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    Jean Paul Sartre

    Not true! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-uQWNd540I
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    Pipe Cleaner as Pipe Loading Aid?

    Yep, I read about this trick on here from samcoffeeman and I've used it ever since. It's just habit now, my packing is probably fine without out but it guarantees a perfect draw every time, so why not?
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    Purple Cow

    Haven't yet tried Billy Budd (or Purple Cow), but I've been enjoying some Habana Daydream. It seemed harsh and odd-tasting at first, then I tried it in my big old Comoy's pot (0.91" chamber diameter) and it's great. It's like a nice, spicy Balkan, except the latakia's even further back and the...
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    Cornell and Diehl Small Batch

    You might feel off-put, but they still might be able to school you. The three most knowledgeable metalheads I know happen to also be lawyers. Not the most clean-cut of lawyers, but lawyers nonetheless. I see what you're saying, but in music, as in tobacco, I've found that it's often worth my...
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    Favorite Tunes While Smoking?

    Man, ol' Duck's got a serious case of "bass face" there... This is my pipe smoking music for today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxSFSdcGPLM
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    How Important Is The Button To You?

    Well, I wouldn't mind having a rack of Beckers, for sure, but I do like to have some variety. My Becker is probably my favorite overall pipe, but the Kyriazanos is very close behind it, and his pipes tend to run $200-300 less than the Beckers' (new, anyway), so there's that. Shaping is the other...
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    Smokers Haven Cognac Pipes

    Yeah, I was actually thinking the Cognac/Buckeye pipes might be better, because a smaller production run (I'm assuming here) probably equals more time to focus on the details, not to mention the fact that the guys at Smokers' Haven who hand-finish those stems are artisan pipe makers in their own...
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    You Can't Have it, It's Mine

    Very nice. I've really gotten to like the looks of the Rosslares, although I haven't bitten at that price on a factory pipe. One day I'll get a Pete, though, their shaping is just too iconic not to. The Savinelli Oscar Lucites are sort of similar, and are one of the Sav lines that don't take...
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    Smokers Haven Cognac Pipes

    Very nice pipe! I've eyed some of their Buckeye pipes, as well, really nice looking for the money. My doubts about how good the button might be on a hand-finished stem is the only thing that's held me back. Your Cognac pipe looks like they're being made at Briar Labs, as well? Any experience...
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    How Important Is The Button To You?

    This describes me. I've been smoking a pipe for a couple years now, and was pretty much content with my Stanwells, Radice, old Comoy's, etc. (well, I still like them but...), until I got a Le Nuvole, then a Kyriazanos and, recently, a Becker. The button on each of these last three purchases has...
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    Where are the Gawith Hoggarth blends?

    I think there may have been some production hiccups with the merger. Some of the Sam Gawith blends were out of stock for a while, too, but they seem to be in supply now. Even some of the less popular products that I hadn't seen for a long time (i.e., a year or more, such as Sam's Flake, etc.)...
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    Looking for Something Similar to Black Shag and Dark Star

    I'm a big fan of Black Shag, but have so far preferred Peretti's Scottish Flake (also McClelland-produced, I believe) to Dark Star. Try McC's Classic Samsun for a spin on the stoved VA's of Black Shag, except with orientals instead of the dash of latakia you'll find in the Shag. Haven't tried it...
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    Coffee And Tobacco

    +1 @Cosmic. That said, these days it's been PERC Las Brisas Colombia in a Bee House dripper with a big bowl of Old Joe Krantz after lunch to kick the afternoon's work into high gear.
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    Burley Blend, Haunted Bookshop?

    Thanks, @pitchfork. I am liking the burley/latakia combo in Bayou Night, so I'll give Morley's Best a try. How's the nicotine level? Also, how does it compare to Burley Flake #4 (the one with the lat, but no perique)? I've been curious about that one, too.
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    What Is Your Active Tobacco Rotation? (Pic)

    Holy smokes, @shaintiques! (pun intended) Here's my current "rotation," which is a pretty accurate reflection of where my tastes are at right now. Trying not to add any more open blends, if possible, since (as you can see), I don't really have anywhere to put them, haha.