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  1. JimInks

    Archive.org Offers Free Entertainment.

    I posted this in the WAYS thread, and thought perhaps some forum members might not know about Archive.org. If you like old time radio, it's the place to go because they have thousands and thousands of old radio shows for free. There's lots of old TV shows, movies, music and books, too, all of...
  2. JimInks

    Jim's SPC Plum Pudding Special Reserve Robusto Review.

    I got a couple of these cigars, and thought I'd try my hand at a cigar review. This robusto has a easy char light, and the smoker will quickly notice a burst of sweetness. Overall, it sports a lot of earth, wood, sweetness, floralness, smoke, peat, leather, vegetation, some pepper, spices...
  3. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

    A third of the way through this bowl of year 2021 Watch City Glass Slipper Micro-Batch in a post-2000 straight brown sandblasted Tom Eltang cherrywood with a black acrylic saddle stem. Working and listening to The Roy Rogers Show from my radio collection.
  4. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Palmetto Balkan 2024 (Small Batch) Review.

    This goes on sale Tuesday, March 26 at 6 pm. EST. The tart and tangy, sun cured 2018 Basma and 2019 Izmir provide an abundance of earth, wood, herbs, dry, bitter, rough sourness, spice, vegetation, floralness, some incense, mild buttery, creamy sweetness, tart citrus, and smoke as the lead...
  5. JimInks

    Jim's Seattle Pipe Club Gentleman’s Rum Vanilla Review.

    This rum barrel aged crumble cake is a limited edition and goes on sale this Tuesday the 19th at six p.m. EST. The aged Brazilian and American Virginias produce some tart and tangy citrus, floralness, vegetative grass, bread, sugar, some sour lemon, and mild darker fruit, earth, wood with a...
  6. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, March 2024?***

    Starting off the month with the first third of this bowl smoked of Wilke Picket’s Charge in a post-WW2 straight smooth brown pre-Republic Peterson’s Dublin 3 Shamrock bulldog with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. This blend is Wall Street with much less perique (10%) than...
  7. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Sansepolcro 2024 Small Batch Review.

    This goes on sale Tuesday, February 27th at 6 p.m. EST. The double fermented Italian dark fired Kentucky provides a lot of earth, wood, floralness, smoke, vegetative grass, toast, some herbs, spice, nuts, bitter sourness, peat, leather, mild mesquite, light cigar and vinegar notes as the lead...
  8. JimInks

    Comics' Legend Ramona Fradon, R.I.P.

    Legendary comic book artist Ramona Fradon passed away today at age 97. She was the co-creator of Metamorpho, long time artist on Aquaman and Super Friends along with pencilng stints on Freedom Fighters and Plastic Man for DC Comics. She drew the Brenda Starr newspaper strip for many years. In...
  9. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Two Friends Homeward Bound Review.

    This goes on sale Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. EST. The matured, bold white burley provides an abundance of earth, wood, nuts, some sour sharpness, mild cocoa, light floralness and spice as the lead component. The dark burley offers some earth, wood, nuts, bread sugar, and light molasses in a full support...
  10. JimInks

    Jim's Sutliff Blackthorn Shillelagh Review.

    This is in an eight ounce tin, and goes on sale Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. EST. The deeply rich Irish whiskey topping provides a fair amount of fruity sweetness, oak, earth, barley, mild tart sourness, light smoke, floralness, vanilla and nuts as the lead component. Though its application is medium to...
  11. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2024?***

    I'm starting off the month with a bowl of Wilke No. 111 in a straight smooth medium brown 2016 Brigham Klondike 16 bulldog with a tapered black acrylic stem. Listening to Our Miss Brooks as I work. M'lady's feeding the ferals at the moment.
  12. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Toscano Maestro Reviews.

    These blends go on sale January 30 at 6 pm. EST. They are not limited editions. C&D Toscano Maestro Allegro: The Kentucky and Tennessee dark fired Kentucky provide a lot of smoke, spice, earth, wood, sweet mesquite, floralness, toast, vegetative grass, some herbs, moderate bitter sourness...
  13. JimInks

    Jim's Sutliff Pipe Force Episode 1 Review.

    Tobacco Pipes says it goes on sale tomorrow. The musty, mildly sweet Cyprian Latakia provides a wealth of earth, wood, smoke, herbal, vegetation, leather, floralness, and spice. It is the lead component by a small margin. The dark fired Kentucky offers plenty of earth, wood, smoke, floralness...
  14. JimInks

    Jim's SG Burnt Ends Review.

    This product is the cut-off edges of Full Virginia Flake although it really is a melded, thick, densely pressed flake of those leavings with a wax-like glean. The colors range between golden brown to very dark brown and black. The moderately sweet flavors are a mix of tart and tangy citrus and...
  15. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2024?***

    I am starting off the New Year with a bowl from a freshly opened tin of year 2001 Murray's Dunhill Navy Rolls in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard with a black vulcanite tapered stem.
  16. JimInks

    Jim's Seattle Pipe Club Christmas Spirit 2023 Review.

    This goes on sale at Smoking Pipes sometime on Wednesday. The Cyprian Latakia produces an abundance of smoke, earth, wood, floralness, herbs, vegetation, and mild spice as a lead component although its role is lessened by the combination of the Orientals and perique. The sun cured Orientals...
  17. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Anthology 2023 Review.

    This goes on sale December 15 at 6 p.m. EST. The 2013 steamed Virginia dark red, 2019 Georgia red and orange, 2019 and 2022 North Carolina red and orange Virginias combine to offer an abundance of tart and tangy citrus, sugar, bread, grass, floralness, some tangy dark fruit, sour lemon...
  18. JimInks

    Arlo Guthrie Wishes Me A Merry Christmas.

    I can not believe this amazing, incredible, wonderful, exciting early Christmas present. You won't either!!!! Early, on time or late, it is the best Christmas present I have ever had. Thank you, @ClinchKnot ! Arlo Guthrie for Jim -...
  19. JimInks

    Jim's Watch City Santa's Sack Review.

    This goes on sale at 3 p.m. EST. Thanks to @atwaterville for asking for the review. The various Virginias provide plenty of tart and tangy citrus, bread, sugar, floralness, grass, stewed dark fruit, very mild earth, wood and spice. They are the lead components with the bright Virginias (cased...
  20. JimInks

    Jim's Sutliff Cringle Flake 2023 Review.

    This goes on sale December 5 at 6 p.m. EST. The stoved Katerini offers plenty of fermented stewed, creamy, sugary sweetness, spice, earth, wood, smoke, herbs, floralness, vegetation, sourness, some tangy citrus and dark fruit, peat, and light incense as the lead component. The last of the 2003...
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