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Digging through the archives of this wonderful blend, asking myself why I haven't smoked Embarcadero lately. I can't come up with an answer. It seems like we already know it's glory (many of us), but I thought I would refresh our collective conscience. Embarcadero is well-heeled, tasty smoke...

With so many different tobaccos to choose from today, it is easy to get pulled from one love to another only to forget how you ended up where you are and how you got there. Plainly put, the vast spectrum of tobacco blends is overwhelming. Neill from a Passion for Pipes says we live in the...

I have been looking for a truer experience of Balkan Sobraine 759 but there is no way I'm spending $400 on an old tin. And why would you? I have read about the great experiment in Chicago(?) a couple of years ago with McClelland and Oulette and even tried Blackhouse. Still, I am intrigued by the...

Another Pipestud steal at $10. Yes, $10 in the stratch and dent section...Love that guy! 8) Here's a quick, little subjective review of Mephisto: Dated: 3/2000. I liken Mephisto to Odyssey with Syrian and rum sprayed on it. If you like Odyssey, this will certainly please you, I'm sure...

My better half has been hounding me more and more lately about the odor that I give off after smoking. No matter what it is, she's predisposed to say the same crap about it. This winter I would like to try tobacco that pleases both myself and my wife, at least while I'm confined to the indoors...

Here's my little collection of baccy beauties!

Tin dated: 09 20 07 I popped open a tin of Haddo's tonight after reading some older posts about how great it is after years in the cellar. Let me start by saying I didn't REALLY like Haddo's when it was fresh. I smoked a tin this summer only to come to the conclusion that I wouldn't rush back...

I picked up this little number with five years of age on it from Pipestud. Not sure it that helps the cause or not. I like it best in my small "Danish Natural" bulldog. As with all burley blends, the flavor isn't going to change much and thank God for that because the flavor is magnificent...

My first experience with Wilderness tonight. Whoa! I love it when people get excited about a blend and let their emoticions run wild. :affraid: Wilderness is a blend apparently created by Fred Hanna (I'll have to google him...) and is an unbelievably good medium Balkan. :bounce: The components...

Boy am I amazed at what a pile of aging can do for a blend. Granted I've never smoked Mixture #14, let alone smoked a tin with so much age, but I must say that I like it! :face: Upon opening the tin, it gave off an unusual smell of stale vinegar and spices. There were crystals growing on much...

Perique is a fickle mistress. She doesn't need much of a presence to be heard in a pipe, but there is such thing as too much of her. In the past, I have been turned off by that term "too much" perique, but today I'm looking forward to revisiting my first impressions. I picked up a few tins...

I felt like I won the lottery when I swung by an old tobacco shop and saw ten or so tins of Germain's Balkan Sobraine. "Finally, I get to see what all the talking heads are raving about!!" :cheers: I picked up one tin, just in case it was not my cup of tea (usually will pass on Balkans in...

Since joining the community, I have taken the advice of others and tried blends I wouldn't have normally tried. Some are now among my current favorites (JP's Storm Front, Peretti's Royal Blend). Much of that distinction is because they remain fairly subdued in their popularity (at least...

Before today I have never smoked Penzance and easily threw the prospect of doing so into the "who care?" bin. Today I went to a local B&M tobacco shop. They had in stock, much to my surprise, some Penzance. I grabbed an 8 oz. bag and started smoking it immediately. Wow! After two large Bartoli...

I was wondering if you all could point me towards a new Peterson 302 pipe stem. Haven't had any luck locating one. This pipe is forty years old, by the way. My local B&M told me (pretty much), I'm out of luck unless I could find a way to patch it. Please help!! :no: