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Unless they advertise a line of pipes as fill-free, I’m not sure that’s really a legitimate compaint. You can hope, but to expect it isn’t reasonable. I’m sure the tier pricing depends on the grading of the block, the amount of handwork put into the pipe, and the aesthetics of the final product...

First pipe in a couple days. McClelland Oriental 14 in a Kaywoodie POY.

Sitting on the back porch watching the sky drip. 2 days ago it broke 70 degrees, possibility of snow showers tonight. Weather can’t make up its mind. Dunhill London Mixture in a L’Anatra.

Spent the early dark hours with some Oriental 14 in a Ser Jacopo.

It was a gift from my ganddaughter, I’m pretty sure she got if from the local feed store. It’s stamped “Pendleton”, the wool shirt makers from Oregon I believe.

Rained out, no work 👍 Black coffee and some 1Q/BCA in a Pete while I sit here and listen to the morning chatter on 2 meters.

Very strange weather, there should be snow on the ground but it’s 69 degrees outside. El Nino does strange things. Taking advantage of it, sitting on the back deck sipping a beer, watching the Chiefs whoop on the Ravens, smoking some Yorktown in a Ser Jacopo.

A 50/50 mix of 1Q and BCA in a Kaywoodie Handmade. I originally started smoking this mixture as a compromise, it’s about the only thing I can smoke indoors without protest from SHMBO. It’s become quite delicious with strong black coffee first thing in the morning, and I now have several...

McClelland Oriental #14 in a Radice.

Having just recently moved, I’ve been going through stuff I hadn’t unpacked in a few years. Putting my pipes in a display case (I finally have my own room) I realized I hadn’t smoked my Dunhills in years, so I rummaged around for something to smoke in them I also hadn’t smoked in years. Found a...

Hey Greg! 🙂

It’s been so long a reintroduction is warranted. I go back to the very early days of this forum. I’ve also been gone a very long time. The readers digest version: My wife of 40+ years and I raised 3 kids, immediately followed by 2 granddaughters (we had them 16 years) and we recently finished...

An hour of shameful pre-game social pandering followed by 90 minutes of actual good football, followed by a horribly pathetic attempt of a halftime show trying in a most untalented manner to marry bad music with misguided social commentary, followed by a solid beatdown by an old man. NFL, the...

I’m late to my own party! Thanks everyone!! 8)

Thanks fellas!

How does it work in Oregon? Is it one of those things where it’s state licensed stores only, and that’s the only way to get the stuff? I guess I’m lucky here (can’t say that very often, California sucks). The booze warehouse that is Total Wine and Spirits has probably 200 different bottles of...

Aberlour and The Glenlivet are separate companies and separate distilleries but both are owned by parent company Pernod Ricard, so I’m guessing the Aberlour Glenlivet bottling you’re looking at is a special offering. A lot of independent companies will buy quantities of different malts from...

Glenfiddich and Highland Park 12 are both fine malts but you’ll find them to be in the same range as the the other tame, widely available generic malts. They are unassuming, pleasant and down the middle, but rather one trick ponies. You might want to consider venturing into a peated Islay and a...

Monkey shoulder is on my short list to try. It’s a malt blend, not a single malt but not cut with other cheaper grains. Sounds good, price is good. I’m presently working on a bottle of Naked Grouse which is also a blended malt that is finished in first fill sherry (casks? Vats? Not sure about...

Try rolling up some flake tobacco (Stokkebye Luxury Twist flake or Navy flake, for example, nothing too strong) and dont try to pack the bowl too full. Just ease a nice plug of loosely wadded up flake (not too tight) into the chamber and smoke it nice and slow, just keep her smoldering. You’ll...