Old Pipe and Tobacco Ads

Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:43 pm

My father did tell me that you could push regulation a little during the war.

xrundog · Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:52 pm

Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:43 pm My father did tell me that you could push regulation a little during the war.

Getting shot at will loosen the tightest ass I'm sure. I'd be much more concerned with how the guns looked than the sailors manning them.

Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:59 pm

xrundog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:52 pm
Getting shot at will loosen the tightest ass I'm sure. I'd be much more concerned with how the guns looked than the sailors manning them.

That is about the size of it.

Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:14 pm

Prince Albert wasn't the only advertising using the jimmy pipe message. Check this one out. More

below the ad.

I heard one explanation of PA's use of jimmy pipe like this. When a poor smoking pipe is loaded with PA it becomes a jimmy pipe, because like a burglar's jimmy, PA opens up the previously unsatisfactorily smoking pipe, making it a great smoker, thus a "jimmy pipe". Or something like that.

xrundog · Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:08 pm

That's a pretty good explanation Kevin. That pipe looks interesting too. The description of the bowl material makes me want to try it.

Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:47 pm

Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:09 pm Here is a picture of my father smoking a cob in WWII.

I just noticed that his ship is making way...I never looked that close I guess. He's as cool as the center seed of a cucumber.

Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:53 am

xrundog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:08 pm The description of the bowl material makes me want to try it.

Me too, as long as "Meranto" isn't a trade name for asbestos! I haven't found out what it is yet

xrundog · Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:59 pm

Here's a gimmick pipe ad from 1917. I haven't seen any of these around anywhere. Can't see that it would have worked very well.

Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:49 pm

xrundog wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:59 pm Here's a gimmick pipe ad from 1917. I haven't seen any of these around anywhere. Can't see that it would have worked very well.

I still want one though. I am a sucker for the gimmick pipe.

Whalehead King · Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:52 pm

xrundog wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:59 pm Here's a gimmick pipe ad from 1917. I haven't seen any of these around anywhere. Can't see that it would have worked very well.

To smoke a Dreamland well, you needed a little imagination. I'm in. I don't think it's a good idea but I'd give it a whirl.