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Buying some cigars at a local chain cigar place and discovered the had erinmore flake for the lordly some of 15 dollars for under 2 oz. Never had it though before...so i grabbed it cuz it was there. Not bad. Im having a difficult time classifying it though.

So I've smoked cigars for years. But in the last few years have been getting more serious about them. With so many brands, sizes, etc. it can be hard to remember which ones I liked and for what reasons...especially if I am buying just one at a B&M. But now that I finally have delved into the...

Hey just wanted to give a shout out to one of my favorite "cheaper" cigars...Punch London Club Maduro...box of 25 costs around 45 bucks online. I know some people have complained before about Punch being inconsistent but I've never had an issue with their London Club. Nice medium bodied...

Just wanted to say that this is probably my favorite Melvins song---Civilized Worm. Funny that a band that's been releasing albums for 20+ years on a frequent basis still makes great albums. Hey and if there are any Melvins fans on the forum you should check out the old video on youtube: "Buzz...

Hey anyone here like watching Americna Pickers on the History channel? The show is about these two guys who go around and basically find "well-adjusted" hoarders and buy the extra stuff they collect. Lots of old stuff is on that show. Reminds me of some family members (but I digress...)...

In a few days I will be frequenting a Tinder Box for the first time. Living in Washington I have a few restraints on where I can find decent tobacco in a completely legal manner (at least I got Rain City Cigar). I was wondering who produces the bulk tobaccos at the Tinder Box and if they have...

So, last year I got a Peterson Straight Donegal Zippo box set. The Zippo has the pipe insert. Now, I don't recall this at first being a problem, and maybe I don't remember correctly, but lately I've noted that I cannot draw flame into the pipe, to even start the pipe, with the Zippo. All my...

So I was watching the classic 1931 movies Frankenstein and Dracula, both made by Universal, and noticed that both featured what seems to be the same German style hunter pipe. Frankenstein's father has one in the first scene we see him in. And then, in Dracula, when Renfield goes to the village...

I really dig cobs. I started pipe smoking with a cob and Half and Half (yeah, and that stuff didn't turn me off of pipe smoking....go figure). Easy to smoke and on newer ones you get a nice corn taste coming through here and there (which I find amusing). I smoke briars more by far and I've...

Well I just finished discussing my broken stem on my Sav Tortuga on djf1's post and it got me thinking about the dimensions. Took out a Grabow Grand Duke (only the grandest!) and took off the stem and realized it fits into the Sav very very well. I love that little billiard (although it is a...

Briar inputs taste to the tobacco. I know a lot of people would argue that a meer pipe (and for some a cob) allow one to taste the tobacco the way the blender meant it to be tasted. But, since blenders have to smoke the stuff to get a value on its taste, and they puff it out of a pipe, the...

Has anyone ever wondered when they are watching a movie or show where the actors smoke pipes what pipe tobacco they are smoking? Since 90 percent of them probably aren't pipe smokers it makes me even more curious. Like watching Lord of the Ring movies and wondering, "I wonder what that dwarf is...

Some of you may remember about a month and a half ago I asked about phlegm tastes coming out in some of my lat blends. Well, it is gone now. No more phlegm taste. I think what this has reminded me of is that smoking tobacco is a lot like drinking a beer or glass of wine...some days, or weeks...

So, there is a lot of discussion (especially from those people who pretend Sherlock Holmes was real) to whether Watson is a smart guy, but not at Holmes' level, or stupid. Conan Doyle, in that interview you can find on youtube, refers to Dr. Watson as being "rather stupid", but one wonders if...

So lately I've been trying this blend I bought from Rain City Cigar in Seattle (btw, a real nice cigar place). Its their "Proper English Blend"...no clue if they blend it themselves, I assume it is some sort of renamed blend (like Lane 1Q). Anyway, whenever I smoke it I swear I taste this...

My wife a little while back bought me a cigar from a local "we sell knives, tiger posters, Bob Marley pictures, bongs, and cigars(!)" tobacco shop. It was a sweet gift from here. Said "Cuban Handcrafted" on the label...and it was HUGE. I could barely fit the thing in my mouth...it was painful...

Hey, everyone! Just out the blue a thought came to me...I think I read somewhere that Mark Twain would have a big bucket of tobacco...he would keep his pipe in it. Scoop the tobacco with one "fell" scoop into said corncob...and then smoke it. Sounds like he was using a modified Frank...

I've mentioned before how trying to start pipe smoking is hindered because of the lack of pipe smokers to know in real life and because of the various opinions about proper ways to handle pipes and pipe tobacco. Know, at least to me, it seems that for cigars there is a pretty big consensus...

Ha! I actually read the little description of the Humidor section (White Owls to Cohibas...)....I think its funny. Yes I have bought White Owls before!....wow. Then there is Dutch Masters and Garcia Vega.....Actually Garcia Vega isn't that bad...tastes about as good as a 5 dollar cigar. And...

Hey everyone! Just bought my first full flake at F.K Kristen's in Seattle. So I've watched some youtube videos on how to properly pack this stuff....and I am slightly confused. The way dubindam does it (and others), it doesn't look like the Frank method or the three layer method is...