Recent content by number_seven

ZOMFG, THIS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE ALL-TIME TOBACCO EVER! OK, more seriously, it is. When I finished my first tin, I went and bought a dozen more tins from smokingpipes.com because it IS so good. It's a full-flavored smoke, but overwhelming as, say, Commodore Flake is. I even bought a Caminetti...

And when you get the beautiful one that's gold, hold on for dear life....

So I tried a technique mentioned elsewhere, where you use the prod to punch a channel through the center if you pack the pipeweed too tightly. Normally, I empty the ash when the flame goes out. This time, not only did I not do this because I didn't feel the need, but it remained lit for a very...

I like that quote very much; in, in truth, holds very well to the Zen philosophy I've followed for a long time. Sen Rikyu had a quote that can be rephrased to the smoking of a pipe: The Way of Tea is naught but this: first you boil water, then you make the tea and drink it. My take: Pipe...

Wait, we're still talking about pipes, right...?

My vote for quote of the year. /"yelling whiskey" /HAH!

First thing they told us when I first went to Thailand the first time (USMC): Avoid the really beautiful girls. They're all TS or TG..... And they were right (DAMHIK). More on topic: I am in my tobacco slut phase; I have like ten or so different tobaccos. Having said that, I just invested in a...

I swear, ever since I started this thread, I've had nothing but awesome smokes in my library. A combination of the cubing technique in the Balkan Flake and the drying of the Skiff Mixture. (And the Dunhill tobacco is awesome also.) Tonight, four matches on the Skiff for a two hour smoke in my...

Last night I smoked my last Balkan Flake flake. I tried the method I read elsewhere on this board about cubing and lightly dropping in the bowl. It was a wonderful smoke. The best I've had so far with that flavor tobacco. Most of the smoke was cool and flavorful (I did dry it a little), and I...

Also, it's not so much that I'm ashamed of lighting so much, but I hear a lot of gents mention that they have a two or three match bowl with certain blends. I figure technique is a big part of that and I want to refine my technique. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be too big an organized...

I've tried the drying out thing. Especially with the Sam Gawith. Which really seems to need it. It helps a bit, but I decided I don't want to dry it out TOO much because I've noticed I like the flavor better a little moister. It seems fuller and richer. I know the three-part pack; never seems...

So I am a new smoker. I actually started about twenty-some years ago, but stopped after getting married. I picked it back up when the house cleared out again. I have several pipes, a meerschaum that's my best smoker, a few canadians (my favorite style) and a Savinelli bent billiard that's...

I am quite a traditionalist and the tins appeal to me also. As a whole, the Dunhill tins are the best looking, I think. I have yet to smoke any, although I have tree different blends (Flake, London Mixture, and Early Morning Pipe). I also love the Rattray's canisters and bought them solely for...

Hm, guess I got lucky, or need to develop my palate. I have a black cavendish from a local tobacconist and it's pretty good. Smooth and long-burning. But I'm in LOVE with Squadron Leader right now and developing a taste for Mac Baren's Dark Twist Roll Cake. The taste isn't quite there (I need...

I'm not really a fan of bulldogs, but those squat straight ones are really catching my eye. Especially the first one. Wow.