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  1. Swiss Army Knife

    What Foodstuffs Best Define the Place Where You Live?

    This was so blasphemous I about fell out of my chair and started foaming at the mouth. My wife had to grab the emergency Original Glaze to resuscitate me. Krispy Kreme was born and raised in Winston Salem. The town's a baked goods Mecca in general. And for BBQ it's got to be vinegar.
  2. Swiss Army Knife

    A Noob's Perspective on Peterson's Elizabethan Mixture

    Great review. I'll never begrudge anyone adding their thoughts on the pile. We've all got different tastes and perspectives so the more the better. And like everyone else I like the match better than the current real thing. Cheaper to boot.
  3. Swiss Army Knife

    What Foodstuffs Best Define the Place Where You Live?

    I'm biased obviously but North Carolina has some of the best stuff on the planet and it's not just the baccy. Cheerwine, an incredibly carbonated cherry soda. Cook Out, down and dirty backyard style fast food joint. BBQ in general. Neese's, spiced locally made and delivered sausage...
  4. Swiss Army Knife

    So Sad

    Very sad, what's worse: not uncommon. I lived in Savannah, Georgia for a number of years. It's a phenomenal drinking town, the St. Patrick's day festivities can get pretty rowdy. However it's right on the river and every year at least one or two people drunkenly fall in and drown. Be careful...
  5. Swiss Army Knife

    JimInks, I've Gotta Ask.

    This is crucial for people to understand when it comes to any kind of review. Tastes are so subjective that unless you luck into finding a reviewer who matches you 100% you as a reader can't just take someone else's tastes as your own. The most important aspect to reviews is consistency. I may...
  6. Swiss Army Knife

    What Prices Could Justify Contraband?

    I have to point out that smugglers very much exist but you probably don't know one or hear about them outside of major drug busts. That's by design obviously, they don't typically advertise on the sidebar. If you're that interested I'm sure you could start hanging around the docks or stevedore...
  7. Swiss Army Knife

    The Role of Distinguished Lunt Pipes

    I don't want to worry about wind scorching a rim, dropping it into a pond or some other outdoor misadventures. So it's cobs for me.
  8. Swiss Army Knife

    Smoking To The Bottom Of The Bowl

    The amount of blends that are worth smoking to the literal bitter end I could probably count on one hand. That's not to say you can't do it but personally I don't think it's worth it. Even coming at it from a rotation/drying perspective I don't see the point unless you're a pipe smoking...
  9. Swiss Army Knife

    Happy Pi Day Everyone

    Happy pi day. Anyone have any pie themed smokes to suggest for the occasion?
  10. Swiss Army Knife

    Peterson Saddle Stems

    I've become a big fan of Peterson. The first nice pipe I bought myself was a 107 Ebony spigot for Christmas which has become a tradition. What drew me to this pipe aside from the contrast of the ebony stain and the glimmering silver accents was the saddle stem. I just really love saddle...
  11. Swiss Army Knife

    Rubbing Out Flakes.

    Folding flakes is blasphemy, it disrupts the artisanal grain of the tobacco. True pipe smoking gourmands line up unbroken strips in a 3 inch deep bowl and then spend the next week smoking it. Just as with plugs and the necessity of a square bowl to smoke the unadulterated plug from top to bottom.
  12. Swiss Army Knife

    Why do Pipes Taste Different?

    I think Cosmic nailed it. There are so many factors that go into it, where my heads at, what I ate for breakfast, where I'm smoking, what the weather's like, that go beyond just bowl and stem dimensions. Aside from avoiding smoking Christmas Cheer in your sacrificial Devil's Holiday pipe I...
  13. Swiss Army Knife

    Pipe Sighting at the Movies

    I can't really blame the actor. It's not exactly something you can just pick up. I imagine there aren't many actors that are going to dedicate themselves to learning pipe smoking just to appease a bunch of grumblers on the internet. I know Michael Gladis on Mad Men is actually a pipe smoker and...
  14. Swiss Army Knife

    Did You Lose Your Taste for Aromatics Over Time?

    It's always seemed the opposite to me. I really hate that newbs get recommended aromatics because they're hands down the hardest to smoke. You get told to smoke not only the most technique demanding variety but usually the bottom of the barrel of that variety (cheap vanilla or cherry aros)...
  15. Swiss Army Knife

    Happy Piper in Alaska

    Welcome from NC. I'm always curious how pipe smoking is for people in other countries or remote areas. So how is pipe smoking in Alaska? I assume the shipping can be expensive but is it difficult to obtain any blends that wouldn't be for somebody in the contiguous 48?
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