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  1. brightleaf

    Tobacco with a Hint of Volcano

    If your looking for a tobacco grown from a unique mineral soil. This year's crop from North Sumatra may fit the bill. Nature has provided an extra dose of mineral fertilizer from nearby Mt. Sinabung. From the article news18
  2. brightleaf

    Are Antivaxxers Going To Be Next?

    The lessons learned by public health officials in their war on tobacco are already being considered for use against others groups. From the article Are 'Vaccine Skeptics' Responsible for Flu Deaths? medpagetoday Morse suggested that perhaps there is much that the public health community might...
  3. brightleaf

    WHO Is Behind Tobacco Control - Exposed - What It Means

    We are members of a forum that is accessed around the world. Sharing stories with each other we gain a perspective that is global in nature. It is from reading your stories that I noticed the common timelines associated with the legislative persecution of tobacco. It became obvious to me that...
  4. brightleaf

    WW1 Tobacco Seen As An Aid To Man

    100 years ago tobacco was seen in a different light. Not only the government, but the Red Cross was fully behind the selling of tobacco to raise funds, and providing tobacco to soldiers far from home or in need of comfort in their hospitals. Below is a series of pictures that are pretty much...
  5. brightleaf

    Serious Conversationalists Carry Extra Pipes

    While researching our government's archives I stumbled on this pipe smoking story. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0248/whpr19750727-007.pdf Gerald Ford Helmut Schmidt
  6. brightleaf

    What If Barney (Don Knotts) Smoked a Pipe?

    Don Knotts may have been Barney, a nervous, fidgety character used for comedy on screen. But what was he like when the camera wasn't rolling? ....A ladies man with girls eager to warm up his pipe.
  7. brightleaf

    Bird's Eye Tobacco

    I have gone through many historical books on tobacco and found most everything that was made back then still available now. The only exception is Bird's Eye tobacco. Bird's Eye is very popular in the older books. Has anyone heard of it or know of it's existence in current markets? Image from...
  8. brightleaf

    Pipe Smoking Transcends Trends

    For many, many years men have enjoyed smoking tobacco out of a pipe. While clothes are often passing fads, not much has changed in the preferred method to pass time among those with style. Are you man enough to wear a collar like that?
  9. brightleaf

    Legislation and the Future of Tobacco

    Given the recent thread on Philip Morris International http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/oops-phillip-morris-goes-to-loopyville and some of the speculation generated in the thread on McClelland 5100 http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/mcclelland-5100-officially-discontinued I started...
  10. brightleaf

    The Real Peace Pipe

    I am not without pain. My teeth have been a constant source of it for some time now. I have noticed general relief from tooth pain when smoking a pipe and for some time afterwards. In addition pipe smoking helps me to fall asleep. For the relief of pain and quietness of mind I am grateful for...
  11. brightleaf

    A New Year - Time For Reflection

    The New Year is a time that commonly causes us to reflect on our past and think about how we are going to proceed in the future. Many members on this forum have lived long lives and have seen many changes in our society. What advice do you have for our younger members that you think would help...
  12. brightleaf

    Twas The Night Before Christmas

    Families are getting ready to spend some time together for a long weekend. Stories are a great way to spend an evening, allowing us to share the same room in relative peace and companionship. I thought I would share a traditional Christmas story that makes mention of Pipe smoking St. Nick. While...
  13. brightleaf

    Use It up or Put It on the Shelf?

    I heat my home with a wood stove. Recently I have been using some really beautiful sections of a 60 year old Japanese Red Maple to feed the flames. I saved the wood from being placed in a curbside trash pile during a yard work job I did over the Summer. It has beautiful knots and swirly grain. I...
  14. brightleaf

    A Tobacco Product For The Antis

    While walking through our Farmer's Market I came upon the stall of a soap maker. He was finishing up a sale to a woman who was purchasing Tobacco scented soap as stocking stuffers for her sons. After getting back on the computer I found out that there are many different tobacco scented products...
  15. brightleaf

    Fungi That Attack Cellared Tobacco - Research

    Given the recent threads discussing plume and mold, I thought I would do a bit of research. I didn't find much written on the subject with the exception of one article related to tobacco-infesting fungi, titled The Water Content/Water Activity Relationship of Cured Tobacco and Water Relations of...
  16. brightleaf

    Fire Cured Yellows, Reds?

    My understanding of tobacco color is that it is mainly based on the position of the leaf on the stem. While hanging upside down as it is curing, the tar/sap settles into the upper leaves in greater quantity than the lower leaves, thereby giving it a darker color. When tobacco is smoked it all...
  17. brightleaf

    It's a Plant, It's a Man, It's Neither

    Here is an article I just stumbled across. Biologically active recombinant human erythropoietin expressed in hairy root cultures and regenerated plantlets of Nicotiana tabacum L. It seems that our white coat scientists are having success growing human protein in our beloved tobacco plant. While...
  18. brightleaf

    Secondary Sugar Qualities In Curing (Mainly Honey)

    Sugar is an important consideration for those making tobacco into something to be smoked. Many different sugars are available to choose from. Like anything it can be something that can be tweaked to create a unique effect. Honey has long been known to contain valuable properties other than...
  19. brightleaf

    Risen From The Ashes

    I have read on this forum how some members like to come back to an unfinished bowl and smoke the rest at a later time. Also there was some mention of appreciating what the smoke and heat does to transform the flavor of the tobaccos deeper in the bowl. I am not a person of money by any means...
  20. brightleaf

    Favorite Pipe for Deep Thought?

    A pipe can be many things for many people. I find it particularly suited for deep contemplation. Whether pondering a mystery with Sherlock Holmes, trying to outwit the Dark Lord in military and evasion strategy with Gandalf, or simply working your way through writers block while creating the...
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