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Smoking My Rarely Smoked Pipes
I have often enjoyed smoking a pipe after a long lapse. I try to keep it a steady rotation of all my pipes, but my selection for each smoke is arbitrary. I've had good experiences culling, too. I've donated pipes, given a few to a friend, and traded a number for store credit. So far, i...- mso489
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Emptying bowl if not finished...while hot or cooled?
Probably best practice is to dump it as soon as it is smoked up. I smoke a lot intermittently, coming back to a partial bowl later or even the next day to finish it. As long as you scoop out the chamber and run a pipe cleaner through the airway, either works. If you have quite a few pipes...- mso489
- Post #35
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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With Whom Would you Light Up?
My late wife taught at a women's college in N.C. and had as a student one of Faulkner's grand daughters. She said among the family, there wasn't much conversation about his literary life. To her, he was just Grandpa. When he went to Hollywood to write scripts, he became homesick and phoned... -
Blends That Compliment Each Other
Not exactly, but I do believe that rotating genres helps keep the tastes of blends fresh. Like, it will prevent burning out on Latakia and/or Perique, if you smoke some burley, oriental, or cigar leaf alternating with the Lat and Per blends. I think the spelling for this purpose is complement...- mso489
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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With Whom Would you Light Up?
Wanting to hear someone speak, as at a podium, and wanting to spend some time with someone are two different things. So much would depend on the chemistry. Would Einstein care to speak with someone who is not mathematical? Would Twain just do his podium routine anyway, and do all the... -
How Many In Your Rotation...
I tend to circle five or six blends at any particular time, but I have about twenty open tins, jars, pouches, etc. At least. I think that's about a third of my total "cellar."- mso489
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Popularity Of The Cutty Style Pipe.
That tiny tilt doesn't count as canted in my book. I suppose it is in the eye of the beholder. I've never bought a cutty pipe because I don't like a bowl that far tipped, but I have several that tilt as much as the one pictured, and I have no complaints with any of them. If I was gifted a...- mso489
- Post #22
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Shortwave Radio and QSL Cards
I haven't twiddled with radios since I was assigned a new duty station and off the minesweeper in 1970, before half the membership was born, and I still remember what a QSL card is. I was a radioman second class, and that was enough for me. I had personal relationships with radio frequencies...- mso489
- Post #9
- Forum: General Discussion
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Old-new member
The United Nations of pipe smokers welcomes you back. We may not be numerous, but we are omnipresent.- mso489
- Post #2
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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You Know You've Been on the Forum for Too Long When...
When you find yourself doing riffs you've done on Forums in personal conversations, and you can't remember if you''ve posted a particular bowl of blend here on What Are You Smoking ... or not. When you realize you have rewritten your advice to new smokers 482 times. When your references to...- mso489
- Post #14
- Forum: General Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, September, 2023?***
Esoterica Tilbury, a smooth Virginia with rich burley as a condiment, in a Johs (Mogen Johansen) straight smooth bulldog with bead lines. The blend is courtesy of fellow member SBC, and a tip of the cap to my Danish carver. His pipes have never done me wrong. Just dropped my wife off at her...- mso489
- Post #1,265
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Types and Brands of Pipe Tobacco, 1920's to 1940's
My dad smoked a pipe from the 1920's until the 1980's when he quit to take a job at a non-smoking campus. He owned only one pipe at a time and smoked only Granger from a pouch. Standard over-the-counter brands were available everywhere -- at grocery stores, drugstores, newsstands, and gas...- mso489
- Post #23
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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Coffee Grinder
I always buy ground coffee, but my wife says she's never been to a yard sale where she couldn't buy a coffee grinder that works for less than five bucks. I'm the breakfast cook, so I don't want to stop to grind the beans.- mso489
- Post #3
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Peterson 2023 Christmas Pipe
That's a classic take and would look great any time of year. Good job, Peterson. I assume the bands are real silver and that the pipes are priced accordingly, with quality control to back it up. I'm not in the market, but I do enjoy my Petes. -
Your Morning Martini and Smoke
Years ago my late wife and I stayed with a "real drinker" for a week on the West Coast. I marveled at how early and often this person enjoyed a drink. I mean, they were really in shape for it. My parents drank way more than I ever did, and I don't think they ever saw me with a buzz, much less...- mso489
- Post #26
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Ideal tamper design?
I have a Brebbia stainless steel tool with tamper, pick, and scoop, light weight and well made. I have a similar Dr. Grabow tool that is almost as good. I like the slight gadgetry aspect of them.- mso489
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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Brand New to Pipes and Already Learning Lessons
Some lower priced new pipes that are worth a look are Dr. Grabow and Kaywoodie at the Virginia Smoke Shop and Ropp and Rossi at smokingpipes.com, one of the sponsors here. I appreciate your initiative in restoring an estate pipe, but getting started it might be good to have a new briar ready to...- mso489
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Ideal tamper design?
I have several good pipe tools like the Czech and stainless steel folding tools and a handsome tamper with a swirl plastic handle, not to mention a willow wood tamper, and I enjoy them all from time to time in different situations or just arbitrarily. But to tell the truth, the one I reach for...- mso489
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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In Praise of the Humble No. 400
It sounds like you know a good thing when you taste it. This is an illustration of a blend that is available and excellent.- mso489
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews