Recent content by tg

Opinion from a Brit on an American debate: Middleton's Walnut - superb no-nonsense tobacco, great value, cool, one-match-light, complex enough but doesn't divert you too much from what you're reading/doing. It's comforting which is what pipe tobacco should be. If I lived over the there, it...

Hi Alan, Welcome, we seem to have some things in common. I am another Brit who has just joined this board and I also have spent most of my life smoking the English staples (Condor, Bruno etc.) even though I have lived out of the UK for the last 25 years (now in France). Like you I recently...

I'd agree with what JustPipes is saying (I also love Middleton's Walnut though it's not my favourite) about sticking with one blend. I need to learn to smoke a blend in all conditions and environments before I am really stuck on it and then there's a real comfort factor that kicks in and...

Evening All, Englishman who discovered the sublime US tobaccos too late in life (PA, CH, ERR, ... and yes Walnut also - a great smoke!), I have a friend who frequently goes to Canada on business. Am I missing an opportunity here ? Is there also hidden tobacco treasure in Canada ? Could anyone...

I prefer straight pots. Bents just don't feel comfortable to me. The most important thing for me though is to avoid any sort of varnished pipes these days as the varnish bubbles if the pipe gets too hot. I have varnished pipes from the early 80s though where this never happened (and I smoked...

Thnx again to all ! EJ - I'm actually on the NW side ie near all the WWI sites but I lived for many years in Belgium so have visited many of the Battle of the Bulge sites (Bastogne etc.). It's a pretty impressive area if ever you get the chance to get over here.

I have recently become totally converted to the American-style Burleys - specifically PA, CH, and Edgeworth Ready Rubbed. I tried Granger but it had a sort of plasticky smell to it and I'm not keen on H+H either. These have got to be one of the USA's best kept secrets - I have never come...

Markus, I checked this out but they only have the standard 3 Nuns currently not the Empire Blend. Many thnx for the info though - they have a lot of stuff I know would not be able to get in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany or UK. TG

Many thanks to all for the warm welcome. EJinVA - I'm in N France myself actually.

I used to smoke this in the early eighties but I haven't been able to find a supplier on the Internet. I imagine they have stopped making it. Does anyone know (i) if anyone makes this under a different name (ii) what was in it. If I remember correctly, it came in a sort of raisin-like form...

Hello All, I am a Brit living in France. Smoked my first pipe in 1978. I am quite a heavy smoker and (working from home) tend to have a pipe lit most of the day which fact tends to drive both my choice of pipes (e.g. Falcons) and tobacco. Definitely more interested in NAD than PAD and...