jakesolsen
New Member
Posts: 25
First Name: Jake
Favorite Pipe: For now, a Ropp Vintage Stout Bulldog
Favorite Tobacco: Maltese Falcon, OGS
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Post by jakesolsen on Aug 27, 2021 0:05:30 GMT -5
Hello there fellow pipe enthusiasts, My name is Jake, and I've just been getting back into pipes for the last six months or so. When I was around 20, pure luck allowed me to stumble upon a treasure of a tobacconist, in Grand Rapids, MI, called Buffalo tobacco traders. I was immediately enchanted by everything inside those doors. A short while later, I left with a basket pipe and a tin of Navy Flake, and immediately fell in love with smoking a pipe. I continued smoking, and collecting, for the next few years, and spent a lot of time on a now much less used pipe forum. A few years down the road, i was going through a divorce, and a young new bachelor did a typical bachelor thing, and cashed in many possessions for money, never understanding the value of what i had  . Now Im 35, and the pipe bug has bitten me again! I think this time its for good. So, yeah, thats why im here!  I look forward to meeting future brothers of the briar! *A Few things that shocked me upon my return to pipe smoking: --McClelland is gone (No more Christmas Cheer or 5100 - That really hurts!) --Dunhill tobaccos are now Peterson tobaccos (Although reviews seem good (Elizabethan on the way)) --Esoterica and Samuel Gawith brands are incredibly difficult to obtain, after in the past always being readily available |
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Post by Silver on Aug 27, 2021 0:29:32 GMT -5
Welcome, Jake, from Michigan.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 27, 2021 0:36:50 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch from NE Texas! đ đ€
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Post by urbino on Aug 27, 2021 0:40:10 GMT -5
Welcome aboard!
Yeah, the Esoterica and McClelland's thing surprised me when I got back to it, too. I'd never really been aware of Gawith.
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Post by Yohanan on Aug 27, 2021 6:29:53 GMT -5
Hello Jake, and Welcome to the Forum!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2021 6:42:25 GMT -5
Welcome aboard! The now Peterson Dunhill tobacco has been manufactured by STG since '04 or '05, so it remained the same recipes independantly of the name.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 27, 2021 9:22:42 GMT -5
Welcome from central north Floriduh.
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Post by darktater on Aug 27, 2021 9:25:16 GMT -5
welcome from South Carolina, I'm another recently back to the pipe. I understand the pain on McClelland, I was all ready to get some Frog Morton with my first order....
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Post by Darin on Aug 27, 2021 9:26:07 GMT -5
Welcome from AZ!
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Post by just ol ed on Aug 27, 2021 10:01:18 GMT -5
adding welcome/greets from 50miles East of Buffalo, NY. Really old time with forums/chatrooms etc since '01. A dedicated lata-holic for past 16yeara, no interest in McClelland, plenty choices among C&D, Pease & Capt Earle Englishes. Hope you find topics of interest & participate, ask questions etc
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe/cigar since '62
am 80 & still upright
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Post by fadingdaylight on Aug 27, 2021 10:47:00 GMT -5
Welcome from Western Arkansas!
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Post by mgtarheel on Aug 27, 2021 11:39:34 GMT -5
Welcome from "The Tarheel State"
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Post by papipeguy on Aug 27, 2021 11:56:20 GMT -5
Welcome to The Patch. You've missed some big events in our hobby. We're still waiting for the fallout of the FDA's Deeming Rule to see what blends will survive in the coming years. Tune in here regularly to fine the latest. The folks here are usually very on top of things.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 27, 2021 20:43:36 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Jake!
I can relate to having a long hiatus, but mine was different. I smoked a single blend back in the day, and re-entered some years back finding out about all of the wonderful non aromatics.
Glad to have you here.
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Post by Gandalf on Aug 27, 2021 20:45:56 GMT -5
Welcome to the patch from central Illinois.
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buzz
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Post by buzz on Aug 28, 2021 0:15:29 GMT -5
Welcome! Enjoy the forum.
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Post by kxg on Aug 28, 2021 11:08:49 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum and back to pipes, Jake. I had a similar although protracted journey; a decade+ of pipe smoking then a 35 year hiatus while I smoked cigars, then back to the pipes three years ago. A lot has changed, some for worse, some for better. In my neck of the woods, the internet has been a boon to pipe smoking.
Enjoy your time here!
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Post by sperrytops on Aug 28, 2021 16:18:13 GMT -5
Welcome from Northern California.
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Post by william on Aug 28, 2021 16:44:46 GMT -5
Welcome.
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Post by taiguy66 on Aug 28, 2021 20:04:18 GMT -5
Hey Jake! Welcome from the PNW! Sure hope youâll enjoy your time with us.
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Rattlesnake Daddy
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Favorite Pipe: Always changing
Favorite Tobacco: G&H Dark Birds Eye, Bayou Night.
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Aug 29, 2021 13:23:47 GMT -5
Welcome from New Hampshire.
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Post by Goldbrick on Aug 29, 2021 20:00:46 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch , and welcome back to the Brotherhood of the Briar.
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Post by CrustyCat on Aug 30, 2021 1:28:21 GMT -5
Hello and welcome from Nevada
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 30, 2021 3:24:00 GMT -5
Welcome from Northern Ireland, the place where Germains and SG are readily available...but that's about it. You guys still win in the availability game.
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Post by johnlawitzke on Sept 5, 2021 17:39:45 GMT -5
Welcome!!! Too bad youâre not still in Grand Rapids as there is a pretty active pipe community centered around Indian River Tobacco Traders. Sadly, Buffalo is now only an echo of what it once was.
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Post by Gypo on Sept 5, 2021 21:11:39 GMT -5
Welcome hope you enjoy
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