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What Were Your Go-To Tobacco’s in 2025?
Three Nuns Carter Hall Gonna try and find a Virginia or Vaper and then Ill have my permanent 3, hopefully- Contrarian_King
- Post #64
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The "Wanted" or "Where to Buy" Pipe Thread
Id love to find a Peterson Silver cap Natural 406 or a Barley spigot 406. Just gotta trawl SPs weekly and hope one pops up sooner or later.- Contrarian_King
- Post #131
- Forum: Pipe Talk
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Anyone else have an “anything palate”?
>Do you build a deep cellar, or just keep a small, flexible lineup? I cellar deep of a single blend, and C&Ds small batches(cellared less deep, generally just 8oz), that's it. I'll buy a tin of other things if they intrigue me, or if I want to collect them for some reason, but never more than a...- Contrarian_King
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Enjoyment of simplicity or one Dimensional?
My tastes are simple and pedestrian, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love the fact that if i like a tobacco, I can simple smoke it without having to think about it. Its either good (I like it) or bad (I didn't like it), and its just plain nice to light and go, but then again, I don't...- Contrarian_King
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Samuel Gawith Drop is on at SmokingPipes
My email alert worked just fine and I was able to buy 5 tins of cabbies after missing it last time, after a 20ish minute wait. I figured a drop was coming after the new HU blends were offered up a few weeks ago; Just makes sense that Gawith would have come over if HU did as well. My condolences...- Contrarian_King
- Post #48
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Immediate Favorites That Later ... Aren't.
Hasn't happened to me. Pipe smoking isn't a hobby to me, its something that serves as an accompaniment to something else I'm doing, so I'm never concerned with having some tastebud shattering experience every time I light up, thus I'm constantly content and satisfied purely by the act itself and...- Contrarian_King
- Post #33
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Rainy Weather Smokes?
Blairgowrie is my rainy/cold weather blend of choice. It has a fantastic "campfire" taste/smell/feel that just bundles my spirit up.- Contrarian_King
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions