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Do Missouri Meerschaum Hardwoods Last Longer Than Cobs?
That's my best guess as well, since lots of people's cobs seem to last half a decade or more but mine rarely make it past the one year mark when fed a regular diet of Cult Blood Red Moon and Captain Black original. It seems like the walls of the cob absorb a lot of moisture from the aromatics...- Skippy B. Coyote
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Do Missouri Meerschaum Hardwoods Last Longer Than Cobs?
I'm a big fan of Missouri Meerschaum cobs for taking out on walks, to work, or anywhere I might worry about a more expensive pipe getting dropped or scratched up. They smoke just as well as any of my vastly more expensive briars once they're broken in and the shank gets a good char on it, but my...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
I've had Prince Albert in a jar for quite some time now, so I figured I better let him out! 😅- Skippy B. Coyote
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Savinelli Tortugas?
The Savinelli Tortugas are great on all counts, though you can make any pipe into a Tortuga with one of these silicone Save-A-Bowl dealies. I get the impression they were not originally designed for tobacco pipes, though I've been using them every day for about a year now and they certainly work...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
I ran out of my usual Golden Harvest Yellow RYO tobacco and won't be able to pick up more until tomorrow, so I decided to get brave and roll up some D&R Ryback to see how it would work as a cigarette; since the tin note is not all that dissimilar to the old pouches of Drum RYO tobacco. The short...- Skippy B. Coyote
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Strong Virginias
Outside of Royal Yacht the strongest pure Virginia without any dark fired leaf added that I've had the pleasure of enjoying has been G.L. Pease Union Square. It's not quite in the same league as Royal Yacht or Gawith's assorted dark fired delights, but it'll definitely mellow you out if you're...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
Gawith Hoggarth Jamaican Flake (AKA Rum Flake) in my trusty Morgan Bones Milan tonight.puffy For this week's blend of the week I decided go with G.H. Jamaican Flake, since we've got a hot and humid week coming up as summer winds down here, so something with a bit of a Caribbean flair sounded...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
Continuing to smoke Peterson Royal Yacht as I have every day this week, in a Rattray's Blower's Daughter tonight, and there's something a little fishy about this blend. Royal Yacht is purported to be a pure Virginia blend, and yet I've smoked a dozen different pure Virginias before and never...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
I've been absent for a few weeks, maybe a month, but I'm back and working on a new tobacco related project! At this point my cellar has reached just shy of 100 blends and I'd really like to thin it down to just the ones I enjoy the most, so I decided to make a two year project out of it and...- Skippy B. Coyote
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Do You Dry Your Tobacco Before Smoking? Why or Why Not?
Good article! As far as my own smoking preparations go, it depends on the blend style. For aromatics I'll smoke them fresh out of the tin/jar with no dry time at all, since in my experience drying the tobacco mutes the flavor intensity of whatever toppings were added. On the opposite end of...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
Two pipes for me this morning! G.L. Pease Union Square in a Dr. Grabow Royalton followed immediately by Cornell & Diehl Yorktown in a Rattray's Blower's Daughter. These two are such similar blends that I wanted to smoke them both back to back to do a comparison, and aside from Yorktown...- Skippy B. Coyote
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Fun Things To Do With Empty Tobacco Tins
I had some free time and nothing in particular to do with it this morning, so I decided to repurpose an empty Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia tin into a pocket sized grab-and-go pipe kit. I took the label off the back, cleaned the sticky label gunk off with some isopropyl alcohol, then slapped a...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
I just finished breakfast and my first pipe of the day is Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices in a Rattray's Blower's Daughter, with a cup of strong brewed English breakfast tea to sip on. A pretty little pipe for my favorite bright Virginia blend.puffy- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
Cornell & Diehl Yorktown in the Morgan Bones Milan tonight, with a cup of iced coffee. Yorktown is a really pleasant mix of grassy, citrusy bright Virginias and dark, earthy, leaf litter'y red Virginias; very similar to G.L. Pease Union Square. The neat thing about Yorktown though is that it...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
Out in the garden in the shade (on account of it being 95°F here this afternoon) smoking some 1792 Flake, in my usual Morgan Bones Milan. Having now smoked 1792 Flake three times I can safely say that the nicotine content is just fine, but there's just something weird about this blend that...- Skippy B. Coyote
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The One Smoke Gentlemen
Very cool to see you come back and update this thread after so long! I was sure planning on being a, "One smoke gentleman" when I started my pipe journey a couple years go, since I've always been just that when it came to cigarettes and hookah tobacco, but two years and trying 90'ish blends...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
This afternoon I'm finally facing my fears and revisiting the only blend to ever put me in bed for the better part of a day the one time I previously smoked it: Samuel Gawith's 1792 Flake. This blend is a real odd one. I'm a regular enjoyer of Gawith Hoggarth's dark fired blends as well as...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
Starting my day by trying out some Gawith Hoggarth Kendal Kentucky in a Dr. Grabow Lark before breakfast. Kendal Kentucky reminds me very much of a shag cut version of Mac Baren's HH Old Dark Fired, with it's smokey, woody, slightly sour barbeque pit flavor; though I think it's a touch less...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
Having some Gawith Hoggarth Dark Bird's Eye in a Dr. Grabow Lark at the moment. I've been working on cutting down on my cigarette smoking lately and the nicotine cravings can be a real bear sometimes, but Dark Bird's Eye is great help! The shag cut makes it really quick and easy to pack and...- Skippy B. Coyote
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
This morning I'm enjoying some Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake in a Morgan Bones Milan, while sipping a cup of English breakfast tea. To me Full Virginia Flake's most prominent notes are green and black tea-like flavors, making it my favorite blend to smoke with a cup of tea. 🫖puffy- Skippy B. Coyote
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