Recent content by luigi

Burley Flake is a good tobacco. I believe all HH tobaccos have minimal additives. I bet there's more "sauce" in this one than in the others but without any it would probably taste too bad to smoke, get moldy or something.

I was tempted to get one but a silver portrait of Dante was too much for my taste. Had it been carved in the shank insted of glued I would definitely pick up one.

Motzek - PuhWapWap in a Stanwell Featherweight 242.

I usually plan to pack loosely and below the rim but then end up above it and almost too tight.

I smoke them all, the full bent was meant to symbolize a DNA prone to pipe smoking. 😁

You can't become pipe smoker. You're born pipe smoker or you are not. Since I realized my dna was full bent I have been reborn. 😀 None of my friends smoke a pipe and a lot of people can't hide their curiosity seeing a pipe. Those who pretend they don't care break sooner or later with strange...

I tried Skandinavik Mixture, Sungold and Navy. The Mixture didn't pass my expectations, not to mention the vanilla-wannabe Sungold. The last one, once added a generous amount of Perique, is not that bad, it reminds me of Captain Black Original (white).

I'm using a removable windcap all the time but mainly for covering the bowl to prevent the tobacco or some burnt pieces to fall out when putting a pipe in a pocket. It does help to slow down the ember in windy conditions but it's still not magical and can also quickly turn into frustration and...

I've been playing with flakes lately and so far it works best when they are packed "as pancakes", as some members suggest in other threads. I cut a flake in big squares so they barely fit the chamber, put them one over another in several layers and crumble some on the top. Let it dry over night...

Unless a dottle is mixed with other tobacco stirring is ok. I sometimes crumble some chunks when they don't get lit so easily.

Crvena Zastava in 7x64.

Unfortunately these days collecting, storing and selling all kind of personal data has become something normal. Hope next silly ads will include some new pipes or tobacco, I'd love to bite on that. 😄 Until then I prefer to be incognito.

No doubt for Virginias. What about Orientals or Burley? Every time I bone dry Burley it sucks. Not to mention Latakia.