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MA.
Next Meeting is Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 7:00 PM or meet early at C.B. Perkins at 5 PM Cobb's Corner, Canton. |
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| Club Info & Events President's Message Howdy Gang, As you all may already be aware Tim has secured the 2017 club pipe and all that have ordered please bring in a check to cover the cost. Thanks again Tim for the time and effort you put into this every year. For all of you who may not be a member of our Facebook page please sign up. It is a great way to keep in touch with everyone throughout the month if you feel as though you really miss me. Because it is a worldwide platform and we have members in there from across the globe. Some interesting information gets posted there. For example we have a few pipe makers and other craftsmen who like to show off their goods. We also have a few members that don’t even smoke a pipe (if you could imagine there is such a civilized person exists) but, rather be a member because of the whole Sherlockian fame. The following is an excerpt from a recent post. To all members of the Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club: I'm Jeff Rapsis, silent film accompanist at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, Somerville. I wanted to let everyone know that on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m., we're screening a 35mm print of the recently rediscovered original silent film version of "Sherlock Holmes" (1916) starring William Gillette in his only known movie appearance. It's the Boston area premiere of this restored picture, which was considered, lost for nearly a century until a copy was found in France in 2014. It's my special privilege to be providing live musical accompaniment for the film. All are invited to attend this special event. Admission is $15 per person. More information can be found on the Somerville Theatre's website at somervilletheatre.com. One downer: I'm afraid there's no pipe smoking allowed in the Somerville Theatre, except on screen. (And Gillette as Holmes sure does his share!) September is most synonymous with back to school. So in honor of bringing a teacher an apple, all those who smoke an apple bowled shaped pipe at September’s meeting will receive an extra raffle ticket for a special prize from my personal collection. “It’s Elementary” - Kevin Member Article ................................ by Eric Kahn The Greater Kansas City Pipe Club For those of you who don't know, my job has me traveling to a lot of different places. I train hospital IT departments all across this country. So what can you do if you don’t have much in the way of excess time to sightsee and to be honest, there is nothing much to see in some of the places I go to? But this time I was scheduled to go to KC. I could have gone to a ball game, I could have gone to all kinds of events. But I’m a pipe and cigar smoker and you can’t smoke in the stands. So, having been there before, I stopped in at Cigars and Tobac, Ltd in Overland Park. One of the best tobacconists (ok, the best, IMHO) in KC. Mr. Bob was on the job when I got there. The owner, Lynn Beyer, was out and was not expected back while I was there. Though I owe him a big thank you for sending me to a very satisfying steak dinner the last time I was there. So why was I so lucky? Because Mr. Bob let me know that the Greater Kansas City Pipe Club was meeting there the very next night. Talk about timing. Well, of course I had to make sure I was to be there for the event. I got there early the next night and went around the corner to another building to have dinner before attending the meeting. The place was quite full of members, and getting fuller. I introduced myself to Quinton Wells, the current president of the GKCPC, and he then introduced me around to several others. Don’t ask me all their names, there were too many. But I got cards from three of them that I’ll share. The first one is from Mr. Bob Oswald, who does custom leather crafting, including pouches and pipe holders. Take a look at Whitewood Leather. For those of you into something a little different he includes a thirteen tail flogging whip. Then there was Dru Melpolder a pipe maker. For those of you into heavy metal check out his facebook page under Dead Guy Pipes, The pipes are quite impressive, and made from aircraft aluminum if I remember correctly. I also had the pleasure of meeting Scottie Piersel a.k.a Ladybriar. Scottie makes all kinds of pipes, but is best known for the pencil thin shanks on many of her pipes. Indeed, they are so impressive that SHPC Boston has placed her on the must have list for our 2018 Club Pipe. Her pipes got a great layout in P&T Magazine. Just like our own Tim Hynick. The meeting was really great. I felt like the bell of the ball, as I was formally introduced and of course (unaccustomed as I am to public speaking) I gave a little speech about SHPC starting with “Oyay, Oyay, Oy vey” - which fell a little flat to them but those of you who attended our meetings at the Synagogue. would understand. None the less I felt greatly welcomed. Some of the things they did at their meeting:
Then of course, everyone settled into the usual pairing or groupings that happen at our meetings. There was even a discussion of Sherlock Holmes. I can’t remember who started that. In any case, it was a great night, and if you’re in the area the third Thursday of the month in Overland Park, Kansas, at 8:00 p.m., I suggest you stop in at Cigar & Tobac, not to mention the meeting. Oh, there is also a great Indian restaurant in the area if you like Indian food. Here’s to my next visit. Tobacco Raffle This month, we have two small batch tobaccos. The descriptions say it all: Cornell & Diehl - Bourbon Bleu Cornell & Diehl - Father the Flame |
Tobacco Review .................... by Ernie Whitenack Peter Stokkebye's Cube Cut It is all true. However, the scent upon opening the bag appeared to be a little perfumed which I figured must be a binding agent helping to hold the layers of the eighth inch cubes together. Upon lighting up, there was no hint of added flavoring or room note perfume, just plain tobacco odor. I guess I packed the chamber a bit too tightly as it took several lights to get it going. I loosened it a little with a shank pick and it burned nicely all the way to the bottom; exercising careful attention with a tamper. Perhaps I puffed a little too aggressively as my tongue began to tingle, about two thirds of the way through, from the slight bite detected. The Virginia and Burley flavors seemed to trade places throughout the length of the smoke. I decide it was an O.K. smoke but needed something. I took several ounces and added 10% Latakia and 10% Peter Stokkebye 84 Turkish, a blend of the famous Samsoun and Virginia, and put it in a tin for several days before trying it in a larger chamber. It became easier to light and keep burning, and the slight tongue bite went away. It appeared to be a bit sweeter due, I guess, to the added Virginia and Samsoun. The Latakia added its noble taste and aroma, as always, and gently. This exercise was fun and interesting and I’m going to up the Latakia and Turkish blend a bit and see what happens. - Ernie |
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Bourbon Bleu is an entry in the Cellar Series by Cornell &
Diehl. This crumble cake is made by pressing a variety of ripe
Virginias with dark-fired Kentucky and Perique, and is finished
with a bit of Bourbon flavor. Time will allow the blend to become
more balanced, deeper and sweeter, and should be at its best in
10 to 15 years.
Father the Flame is a feature-length documentary about slowing
down, embracing life, and learning something in the process. It's
also about tobacco pipes. Straight Up English was Cornell &
Diehl's very first Small Batch blend: An English blend done the
traditional way. No topping. No added flavors. Red and bright
Virginias and a healthy dose of Latakia. Straight Up. Note that
this is a limited run of only 2400 tins - we have #745
“Peter Stokkebye's Cube Cut is unusual, as most cube cuts
are strictly Burley or Virginia, but this uses both tobaccos combined
in layers which are Cavendish-pressed and cut into small cubes.
The singular pouch aroma is one of tea and pepper, but the flavor
is very gentle and the tobacco burns slowly.”
