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   Mick
   

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   So, I went on a business trip to the bay area and scouted the local B&M's. Needless to say, I came back with more stuff than I had planned for

   Here's the results of the latest newbie TAD:

   

   C&D Autumn Evening and Repose
   Peterson Irish Flake, Connoisseur Choice and Holiday Season 2011
   Escudo Navy Deluxe

   Oh yeah, and I got this little Fe.Ro prince to go with it.

   But wait, there's more ! I had my eye on a BC on eBay and decide to set a bid of $35 on it. I like my other one so much, that I am considering added a second one to the rotation. Well, I guess that just happened since I won the bid at $32.

   

   And looking under the tree, there's a very familiar shaped box with my name on it... someone help me ! The entire collection is now in my album.

   Merry Christmas to all !

   "The fact is, squire, the moment a man takes to a pipe, he becomes a philosopher. It's the poor man's friend; it calms the mind, soothes the temper, and makes a man patient under difficulties. It has made more good men, good husbands, kind masters, indulgent fathers, than any other blessed thing on this universal earth."
   -"Sam Slick, the clockmaker" aka T.C.Haliburton

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   Looks great! I really like that leather looking pipe stand in the first pic.

   I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. -- C. S. Lewis, Theologian, Philosopher, Professor, Pipe smoker.

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   Mick
   

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   It's more like a Vinyl kinda thing. $9.00 at the local B&M It's what I take outside to set the pipe on when I go smoke.

   I saw one at Cup O' Joes here, but I'm sure you can find them somewhere.

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   Mluyckx, at which B&M did you find the Peterson Holiday Season 2011? I live in the Bay Area and would love to pick one of those up.

   Know your limits but always push the envelope.
   
   I don't trust air I can't see.

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   Great choices. Enjoy them in good health.

   Mason
   
   And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. - Anthony Trollope

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   Hey!
   Looks like you had a fun trip!!

   Snus, snuff and briar.
   Not much more required in a day.
   Brian from Oregon USA

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   haha i have a newbie case of TAD and PAD!
   Although i think that you bought more than me!
   I love that fe.ro pipe though! what B&M did you go to?

   “I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.”
   -Albert Einstein, 1950
   

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   mluyckx
   Nice haul!
   Where in the Bay Area did you find the shop? I'll be in San Francisco next April and would like to check out the local B&Ms.
   I was there last October and didn't find any in the Union Square area.
   Thanks

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   Very nice score! Enjoy it all!

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    I just nabbed me some of that Irish Flake online. Looking to pop it open soon, sounds like good stuff. Great score and congratulations!

    

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    Watch the nic level on that Irish Flake! It's got a great taste, but is one strong sonuvagun.

    Thought in the early morning, solace in time of woes,
    Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm ere my eyelids close
    Rudyard Kipling

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    It's got a great taste, but is one strong sonuvagun.

    I have yet to get a nictoine high/buzz from a pipe tobacco blend, and I ordered my Irish Flake cause I was up for a challenge.

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    Pipe Novelist
    I'm a forthemostpart ex-cigarette smoker, you?
    IF is better than many blends with respect to releasing it's nicotine but I too have as yet to get a buzz from any of the perceived strong tobaccos.

    Satisfaction yes, buzz, nahhh.

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    Nice grab. I liked the Holiday so much this year I bought a can to cellar.

    There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods.
    To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.

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    What is this TAD and PAD everyone seems to be referring to?

    "Under all speech that is good for anything, there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as eternity; speech is shallow as time."
    
    Thomas Carlyle

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    TAD= Tobacco Acquisition Disorder

    PAD= Pipe Acquisition Disorder

    Its when you buy way more tobaccos and pipes than any one sane man should have. Needless to say, pretty much everyone on this forum suffers from it.

    I'm a forthemostpart ex-cigarette smoker, you?

    Tried a pack of cigs when I turned 18. Made it halfway through and threw them in the trash. Never touched them again.

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    Tobacco Acquisition Disorder and Pipe Acquisition Disorder. I just pulled the trigger on a Peterson Plato, I have it bad myself. Nice choices myluyks, but no Peterson pipe for all that Peterson tobacco? Sacrilege!!
    Have a Merry Christmas my friend.

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    @ Pipe Novelist

    a pack of cigs when I turned 18. Made it halfway through and threw them in the trash

    Well then in that case I'll look forward to your impressions of the IF when you get it! (-:

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    Sorry for the delay in responding, got caught in the family stuff. Thanks for the friendly comments, and it looks like i owe you guys several answers:

    @jameral: Found the holiday season at mission pipe on Alameda in San Jose. They had one left (which i should have bought as well to cellar, but I didn't want to be greedy)
    @BBauer: The fero pipe came from Edwards on El Camino Real in Los Altos
    @carlomax: I'm usually in Cupertino / San Jose. I can't speak for San Fransisco itself, but perhaps some others can.
    @rigmedic1: I have two petersons, and the budget was all gone. My wife would have killed me if I would have spent an additional $40 on a Peterson. But a 408 is next on my list. I think I'm adding a rusticated and the Rosslare looks really nice with that lucite stem. But I may have to stick with the Donegal for the budget I have. I'm never good at saving money

    On the Irish flake, it's because of the vitamin N that I want to try it. As a cigarette guy, I need my nicotine fix in the morning. Hoping this one will get me over that first craving
    I'll let you know if I get a buzz

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    So, I popped that tin of Irish Flake this morning. First true flake, so I had to go watch some videos first

    It felt a little too moist right out of the tin, so since I have experienced I'm better with drier tobacco's I let it sit for about two hours. Rubbed it out like Bob shows in his excellent videos, packed the pipe, lit it. Big expansion on the tobacco ! Tamp, relight, puff.......

    Yes! I have found my new morning tobacco ! Nice kick, good tobacco flavor, excellent with a cup of joe. I'm stocking up on this to cellar. For any cigarette smoker, trying to switch and looking for a vitamin N kick, this baby fits the bill !

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    And you can look forward to the IF in different pipes and settings now that you have it in hand.

    Try cutting the IF into 1/8" or 3/16" (approx) pieces. I love it this way.
    Load these pieces gravity only. After lighting use your tamper as you will but when you do, just the weight of the tamper only, don't push.

    Love the IF I do (-:

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    I had to run to a small tobacco shop here for some pipe cleaners. He had some Gawith&Hoggarth in bulk and we started talking. Since i was looking for something high in Nicotine, i bought some Kendal's Kentucky. wow ! Talk about a Nicotine hit. I actually think it may be stronger than the IF. Definitely one to add to my list

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    I actually think it may be stronger than the IF

    I think it is as well.
    Kendal Kentucky also makes for a fine twist-em up when circumstances require.

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