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Made an unusual trip to a local B&M Saturday and was able to pick up the "new" Balkan Sobranie. This was the first experience with this blend, new or old, and I was looking forward to trying it. I have tried "Blue Mountain" and "Black House", the results of the "blend off" sponsored at the...

I posted a link to a survival blog in the Rubber Room. It contains first hand communications from the NY/NJ area written in journal form from individuals who live on site. I posted in the RR because, though there is nothing distateful in the blog, it is maintained as a survivorist site and I...

I just finished Sherlock Holmes and the Swedish Enigma by Barry Grant and really enjoyed it. The setting is modern England and this is the 3rd in a series that Grant has written. I won't give away any of the plot, but this is not a Sherlock wannabe, but the original resssurected. No Watson...

Just watched the movie "MacArthur" with Gregory Peck in the title role. The movie has mutiple scenes of Peck smoking various pipes, many MM cobs, a couple of Rhodesians and at the end as MacArthur and his wife watch Eisenhower's nomination on TV he's smoking a Charatan bent dublin. Wonder...

With the shortages of FVF, my everyday smoke, I have been forced to search for suitable alternatives. Though I have found many excellent Virginias and Virginia blends in my search, I have been particularly impressed with the Conclave Of Richmond Pipe Smokers "Sophisticate" blended by...

As is my habit, I was sitting in my neighborhood pub, preparing to eat lunch, enjoying a pipe of F&T's Cut Virginia Plug, when the fellow that owns the tobacco shop(cigarrette store) next door comes in and approaches me, saying, "Dr. Grabow!". I replied, "Charatan!, what the hell are you...

It seems a few weeks ago there was some discussion of gourd calabash pipes and the difficulty in obtaining them. I received an e-mail from the folks at Synjeco, a Swiss tobaccanist, saying thay had them available. http://www.synjeco.ch/pataall/pipe/shw100.php?i4s19 Though I have no commercial...

Last Friday night, at work, I began to feel a "tickle" in my sinus and at the back of my throat. By Saturday I was so sick I barely left the bed, fever, cough, the whole nine yards. With the temps in the upper 80's and lower 90's and more humidity than anyone needs, I couped in the apartment...

Back in 2004, as I was browsing through the stock of tinned tobaccos at a local B&M, I spotted one tin of this blend. The tin description says,"BRAR FOX (Crumble Cake) An exceptionally smooth blend of Virginias, the personal blend of Peter Heeschen, the well-known Danish pipe maker". I purchased...

There's a link to send free e-mail to your Senators and congressman with an option to hand deliver letters for $3.00 each. Take a minute to look it over, please. http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-news/help-fix-the-biggest-threat-to-pipe-tobacco/

PBS is running the Ken Burns movie, "Civil War" all this week. Lots of good history with tons of "pipe sitings" throughout. Now if he'd only named it "The War of Northern Aggression" it would be perfect! :D

In the State House of Representatives today a bill was forwarded from committee restricting smoking in ALL public places except casinos and cigar bars. This would be a statewide law if passed and if passed the Governor has already said he will sign it. Currently, any smoking restrictions are...

Has anyone done business with these folks before, and if so, what was your impression of them? I e-mailed an order last night and tried calling them this afternoon to verify the product was in stock and to see if they could charge a credit card or need a check/money order. The number was...

I happened to catch this 1939 movie starring Spencer Tracy the other evening. I found it particularly enjoyable, having recently endured the History Channel's Expedition Africa just the week before. One particular item I noticed in the flic was Spencer Tracy lighting up a new Meerschaum pipe...

I had a strange experience. I go daily to a small neighborhood pub for lunch as it is the only place left to enjoy a couple of bowls during the day. For several weeks another gent comes in and generally sits about 25 feet from me and smokes a berry or cherry flavored cigar. I smoke Virginias...

I purchased 2 tins of this medium Virginia and upon receipt found the seal on one tin broken, so I decided to give it a try. This, apparently, begins life as a flake, but is much more broken up in this tin. I am led to believe that it is found in bulk as S. Gawith Medium Flake, but as I said it...

One Second After by William R Forstchen is probably the scariest book you will ever read. It is in the military and and historical science fiction genre and deals with a topic that we can see reflected in today's headlines. It is well written and researched and very nearly impossible to put...

Hello gents and ladies, My name is Matt, or shootist51, whichever you prefer. I am 54 , Male, in Indianapolis, Indiana and started smoking pipes back when I was 18. After a long hiatus, I returned to the pipe about 1 1/2 years ago and have been trying just about every tobacco still...