Wee Dram

30 May 2007, 04:25

Doyle Hufstedler

Wee Dram

I really like my after dinner Pipe or Cigar and a wee dram. Which brings into Question how damaging is pipe or cigar smoke to trophies. We are not talking archival here I wonâ€™t last more than another half century anyway a hundred and fifteen is old enough for any one. I believe things are to be enjoyed not just possessed What do you think.
Doyle

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30 May 2007, 04:33

smarterthanu

Howdy Doyle,

Exposure to cigar, cigarrete, or pipe smoke will stain and "yellow" your trophies. I don not know of any way to get around it. If the fur quality of your trophies is of little importance then puff away and don't sweat the small stuff. Good luck and adios.

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30 May 2007, 11:46

Blair338/378

quote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
the animals are already dead so i dont think that fine second hand smoke will harm them

Bloody good one, Boomy

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30 May 2007, 17:11

Rusty

Personally, I think sipping a wee dram of a good Single Malt Whisky, such as a 28 year old Inchmurrin, actually makes your tropies look better!

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30 May 2007, 17:18

dogcat

On the practical side - enjoy your trophies, the memories and the wee dram.

On the reality side - your trophies, as well as mine, will be sold in a garage sale a week after we die. So enjoy them for what they are - a great memory.

30 May 2007, 17:32

CRUSHER

sad truth is no one cares about my trophies but me and I want to sit around and have a smoke with the bulls. kinda like a tea party for your dolls huh?

do you pour them each a dram.

30 May 2007, 18:26

Dutch44

I do, Crusher. Two fingers of Bowmore 12 y/0 for the Bull and Bruin and 4 fingers of Balvenie 21 y/o double cask port finish for me. We then discuss the events of the day.

Dutch

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30 May 2007, 20:44

N'gagi

I had a business aquantance ask me if i would be interested in his grandfathers zebra skin rug. It was taken some time in the 1940's and is really beautiful. I bought it from him and when i opened the box and unrolled it, my w2hole office smelled like warm pipe tabacco. It brought back a lot of memories of my own grandfathers pipe. I wish the smell had never gone away!

30 May 2007, 20:52

475Guy

DH, you might try to install a ventilation system with the fan directly over where you sit to smoke your cigar. They have fans that suck the smoke out.

ES, one doesn't puff on a cigar, one smokes a cigar.

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They bid me take my place
among them in the Halls of Valhalla,
Where the brave may live forever.

Although cartridge selection is important there is nothing that will substitute for proper first shot placement. Good hunting, "D"

31 May 2007, 07:16

George Semel

The whole Idea of a Throphy Room, is to sit smoke a good cigar or a pipe full and drink a dram or two of what ever you like to drink, be it Single Malt, Uncle Jack or god forbid California Red. Its suppose to be a retreat at the end of the day. Now bullets hurt those throphies more than a cigar ever would. So pour yourself a dram light a good cigar and crack open a volume of Rudyard Kipling and think of bygone days.