In the past 24 hours, have acquired a tin of MacBaren The Solent Mixtire, and one of Old Dublin.
Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm ere my eyelids close
Rudyard Kipling
In the past 24 hours, have acquired a tin of MacBaren The Solent Mixtire, and one of Old Dublin.
Balkan Sobranie x5
Where were you able to find 5 tins??
Im going to get to try me some 1Q, Butternut Burley and some Rest of the best ordered from P&C

48oz PS LBF, 8oz Magnum Opus, 1.5 oz CH and 1.5oz PA to Cap off December. Decembers been a pretty big TAD month.
Starting my cellar...
16 oz of LBF
1 Black house
1 Three Oaks Syrian
1 Frog Morton's Cellar
1 Frog Morton On The Town
1 Chelsea Morning
1 8oz Anniversary Cake
100 g Marlin Flake
1 Orlik Golden sliced
2 oz of Luxery Twist flake
Trying some new stuff too.
500 g G&H Best Brown #2
250 g 1792
Next purchase ( cellar stock-up ) will be 500 g of SG Commonwealth and a pound of Balkan Supreme
Ordered some stock to jar up for the cellar:
17 oz Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Bulk #7 Kendal Mixture
17 oz Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Bulk Best Brown #2 Flake
4 50g tins Gawith & Hoggarth Tin - Bob's Chocolate Flake
16 oz Hearth & Home Abassador's Blend
16 oz Hearth & Home Black House
8 oz Hearth & Home Anniversary Kake
16 oz Hearth & Home Virginia Spice
8 oz Hearth & Home Capitol Stairs
4 oz Hearth & Home Beverwyck
Right now I have to say my first bowl is Frog Morton on the Town. Closing of course with Dunhill Nightcap.
I've been bouncing around with some bulk 4oz mixes during the day, would like some ideals on what to try.
Anyone tried the GL Pease Chelsea Morning?
Here are my December acquisitions, some for the cellar and some to smoke:
16 ounces of Lane 1Q
16 ounces, PS English Luxury
8 ounces, Larry's Blend
8 ounces, Bull Run
1 ounce, Vermont meat candy
One tin each:
Cornell and Diehl, Black Duck
G.L. Pease, Meridian
Sutliff Private Stock, Berkshire
Sutliff Private Stock, Balkan Luxury
Last couple of weeks I've bought-
3 Lbs of Mac Baren Golden Extra
1 Lb. of Mac Baren London Burley
8 oz. of Maclelland 5100 Red Cake
I tin of EMP
6oz of others-forgot what they are! Hasn't come in yet.
Just got #3and 4 deal on the Carey $19.95 deal,so now have pound of their Classic Black along with 4 of their Magic Inch pipes.P&C order should be hitting later this week with a pound of Newminster Bullseye,4 tins of Old Dark Fired, and 2 new MM cobs.And I think abut 3 or so pounds of P&C back orders I'm waitin for!
Ed that sounds like an excellent order. I definitely have to add a pound of Burley London to my next order. 4oz to smoke and the rest for the cellar.
Cellar start order (some won't make it I'm sure). These will join a tin of EMP, HH Dark Fired (Secret Santa) and a tin of Penzance I purchased at least 6 months ago.
Blackhouse 2oz tin (1)
H&H Frenchy's Sunzabitches 1.5oz tin (2)
H&H Daybreak 1.5oz tin (2)
SG Squadron Leader (50g) (1)
SG Celtic Talisman (50g) (1)
SG Firedance Flake (50g) (1)
Last month's orders
PS Luxury Bulls Eye Flake 24oz bulk
PS Luxury Navy Flake 4oz bulk
Escudo Navy Deluxe 50g tin
MC Personal Reserve: British Woods 100g X 3 tins
MC Personal Reserve: Bombay Extra 100g X 2 tins
Here are my January purchases:
4 tins of SG FVF
1 tin of MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired
1 oz of C&D Billy Budd
1 oz of C&D Havana Daydream
1 oz of C&D Pirate Kake
2 oz of Esoterica Blackpool
I am getting better at gleaning through reviews and ordering tobaccos that suit my taste. No throw-aways at all!
I will note that the hype surrounding FVF and HH Old Dark Fired is well-deserved.
This just in;
Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake 250gr box X 2
Are these boxes good for cellaring? I am guessing no.
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Just ordered two more tins of Macbaren HH Old Fired
Recent purchases:
2 tins of Black House
1 tin of Blue Mountain (need more!!)
1 tin of Balkan Sobrani
1 tin of Esoterica Pembroke
1 tin of Esoterica Dunbar
2 tins of Esoterica Margate (or as I like to call it.. MMMMmmmmargate.)
2 tins of SG FVF
2 tins of SG Commonwealth
Oh yeah.. had to replenish my 1Q stock.. 4 oz of that stuff.
Jason
Are these boxes good for cellaring? I am guessing no.
No they are not. You will need to take it out and put them in a mason jar. They are packed inside a ziplock bag in the box.
Jason
No they are not. You will need to take it out and put them in a mason jar. They are packed inside a ziplock bag in the box.
B&M TAD today:
4 oz PS LNF
8 oz Penzance
8 oz Cardiff (bought on spec - old bag, old price - never tried it before)
1 tin FVF
1 tin PPP
All I went in for was LNF, of course!
Just purchased some:
F&T Cut Virginia Plug
Germain Royal Jersey Perique Mixture
R. Lewis Wingfield Mixture
Peter Heinrichs Curly
John Aylesbury Luxury Flake
I can't stop:
4 Gawith BBF
1 Hearth and Home Louisiana Red
1 MacBaren Mature Virginia
1 Gawith FVF
Nightcap 1 tin
Early Morning Pipe 1 tin
Penzance 8oz. bag
Stonehaven 8oz. bag
A wee order from McCranie's came in today.
4 tins of Red Ribbon, the new 2008 crop (I still have 5 tins of the 1996,not including the one I am smoking, and 9 tins of the 2000 - enough so that I only pop tins that are at least 5 years old.)
8 ounces of Highland Mixture, a delightful medium Balkan that I found in the box pass, courtesy of Rickpal. It's a wonderful 1st pipe of the day.
Taking the Peterson Plunge ...
Connoiseur's Choice
DeLuxe Mixture
Luxury Blend
and now the waiting begins...sigh
(oh, and a 2oz of Carter Hall just to see)
My first TAD, 8 oz each of PS Whiskey, PS Black Cavendish, Lane 1-Q and C&D's Epihpany, along with 5 pouches of the new Captain Black Dark tobaccos from SPC
1 Half and Half tub (12oz)
4 Balkan Sasieni (50g tins)
1 pouch of Prince Albert (2oz)
From 4noggins.
Just acquired a pound of el ricon de la pipa #1- Very good stuff, hard to categorize it, a custom blend for a pipe smokers club in spain
A pound and a half of EMP
2 tins of McClelland's St. James woods from 2011
2 tins of Blackwoods flake
1 tin of darkstar
1 tin of anniversary
100 grams of orlik golden sliced
100 grams of Erinmore mixture
4 ounces of billy budd
4 ounces of english luxus newminster
a pound of newminister english oriental
50 grams of nightcap
Half a pound of Dunhill MM965
100 grams of Christmas cheer 2012
2 tins of domincan maduro glory
2 pounds of PS LBF
8 ounces of Luxury twist flake
Then from before I have a tin of Royal Cajun of special and the dark
A tin of Grand oriental's yenje supreme and black sea sokoum
and a bit of Christmas cheer 2011 left
Then a blend I threw together of burley, black cavendish and amphora red, maybe 4 ounces of that.
I'm finally able to smoke freely now, whereas before I was quite limited due to financial restraints. I think I'm good for awhile but I'm going to transfer funds to my paypal account while the dollars are at a good exchange rate so I can do another order maybe around the end of the year.
I'm in pipe heaven right now.
I'm in pipe heaven right now.
Oh my gosh! I would be too andrew ^^
That's from about February of this year since I started acquiring, not one load. It's about 3 orders I think. But yeah, I can now smoke freely when I want and not think man, I really want to make this stuff last.
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