Recent content by jason_a

Current favs are the Illusione Holy Lance both in natural and maduro and any of the Epernay sizes.

Thanks guys for all the advice. I think I'll put my Virginia blends in mason jars and revisit them at some point in the future.

So I'm relatively new to pipes and for the past two yrs I've smoked English blends almost exclusively. I've recently tried some Virginia's and maybe there is something wrong with me but where is the flavor? They seem very mild, almost like smoking a connecticut shade wrapped cigar versus one...

Thank you all for the warm welcome. It is almost quitting time for me and according to my UPS notification tracker, my order of Dunhill 965 from Iwan Ries awaits at my front door. Now all I need to do is get home before my wife does!

I smoked Westminster this morning in an Ardor. My shipment of 965 arrives this evening and I'll be smoking that for the first time ever.

I am a long-time cigar smoker who recently took the plunge into the world of pipes. I first tried pipe smoking 6-7 years ago but mostly sampled aromatics. After trying a quite a few – and not knowing non-aromatics blends even existed—I decided that pipe smoking wasn’t for me. Two years ago...