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  1. Doctor Chopper

    Greetings From a New Memphis Pipe Smoker

    Presbyterian is one of my favorites! In fact, it may be the blend I was smoking on my last visit to Memphis. (photo evidence) (Hey, @ThomasS, you are old and slow)
  2. Doctor Chopper

    Hello From Canada

    Let me be THE FIRST from Wisconsin to welcome you!
  3. Doctor Chopper

    Hello From Down in Dixie

    Welcome! Your story sounds familiar, and we are not alone.
  4. Doctor Chopper

    Greetings from Fairhope AL

    You can't miss it this year! It is a great show, and the new venue is really nice. Trust me, you will be happy you went.
  5. Doctor Chopper

    ***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***

    Star of the East Flake in an Oliphant
  6. Doctor Chopper

    Howdy!

  7. Doctor Chopper

    Cuts and Blends

    I don't have much experience, but I cut it like a thin coin and rubbed it mildly and stuffed.
  8. Doctor Chopper

    Advice on Blends for New Smoker

    If you don't enjoy VaPer's, don't smoke them! Abort, jar, and try again in 6 months to a year. Tastes change.
  9. Doctor Chopper

    Breaking in a Cob.

    As others stated, no break in necessary. I personally don't like the cobs until they develop a cake as they have a strong taste they impart to the tobacco when new.
  10. Doctor Chopper

    Cuts and Blends

    I recommend sticking to your ribbon cuts until you get experience and comfortable with packing and smoking the pipe. Perhaps you are already there. To answer your question, I love Escudo which is a coin cut. I just fold and stuff at this time. My advice is to rub it our thoroughly until you...
  11. Doctor Chopper

    Hello From Oregon!

    Welcome! What a difficult start, but the upside is that it will all be better and easier! If you are still at it, I would bet that you are a life long piper!
  12. Doctor Chopper

    Hello From lllinois

    Welcome. I think you will find pipes more complex and pleasurable. Enjoy the journey.
  13. Doctor Chopper

    Hello from Manila!

    Looks like someone caught the piper fever. Good thing I got a cure - a daily dose of the forum!
  14. Doctor Chopper

    Hello

    A warm Wisconsin welcome! Photo is from a trip through the Cascades.
  15. Doctor Chopper

    ***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***

    Start of the East Flake in a Yiannos Kokkinos pipe. Bought the pipe from Yiannos at the Chicago pipe show this year. Inaugural smoke in the pipe I am dedicating to my first granddaughter who was born today! Baby and Mom doing well. Photo is my mother giving a present to my great grandfather...
  16. Doctor Chopper

    ***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***

    Nightcap in a Peterson rusticated Canadian