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  1. homesteader

    Missouri Sales Tax on Online Purchases

    I knew it was coming but for the first time today I had to pay sales tax on an online purchase of tobacco. I bought some tobacco from Pipes & Cigars and I was charged about 6.35% tax if my math is correct. It turns a 15% discount into about a 9% discount, or the discount covers the sales tax...
  2. homesteader

    Hearth & Home Louisiana Red

    Lately my tastes have been going to Va-Pers so when I read the description of H & H Louisiana Red it sounded like something I'd enjoy. This came in a one pound bag manufactured by Sutliff. Fresh from the bag I got a little taste of vinegar so I jarred it and gave it a couple of weeks. I've...
  3. homesteader

    Skipper's Blend--SP Whiskey with Latakia

    On the recommendation of a member here I recently tried Smoker's Pride Whiskey. It was pretty good but after trying Pirate Kake I've been on a Latakia kick lately. I was smoking the SP Whiskey and thought about how it would be mixed with Pirate Kake. Not wanting to use the expensive tinned...
  4. homesteader

    Trying C & D's Pirate Kake

    I recently tried Cornell & Diehl's Pirate Kake for the first time. It's classified as an English blend, containing a robust 75% Latakia. Rounding out the blend is burley and Turkish tobaccos. It comes in cake form and rubs out easily. The moisture level was just about right. I’d shied away...
  5. homesteader

    26 State-Level Tobacco Legislative Bills to Watch

    here is a link to the article: 26 State-Level Tobacco Legislative Bills to Watch A lot of them pertain to vaping and cigarettes. Some do pertain to pipe tobacco too. "Indiana: House Bill 1379 prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products. . . ." Kentucky: House Bill 201 proposes tax...
  6. homesteader

    John Bull True English

    John Bull True English is described as "a classic English-style blend of ripe Virginias, select, fragrant Orientals and rich, smoky Cyprian Latakia." Opening the 1.5 ounce pouch the tobacco seems to be at just the right moisture level. For me English blends are hit-and-miss as to whether or not...
  7. homesteader

    John Bull Fragrant English

    John Bull Fragrant English is an American English blend consisting of Burley, black Cavendish, and Cyprian Latakia. This is one of John Bull's new blends, and comes in a 1.5 ounce pouch. I think I was expecting something similar to Lane's HGL, with "fragrant" in the title and containing black...
  8. homesteader

    Hearth & Home on Sale at Smoker's Outlet Online

    This isn't an online seller a lot of pipe smokers talk about since they mostly sell non-pipe and low-end items, with a few exceptions. They are competitively priced on the pipe tobacco they do carry. Until November 29th they have the Hearth & Home series on sale for $24.79 a 14 oz can. They...
  9. homesteader

    New Blends from John Bull

    With all the FDA regulations and some blends falling by the wayside, I was surprised to read in my newly arrived Pipes & Cigars catalog that John Bull is releasing two new blends (the P & C website says mid November). John Bull True English has Latakia, Oriental, and Virginia and is described...
  10. homesteader

    New Prescription is Bad News for My Pipe Smoking

    I need to lose a lot of weight and my doctor and I discussed a few prescription medications. We settled on a drug called Topamax. One side effect she mentioned was that it would make carbonated beverages taste bad enough you couldn't enjoy them--she was right. No big deal there. What she...
  11. homesteader

    Match RQ-3

    Match RQ-3, made by Sutliff, is described as "a replacement for a recently discontinued aromatic blend. It's made with mellow Burley and smooth black Cavendish." I can't find anything on tobacco reviews. I'm by no means a tobacco expert. My question is: what is this a match to? Was there a...
  12. homesteader

    General Grant Cigars for New Cigar Smoker?

    I am exclusively a pipe smoker. I've had maybe a half dozen cigars in my life and couldn't tell you the brand or type. For some reason I am drawn to the General Grant cigars, and thinking about buying a box. They come in 5" Corona or cigarillos. You get 30 Corona or 60 cigarillos for the...
  13. homesteader

    When Will the Ax Fall?

    I've used the FDA website to check on grandfathered blends of tobacco. There are some I don't see. After doing some research some of the blends I'm interested in were produced after the 2007 cutoff date. Pipes & Cigars recently had a sale on some blends, including some of Cult's, saying...
  14. homesteader

    H.R. 3982 Aims to Exempt Cigars from FDA Regulation

    The bill's author has a good point: cigars are different from cigarettes. I would like to hear opinions about a way to include pipe tobacco in this bill. It has bipartisan sponsorship, so there's a good chance it will pass. "There’s a new legislative push to exclude handcrafted premium cigars...
  15. homesteader

    Maine Moving to Ban Sale of Flavored Tobacco

    It looks like a bill that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco in the Maine legislature is moving forward. Here is a link to an article which has updates on tobacco legislation in nine states: An Update on 12 Tobacco-Related State Bills From the article: Maine: LD1550 / H.P. 1155, which...
  16. homesteader

    Need Recommendations for Mylar Bags

    I'm trying to stock up, and have been putting bulk tobacco in mason jars. I recently saw that many pipe smokers on here said mylar bags were good for long term storage. I did a search but can't find specifics. What thickness of mylar do you recommend? Would a gallon bag be big enough for the...
  17. homesteader

    Sutliff 515-RC

    Recently I smoked some Sutliff 515-RC that I purchased in 2019. Two years ago I tried it and it was alright, but not exceptional. I was late to the game regarding McClelland, and I hate that. I was smoking aromatics, and even took a couple of breaks from pipe smoking. Near the end of...
  18. homesteader

    FDA Publishes Long-Awaited PMTA List for Deemed Tobacco Products

    It will take someone smarter than me to figure this out, but I did see some of my favorite tobaccos were grandfathered in. Maybe someone with the right skills can produce a list of what's in and out. Here's the article...
  19. homesteader

    Iwan Ries - Three Star Blue

    I'm new to this blend but really like it. It's made by Sutliff for Iwan Ries, and has been around since the 1950s. Tobacco Reviews lists it as an aromatic topped with licorice and vanilla, containing black cavendish, burley, Latakia, perique, and Virginia. The burley and cavendish are the...
  20. homesteader

    Storing Tins in Plastic Bags?

    There was a recent thread about storing tins in mylar bags that now has me worried. I'm trying to store extra tobacco away for the uncertain times of the future (availability, taxes, etc). My problem is I live in the woods. Currently I'm mouse-free, but I know mice can get into about...
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