Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco

Giospro · Subject: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:52 am

I have a tinderbox by my house and thinking to try some of there's, is there any good pipe tobacco brand that is worth trying??

Carlos · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:49 pm

Sure. It's been a while. Most of what I have tried was English. Mild and medium in strength for me. But alright.

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ftrplt · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:59 pm

Haven't been in a Tinder Box in a zillion years. IIRC their tobaccos are either Lane, Altadis, and/or Consolidated bulks with store names. That said, I used to smoke a bunch of their English tobaks...Philosopher coming to mind!! FTRPLT

kilted1 · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:30 pm

I recall the same mainly Lane's blend renamed, my introduction to English blends being 'Typically English' and '10 Downing Street' both by Lane's

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Justpipes · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:18 pm

kilted1 wrote:

I recall the same mainly Lane's blend renamed, my introduction to English blends being 'Typically English' and '10 Downing Street' both by Lane's

I always thought 10 Downing was a very good smoke but it's not available anymore, I don't believe. I have looked around for it but haven't seen any in a long time.

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Texas Outlaw · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:58 am

I didn't like any of the Tinderbox blends I tried. I sent one to a member see if he liked it.

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kilted1 · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:09 am

Justpipes wrote:

kilted1 wrote:

I recall the same mainly Lane's blend renamed, my introduction to English blends being 'Typically English' and '10 Downing Street' both by Lane's

I always thought 10 Downing was a very good smoke but it's not available anymore, I don't believe. I have looked around for it but haven't seen any in a long time.

I'm not sure either was necessarily an actual Lane's product name, like 'Crown Achievement' I could be wrong, but I assumed that they were the Tinderbox names for Lane's bulk blends, I defer to my more knowledgeable brothers here. I rather quickly moved on to then Excellent Dunhill tinned baccies! (late 1070's and early 1980's)

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I'm a jaded old Iso-Con, get over it!

"Gather me balme and cooling violets,
And of our holy herb nicotian,
And bring withall pure honey from the hive,
To heale the wound of my unhappy hand." Henry Buttes

“A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned this is the sum of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson

Bent Stem · Number of posts: 127 Registration date: 2008-11-11

BEWARE! A local Tinderbox nearly ruined my attempts at enjoying pipe smoking years ago! When I was much younger, before there was an internet, I trusted the people there and they convinced me that some heavily cognac cased garbage of tobacco was as good as it could get. I struggled with smoking that severe tongue biting crap for years thinking that if this was the good stuff I'd hate try anything else. Needless to say it made a lasting impression on me. In summary, take what they tell you with a grain of salt because they may/may not what the hell they're talking about but will act as though they do either way.

Texas Outlaw · Subject: Re: Tinderbox Pipe Tobacco Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:24 am

Bent Stem wrote:

BEWARE! A local Tinderbox nearly ruined my attempts at enjoying pipe smoking years ago! When I was much younger, before there was an internet, I trusted the people there and they convinced me that some heavily cognac cased garbage of tobacco was as good as it could get. I struggled with smoking that severe tongue biting crap for years thinking that if this was the good stuff I'd hate try anything else. Needless to say it made a lasting impression on me. In summary, take what they tell you with a grain of salt because they may/may not what the hell they're talking about but will act as though they do either way.

My local Tinderbox which hasn't been open that long has a couple of kids working for them, both kids. And they don't pretend to know anything. In fact, they sucked me for information. One cool thing, they said they were each given a Tinderbox house pipe to smoke and wanted me to help them pick out some more pipes for themselves.

Of course, they only had Petersons, Ascortis, and their house pipes, which I would assume they are basket pipes.

Still a pleasant experience; wish they carried more than their own house blends.

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