Recent content by Mikem

IMHO unsightly and depending on how bad the oxidation (at least in my experience) it can affect the taste while smoking. Not so much the flavor of the blend but more the taste of the stem against your lips.

I get mine at the local grocery store. Whenever they have them in stock I end up grabbing two or three boxes because it seems like they are always running out of stock.

Beautiful work. Love the wood. Congratulations.

My very first tattoo about fifteen years ago.

I remember many years ago buying a Jirsa pipe from a local pipe shop in Phoenix that had a very sour taste when I first started to break in no matter what type of blend I put in it. I finally got got the taste out by smoking straight burleys for a good month or so. I finally figured out what...

WarneOut: I like Zeno Marx think I understand what you referring to when you refer to a "balanced" pipe but in my minds eye some of your examples to me are more astetects then balance. To me a well made/balanced pipe has more to do with the fit of the stem, how the airway is cut into the tobacco...

Sorry to hear that. Definitely puts a damper on things.

I would second the suggestions concerning Vauen pipes. They have a wide price range and all the ones I have purchased through the years have all been good smokers.

My Som found this at Sam's Club and I will have to agree. Not a bad Scotch.

Congratulations on both accomplishments.

I may be wrong but I don't think you can buy snuff online and shipped (supposedly to protect the children). You will need to find local to purchase is my understanding.

I was forced to at the Airlines I was at after a couple months shy of 30 years. I was a Manager of QC for Phoenix and Las Vegas. My Director and I didn't see eye to eye when it came to aircraft safety so I I was retired with a package. The good thing was a couple months later he and the VP of...

It helps but definitely doesn't keep up with the inflation rates for the past couple of years and last years $30+ increase for Medicare coverage.

Very sad news indeed.

Very nice.