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The Pipe Bit: Whatever Happened to the Uhle Tobacco Company?
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Friday, May 13, 2011. Whatever Happened to the Uhle Tobacco Company? It's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there. Bob Dylan, "Not Dark Yet". Las Vegas, Nevada. I did indeed work with your mother, Caroline, at Uhle’s in the early part of this century. As you are completing your Master’s degree in American History, I will try to answer your query as to what, exactly, happened to the Uhle Tobacco Company. In name) of pipe tobacco. How could H.R. 4439 have passed? And mo...
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The Pipe Bit: March 2012
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Wednesday, March 28, 2012. The RYO Trap: When "Pipe Tobacco" Isn't Pipe Tobacco. The college student finally decided to try smoking a pipe. About time, too: he had liked the idea for a long time, loved the smell of pipe tobacco, and, frankly, thought it would look.well, distinguished. Certainly, then, time to give it a try. Which tasted like shit. And smelled like a burning tire. And burned like gonorrhea. It was labeled as "pipe tobacco," and.ugh. Money, money, mon...
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The Pipe Bit: Mr. Black
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Friday, August 12, 2011. No way, no way. Tried it once, doesn’t work. You got four guys all fighting over who’s gonna be Mr. Black.”. Honorable Mention: Vanilla Black Cavendish:. This blend, made by McClelland, ramps up the flavor of Black Cavendish. Though BCA is not used, this is very close in terms of moisture content and feel. The difference is in the flavoring, a bit like MacBaren’s Vanilla Crème, but with all black tobaccos. It’s richer...More Blogs For and By...
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The Pipe Bit: The RYO Trap: When "Pipe Tobacco" Isn't Pipe Tobacco
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Wednesday, March 28, 2012. The RYO Trap: When "Pipe Tobacco" Isn't Pipe Tobacco. The college student finally decided to try smoking a pipe. About time, too: he had liked the idea for a long time, loved the smell of pipe tobacco, and, frankly, thought it would look.well, distinguished. Certainly, then, time to give it a try. Which tasted like shit. And smelled like a burning tire. And burned like gonorrhea. It was labeled as "pipe tobacco," and.ugh. Money, money, mon...
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The Pipe Bit: Parallels: Pipes and E-cigarettes
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Wednesday, October 2, 2013. Parallels: Pipes and E-cigarettes. Increasingly, many pipe smokers are augmenting their vice with using e-cigarettes, known as “vaping.” Just two examples, on YouTube, are Aristocob and Skeletal Piper. It seems there are good reasons for pipe smokers to be fond of e-cigs; pipe smoking and vaping are quite similar machines, and here are four reasons why:. The Hobbyist and The Ritual:. The Few, The Knowing:. At the same time of feeling like...
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The Pipe Bit: Briar and Beyond: Freak Show Pipes
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Briar and Beyond: Freak Show Pipes. Above picture from kristenpipe.com. Beyond briar is the reliable tier of meerschaum, corn cobs, clay and occasionally, cherry wood. But some pipe manufacturers have, over the history of pipe smoking, made their products out of truly different materials. Picture above from legiopraetoria.it. You light and, apparently, smoke the pipe with its bowl pointed at the floor. The system to do this is complicate...
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The Pipe Bit: June 2011
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Friday, June 17, 2011. Pirates of the Pipe Tobacco. Note to my blog staff: “For the next post on The Pipe Bit, I want a picture of my humble self decked out as a pirate. I can bring the peg leg and eye patch from home, but I need a cutlass and a parrot. The parrot can be the stuffed kind, if necessary. What I’m gonna do is tie in blend cuts like rope and coin with pirates. Get it? Like Jack Sparrow and shit like that? So that’s all pretty cool, right? Cut This does ...
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The Pipe Bit: Tony Montana: Goodnight to the Good Guy
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Friday, April 8, 2011. Tony Montana: Goodnight to the Good Guy. You never know, that dishwasher could be a beholder.". Rick Ross, "Push It". He credits Uhle's with his sense of thrift. "I never owned a house. What do I need all that room for? I don't need some fancy staircase or a statue. I learned to be happy with what got.". He leaves Uhle's happy, though. "I have changed for the better. I have made friends and overcame my past. It was being here that ...Retributi...
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The Pipe Bit: Pirates of the Pipe Tobacco
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Friday, June 17, 2011. Pirates of the Pipe Tobacco. Note to my blog staff: “For the next post on The Pipe Bit, I want a picture of my humble self decked out as a pirate. I can bring the peg leg and eye patch from home, but I need a cutlass and a parrot. The parrot can be the stuffed kind, if necessary. What I’m gonna do is tie in blend cuts like rope and coin with pirates. Get it? Like Jack Sparrow and shit like that? So that’s all pretty cool, right? Cut This does ...
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The Pipe Bit: July 2011
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Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture. Friday, July 29, 2011. The heat wave broke last week; at one point, the “feels like” temperature was 107 degrees- somewhat uncomfortable, even to summer die-hards. My father, R.H. Rentner, smoked cigarettes most of his life- Kents was the brand. My mother, Mary Rentner, did not smoke, and never hassled my dad about it. They were a team, and supported and loved each other. I still work in a smoke shop. In recent years, I have dipped into Twitter (and Facebook, a ...
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