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So I am still quite a novice pipe smoker. I will not do the disservice to you all and call this a review since I don't think I'm at a level yet where I should be reviewing anything so we can just call this a discussion. I've learned in the last couple years that I prefer non-aromatic blends...

What is the most traditional English blend still around (or available) today?

So it’s a little over a year and a half I’ve been smoking pipes off and on. I got off to quite a rocky start and am still learning. I started off smoking only outside, but where I live is right off of a bay and quite windy. I smoked too hot and probably way too fast (average bowl was lasting 20...

Anyone here use a Ronson Whirlwind (1950's/1960's) as a pipe lighter? Any thoughts?

I picked up a very large old Bertram billiard off ebay a couple weeks ago. It cost $15 shipped. It was dirty with a brown stem, but something about the shape and the grain spoke to me. I'm somewhat new to pipes (a little over a year since my first smoke) and I know I smoke too fast and haven't...

Does anyone know the history of Captain Black? How long has it been around? I poked around for a couple hours and couldn't find anything online.

So it's been exactly one year since I decided to take up pipe smoking. It's been an interesting journey. I'm an athletic 29 year old that grew up in a non-smoking household, yet I love and respect the past and have been described as "an old soul" by friends. I had only smoked a few cigars in a...

I bought an old GBD estate pipe with a "Tuscan Lip" vulcanite stem. I managed to clean the bowl and rid most of the mothball smell it had (it obviously sat in a closet for some time). I also cleaned the stem in oxyclean and polished it with Flitz. The stem now looks good, but has a terrible...

So I started smoking a pipe last January. Prior to that I had smoked a few cigars over the years (probably under 10) and that was it. The first blend I tried was a local tobacconist's match for Dunhill Early Morning Pipe. It was too strong at the time (although it probably wouldn't be now)...

I purchased a Kaywoodie "Flame Grain" shape 22 estate pipe. It is a 3 hole stinger. The finish is very dull and dry at the moment and it looked and smelled like it sat in a box in the garage for the past 30 years or more. I just spent the better part of this evening cleaning the stem with...

I have just started my journey into pipe smoking. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I grew up in a smoke free home and occasionally have dabbled with cigars in social situations in the past. For some reason I have felt compelled to begin pipe smoking. Perhaps it is related to my long love...

I took up pipe smoking a month ago. I bought an estate Dunhill 3202 today and smoked a bowl of Squadron Leader in it. It seemed like the bowl only lasted for about half and hour or so. I also burned my tongue while lighting it and a couple times after that. I packed the bowl loose until it...