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  1. Warlee

    STG closes Mac Baren and Sutliff

    Acquisition is all about extracting profit. It’s not about if the business is profitable, it’s about how much more money they can make above that by milking the brand. If they can acquire it, cut cost substantially by closing factories and streamlining the product offerings to just the most...
  2. Warlee

    ***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***

    My Randy Wiley filled with SPC Hogshead and a little Down Yonder mixed in.
  3. Warlee

    My First Taste of Orientals

    I’ve fallen in love with GL Pease Embarcadero. It really sings with a couple years of age on it. I rarely smoke anything outside of straight virginias or VaOr anymore. With Three Nuns being the only notable exception.
  4. Warlee

    Cough?

    To some degree, you will be inhaling smoke whenever you smoke a pipe and that can make you cough. That said, with much trial and error I have found I have a bad reaction to perique, even just smoking a straight Virginia in a pipe that has cake build up from a perique blend. I cough and wheeze...
  5. Warlee

    How Often do you Really Need to Clean your Pipe?

    I clean with a wet pipe cleaner after every bowl. Run it through the stem and airway. Wet it again and swab the bowl then wipe out with a paper towel. I haven’t done anything more than this with the pipe I smoke every day for the last 6 months. I just did a deep clean on said pipe with alcohol...
  6. Warlee

    A Stark Warning

    I think it depends on the pipe. Most of my pipes are fine to remove stem when warm, but I have one that is extremely tight even when cold. I don’t even try until that one has cooled.
  7. Warlee

    Is it Possible to Have an Allergy to Latakia?

    I have pretty much the same issues as the OP with Latakia blends. DFK does not give me any issues and I smoke it almost every day (Three Nuns). I also get pretty much the same reaction from wood smoke. I just avoid both as much as I can.
  8. Warlee

    Show us Your Best Smoker

    This Randy Wiley is it for me. It just smokes beautifully every time and has since it was brand new.
  9. Warlee

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

    Went for a hike with my favorite pipe stuffed with Orlik Golden Sliced.
  10. Warlee

    Thoughts on Retrohailing a Cigar…

    Yes I also retrohale cigars. I actually smoked cigars regularly before coming to the pipe. I probably do it almost every puff but the trick is to exhale most of the smoke and only retrohale the last 5-10%. You get the additional flavor without watering eyes and burnt out sinuses.
  11. Warlee

    5k Pipe...

    I don’t usually smoke while running but I would probably use my lightest one with a vulcanite stem!
  12. Warlee

    Winter Weather Challenge

    I think the lowest I have smoked is -17F. High-loft jacket and pants and a ushanka on my head and I was ok for 45 minutes to an hour. My hands did get cold. I have since made a ventilated smoking room in the basement. I feel spoiled now!
  13. Warlee

    What are You Reading Now?

    I finished Faith Alone: the Heart of Everything by Bo Giertz. It is the story of two brothers, a Catholic priest and a scribe, navigating the tumultuous civil war (and resulting unification) in Sweden in the 1500’s. This coincides with the reformation movement sweeping through Europe, which...
  14. Warlee

    Developing a Taste for Pipe Tobacco?

    I would think it would depend on where you lived. Small towns might have a more limited variety. But even in the city, whatever the local tobacco shop or drug store had was likely what you stuck with. Find one you like out of the selection you have readily available and stick with it.
  15. Warlee

    Different Occasions - Which Pipe?

    Pretty much smoke whatever pipe I want wherever. Only exception would be mowing the lawn and that’s mostly because of the wind. And when I play piano I use a pipe that hangs well or I can clench. Almost all of my pipes are rusticated or sandblasted, so they are easy to get a grip on. In fact...
  16. Warlee

    Best VaPer Straight From the Tin

    You will probably find there are more variables to what you are looking for specifically. I smoke Orlik Golden Slice most of the time. Not because it is the best per se, but because it is the best (to me) that first, does not fatigue my palate, second, doesn’t wallop me with nicotine and third...
  17. Warlee

    Michigan Pipe Smokers

    I went to Nolan’s in Traverse City a few days ago while we were on a little vacation. Had a cigar and drink in their bar. Friendly and helpful staff. Just an all around enjoyable and relaxing experience. They have a decent little selection of pipe tobacco and pipes as well. They had a Mark...
  18. Warlee

    What are You Reading Now?

    Just finished re-reading The Knights of Rhodes by Bo Giertz. The discipline, commitment, grit and faith of those men is truly incredible. If you want to know what it was like as a knight/member of one of the medieval religious orders this is a great book.
  19. Warlee

    SPC Price Points

    Shot in the dark, but I wonder if the yearly production capacity on some of the SPC blends is simply maxed out. They can either be forever “out of stock”, like what happens with so many others or they can raise prices and position themselves as a luxury brand.
  20. Warlee

    Smoking Jacket

    I have two i use. One is a an oversized denim shirt-jacket and the other is an old goretex hunting jacket.
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