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Been watching this series on Youtube while home with the head cold from hell. Was produced in the 80’s for British TV by Granada. Excellent series in that the episodes are very true to the stories. Stars Jeremy Brett as Sherlock. Here’s a link to the episodes on YouTube: Adventure’s of...

I’m a Canadian pipe smoker so as many are aware that means steep taxes. Prohibitively steep. Like we’re talking a pouch of Amphora goes for $65CAN which is about $50US. Insane. It also means limited selection. At my local B&M, which is a nice classic tobacconist selling mainly cigars, they...

A bizarre sequence of events is sending me to Vancouver Island tomorrow. I am to become the principal of a new school there. Well...its actually an extension of the school I am currently the principal of here in Korea. The new president here (the old one is in jail for corruption) does not...

Lately I've been enjoying Semois a lot which is the only straight burley I've ever tasted. For a while I've been thinking about getting a tub of an American burley like PA, Granger, SWA, or Lane RR. I'm wondering is there any similiarity between any of those and Semois? Which one do any of...

Just wondering if any here have ever checked out Tsuge pipes, in particular the Roulette, Tankard or Blowfish (Smoking Pipes has them)? An interesting aesthetic and definitely a departure from traditional shapes. Lately I've been thinking they're kinda cool...especially the Roulette and Tankard...

Many months ago I wrote about taking 12 students to Nepal for some volunteering and trekking in the Himalya. Proud to say I did it! And we all arrived back in one piece. What an adventure! We arrived and took in Kathmandu for a few days. Bought 500US worth of books and then 4x4'd them out to a...

A friend just returned from a trip to Malaysia.   "Hey...picked you up some pipe tobacco in the duty free" he says.   I asked him what he picked up. "I dont remember the brand but its a white square tin.  Not Davidoff...those were round." So...Im wondering in my mind what he bought. Any...

2/3 Semois 1/3 Wessex Gold Brick The coffee topped straight virginia of the Gold Brick goes very nicely with the cigar note of the Semois burley. If you have these 2 constituents give it a try. Very cigar like. Cheers all!

Weather is getting cold and I often don't have enough time for a long pipe.  Was thinking of getting a small bowled pipe like this Tsuge Capito. http://www.lightertime.co.kr/m/product.html?branduid=66084&xcode=036&mcode=004&scode=001&type=X&sort=order&cur_code=036004&GfDT=bmd3UA%3D%3D Just...

Im considering taking a group of about 15 high school students (korean) to Nepal in April. Taking in Katmandhu and volunteering in a rural village. Anyone here ever done such an undertaking? Been to Nepal? I haven't. Ive taken school groups to NA and Europe but never to a 3rd world country...

I really have my father-in-law to thank for helping me get into the world of pipes. He had a collection of about 7 different pipes that he collected back in the 80's when he smoked pipes that he graciously gifted to me. It was a score: BBB's, a GBD, a Peterson XL306, and few Dr. Plumbs and a...

Just noticed that P&C is selling 3 new releases from Dunhill: Ye Old Signe, Dark Flake and 221 Baker Street. Surprised there isn't more buzz surrounding them. Anyone tried them and can weigh in on what they are like? Noticed they are already out of stock. Been smoking Royal Yacht and Durbar...

Wondering what sites folks here visit on a regular basis for reading. I tend to rely on the internet for reading, learning new things and just generally stimulating my brain. Living as an expat in an isolated part of Korea I don't have access to newspapers or bookshops that sell magazines or...

Picked up a tin of this at a small cigar shop in Seoul about 2 months ago. I think it goes by the name Balkan Blue now. Maybe too many people were mistaking it for Jamaican coffee. I had to decide between this and Wilderness, but in the end chose this one because of what I had read about it...

For the last few days I have been in Seoul attending a Google Education Summit. Where I live is actually 3 hours away on the East coast in a mountain/coastal town called Sokcho. As far as I know there is only 3 pipe smokers there...me, myself and I. Although I have been smoking a pipe now for...

Pulled this one out of the back of the cabinet this morning where it had been hiding for well over a year. Sometime a couple of years ago I filled an empty old BBF tin with it, wrapped it in some elastic bands and forgot about it. I remember at that time I really enjoyed the tin note and found...

Does anybody know how the "Canadian" pipe shape got its title? Was it a popular shape in Canada? Introduced by a Canadian carver? Why is it called a "Canadian"? Also, does anyone else find it ironic that Brigham, the quintessential Canadian pipe company, doesn't have any Canadian shaped...

Bought a bottle of Jameson. First time having seen it available at the local supermarket here. Didn't really like it neat as I tend towards a more heartier fare like Chivas. But I threw a splash in my morning coffee and wow...what a discovery. Mixes perfect with a cup of Joe. I'm sure many...

Made a batch of beer the other night. Just threw together what ingredients I had laying around. Consisted of: Steeping grains: -200g of Dark Caramel -500g of Vienna Malt extracts -3kgs of Breiss Golden Light -250g of Breiss Amber dried malt extract Hops -1oz of Fuggle (45 minutes) -0.5oz of...

So the anglophile in me suddenly has a hankering to try St. Bruno. Unfortunately it seems impossible to acquire out here in Korea. Which GH blend do some of you experts feel is the closest match. Reading TR it seems like every blend by GH gets compared to either Condor or St. Bruno but if I...