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  1. antipodesman

    Samuel Gawith - Skiff Mixture

    I had been considering Skiff Mixture but I find that Squadron Leader has quite enough pepper and nicotine kick. I'll skip the Skiff I guess.
  2. antipodesman

    50$ to Spend On a Billiard, What Would You Buy?

    This is a great thread. If I was in acquisition mode, I'd be snappin' up these ones in a hurry. I particularly like that Aldo Velani.
  3. antipodesman

    Zippo Fumes?

    I bought a box of wooden matches and found that I get a funny chemical taste too.
  4. antipodesman

    Your Favorite Pipe Smoking "Tip"

    The Harry Method shown by that stuffy British guy
  5. antipodesman

    Most Famous Pipe Smoker...

    Not so sure.
  6. antipodesman

    School Me On Clay Pipes

    Another pro is that they are good for Lakeland aromatics that would ghost your briars. My clays were purchased on ebay from fory63. They are made in Germany with 200 year old molds that have relief designs on the bowl. Haven't seen them for sale in a long time.
  7. antipodesman

    History of Latakia Blends

    That is an interesting story "piperl". One of my favorite writers and a pipe smoker too was Conan Doyle who served in the Boer War in a field hospital and then wrote a history of the Boer War. He was in fact knighted for his writing about the Boer War and not his stories about Sherlock Holmes.
  8. antipodesman

    History of Latakia Blends

    A quick review of old tobacco tins for sale on ebay leads me to believe that Latakia blends were not so popular in olden days as they are today. Of course there was Squadron Leader and a few others but by far codger blends, virginias and burleys predominate. When did Latakia blends become so...
  9. antipodesman

    Aromatics

    Appreciation for aromatics in my case is acquired through slow practice and discrimination. I am a confirmed latakia lover. I have learned that not all aromatics are created equally and it is necessary to search for a mellow high quality blend that you like. I like Caramel Rush and Raspberry...
  10. antipodesman

    Scotch

    For an online video course on single malt appreciation go to ralfy's youtube channel. He has some 328+ weekly videos.
  11. antipodesman

    Scotch

    Appreciation of single malt whisky is entirely about splitting hairs. Many of the posters here seem to have missed that the original question was about peated malts and have strayed into the realm of non-peated malts and blended scotch . . . not that there is anything wrong with that . . . I'm...
  12. antipodesman

    Scotch

    I understand that Laphroaig was legal during prohibition apparently because surely no one would consume it for anything but medicinal reasons.
  13. antipodesman

    Scotch

    Ardbeg, Lavagulin, Talister, Bunnahabin, Laphroig, Bruchladdich. Try them all.
  14. antipodesman

    $16,000 Pipe

    Check out this Dunhill. He claims that Dunhill retails them for over $30,000 Dunhill pipe on ebay
  15. antipodesman

    Finally Got a Clay!

    You'll be in for a big surprise if you put a bare clay stem in your mouth. The clay binds with the lining of your mouth or tongue and you'll loose some skin. Other than that you don't need to worry about cake. If you want a white pipe just put it in the fireplace fire or in the oven at high...
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