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Also, I find that when I'm really in the mood for a Vitamin-N kick, nothing quite hits the spot like a 50/50 mix of Peterson's Irish Flake and JackKnife Plug!

Sounds great. I'll have to whip up a batch of that myself.

I am currently working with: C&D #517F/R - Virginia Flake / Virginia Ribbon #525 - Red Virginia (Good straight, smoke carefully) #525v - Red Virginia Cavendish #166 - Turkish Izmir #523L - Cyprus latakia $169 - Burley White...

I've added a couple of links to blending tobaccos. Copy-able links: Websites for more info on blending http://www.tobaccoblending.com/tobacco_blending_hybrid_blends.htm http://pipesmokemag.com/0697/feature.htm https://www.brothersofbriar.com/t3618-kilted1-s-blends...

I know this is an old thread, but it is now relevant for me. I, too, have been blending at home and have had moderate success. One area that still escapes me is similar to that of the OP - orientals. I ordered Turkish Ribbon from Pipes and Cigars. I am not dissatisfied with it, but it is not...

I was just wondering what everyone does post-smoke as far as removing the stem from the pipe. Do you: 1. break down the pipe (after it cools, of course) and remove the stem to clean the mortise and stem 2. Just run a pipe cleaner through the assembled pipe and then remove it 3. Run a pipe...

Earlier it was Irish Flake in a Lane Prince for the commute to work. Peterson's irish Flake in an Eriksen for lunch. Frog Morton in a Grabow for the ride home.

Prince Albert in a Grabow Grand Duke which used to smoke hot, but after sanding off the laquer it smokes quite well.

Interesting. I know, for instance, that out of my 20 pipes (half of which are Dr. Grabows) one of the best smoking ones is a $20 Lane Prince. It has always smoked well, forms cake quickly and evenly, and smokes cool and dry. Conversely, my $65 Savinelli ks316 smoked wet from the beginning and...

My first half-bowl of Lord Nelson (an old-school English blend from Tobacco Corner LTD, in Memphis) to break in the new Savinelli Natural bent Dublin.

Peterson's Irish Flake in a Peterson's Donegal Billiard with a Killian's Irish Red. If Peterson makes an ale someone please let me know! :bounce:

I dual-boot all of my pc's Win7/Ubuntu. How do you like Mepis?

Do you mean an alternate one or an additional one?

The first half-bowl of Irish Flake smoked pretty wet. Of course, it's pretty humid in the mid-south and I smoke outside/garage. I think i used 4 pipe cleaners during that 1/2 bowl! It has a nice, fairly large bowl and good draw. It feels good in the hand and stayed relatively cool for how wet...

I've used Chromium on Linux (the open-source, Linux version of the browser) and played around with some ChromiumOS images in a virtual machine. Google is on-target with their direction, I think. The cloud is where everything is headed as we become increasingly more mobile.