Chris, I stumbled across your blog as I am picking up my pipe after a 5-plus year hiatus. May I say first, your blog is one of the most visually pleasing sites I have ever encountered. Second, your writing style…your melodious rhythms phrasing your passion and respect for your subject…as if a painter has found a way to make his brush create words out of his brushstrokes…is as soothing as it is enlightening. Thank you for sharing!
Chris, regarding the rectangular tins: after opening one, take a piece of aluminum foil twice the area of the tin, and fold the foil in half so that you have a 2-layer piece of foil about the tin’s size. Put the foil over the open tin and replace the lid, with the foil acting as a seal. This old Greg Pease trick will help keep moisture in the tin.
Confessions of a Pipe Smoker 
Chris, I stumbled across your blog as I am picking up my pipe after a 5-plus year hiatus. May I say first, your blog is one of the most visually pleasing sites I have ever encountered. Second, your writing style…your melodious rhythms phrasing your passion and respect for your subject…as if a painter has found a way to make his brush create words out of his brushstrokes…is as soothing as it is enlightening. Thank you for sharing!
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Wow. Thank you so much Robert. That really doesn’t mean a lot. It’s good to know that I am putting out quality work.
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Chris, regarding the rectangular tins: after opening one, take a piece of aluminum foil twice the area of the tin, and fold the foil in half so that you have a 2-layer piece of foil about the tin’s size. Put the foil over the open tin and replace the lid, with the foil acting as a seal. This old Greg Pease trick will help keep moisture in the tin.
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Wow. That makes total sense. I will try that. Thanks John!
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