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  1. Matthew

    HELP with a Mastro de Papa!

    Hello brothers, A dear friend of mine gifted me a lovely Mastro de Papa pipe, and .... I don't know how to use it and am having a hard time finding any info on the net. Here is the Pipe: When smoked, it tends to get a bit stopped up. I took it apart and found that is has some kind of...
  2. Matthew

    The reemergence of the bite.

    I've started getting tongue bite again, and I am not sure why. I have a regular pipe rotation of about four to five pipes, and I smoke (at most) two bowls a day, one in late morning early afternoon, and another in the late evening. I usually have a day or two during the week where I don't...
  3. Matthew

    Meridian

    So. Cut to the chase. This tobacco is pure magic. First bowl ... first puff of the first bowl and I was in love. Put simply, if you love Chelsea Morning, you will love Meridian. Upon first glimpse, they appear quite similar. Same beautiful thick ribbon cut. But Meridian is more an autumn...
  4. Matthew

    Penzance

    Loving this stuff lately. Took a few bowls for me to understand what all the fuss was about. I find that it tastes best when lightly rubbed into small chunks; not fully rubbed. The biggest surprise? The room note: it is devine. I have heard so many stories about "stinky Penzance" but I...
  5. Matthew

    Chelsea Morning

    Surely, enough has already been written about this fantastic and popular blend, but I am particularly enjoying a pipeful of this stuff this morning. What is really striking me is how masterful the touch of Acadian Perique is in this blend. I am not much of a perique fan, but glpease seems to...
  6. Matthew

    Union Square

    Just popped a tin of the Dark Lord's "Union Square," with a year of age on it. I am astonished by how much the tin smells of orange juice. This is my first experience with this blend. How do you guys handle these beautiful flakes? Rub out? Fold and stuff? What works best? Yum.
  7. Matthew

    Hello from Chicago!

    Greetings brothers! :) Been smoking a pipe just under a year, and I am loving the extraordinary journey of it all. I know very few pipe smokers (only have one friend who smokes and and I only see him on occasion.) So I look forward to the reviews and the advice and the comraderie on the...
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