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About 75% of what I have stashed in the cellar is tinned tobacco. The majority are rectangular tins. SG's FVF, BBF, MacB Navy Flake, MacB VA Flake, OGS, Peterson University Flake, G&H BB#2 ... well, you get the idea. I've been concerned about the seals' integrity over long term periods on these rectangular tins. Recently I've popped a few tins and here's what I'm finding:

SG's BBF and FVF showed no loss of humidity in the tin at all. Yes!

G&H BB#2 showed no loss of humidity in the tin at all. Yes!

MacB VA Flake showed no loss of humidity in the tin at all. Yes!

MacB Navy Flake showed about a 40% drop in humidity - still eminently smokable, but worrying.

I don't know if I'm a pipesmoker... I think is better say that I'm a good smoker.
I like tobacco and I like smoke (every day, from morning to evening): medium and big habanos, italian cigars (toscano) and, of course, good pipe tobacco.

Few months back our own Lars Wiberg and Corneel Vermeulen wrote an interesting article Dunhill Tobacco Odyssey on history of Dunhill tobacco http://pipelore.net/...

I would like to add a pinch of spice to the history of relations between Orlik and Dunhill's tobbaccos. In Odyssey the transition is dated to late 2004 when Murray's production was ceased. When some time last year I was looking for info regarding this transition I came to an interesting observation that in the mid-2004 the fact that Dunhill's blends were turned to Orlik was stated a few times in ASP and caused almost no reaction whatsoever (unfortunately I did not save links, stupid). Last year I was able to pin the beginning of the Great Weaping to this thread http://tinyurl.com/2...

A cute sketch.

Another interesting fellow runs his car along Broadway. When a young man got on and knocked out the ashes from his pipe against an iron stanchion, this gentleman protested in loud German accents. Never, he admonished, knock a pipe against stone or iron: it cracks the bowl. He ought to know — he had made briar pipes in Germany for twenty-two years and his family had carved the briar for four generations before him. He explained the intricacies of the art and sighed over how hard it is to get good briar now. Then he brought out his own favorite briar and showed the exquisite carving he had done on the bowl, a miniature of his wife. The conductor signalled and the motorman, with a sigh, started his car.

this block of wood and for all the fuss and second thoughts I am not at all disappointed. I left it as is figuring the 2 inch bowl height would be in proportion with the 6 inch length.

The contrast stain was red and the over stain a light brown and it didn't really show the red till buffed. The grain and birdseye show well, even the spot I thought was fairly bald showed some after the stain was applied. Think I'll head down and see if I can wreck another block.