What kind of pipe did bing crosby smoke

Those who were close to him knew that he preferred Charatan over any other pipe brand. In fact, you can find many photos of him enjoying a wide range of Charaton styles. His career spanned several decades.

From appearing in television to narrating radio broadcasts, Conrad did it all. He's best known, however, as the narrator of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Robert Young From Hollywood leading man to star of a hit television program, Robert Young wore many hats during his long and very successful acting career. In fact, Young is known for being one of the first actors to leave Hollywood to pursue a television career.

Throughout his time in the spotlight, he could always be found with a pipe in his hand. With such a busy schedule, we imagine that smoking a pipe helped him unwind after a long day in the studio. Clark Gable Few leading men are as beloved as Clark Gable. To this day, many of his films remain enormously popular. Does Crooner ghost a pipe?

Sort of, but it's such a harmless smell that seems compatible with Balkans, Orientals and any vanilla or fruity aromatic But you may experience a troublesome ghosting of a different sort read on. On to my advice I think anyone who is curious about trying Crooner should just get a couple ounces and try it because you really need to experience it.

However, I did have a bit of a problem not related to the actual quality of the blend I'm hoping that these other tobaccos will air out and lose that scent. Perhaps I will call smokingpipes? Anyway, if you do order some Crooner you might want to ask the seller to try to better isolate the Crooner from other blends in the same box.

I have not cared for Burley's before. This blend is sublime. I agree with other reviewers that it is harder to keep lit than a traditional shag cut.

And yes, the cubed burley is a bit hard and makes some powder waste in the bottom of the bag. As Achille Savinelli says: "It is better to use a few more matches or a little more gas than to burn your pipe. Haven't you noticed that old smokers in general are those who let their pipes go out more frequently?

The folks at Cornell Diehl told me that this has some molasses on it. That accounts for some of the pouch flavor. It never leads to a hot, goopy, sugary smoke though. On the contrary. It touches off the flavor of what is obviously a top quality burley. I just know that the flavor is complex, it stays interesting throughout the bowl, and is thoroughly enjoyable. Becuase the burley cubes are a bit hard, you can't really pack this down after smoking a little. I have found that you have to use a poker to break up the tobacco that is partially burnt in the bowl.

This will enable an easier re-light and less dottle. I have not yet tried leaving a bit of this tobacco out to air dry yet to see if it makes it easier to keep lit. I don't want to lose any of that subtle flavoring. I count it a fair trade to have to light this a bit more, and get such a pleasant smoke. This was the blend that broke me from the goopy, extra-black-and-syrupy blends that I started with when just a pipe-smoking pup. This is simply what it says A bit difficult to pack initially, as I had never seen a cube cut before, but after a few tries I found gravity filling to work the best.

This was a very simple, very clean smoke that I found to be very flavorful. Nutty and cool, I could just taste a hint of vanilla. In the room, there's no quesion: people were asking me to refill my pipe shortly after I finished! Crooner also offers a ready base for some interesting 'baccy blending at home. From time to time I like something sweet out of my pipe.

Definitely recommended, especially for pipe smokers looking to get away from the current batch of goopy aromatics out there. Found it!! The exact smoke I've been searching for! I shoulda known Der Bingle would be the fella to lead me to it!

I was an exclusive aro smoker for all of the 30 odd years I've been an on and off piper, but I recently went down the old burley road after finally giving in to the sheer pleasure Matches always displayed while puffing on some Haunted Bookshop also a new love of mine! I bought a tin of HB, as well as a can of Prince Albert and suddenly, the shine was knocked clean off my beloved aros. I was an instantaneous burley lover. I go through at least bowls if the stuff a day, as well as a smattering of Carter Hall.

A random web search while watching "The Road to Morocco" as to the old groaner's smoke of choice led me to Crooner and the rest was history. Got 4 oz to start, waiting on a whoppin' el-bee of the stuff as we speak. The tin note was delicious and, oddly enough, reminded me of the slightly cinnamon, earthy nut smell of a freshly opened box of raisin bran or cinnamon Life cereal.

Sounds odd, I know- but also familiar, homey and as comforting as a heavy down quilt on a cold winters night. The nutty, smokey, leathery-sweet goodness of the top-notch cube cut burley with the floral, spicy, vanilla zing of deer tongue just swept me away as soon as I lit the first bowl.

The cube cut makes for a lot of expansion upon lighting, so keep it in mind to fill the bowl on the low side. I've read that some folks simply gravity feed and lightly tamp, but I did my usual three-step fill and it worked like a charm.

A char light, a gentle tamp and a light and it burned cool, creamy, long, dry and slow, requiring little maintenance and only one re-light. It burned to the bottom and left a fine, white ash. Being a big Bing fan I have wanted to try this for a while. Never had the original so this rating in for this match. Even smoked it while listening to the Bing himself and in a Canadian to boot. When I opened the bag the following aroma met me. A pleasing light earthy, woody aroma with a tough of nut with a background of whiskey.

It seemed a bit dry but I put it out on a paper towel for about 45 minutes for I like to make sure excess moisture is gone and I find a brief airing seems to help the experience a bit.

This is a cube cut so i poured it in, tamped it an poured and lightly tamped it again. I was pleasantly surprised when I lit it, the charring lit stayed lit and the tobacco for some reason seems to expand greatly so it was like one of those old snakes we used to light during the 4th of July that used to smoke and crawl out of the package as it burned. So I tamped it down and we kept going. The smoke was medium and the room note pleasant. While this doesn't bite it does sometimes give a tingle and it burns medium and steady with very few relights.

I see a lot of ppl claim it does't bite but it seemed to me if it was pushed it would bite, but it's tendency is not to unless pushed hard although I sipped and did get a couple of tingles. This left a little bit of moisture in the bowl. This burnt to a nice gray ash and most of the relighting happened in the last quarter of the bowl.

When lit I was met by mild nutty, earthy, woody flavors that were slightly tart, slightly sweet, and a almost unnoticed sour taste that was not a bad sour but a complimentary sour taste while in the background was a whiskey flavor. Several sips later a very faint taste of vanilla joined the and then suddenly a mild mint flavor appeared and after several sips was very faint. The mint which I am told is the Deer Tongue would dance back into the picture on and off through the smoke and I found it very pleasant.

As the bowl progressed the the sweet taste became slightly sweeter and the tart taste slightly more tart and they complimented each other nicely.

About a quarter into the bowl the different flavors would join the sweet and tart in the front dancing in and then slowly recede as another flavor would then move to join sweet and tart in the front.

The ever present whiskey whirled in the background and the other flavors continued their dancing to the front and then receding throughout the whole smoke. While this was going on there was a pleasant sweet and tart with a touch of whiskey aftertaste. This aftertaste has lasted for an hour after the smoke stopped and there is also a touch of mint in the aftertaste that is enjoyable. This burned to the end and the taste did not diminish or the flavors disappear or become bitter.

This was very enjoyable smoke that kept me interested. IT does have some rough edges if pushed and I would not find this to be an all day smoke.

The flavors and their dance is fun to pay attention too and my wish is that there was a bit more deer tongue. But, that is my own opinion, for I happen to like deer tongue. The rough edges and the tingle keep this from a 4 star.

However, do try it, for it is a fun and enjoyable smoke. I think this will be a blend I will keep for special occasions and I give it a 3. Give it a try it is something everyone should smoke at least once. Im a Burley man. Im a Bing man. This stuff is good. It's a little difficult to smoke because it burns so damn slow but it is worth the effort for sure. Something worth mentioning is that the pouch note is the best smell I have ever experienced in anything.

I took the pouch out of my tobacco cabinet and put it on the bookshelf just to make my pipe corner smell amazing. I swear C and D needs to make a cologne out of this stuff. I'm not often a fan of big Burley blends because they are usually reminiscent of cigarettes.

The Burley in Crooner is high quality. This is, honestly, the first full Burley blend that I can say that I actually like. You have to smoke it slow or it will develop cigarette-like characteristics, but if you go easy, the Burley is nutty, with cocoa overtones that are complemented by the vanilla notes of the deer tongue. Smellwise, this stuff won't make you many friends but when it comes to friends, my goal is quality over quantity.

This has an interesting smell, affected by the deertongue. It smells to me like interesting cigarettes in a pack not being burned. The taste is primarily of burley, with a very faint vanilla. The vanilla taste is of actual vanilla, not artificial vanilla flavor. There is a hint of caramel very occasionally, and the nic hit can be high if smoke in large quantities.

I think this a rather awesome blend that is completely out of the ordinary. I bought it just to taste the famous "deer tongue", because it is always good to find out what good new things life may give us, or not. This is certainly a good one. Relaxed smoke, with a rather medium to full taste that may keep the hardcore lovers of burley out of the equation because of the rather strange flavour from the deer tongue.

What it is like? Well it is like an excellent burley blend with distant hints of liquor, perhaps whisky and rather round body, a bit robust and nutty as usual, very senior like style BUT the deer tongue adds a rather opaque note that may make it strange to a novice or an over sensitive smoker. It may be a combination of molasses very present in the pack but vague in the smoke, a hint of natural vanilla with strong floral note that impacts deeply the whole experience and may get more defined by the last third of the bowl.

Overall it is very uncomplicated smoke, rather monochromatic which makes it more appealing for a conversation or a careless momentum, happy smoke if you want, not circumspect yet definitively very adult in terms of flavour as the burley even if robust gets a rounded by the not sweet, not sour but undetermined sensation given by deer tongue.

I recommed for the adventurous heart and maybe for the lovers of burley that want to experience something different at least once. This is definitely an interesting blend. Simple, but that's always welcome. Crooner, at first puff, strikes you with the deer tongue. It's just something that I have never had before, and it was the first thing that I noticed.

Maybe, but I would describe it more herbal or vegetal. Someone described deer tongue as minty. Sure, I can see where you would get that. But it's reminiscent the actual mint herb, than actually "minty.

This is no different. It's richly flavored and quite strong. You do have to be careful with it, however, as the cubes can pop out of your pipe during the burn and scorch your arm or destroy your clothes. The burley is fantastic, though. I'd be hard pressed to find better. All in all, I enjoyed Crooner a great deal.

It's something a little different and completely satisfies. My wife said that the room note Porch note, really reminded her of flea powder, so tread lightly. This one won't gain you any friends in that respect, but it's definitely worth a try.

I will re-order it when I run out, more than likely. Happy am I to be finished with the four ounces of crooner I bought nearly four years ago. My thoughts on this blend is that it is disgusting. My only joy from possessing this was from the reactions of the several people to whom I sent small samples over time. All of whom, despised it as I did. To me this smells like burning hair on light up. If you get a nice slow tempo, you may get a hint of vanilla, with perhaps a mint undertone.

When you have finished the bowl, you will have a mustache note of burnt plastic to follow you around. Yes, it is that disgusting, but there are a few souls who like it. I have told you the bad, so I guess I will go into the good.

It is primarily a cube cut, which is always a pleasurable cut to me. They burn nice and are a no brainer to pack. It is more of a pour it in the bowl til it is full and go to town.

Also, the burley is heavily packed with Vitamin N, so if the deer tongue doesn't make you heave, perhaps the nicotine overdose may. I had one good bowl of this over the four years. I believe it just happened by luck that I had a bowl with very little of the green flakes by the way, the green flakes are the deertongue , and it was with this bowl that I did get the vanilla type taste that some people rave about.

My thoughts on this blend is that it just has too much of the deer tongue in it. Unfortunately this is my only experience with Deer tongue, so I can not validate this belief. I am giving this two stars as I somewhat recommend it for someone if they want to know what Deer tongue tastes like. To that person, I would recommend ordering the smallest quantity possible.

Better yet, find someone like me to send you a sample or go to a pipe show and have Chris Tarler give you a small sample. When I do get around to trying another blend with deer tongue, this will drop to one star if I find I like the latter better than Crooner. I purchased an ounce of this to try out deer tongue as a tobacco additive. This was only my first bowl of Crooner but it won't be my last. After smoking two cigars last night, I started smoking a bowl of this.

So, my palate was somewhat tainted to start with. Looking at the bag, I could see the green flecks of deer tongue but I couldn't smell them standing out above the rest of the blend. Upon the initial light, the taste was not unpleasant but was alienating: I was detecting the non-tobacco ingredient, deer tongue. Not sure how to describe the taste but it was not a typical bowl of tobacco taste, but still not unpleasant.

I puffed on it for about 5 minutes and put it down, letting it go out. Considering that my taste was addled after smoking the two cigars, I decided to give it another shot the next day. This afternoon I fired up the same bowl of tobacco and was met with a very pleasant smoke! It was full of full-bodied burley taste; the deer tongue had taken the back seat, but still had a spicy influence. The smoke reminded me of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed with a little something extra.

Detected a moderate nicotine effect, but not overpowering. The pipe was hard to put down; it kept getting better the more I smoked it. Impressive in that it smoked so cool. Not a hint of a bite; I even stirred it up near the end, re-tamped, relit and it still didn't bite.

A few notes after finishing an ounce of this blend. I have smoked it in a Captain Black billiard, a Charatan second dublin, a Sunrise featherweight apple and a Lepeltier clay. The cut on this blend is fairly fine cube cut; I wonder if it's not cut too fine.

It is kind of hard to keep going after about minutes smoke time; I've experienced that with several of these pipes with this blend. I have been wanting to try out this deer tongue for a while so i ordered 1oz of Crooner. Many have said that you either love it or hate it. I will have to say that's not true. I'm indifferent. It was not the horrible thing I have heard it described by many.

Crooner is a strong burley blend, which I like. There is a slight ghosting, but nothing a couple of bowls of an aromatic or strong latakia should not take care of. They say this is a love it or hate it blend, I am in the love it category. More enjoyed in a cob than briars myself, I seemed to get a lot of condensation when smoked in a briar, which is unfortunate because I got a Hilson panel pipe because I was inspired by Bing's panel pipe in the movie Holiday Inn.

I have since found that this blend smokes very well in a briar widetop bowl. At least give it a try, if the deertongue is too much for you then maybe try diluting it with some other cubecut burley such as SWR. Update: I don't smoke this blend anymore. The nic hit is too much for me.

Gentleman Caller. I really like that one instead, much more flavor depth and not all that nic. Old Crooner presumable replicates a private recipe used by Bing Crosby; it probably does, but Der Bingle did not smoke a single blend.

What we have here is a cube cut burley laced with a significant amount of deer tongue. Cube cut burley: anathema to burley haters, but not to others. The cube cut burns cool. At least in does if you can get a good light, which is not easy. Also any vigorous puffing intended to get or keep a good light can propel a lighted coal onto your clothes and burn a hole therein. Still, for those who enjoy burley, that part of the flavor here is fine. Deer tongue biologically is a kind of wild vanilla native to the Southern Appalachians.

Unlike the "real" vanilla, often from Mexico, used to produce vanilla extract, deer tongue has a less sweet, more flowery taste, and for some even a hint of mint. Deer tongue, as with tonquin, provides a taste that engenders love it or hate it reactions.

In days of yore, deer tongue was often used as a condiment, barely sprinkled in pipe mixtures. That way, many smokers did not even identify its flavor. But where the deer tongue provides a clear cut taste, the reaction of smokers varies sharply.

Incidentally, deer tongue like tonquin which comes from tonka beans, a totally different biological species contains trace amounts of coumarin which in amounts astronomically more than you could get it a pipe is used medically as a blood thinner. So how do I rate Old Crooner?

I now hereby contadict my observation that it is a love it or hate it blend. I have purchased it twice. On both occasions I have enjoyed it-- as a change of pace. I had no yen to smoke it daily, however. So, neither loving nor hating Old Crooner, I award it a weak two stars. Just got this in a shipment along with some other CD blends. I am a fan of CD blends, but Crooner had never been on the list before. What a loss. This has to be one of the finest blends I have ever had in my year piping career.

Not as long as some, and I can't claim to have encountered as many blends as others on this forum, but I have to say that Crooner is one of those blends that calls out "Here I am, you found me"; we recognise the flavour as something we have been searching for, but could never really describe.

Outstanding burley taste, more like Sir Walter Raleigh than the usual CD burley dark, strong, and rather angry ; slight deer tongue flavour, but not much. A kind of herbal overtone to the burley in the bag, and in the smoke, making it a slightly aromatic, but an unsweetened aromatic. The only drawback is keeping it lit. Other than that, a superb example of what can be done with burley. Fantastic in every respect.

Rumor has it a smoke shop in Philadelphia made this for Bing. Rumor also has it that the original Tinder Box in Santa Monica blended it as well. I had the pleasure of talking to Ed Kolpin who is the founder of the Tinder Box and we talked about Bing a bit. Ed carved over pipes for Bing. Ed claimed that Bing also liked Ed's "Special" blend.

Bing lived close to the store and frequented it oten. The Santa Monica store still has the original recipes. The Tinder Box chain does not. I am not hating on the Tinder Box chain but I live 20 minutes from the original store and I will take their word for it. Back to Crooner. Nice cube cut burley mixed with deer tongue. That's it. Nothing more nothing less. I smoke it in my Savinelli Bings favorite pipes, Wilmer Bel Air and an original pipe carved by Ed that was carved for Bing, but Bing passed on in and never picked the pipe up.

Smokes cool in the Crosby shape pipe with the longer stem. On the other hand I have always enjoyed rough cut burley. Keep in mind when you smoke this blend it is a pant burner!! Smoke slow and enjoy. A little Bing Crosby music in the background helps out as well! Absolute uniqueness. Tasty, naturally sweet, hints of vanilla and a far departure, most likely, from anything you've smoked.

My first impression was "how bizarre" but in an interested way. The only negative is that it is sometimes difficult to get burning; once it's lit, it will stay lit. As to the diaphoretic nonsense, if you're a "tobacco purist" don't waste your time trying it. Unless you plan on filling your cookie jar with this and eating it by the pound while watching the latest edition of "Internet Arguments Gone Bad," you and your hydration should remain just fine.

Over the last couple of weeks this has become my staple "after breakfast pipe. I like cube cut burley. The addition of the deer tongue to my palate is in all actuality very subtle; one doesn't so much get slapped in the face by the flavor as notice a shading of a vanilla-cinnamon-like taste. In addition, this is one of the few tobaccos I have ever found that smells exactly like it tastes. The room note is actually discernable to the smoker. I would suggest picking up an ounce if the opportunity presents itself.

If nothing else, I'm sure you will find it one of the most interesting smokes you have ever had. I finally ordered some Crooner after hearing so much about it from the folks saying that it was Bing Crosby's favorite to the fact that it has Deer Tongue in it. Being curious as to what Deer Tongue was I searched through the mighty Wikipedia and found that was a sort of lettuce that was commonly sought for it's vanilla-like flavor, especially for old timey sorts of tobacco blends.

I also saw that it had been banned in several places due to its coumarin content. For those of us who enjoy things like traditional Bison Grass vodka or Zubrowka as it's called in Poland and traditional Absinthe, we know all too well the US policy on policing things like coumarin that are more that safe for the average consumer.

Anyways to the meat of the review. When I first opened my bag of Crooner I immediately noticed the wonderful nutty aroma of a good Burley Blend, but this one has a bit more, there is a herbal, vanilla sweetness which must be coming from the deertongue.

The cut is a nice cube cut and it loads very easily into the pipe, I don't even use a tamper half of the time. It lights really well and tends to be slow burning.

In fact, it keeps it's light so well, that I have smoked a whole bowl in my MacArthur cobb without relighting once and it burned down to a fine white ash. The smoke comes off in thick white clouds, and is very ample.

I taste a very well rounded burley, very nutty, woodsy, and slightly herbal. The deertongue isn't as strong of a flavor as I thought it would be, but it's definitely there. It adds a sweetness, and a light vanilla aroma which is very pleasant.

It smells very much like a burley when lit with the added sweetness. I find the taste a solid medium, and your vitamin N is not overpowering, but it's also a fair medium. This might make a good introduction to burleys, but I do warn that it should be smoked in a cob or a pipe that doesn't ghost easily. All in all a good smoke and I wouldn't be against getting some more for my shelf. The green pieces of deer tongue are quite evident in this blend, and the are dispersed fairly evenly.

Initial lighting has the punch and dryness of a burley. Its harsh and acrid to me, and extremely spicy. It almost has a SG Flake aroma which I very much enjoy that , but that's with small, tiny sips. Leaves a weird feeling and taste on the palate. This just isn't in my wheelhouse. Vanilla and nutty burley flavors. The burley is harsh and the deer tongue seemed to irritating to my palette.. Would not recommend.

One half of a star. On par with half and half. From a curiosity stand point, Crooner is a blend that I absolutely had to try. Afterall, it does afford an opportunity to smoke a blend containing real deer tongue.

Crooner has a pretty good kick to it and I'd rate both the nicotine and tobacco flavor strength as a firm medium, with nicotine pushing toward strong. Altogether, I discovered that I enjoy the flavor of deer tongue but I don't care for Crooner all that much. This blend tastes fantastic for the first minutes but after that it tends to burn hot and the good flavor turns bitter. Sure, I could use the old high-maintenance method of light, gentle sips, set the pipe down, wait a few minutes and repeat.

But if I sit down to smoke a pipe, I want to actually have a "smoke". At my regular cadence, which to begin with is already pretty darn slow, there just isn't a lot I can do to keep this tobacco from overheating. Perhaps this blend would be better suited for much cooler weather. Frankly I just don't have a lot of time for feathering fussy tobaccos, and for the most part burleys should be easy. The silver lining is that Crooner can be purchased in bulk by the ounce and it's cheaply priced.

So for me, giving it at least a 1 ounce try was a no-brainer. Very finely chopped. The aroma was that of basic tobacco with an herbal note. If I breath deeply enough, I can just get a sniff of the liquor topping. Basic burly flavour.

Tasting notes ranging from cigarettes to fig to dry grass or hay. The minty note many reviews speak of comes across as an herbal note to me- Almost Identical to the smell of an arts and crafts store grandma used to drag me to as a boy, with it's strong aroma of Potpourri and dried, lacquered grass.

I only smoked this pipe half-way down. Strong nicotine with little flavour and an appalling aftertaste to match the room note. The first pipe tobacco I've had that genuinely repulses me.

I will be tossing out the rest of the bag, as I can not imagine wanting this blend again. I get that it is a specific taste that appeals to some, so no offense to those who enjoy this blend, but it is not for me. I enjoyed it because of its perfect use of Deer Tongue to offer up a mild vanilla-like flavor.

My bag of Crooner was fairly ground up and I needed to be careful not to get tobacco caught in the draft hole. The larger pieces were of Deer Tongue, not a good sign.

Rather than using it to offer up a nice vanilla undertone, here Crooner uses it front and center. The Deer Tongue simply overpowers this blend. I also assume that the added Deer Tongue is what has caused many to say that there is a strong flavoring. I seldom give one star reviews because I think most tobaccos have at least some redeeming quality and I think this blend will appeal to absolute Deer Tongue aficionados.

First, let's baseline: I tried Crooner in a brand-new "bargain" bent briar not the Savinelli. Once in a great while I also enjoy Full Virginia Flake in the bowl but always go back to the aromatics, probably due to my infrequency with the briar overall.

More frequently I enjoy medium-full premium cigars unflavored and imbibe in these more frequently than the pipe. I have to enjoy a few more bowls of this blend and intend to update this review, but wanted to give some initial impressions now, since it is T'is the season and I hope this review might help others to decide.

Firstly, I did not find this blend to be "out of bounds" as it may pertain to the spectrum of aromatic blends in general. So despite some of the emphatic reviews for and against, don't let those scare you off. The 8 oz bulk-bagged I ordered and received did strike me as "Grape Nuts" like in texture as others have noted. My initial thought was that the tobacco seemed drier that it should be. In fact, after tamping down the char-light, it remained lit.

Ash is black. Room Note: Significant other and son rate the room note pleasant and very similar to blends they have smelled before, nothing exotic or different yet at the same time they paused and mentioned that they found it interesting.

Room note was warm and rich, honey-like, very nice. Those keeping cadence with their briar and routine blends will no doubt be able to elaborate on this nuance. I found the flavor to be pleasant, enjoyable, nothing especially remarkable either in favor or against.

Still, I don't remember an aromatic doing this to me before, even if I had to "hurry it along" rather than stop and empty. Until further update: Don't let the ranging love-hate reviews dissuade you from trying a few ounces. My bet is if you are an aromatic blend smoker, you will not dislike this. The question is, how much will you like it. What an odd blend this is! It's very straightforward: Just little nuggets of burley with flecks of green leaf the Deertongue scattered throughout.

Very simple in appearance. The smell of the mixture is lovely, with the very clean burley aroma mixing nicely with the vanilla-like scent of the deertongue. I doubt very highly there is any topping on this blend and if there is any sweetness added to the burley, I don't detect it.

A very pure, "natural" blend. Crooner packs easily--almost too easily, in fact, as I've found that any compression might be sufficient to make it too dense to burn well.

Just pour it into the pipe and give it the slightest press to make sure everything is seated. Even so, it burns very slowly and can go out easily, which I have found makes it a bit of a frustration to smoke.

But the ultimate test is the smoke itself. And the smoke of Crooner is delicious and complex, but odd. Certainly the burley is at the fore of the flavor--nutty and a bit bitter, the classic burley flavor. Apr 2, GMT -5 via mobile Ronv69 likes this.

Apr 2, GMT -5 driftingfate said:. Apr 2, GMT -5 Ronv69 likes this. Apr 2, GMT -5 truculentfrogs said:. Apr 3, GMT -5 Ronv69 likes this. I love the Bing "Style". I am really liking longer pipes Basil made three Bings. The first one is mine, and the other two are now Mgtarheel's.

Buy one, buy several, buy often!!! Nov 18, GMT -5 Ronv69 likes this. Mar 31, GMT -5 Ronv69 said:. Nov 18, GMT -5 Walkman said:. The two Bing's I have are both by Bruno Nuttens. Both are fine smokers. A Bing Cumberland 9. And a 25 Sterling Silver. Nov 18, GMT -5 irminsul said:. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak! He is often pictures smoking the "long shank-short stem" in his earlier years.

This would be a Lumberman. I think the shorter shank, longer stem which most people refer to as a "Bing" has become the sort of standard of what people associate with him. At the very least, it's the standard that every company that makes a "Bing" model has gone with.

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0 Location:. Love that paneled pipe. Sparks has some nice Bings also Mine too, except mine has a Cumberland stem. Well it should Basil's pipemaking predates the Merchant service Seriously, he does a fine execution on a Bing's Last Edit: Mar 31, GMT -5 by trailboss "Governments may think and say as they like, but force cannot be eliminated, and it is the only real and unanswerable power.

In tabaco veritas et fumo ergo sum Masperius the Elder. It's like a slot machine paying off! I would rather cut off my arm than live under tyranny! I appreciated that one!