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  1. J

    Top Shelf VA Flakes?

    No, that's what many of us do, especially with the rectangular tins. I'll keep McClelland in the tins because they're fairly well sealed with the plastic top and lined can. I also feel that many of today's tobacco is packaged "young" and cracking the tin for a few weeks allows residual ammonia...
  2. J

    Top Shelf VA Flakes?

    Butera Golden Cake made by McClelland. After that, from what I've tried it's a tie between MacBaren HH Virginia Flake and well-aged Sam Gawith Best Brown, much different but equally good.
  3. J

    Change In Grousemoor

    I was going to order more soon too, so I'm very curious. I actually enjoy the occasional wallop of floral overkill that is (or maybe "was") Grousemoor. A 50g tin lasts me about 5 years, and my current almost empty jar is from pre-merger product.
  4. J

    Peterson Questions

    Some useful information in this thread. My only Peterson is a straight billiard with silver band purchased circa 2010, and it was a very bitter smoking pipe from the start that hasn't sweetened much regardless of the cleaning and time spent smoking. I did cut the P-lip off and turn it to a...
  5. J

    Dunhill

    My one and only Dunhill is a mid-1950s that came to me last year as a gift from Ashdigger. It is a wonderful smoking pipe that I use at least once a week, and a constant reminder of the potential generosity of strangers.
  6. J

    Releasing Heat and Moisture by Exhaling Through Pipe

    For some reason, I can only achieve this when I'm driving. Any other time I'm clenching (working, doing dishes, heck even typing on the forum) it's drool city and the pipe gets so hot I'm afraid it'll spontaneously combust.
  7. J

    Interests Besides Pipes / Pipe Smoking?

    I'm also of the opinion that leisure reading, actively listening to music, household chores, wood heating activities, the occasional hunting and fishing trips, etc. aren't really hobbies but part of the life process that all people should experience as they are able. That said, here's my main...
  8. J

    Topping Up Your Bowl

    I'm actually smoking through a few bowls of Cardiff right now with this method. I get mostway to the bottom, dump the ash and keep what tiny bit of dottle is in there and pack again. The Cardiff is sufficiently dried out, and it smokes very cleanly. This wouldn't work with goopy or wet...
  9. J

    Better (or Worse) Than Expected Blends.

    I'm going to ruffle feathers with my experiences: Marlin Flake - has a saccharine quality that I found cloying and altogether obtrusive. C&D Red Flake - Where was the sweetness that made Red Virginia leaf one of my favorite pipe tobacco bases for the last 20+ years? They even have a "sugar...
  10. J

    Massachusetts Flavored Tobacco Ban

    These laws are written and passed with the underlying assumption that law-abiding citizens will voluntarily comply regardless of the effects to their persons or business. Time to re-read Atlas Shrugged again.
  11. J

    Stonehaven: Plume Or Mold?

    I have two bags from 2019 that are as of yet unopened. I'm still working on the bag I bought in 2018, and probably won't finish it for another year or so. But out of curiosity I may just open one of the 2019 bags to see if there is that much of a difference. The OP's photograph looks like...
  12. J

    There Are No Stupid Questions

    If anyone would know, Google would. I wouldn't recommend searching for Exotic Passion whilst at work though.
  13. J

    Stonehaven: Plume Or Mold?

    Not mold. What's more interesting to me, those flakes look nothing at all like the Stonehaven I'm used to, which is a densely compressed (and I mean DENSE) but almost paper-thin flake.
  14. J

    Upper Respiratory Infection

    I'll second the nasal rinse. The Neti pot was the best $14 I ever spent in my life, formerly suffered from sinus infections like clockwork twice a year. I used it daily for a few years and had zero sinus infections. Now I only need to use it a few weeks out of the year, when I feel something...
  15. J

    Does Acrylic Last Longer?

    No worries, I didn't take it as such :) I usually smoke 5-8 bowls a day, often rotating a few pipes per day and warm water rinse the lot every week or so. I put mineral oil on the pipes and stems after warm water cleaning and let them sit a day or so before wiping off the excess oil and...
  16. J

    Does Acrylic Last Longer?

    That may be true. Although the Dunhill gets same cleaning procedure, is smoked 10x as often, is older than I am, and shows nearly zero oxidation.
  17. J

    Does Acrylic Last Longer?

    I only have one pipe with "good" vulcanite - a 1950s Dunhill. Boswell;s replaced the vulcanite stem in a Nording for custom lucite, which 100% improved the taste from unsmokable bitterness to a great sitter. I will be sending them my only Peterson as well, which oxidizes fast and tastes like a...
  18. J

    What’s Cookin’?

    Broke open a nice sized "Flat White Boer Ford" pumpkin we bought a month or so ago, had been sitting on the table as a fall decoration, although if I'm honest I did buy it with the sole intention of cooking it once the "decorative" novelty had expired. Intensely dark orange, sweet, and dense...
  19. J

    Good Cold/Gloomy Weather Foods.

    You're describing perfect New England clam chowder weather, lots of heavy cream and topped with some roasted garlic. This time of year I like to break out (and apart) the pumpkins. This weekend I made us a Masoor Dal (pink lentils with pumpkin chunks, spices, tomatoes, ginger, and lots of...
  20. J

    Best 3 Songs Ever (In Your Opinion)?

    Too many to choose from, depending on mood and style. Here's a few that give me goosbumps every time I listen: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Dig Up Her Bones by The Misfits Eclipse by Pink Floyd
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