Recent content by joequo

I got so pumped when I got an e-mail notification that somebody had posted to this thread. Oh, the disappointment when I arrived... :lol: 

Thank you my friend--I've been wanting to give this a try for some time!

Pipes and Cigars currently has in stock: Hamborger Veermanster, Old Ironsides, and Pirate Kake

Adrian James, whose work I love, is a pipe maker who lives in New Jersey. I think he might be friends with Tim Thorpe, actually.

Hey guys I just wanted to stop by because...I can't help myself even though part of me wanted to keep this pipe maker as my own little secret :twisted: . There is a pipe maker some of you may or may not have noticed on ebay. His name is M. Cascia. His ebay seller page is here...

I'm smoking a bowl right now. I usually tear about 1/4 of the flake off (bulk size flake), rub it out a little, fill the bowl, tamp with my finger, then repeat until I can't fit any more in the bowl. I don't dry it out at all. I actually haven't dried out any of my tobacco before smoking in a...

My favorite flakes are: Esoterica Penzance Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired (this is better than Stonehaven IMO but shhh keep it a secret) Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake Charles Fairmorn Lancer's Slices Dan Tobacco Old Ironsides

Penzance is also in stock at www.justforhim.com Hurry before it's gone!

Woohoo! Got me a bag--thanks mate!

Blackhorse, thank you for the kind words. I like to give people an idea about my taste because I learned early on (after several disappointing purchases) that reviews are fairly useless without the context of a reviewer's taste. Also, I'd like to add to my initial impressions that I've smoked...

To answer you guys' questions, this stuff does not really remind me of the Lat packed Captain Earle blends. Of the tobaccos I've tried, the closest match is Lancer's Slices; but even there, the differences are profound. With Lancer's Slices you have quite a bit of smokey Latakia flavor coming...

Hey folks, just got in 2oz of the new blend by Russ Ouellette called Fusilier's Ration. Many of you have likely heard of this blend by now, but the basic rundown is that it is supposed to be Russ's attempt at recreating the popular but sadly discontinued Bengal Slices. I have never had Bengal...

Haha! I like the animated responses so far. Maybe I should be more specific about my qualms. I have decided that by and large I only really enjoy English blends, specifically ones loaded with latakia. Maybe those just don't play well in a cob for me. But even when I smoke something else, it...

Hi all! I have read many accounts of people singing the praises of the ol' corncob pipe. My first smoke was out of a cob, and I've since smoked maybe ten or so cobs total since then. The odd thing that I've found is that no matter the blend and no matter the number of times the cob has been...

I used to dedicate my pipes, but over time I have starting smoking pretty much nothing but lat-bombs, so I personally have found dedicating certain blends to specific pipes unnecessary. I actually think some blends taste better when smoked in a pipe that has seen other blends. I felt like my...