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  1. khiddy

    Which no longer produced tobacco blend do you or will you miss the most?

    It’s still being produced for the EU market, and can be bought through Estervals. There was a post here earlier today about it.
  2. khiddy

    Merry Christmas 🙏🎄☕️

    You know the funniest thing about your post is that the Japanese tradition is to get Kentucky Fried Chicken for the family Christmas dinner.
  3. khiddy

    Merry Christmas 🙏🎄☕️

    Merriest of Christmases to all! I’m heading to a dinner party, then back home to enjoy a delicious bowl of tobacco before setting up my stakeout next to the fireplace to watch for the fat man in red.
  4. khiddy

    🌟 🎄 🎅 The UnOfficial Official 2025 PM Secret Santa Thread 🎅 🎄 🌟

    I was shamed on another board’s Secret Santa exchange into opening my gift immediately. I disagree with that policy intensely (which was an unstated directive, though the coordinator called it “obvious.” Which it is self-evidently not obvious…).
  5. khiddy

    Gawith and Hoggarth #7 Broken Flake Discontinued?

    Must be about time to ramp up for a limited production and refill the shelves then! 😜
  6. khiddy

    What are You Reading Now?

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
  7. khiddy

    What's your 2025 Lazarus blend?

    HH Bold Kentucky, Rustica, Burley Flake, and Old Dark Fired. Sutliff 507-S Stoved Virginia, 707 Sweet Virginia, J4 Burley, Modern English (EGR), and 515RC-1 Matured Red Virginia. Sutliff Match BSOSM, BS759, Victorian, Late Evening, Sunrise. Hearth & Home Louisiana Red, Magnum Opus...
  8. khiddy

    First (and Second) Peterson

    I love my Petes, I'm up to about 10 of them now, all but two are System pipes (and all of mine are P-Lip stems). They smoke cool and lovely, and if I may provide a pro-tip, you can actually pull the stem out during a smoke and use a q-tip or even the curled-up end of a napkin to swab out the...
  9. khiddy

    🌟 🎄 🎅 The UnOfficial Official 2025 PM Secret Santa Thread 🎅 🎄 🌟

    I mean, I bag my dog's poop when we go on walks, but you keep your wife's? PMag is full of sickos.
  10. khiddy

    🌟 🎄 🎅 The UnOfficial Official 2025 PM Secret Santa Thread 🎅 🎄 🌟

    After working together to creatively defeat the international shipping challenge, my Secret Santa received his gift, as he posted yesterday!
  11. khiddy

    New Thrift Shop Find

    Those are near me but new to me, I may make a visit sometime! Thanks for sharing and happy hunting!
  12. khiddy

    New Thrift Shop Find

    So as I live in far northern Indiana, may I ask what shop you found this at? I know folks don’t like to reveal their honey pots, but I’ve never seen any pipes while scrounging around antique or thrift shops, and I’d like to!
  13. khiddy

    The New Tariffs and Buying Abroad

    Excuse me? When has it been illegal to purchase tobacco from abroad? Edit: Derp. I see what you did there!
  14. khiddy

    How does one pack shag (finer than ribbon) cut tobaccos? D&R and the likes

    Yeah, I just tend to stuff it in there pretty tight, and the draw always seems just right – like sucking a milkshake through a straw. Didja ever notice that McDonald's straws are wider than normal straws? That's to help with the flow of the milkshake, and the feeling that it gives is a good...
  15. khiddy

    Rattray's

    Rattray's Dark Fragrant is a good VaPer to try. The perique is very much a whisper in the blend, while the Virginias are cavendished and stoved – not an American-style goopy black cavendish, but solidly European-style, based solely on Virginia leaf. There's a light casing that gives it a bit of...