Recent content by Tak

I call this “Blackstrap Burley.” I love VA’s and McClelland Red Cake is a staple, but I get a hankering for some burley now and again. Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop: Burley, Virginia (very little I think), Perique (even less I think). Now this is the good part. Spritz it with Cruzan...

Buffing wheels are great. Some ZAM or White Diamond, with a very light pressure should buff it up. Thx, Tak

I read some reviews of Luxury Bullseye Flake and it sounds very good. I'd like to try some. Will see if my B&M has some to check out. Thx, Tak

I'm with you SpeedyPete. I love my Cobs. I keep messing with them and modifying them and putting new stems on them. They smoke great. Thx, Tak

Tuskegee Airman in my no-name Meerschaum. I got this nice Meer 8 years ago, and it was cheap and it's a great pipe. Thx, Tak

Sometimes I can smell the "Ketchup" aka, Malt Vinegar, aka Acetic, (someone...somewhere said McClelland uses vinegar to keep the mold off the tobacco instead of some chemical stew...don't know if that's true) in MCC's. I like a lot of McC's tobacco's. Red Carpet is my all day. I've NEVER...

I think the universe knows and I think TJ knows. I'm glad for the moment of silence. It's very meaningful. Tak

First to Fight...Marine Corps. My wife asked me to sing the song...so I did. LOL. They made us learn it in boot camp. To my brothers on this forum...Semper Fi...we are always faithful, to our country and to each other. Oooraaah! Tak, 65-69, Viet Nam 67-68, yes I was there for Tet.

Tea, just lipton. BUT...Ginger Tea...I take raw ginger, peel it, put it through the wife's Cuisinart, chopped up quite finely. 2 teaspoons of Green Tea (they look like little peas but they bloom into tea leaves) 2 TABLESPOONS of Ginger. Water heated in my Russell Tea Pot to just under boiling...

Smoke your pipe. Eat more ice cream. Smile at EVERYONE. (grumpy old men suck) Tell pretty girls, "You look mavehlous" Tell ALL GIRLS..."You look mavehlous!" (especially the ones that NO One ever says that to) Criticism sucks...never criticize...say something positive. You have Nothing to...

Hey :lol: MikeM and eddy, I live in the Phoenix East Valley . If you're hanging out at the Mesa Tinderbox we might bump into each other. I go there once a week. Welcome! Tak

They never spill a drop. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks, Natch! (Spent 2003-2004 in South Africa, don't recognize those guys but I made a WHOLE lot of friends, wonderful, kind, generous people, just like here.)

Viet Nam, 67, Chu Lai, on guard duty. Pipe was OK, cigs...nope...they could see the ember. Pipe ember is down in the bowl. I didn't smoke cigs anyway, just my pipe. To this day I swear it kept me awake. Playing Golf. I love to smoke my pipe while shooting double and triple bogeys. I also wear...

Seriously...I would have NEVER thought of putting bacon fat in Bourbon. I cook up 2 slices of bacon and an egg for breakfast each morning, bacon fat goes in a jar. This may be the coolest thing ever. I just have to figure out that 1:20 ratio. 1 TBS bacon to 20 TBS Jack D. (Google says that 1 1/4...

Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout. I love stout and this one is smoooooth creamy and tasty. Great with McClelland Red Cake!