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  1. StPaulPiper

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

    Finally opened it. I got an estate Dunhill Cumberland a couple weeks ago, cleaned it up, and decided it was time to open the 2017 FMC for its inaugural smoke. The pipe smoked very nicely, as expected. The tobacco was really nice, but not overwhelmingly nice. Until I smoked it again a couple...
  2. StPaulPiper

    Sutliff Reserve Eastfarthing

    It is not the same as Aromatic English. I have lots of both, and Aro English used to be my go-to, all-day smoke, but then I found Eastfarthing. Eastfarthing is Aromatic English squared. It's (in my opinion) tastier all around, and is now my all-day smoke. Amongst others. Boswell's...
  3. StPaulPiper

    Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!

    Yeah, I looked at it for a couple months too. Then one night after some bourbon encouragement, I pulled the trigger.
  4. StPaulPiper

    Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!

    My new S. Yanik. Larger than it looked online.
  5. StPaulPiper

    Jim's Sutliff Birds of a Feather Anomalous Review.

    I'm mostly an "aro/English mashup" kind of guy, but this stuff is fantastic. My favorite of the Birds of a Feather releases so far. Wish I'd bought more. It's so complex and fun - you really get a mouthful of flavors that complement one another, and that spicy perique just tops it all off...
  6. StPaulPiper

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2022?***

    Sillem's Black in my trusty old Hilson Avanti.
  7. StPaulPiper

    Stanwell Revival (124) 224

    All my Stanwells are great smokers.
  8. StPaulPiper

    Erik Nording Hunter Series

    Yeah, my one Nording is an absolutely gorgeous churchwarden, but it smokes badly. Big gurgler. I smoke it once in a while anyway, using the driest tobacco I can, because it would be a crime not to smoke such a beautiful pipe, but I must admit, it has made me leery of buying more Nordings...
  9. StPaulPiper

    What is Your Best Pipe?

    Like many, my favorites tend to jump around a bit, and I have a soft spot for just about all of my 80ish pipes. But... There are a couple that would go in my pocket as I ran out of my burning house. My first Savinelli, an utterly boring little Extra 6013 (and one of my first restoration...
  10. StPaulPiper

    ***What Are You Smoking, August 2022?***

    Bengal Slices in a Kaywoodie Mandarin. Slowly, so the nic hit doesn't knock me down....
  11. StPaulPiper

    Looking for a different flavor

    I second Wilke Vermont Maple Cavendish. I also have a jar of 7 Seas Black, and like others have mentioned, though not maple, Cult Blood Red Moon is a must-try, if you in any way like aromatics.
  12. StPaulPiper

    An Aromatic I Enjoy!!

    For the cheap crap, maybe. But not the good stuff, in my opinion. The Wilke maple is an example. Cult Blood Red Moon smells like smashed sweet Maraschino cherries, but smokes/tastes far different, with really nice cavendish, virginia and burley tobacco at the fore (and the room note might get...
  13. StPaulPiper

    How to Re-Hydrate Pipe Tobacco

    I put a slice of bread in the jar. How big depends upon how dry it is. Couple days later, dry bread, rehydrated leaf.
  14. StPaulPiper

    How Latakia is Pronounced in Syria

    My Latakia has one-wheel drive. And the windows don't roll down. Gets really smoky inside sometimes.
  15. StPaulPiper

    Show me your pipe repair station!

    Wow! A pipe repair HOUSE! Love it. I also have one small bench "grinder" (polisher) not pictured, but just, wow. Clearly, I have a hobby. You have a calling.
  16. StPaulPiper

    Show me your pipe repair station!

    I'm always interested in what others have for a pipe repair setup. Mine's a mess at the moment. Too many in a "half-restored" state. Several awaiting some cleaning.
  17. StPaulPiper

    Is the Pipe or Tobacco why you Smoke?

    Both. I acquire pipes for their look; the shape, the curve, the grain, the blast, etc. Some folks have 1 or 2 pipes and smoke for the tobacco, but I am not one. I have 80+ pipes, all of which I love. I choose my tobacco for the taste, as most of us do, not just to create smoke. There are...
  18. StPaulPiper

    An Aromatic I Enjoy!!

    I have some in my cupboard now, and every now and again, I have a bowl. It scared me at first, because it smells like a bag of maple syrup, sans tobacco. But it smokes differently than it smells, with rich tobacco taste. Nothing better on a crisp autumn day. I like crossovers as well - Bengal...
  19. StPaulPiper

    First Pipe, Briar Or Cob?

    Yeah, I'd say pretty much the same - briar, but by more than a hair. Just because of the look, the feel... the collectability? If that's a thing? I smoke pipes for many reasons, and how they look is definitely one of the reasons - the grain, the shape, etc. Cobs are good smokers, but the...
  20. StPaulPiper

    A Match or a Lighter?

    Over the last 35 years I've used every kind of tobacco igniter there is, including butane lighters, matches, toaster, coals, stove-top, furnace pilot-light (etc.) :), and finally settled on a pipe-modified Zippo as the most reliable, least putzy, all-weather pipe lighter to use. I do not taste...
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