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Hello gents! I have not posted in a while. Previously I had asked a few questions about English blends. Well, I made a trip to Chicago (I am currently living in Tokyo right now) and visited Iwan Ries Co. It was heaven!!! I was able to purchase many of the English and other blends that a few...

Hello Gentelmen, It has been a while since I have posted, but I have finally made it back. I found a little tabacco shop in Tokyo. Nice hole in the wall place. They have some nice pipes and a little bit of tabacco. I was finally able to pick up some Frog Morton. I also picked up a tin of...

Hello Gentelmen! I have an odd question. Are there any tabaccos that you prefer to smoke in churchwardens? If so, why? What makes them better in a 'warden? Dean

Hello Gents, I want to get a second churchwarden. I have one woodstem one that I bought at a ren faire a few years back. It is nice, but I want to try something a little different. Does anyone have any advice for a good smoking churchwarden for around $100? I have looked at the Stanwell Has...

Hello all! I have been one of those guys who was a little afraid to let my tabacco dry. I guess this stems from bad expeiences with cigars that have dried out too much. I have been smoking Boswell's Best and have had the horrible gurgle and gunk at the bottom of my bowl. The taste was OK, but...

Hi Guys! Dean from Tokyo here. I have a question... I have put my Boswells tabacco in jars. The jars I have are the same style as the old mason jars. About a week ago I noticed that the jars have condensation on the inside. Very fine like a window on a foggy night. I have opened up the jars...

Hello Gents! I was thinking about getting a MacQueen pipe. Possiblly a "Ranger" pipe. I have visited other forums a while back and I saw a lot of mixed reviews. It seems people either love or hate MacQueen pipes. I have heard they gurgle like crazy and that the stems crack bacuase of the metal...

Hey Gentlemen! Dean from Japan here... I just recieved my tabacco order from Boswells. Yummy Vanilla Cream, Chocolate Cream, Penn Dutch Treat, and Boswell's Best. An order of $30.00 American. I got a beautiful pipe too....a nice rusticated bent with the bottom of a shotgun shell as a band on...

Hey guys, If you have read my other thread (I am now and have only started one other...) you will know that I have been an aromatic smoker. I guess that is beacuse I have not heard of anything else really until researching more about pipe tabaccos on the internet. For years I only knew...

Hi Everyone, Dean here from Tokyo. I am looking to expand my tabacco experiences. A little background info might help...I have been smoking pipes for about 6 years. Until a few months ago I had only smoked Tinderbox aromatics. (I smoked Black Russian regularly.) Since I moved to Japan last...

Hello Everyone! Originally from Chicago, now living in Tokyo. This looks like a fun place to learn more about one of my favorite hobbies... I love forward to chatting with everyone. Dean