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  1. stogie37

    Oriental Tobaccos Spoil Subsequent Smokes

    Ok, coming at this from a slightly different perspective; I’m a pipe smoker of over 30 years. I know my palate and understand the majority of blends I smoke to a fine degree. Almost the exact same thing happened to me about three years ago - however I didn’t make a connection to oriental tobacco...
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    Pipe Smoking Pearls Of Wisdom

    Welcome! Great first post and an enjoyable thread. My interest in this book is also piqued.
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    Oriental Blend Recommendation

    Some great recommendations here. I would add: C&D Star of the East Gold, G.L. Pease Ashbury, Rattray Red Raparee and G.L. Pease Regents Flake as excellent Oriental forward blends. Smoking through a tin of C&D Or Olam right now and it might make my Oriental rotation as well…
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    Good Way to Prepare GH flakes?

    I like G&H Flakes best when they’re holding moisture - which is a nightmare to keep lit. For the past year I smoke them pretty much exclusively in cobs. I can get away with a tight pack and have to believe the rough bowl interior provides enough space for airflow. This has been a winning...
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    Disappointed with EMP

    EMP was never more than a C or C+ level smoke for me (but with A+ tin art!). It was easily supplanted by Presbyterian, Piccadilly and Star of the East Gold in the genre. I have a stack of Dunhill tins in the cellar treading water. Then, on Monday evening this week, my son left his fresh from the...
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    Summer evening moments

    Sitting on the screen porch listening to the coastal Carolina night sounds and smelling the salt marsh along with a slowly smoldering pipe is pure bliss! I concur - evening pipes can be something special.
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    Broken Pipe? Art Ruppelt (Ming Kahuna)

    Ahh… so sad to hear. I’ve owned number of Art’s tampers and used to chat with him at the NASPC shows in Columbus. Oddly enough, I found his tampers too beautiful to use! (Well, I eventually used one) They would easily clean up to look like new, but I preferred to set a Ming out to look at while...
  8. stogie37

    Great Blog Breaking Down Orientals

    Absolutely superb resource. I adore Oriental leaf and enjoyed reading this. A “re-read” for sure. Thank you very much for sharing it.
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    Low Country Pipe Club - January 2023 Meeting 1/9

    The Low Country Pipe Club will hold its first meeting of 2023 at 10am Monday January 9th at Low Country Pipe & Cigar in Little River, SC. All are welcome, and if you find yourself in the Myrtle Beach SC to Brunswick County Islands NC region, I’d encourage you to make the trip. We have an...
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    Your Blend Of The Year 2022

    It’s been a long time since I cracked a tin in the same year I purchased it, but the Low Country guys threw a tin of Anthology on the table at pipe club a few days before the release and I knew it was a winner from that bowl. I bought a bunch for the cellar and opened one right away. So, that’s...
  11. stogie37

    Bulk English

    Another vote for both C&D Stratfordshire and Byzantium - excellent value / quality.
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    Red Raparee

    Smoking some RR from the recent drop. My other tins are all from the James B Russell distributorship era. My first tasting note on my journal simply said; Welcome back! Very happy to report that the brand spanking new stuff maintains at least a notable portion of that unique, nutty, floral...
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    Smokingpipes.com Youtube Channel

    Vimeo is an excellent solution for this and their tools for integration and distribution are superb. Our organization shifted all our archived and new content to them over a year ago and couldn’t be more pleased. (Well, if YT weren’t so difficult to work with, I’d be more pleased 😁) Anyway...
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    Can you Cellar too Long?

    I concur with @sablebrush52 & @cigrmaster - I prefer (the vast majority of the time) the mellowing effects of even extended age on my blends, English or otherwise. I also keep my tins in a 76 degree, dry and dark location - and rarely “play” with them. I have lost a couple; a tin of 2004...
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    Low Country Pipe Club September Meeting 9/12

    Good evening all; the Low Country Pipe Club (South Carolina) will be holding their September meeting at 10AM Monday morning (9/12) at Low Country Pipe and Cigar in Little River. We'll be cracking a 2017 tin of the discontinued MacBaren HH Acadian Perique as well as a very rare tin of the Ultra...
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