Recent content by jlong

I look at this way. If you're still learning how to pack, smoke, and clench a pipe properly. Your pallet isn't broke in, etc., then you're better off with a basket pipe. It's not pretty scorching the bowl rim of a $200 pipe. When I'm working around the yard or garage, a basket pipe is all I will...

SPC Plum Pudding in a Peterson racing green Dublin.

I started with a Tinderbox blend. Wilshire.

Kyle, thanks! Sent PM Monbla, yes a lot of pipe shops have gone almost total cigars. Sucks.

Thanks guys. I've heard good things about Philosopher. Yes Kyle, 1928 is blended by McClelland according to their site and like you say, their bulk blends don't seem to cause a lot of excitement. Tinderbox is where I bought my first pipe in 81 and their bulk blends were all I smoked then. This...

I will be doing some traveling next week and plan to visit a Tinderbox store in Metaire, LA. I am wondering what store blends to try. I'm steering toward tastey aromatics. Otherwise I like Balkans and Burleys. I read up on some blends on TR and made a list of sorts to help narrow things down...

I am doing a bowl of No 4 as I type. I just hiccuped and there are invisible flys buzzing around my head. Is my arse getting kicked? I don't think so. It feels great! No 4 is great tobbaco!!

3 & 4 are currently in my rotation. 4 has been for quite some time. Both have a good nic kick but I'm pretty imune it. It relaxes me. Never tried 1 & 2. 4 to me is one of the best damned Burley blends on the planet. Others will say 3 is.

I liked CBW when I started smoking pipes in the early 80's. Today, I don't care for it much at all. The only OTC I like now is PA.

Nice Kyle! I'm finding Petes are no crap shoot. This is probably my best smoker.

Billy Budd and Bow Legged Bear are currently in my rotation. I think LI Pipe nailed it quite well. A lot of strength there but once you overcome the bitch slapping, you enter a new world of taste and relaxation. A fantastic way to laugh off a stressful day.

My all day C&D smoke.

The B&M near me is a book and tobacco store. Their biggest sellers are cigars, RYO tobacco, and magazines. They were big into pipes and carried a good selection of Petes, Nordings, Stannys, etc. until recently when they let it sell off and never re-stocked. I dearly miss the Tinderbox near...

My local B&M carrys Dr G's. I should check them out closer.

Amen. Being a Balkan lover, I've come to expect an abudance of Latakia in a Balkan. Many I've smoked are refered to as Lat bombs. G Pease pretty much taketh the words out of my mouth so I sayeth no more.