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  1. Texican

    My tastes have changed?

    All I know is I'm going to have to try some more aromatics. So far I love Boswell's Best. The vanilla is actually there supporting the tobaccos. I heard Berry Cobbler is pretty good too.
  2. Texican

    My tastes have changed?

    Anyone ever get that when pipe smoking? For the past few months I have been really into Va/Pers. But for the past few weeks something is just going wrong. Maybe it is the heat. Maybe it is the size of the bowl. I don't know. But I just find Escudo to be harsh tasting to me. And the nicotine hit...
  3. Texican

    What are you smoking?

    Escudo Navy De Luxe in a Savinelli. Maybe it is just the heat or my tastes are changing, but Lord...nicotine city. Perhaps perique and I just don't get along. :roll:  Smoked some Dunhill London Mixture the other night after a barbeque. Could smoke that stuff all day, though!
  4. Texican

    Your favorite Aromatic

    So I have a cheapo Dr. Grabow sitting here. I decided I'd dedicate it to aromatics. That said, I'm at a loss. Back in college, I started out with cherry backy. Burned my tongue like crazy until I was introduced to some McClelland Va/Pers. Then I married the old woman and settled down for a bit...
  5. Texican

    What are you smoking?

    Royal Yacht is something I've been meaning to try.
  6. Texican

    Clay tobacco pipes

    Yeah. I can remember in the early nineties before she died my grandmother and my mother trying to get her to quit. "I'm in my nineties," she said. "I am not stopping now." She claimed that tobacco kept worms away and somehow acted as a preventative for allergies and sinus infections. She...
  7. Texican

    What are you smoking?

    Smoking some Dunhill Nightcap in my clay after a lovely dinner of grilled steaks, mashed taters, and green peas, all washed down with a cold Budweiser.
  8. Texican

    Clay tobacco pipes

    My great-grandmother smoked a clay as well. And she dipped Garrett's Sweet Tobacco. I'm not sure what she smoked though but she lived to be almost a hundred and had every tooth in her mouth before she died.
  9. Texican

    Clay tobacco pipes

    The Dutch pipes are good. You can find them on eBay if you know where to look. Honestly, I am not a big briar smoker. I prefer clays and cobs. Aside from a Grabow and a few Savinellis, when I want to smoke I turn to my clay. Besides, Insm always smoking/sampling new tobaccos that I don't have...
  10. Texican

    The health case FOR smoking

    I've been reading up a lot of this lately. I know it is a semi-old post, but I thought I'd add my two cents. Fact 1: I'm going to die. Fact 2: You are going to die as well. Is pipe smoking a dangerous hobby? Yes. You could drop your pipe in your lap and burn your crotch! Just kidding. Yes...
  11. Texican

    Rim Weeping

    Do you have photos of this? I've had pipes "bubble" in my college days before from puffing too hot, being full of pee and vinegar. And being inexperienced and just stupid I'd smoke them until the finish would head and bubble. Thankfully, they were cheapo bin pipes. Are you smoking them too hot?
  12. Texican

    Aging Peterson's perect plug?

    Perhaps a little bit of both!
  13. Texican

    Dunhill Nightcap

    I guess I am in the minority. I love London Mixture when I do want an English. But I just do not absolutely LOVE Dunhill's Nightcap. Which was unfortunate because I was gifted a tin of the stuff.
  14. Texican

    Cellaring Ennerdale

    I cellar everything in Ball Mason Jars and just keep them in a closet in the basement. Would this work?
  15. Texican

    Jackknife plug

    Yeah. I tamped it down. Duh. You live and you learn.
  16. Texican

    Jackknife plug

    I've tried rubbing this stuff out and it is hard to keep it lit. I'm going to try smoking it tomorrow morning though. I chopped it up into tiny cubes with my trusty Opinel and tried packing it into my pipe. Maybe I just need to rub the stuff out more? Or take some culinary scissors and chop it...
  17. Texican

    Hal O’ the Wynd

    Meh. Ya'll made me itch for this tobacco that I had to go ahead and buy it! Shame on you all! :P
  18. Texican

    Hal O’ the Wynd

    I actually enjoy Hal o'the Wynd. I am kind of regretting trading a tin of Dunhill Nightcap for it to a friend. Really, I wish it came in the 50g tins. I have heard people say that it has a bad nicotine kick to it. I don't think so and I'm kind of a lightweight. I find it makes a cool, bright...
  19. Texican

    Tried some Dunhill EMP and London Mixture

    Give London Mixture a chance. It is a great English blend. And unlike Nightcap, I can actually smoke LM all day if I could. That being said, you could have a sensitivity for latakia. I'm not a big English smoker, so it might not be up your alley. My suggestion to you would be to sip it and...
  20. Texican

    Greetings from Wyoming

    Hello, all! New to the forum here! I've sort of have returned to pipe smoking after a 5 year hiatus. Smoked a bit in college. Got married. Kind of gave it up for the wife. And well, returned to it. I used to smoke a lot of Aromatics and Englishes, but now I'm pretty much a VA/Per guy now...
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