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  1. jdb67

    Aromatic Tobacco Recommendations

    You might try Rattrays Bagpipers Dream. You should be able to find that in the UK. A lot of people try Petersons University Flake as well. It is what I would call a light aromatic, but that berry smell is quite nice. I am finding I like to mix UF into Carter Hall for an easy, anytime smoke...
  2. jdb67

    Just Tasted Latakia!

    I have a tin of several GLP offerings to try (Chelsea Morning, Quiet Nights, Gaslight, Sparkplug), but the two I am really stocked up on are Old Dublin and SPC Plum Pudding. These two are very different but enjoyable in their own way each time. Old Dublin especially has been easy to live with...
  3. jdb67

    Hello from the English Channel...

    Welcome. Sounds like you are well on your way to enjoyment of life with a pipe. Cheers.
  4. jdb67

    Looking for a Clencher

    I am finding I really dig lightweight clenchers. I just bought an estate Astley's pipe...a nice rusticated billiard with F/T stem. I always put Insultab food-grade heat shrink on pipes I want to clench to protect the bit. Anyway...this pipe is only 1 oz. It is so light and sits in my mouth...
  5. jdb67

    I'm a Noobie and I Need Help with Tongue Bite! Please!

    For some reason Carter Hall let's me get away with being...less than intelligent. Just the other day I decided to load up University Flake. I don't recall ever being bit by UF in the past. I thought it might be too moist, but that was a fleeting thought. I rubbed it out, loaded the pipe and...
  6. jdb67

    Aromatics & Blends With Toppings

    Ditto on University Flake. It is the only thing approaching an aro that I can smoke for the same reasons you describe. Try Carter Hall too and I even mix in UF with CH and find that to be quite nice as they complement each other for some reason.
  7. jdb67

    Review: Quiet Nights by GL Pease

    Nice review Pipelady20. I have a tin of QN to try. I will have to be super careful if it bites others...a bite to others is likely a rabid flame-throwing dragon for me lol.
  8. jdb67

    Carter Hall (A Review)

    I am a newbie and CH has saved me. I call it training wheels for pipes. I see references to the chemical thing, but I don't detect that myself. I do find a little drying time is still best for me though moisture out of the pouch is very close. I am still smoking it and have plenty stocked...
  9. jdb67

    Peterson Irish Flake

    I have a good memory smoking IF with a friend (pretty sure alcohol was involved and an empty stomach) when all of a sudden I was on the ground with the room spinning. Good times...but not something I try to repeat. To this day when I see him he says (use your thickest Irish accent)...Ohhh, the...
  10. jdb67

    Show Off your Pipe Collection

    I knew I would start seeing some amazing collections. I am enjoying seeing these broader pictures of collections and where we keep them. Keep em' coming!
  11. jdb67

    Show Off your Pipe Collection

    Been building this up over 10 years. Top L to R: Stanwell horn, Kurt Balleby, empty for Peter Klein not here yet, Tom Spanu F3 volcano, Savinelli Autograph, Castello Sea Rock, Charatan, Ashton panel, Astley's billiard, Dunhill Bruyere 67, Dunhill Ox 67, Dunhill shell. Lower L to R: Cody...
  12. jdb67

    North American Pipe Makers

    I am enjoying accumulating artisan pipes from the USA. The top and two on the right are Kirk Bosi. The left is a guy in Nashville named Cody Pellerin. I also have a Mark Tinsky, Tim West, Dr. Bob, and Paul Perri.
  13. jdb67

    MY WIFE LIKES IT!!!

    Someone once told me, you need to have these things before you marry: a beard and a motorcycle. I will add pipe smoking to that list.
  14. jdb67

    What It "Smells" Like

    I apologize in advance, but when I saw the title of this thread the obvious answer is....teen spirit.
  15. jdb67

    Hello from Michigan

    Welcome. With all the crazy sh** going on in Michigan you need to be smoking a pipe lol. I am like you in that I was out for a while and when I came back I realized I had a lot of money in McClelland tobacco sitting up in my closet. I sent it to Pipestud to sell and have been buying some...
  16. jdb67

    Your Suggestions and Tips Have Helped! (Few More Questions Though)

    I'm going for the Carter Hall camp too. Learning how to smoke and not torching your mouth was the first priority for me and to some degree still is. Learn how to pack, light, and tamp in a way that you can get through a smoke of CH without too many relights (what is too many I don't know...I...
  17. jdb67

    Nicotine Buzz on a Empty Stomach

    I highly recommend you pick up some Peterson's Irish Flake, don't eat all day and give it a try lol. I have a good memory smoking with a friend having done just that and all of a sudden I was on the ground with the room spinning. Good times...but not something I try to repeat. To this day when...
  18. jdb67

    Dottle???

    I'm with PipesRock. Read what he said above...then I will add that I try to make what I put in the bottom long strands that don't compress in on itself easily and try to build an air cushion there which is more forgiving of the column of tobacco getting compressed (tamping is a practiced thing...
  19. jdb67

    My New Smoker and Scorched Earth (I Mean Mouth) Travails

    I won't deny it went through my mind lol...I almost ended with...and keep the topic to tobacco!
  20. jdb67

    Woohoo. I Think I've Figured It Out

    As another newbie, I agree completely and this echoes my aha moment as well. Becoming one with the tamper has made a huge difference (I am not "one" yet, but at least I am not clueless about it anymore). I personally think too much attention is put on packing methods and not enough on tamping...
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