (usually Prince Albert) and load it with his thumb,and light it with a match. Actually I've seen him put the end of a stick in the fire place until it caught on fire then use it to light his pipe. He had a tamper he had carved out of a stick.He didn't have pipe cleaners.He had a piece of wire that he used instead of one.He reamed his pipe with his pocket knife..Keep in mind that I was a young boy and all of this was very fascinating to me..If Grandpa could see my pipes and tobacco,tamper and pipe cleaners.Not to mention The 151 Rum I use to clean my pipes He would think my engine has jumped track..He might be right, Being a grandpa myself I remember filling my pipe inside the pouch just as you've described, with a thumb, back in the 1960s, before all the "best fill" recommendations to improve the smoking experience came to light. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 29, 2018 9:20:09 GMT -5
Grandpa lived with us when from the time I was 8 years old until I was 11 He was in his early seventies..He's the first person I remember watching smoke a pipe. I can't remember if he had one pipe or two. The thing I do remember is the unusual way he did it.He would put his pipe in a pouch (usually Prince Albert) and load it with his thumb,and light it with a match. Actually I've seen him put the end of a stick in the fire place until it caught on fire then use it to light his pipe. He had a tamper he had carved out of a stick.He didn't have pipe cleaners.He had a piece of wire that he used instead of one.He reamed his pipe with his pocket knife..Keep in mind that I was a young boy and all of this was very fascinating to me..If Grandpa could see my pipes and tobacco,tamper and pipe cleaners.Not to mention The 151 Rum I use to clean my pipes He would think my engine has jumped track..He might be right, Being a grandpa myself I remember filling my pipe inside the pouch just as you've described, with a thumb, back in the 1960s, before all the "best fill" recommendations to improve the smoking experience came to light. Did you notice much of a difference when you changed your packing method? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2018 9:28:28 GMT -5
Being a grandpa myself I remember filling my pipe inside the pouch just as you've described, with a thumb, back in the 1960s, before all the "best fill" recommendations to improve the smoking experience came to light. Did you notice much of a difference when you changed your packing method? Yes, I did. Big time. The filling/tamping thumb, with its pressure straight downwards, can plug the airhole or otherwise constrict the smoke by pushing directly down on the tobacco too much. I never tamp directly downwards if at all. I use several methods: the Frank, the air pocket method (if it's the right tobacco cut, such as some flakes) and the gravity fill. With the latter, I finish by tamping very gently at an angle, around the circle of the inner rim, to prevent pressing directly downwards. |
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Post by pappyjoe on Oct 29, 2018 10:24:52 GMT -5
The only grandfather I knew was actually a step-grandfather and he was a pipe smoker. He had a small pipe he carried to work with him and smoked on breaks and on the city bus ride home and had two or three other pipes he smoked when he was home. According to my oldest sister and to one of my cousins, he smoked George Washington until they stopped making it then it was whatever was sold at the nearest drugstore. He died in either 78 or 79. I was given two of his pipes. I have his Yello Bole Spartan briar and our youngest son now has his mini Whitehall pipe.
My impression/memory from back then is that pipe smokers weren't nearly as picky about resting pipes or having a variety of blends.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2018 14:00:00 GMT -5
My only grandparent who smoked was my grandpa on Dad's side. I never saw him with a pipe. He handrolled cigarettes with either Prince Albert or Velvet. He had a massive pile of tins out at the end of his cow pasture. Must have been a couple thousand tins in that pile when he passed. I thnk he probably went through 2-3 tins a week.
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Post by rmb on Oct 29, 2018 14:30:48 GMT -5
Like Pappyjoe my grandfather was actually my step grandfather. I'm the only grandchild out of 8 who remembers his pipe smoking, he quit in the early to mid nineties I think. I inherited what was left of his pipe collection as I was the only one who showed interest. I have a picture of him holding me with his Thompson meer billiard hanging from his mouth, we are pretty sure it was his favorite. I had no idea what he smoked, my grandma has a touch of dementia and couldn't remember either. It was Brian Levine who took the pipe and smelled it, smiled and said "Prince Albert". I really appreciated that, and it makes sense.
He died in September last year, I started smoking in October I think. At first it was just to remember him, but I found I really enjoyed it pretty quickly. But, there is hardly a time I have a pipe and he doesn't come to mind at least once.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 29, 2018 14:38:07 GMT -5
Like Pappyjoe my grandfather was actually my step grandfather. I'm the only grandchild out of 8 who remembers his pipe smoking, he quit in the early to mid nineties I think. I inherited what was left of his pipe collection as I was the only one who showed interest. I have a picture of him holding me with his Thompson meer billiard hanging from his mouth, we are pretty sure it was his favorite. I had no idea what he smoked, my grandma has a touch of dementia and couldn't remember either. It was Brian Levine who took the pipe and smelled it, smiled and said "Prince Albert". I really appreciated that, and it makes sense. He died in September last year, I started smoking in October I think. At first it was just to remember him, but I found I really enjoyed it pretty quickly. But, there is hardly a time I have a pipe and he doesn't come to mind at least once. You're keeping his memory alive. I like it. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 29, 2018 17:09:03 GMT -5
I wish I knew my grandparents...unfortunately, I barely knew my parents. Walt, I’m sorry to hear this! Hope you have a few good memories.My ONE grandfather I was very close to, my grandmother not so much....kind of weird. We all have them in our closet....lol Nope, not one...hard to believe...but it is true...not one good memory...ever. Nothing but abuse that almost took my life. Got away and never looked back. Sad, but I know of worse than that...I'm sure you do too. |
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Post by mel64us on Jan 13, 2019 22:01:37 GMT -5
My maternal grandfather was a pipe smoker. Always Prince Albert. He smoked cobs at home and when fishing and briars when they went out. He smoked an occasional cigar (5 cents), but pipes were his passion.
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Post by puritana on Jan 13, 2019 22:13:07 GMT -5
Great thread!!
My grandfather in Canada used to smoke both pipes and cigarettes. He would smoke a pipe on occasions and holidays, but more so he used to roll his own cigarettes.
That Canadian tobacco smell is a fond scent.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 13, 2019 22:27:10 GMT -5
 My grandpa on the left, I believe he was also born in 1889...an amazing time period them old codgers had, he knew people from the old west and civil war...to men walking on the moon. Prince Albert for him, don't remember seeing pipe cleaners, although, he may have had them. |
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Post by dave g on Jan 14, 2019 4:41:39 GMT -5
Amazing stories fellas. They jarred loose a few great old memories of my grandparents.
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Post by kingchuck109 on Jan 14, 2019 7:38:45 GMT -5
I just remember the smell of the tobacco my Grand father Smoked. I was real young when he died some 32 years ago. the closet I can find is Mississippi Mud heck for all I know it could have been that very one.
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Post by longtom on Jan 14, 2019 11:27:22 GMT -5
Grandaddy was born 1909 and was a SE Georgia lumber man his whole life. I've had his pipe rack since he died twenty years ago. I recall him chewing on unlit cigars more than smoking his pipe, but as you can see from the pic his pipes were very well used. I remember seeing pouches of Half & Half on his side table with the pipe rack.  |
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Post by sperrytops on Jan 14, 2019 14:10:06 GMT -5
I love these old stories and especially the old photos. A window into the past. My grandfather (I only knew one myself) didn't smoke, but my father did: a pipe to relax and a cigar at the poker table.
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Post by monbla256 on Jan 14, 2019 16:03:25 GMT -5
Both of my grandfathers were cigar smokers ( as was my father) but my mothers uncle was a pipe smoker and he took me to Perretis in Boston when I got back from 'Nam where I got my first Charatan. He smoked Charatans, always said they were better than "... those damn Dunhils! ". My cousin who smokes a pipe got them so at least they staid in the family! 
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jan 14, 2019 17:44:14 GMT -5
Unfortunately, my maternal grandfather passed away before I was born. In almost every picture that I’ve seen of him, he is smoking a pipe.  |
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Post by instymp on Jan 14, 2019 17:53:50 GMT -5
Grandpa lived with us when from the time I was 8 years old until I was 11 He was in his early seventies..He's the first person I remember watching smoke a pipe. I can't remember if he had one pipe or two. The thing I do remember is the unusual way he did it.He would put his pipe in a pouch (usually Prince Albert) and load it with his thumb,and light it with a match. Actually I've seen him put the end of a stick in the fire place until it caught on fire then use it to light his pipe. He had a tamper he had carved out of a stick.He didn't have pipe cleaners.He had a piece of wire that he used instead of one.He reamed his pipe with his pocket knife..Keep in mind that I was a young boy and all of this was very fascinating to me..If Grandpa could see my pipes and tobacco,tamper and pipe cleaners.Not to mention The 151 Rum I use to clean my pipes He would think my engine has jumped track.. He might be right, Makes ya wonder at times, don't it. |
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Post by kbareit on Jan 14, 2019 18:11:16 GMT -5
As far back as I can remember my grandfather smoked a pipe. He smoked cigars on occasion but he always had his leather zipper pouch with Half and Half and his trusty Zippo. The only time he smoked a different blend was the holidays and he smoked cherry blends. At one time he had around 50 pipes and when he passed my grandmother threw them away because she felt they gave him the cancer that did him in. That's why I was shocked when going through my dads stuff that I found a couple of them. They must have been tucked away because they were so full of cake that you couldn't get any tobacco in them. I got them cleaned out and smokable and when I do smoke them I use his trusty Zippo's to light them.
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