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  1. twss

    Tobacco Trade

    I have 3 sealed tins of Peterson's Sherlock Holmes I'm looking to trade out. Any takers?
  2. twss

    Awesome T-shirt

    I'm not trying to start a political debate but this link my wife just sent me was too good not to share with you guys. I will be ordering one. http://www.cafepress.com/+pipe_down_now_tshirt,377797149
  3. twss

    Facebook?

    I mainly browse this forum and facebook when I'm trying to be social but I have come to the realization that I don't have anyone on facebook representing my pipe side. Is there a page for pipesmagazine.com I can become a fan of? Or do you guys know of any other pipe pages on facebook?
  4. twss

    Certain bowl shapes for diff tobaccos?

    Do you have any personal rules about which tobacco you smoke in which shaped bowls? I have heard people say smaller bowls for virginias and bigger for aroes. What do you think?
  5. twss

    How many open tins at a time?

    I have 10 at this point and am seriously opening a tin of bagpipers dream or sherlock holmes. I haven't tried either. I'm just wondering when I need to have some restraint and stop opening more tins. The 500 dollar tobacco order of all tobacco I haven't tried doesn't help.
  6. twss

    Where do burnouts usually happen?

    I just got a new Peterson churchwarden (pictures to follow) and was smoking the first quarter bowl when, horror of horrors, I start to smell burning briar. I think I may have noticed this on a couple of other pipes for the first smoke but it still scares me. Is that normal? I smoke the first...
  7. twss

    Would you smoke out of this?

    Dunhill Microphone Pipe - Pipe Smoker of the Year
  8. twss

    To dump, or not to dump...

    I have recently started dumping out ash from my pipe at about the 2/3 mark and noticing that I get a cleaner, more airy smoke. I am wondering though, if I'm also dumping out all that good sugar from the previous tobacco. What about all of you? Do you dump, not dump, and why?