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  1. sirgawain1

    Pulled the Trigger - PAD/TAD

    I got several of those Bruyere St. Claudes with the real horn mouthpieces. They're wonderful and smoke really well. I like the horn mouthpieces because they don't oxidize like vulcanite and they're easier on the teeth than acrylic. Plus, being so old, they tend to make the ambrosial stuff...
  2. sirgawain1

    Greetings! and a few newbie questions.

    IMHO, One of the truly great English-style smokes out there is Iwan Ries' "Gourmet English. Very well-balanced, not a Latakia bomb, good, buttery-sweet Virginias...a truly sublime smoke. This is what I imagine J.M. Barrie's much-loved and lauded "Arcadia Mixture" to be like. Primarily, I'm a...
  3. sirgawain1

    Looking for the best

    I'm not really a fan of heavily cased vanilla blends, but I have to say recently tried Sutliff's Private Stock "Archduke Ferdinand" and it really was tasty! Very pronounced vanilla flavor, and not at all "artificial" tasting.
  4. sirgawain1

    What are You Smoking? October, 2012

    Troost Special (rubbed out) in my David Irving blasted bamboo-shanked churchwarden with cumberland stem. Marvelous! Goes perfectly with a good French brandy.