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  1. Joe H

    Dedicated Pipes

    I'm one of those "anything in any pipe" guys. I smoke 90%+ aromatics and all of my pipes smell like cherry. I keep my pipe nook in the bedroom and if my wife notices any smell (a rare event), she likes it. I can tell by smell which pipes have been used with other than aros, but rarely by...
  2. Joe H

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

    I happily discovered I still had some corn silk & cherry tobacco blend today. I loaded it in my old 1960s Dr. Grabow and enjoyed a warm, sunny Fall afternoon in Alaska. I smoked the pipe at the top of my back yard, which is a steep hill. I’ve terraced out a switch-back path and a couple of flat...
  3. Joe H

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

    It was a rare two bowl day for me. I feel like a bear stocking up for winter. The first was an early test of my proprietary Two Nuns and a Seminarian in a late 1950s Kaywoodie pot. The bulk of the blend will be tested after I crack the tin in a couple of weeks. I’ll post my reaction and...
  4. Joe H

    TAD Acquisitions 2024

    @Singularus, the topping used was rum, brown sugar and star-anise. There's a long thread in the tobacco discussion sub-forum describing the project. It's called "Two Nuns and a Seminarian." I agree with your description of the modern version, it smelled a bit cigar-like to me and I doubt it's...
  5. Joe H

    TAD Acquisitions 2024

    I just finished up a project involving this haul: A tin of Three Nun; 2 ounces of Newminster 403 Superior Round Slice; 1 ounce of Sutliff TS-20 Louisiana Perique; 1 ounce of Low Country's Natural Virginia. This month I’ve been experimenting with Three Nuns, trying to modify it closer to the...
  6. Joe H

    Hello from Scotland

    I hope you are taking advantage of the great fishing up there! Welcome to the forum!
  7. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    I’m finally satisfied that my Two Nuns and a Seminarian is ready to be packed up. I weighed out an ounce and a half of Three Nuns, a matching amount of the Newminster 403 discs, and a half ounce each of the Perique, Virginia and Holiday Pipe Mixture. Then I cooked up a slightly stronger version...
  8. Joe H

    Everlasting Seiko Five watches

    Since this thread has been reactivated, here are my two Seiko 5s. The one on the left is from 1984 and the one on the right from 2000. Both keep great time during their rotation (one or two weeks). Neither has been serviced, though I occasionally do whatever is necessary and within my skill-set...
  9. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    This project has taught me a lot about this tobacco blend. I never knew the original Three Nuns was a Virginia/Burley (31%!)/Perique blend, I’d always heard it described as a VaPer. I also never knew the original used so much flavored casings/toppings in the manufacturing process. The old...
  10. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    A quick word about the casing and topping used in the original Three Nuns: They used a lot! The casing mixture was made of gum Arabic, brown sugar, glycerine and water. 23.5 pounds of this mixture (the percentages are available on-line) were used to treat 100 pounds of the dry Three Nuns...
  11. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    After the site crash, I see a few posts were lost. Luckily I'm terrible with computers, so I write most of my input on a word document and copy it over to this site as I go. I'll repost whatever I posted that got deleted, but I obviously can't reproduce anyone else's posts. @OzPiper, thanks...
  12. Joe H

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

    I had three old (‘50s to ’70s) drug-store pipes going today. From top to bottom: Dr. Grabow, Comfort and Medico. I finished up an experiment trying to modify Three Nuns more to my liking. There’s a thread on the project in the tobacco discussion sub-forum. It’s been a really fun...
  13. Joe H

    Gunsmithing and Pipe Smoking

    My dad had a book on gunstock checkering written in the 1930s. In it, the author mentioned he took some walnut shavings and mixed them in a friend's tobacco pouch. The friend couldn't figure out what was wrong with his tobacco and the shavings were so closely matched to the tobacco color he...
  14. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    Today’s test: 33% Three Nuns 33% Newminster 403 Superior Round Slices 11% Sutliff: TS-20 Louisiana Perique 11% Low Country's Natural Virginia 11% match Holiday Pipe Mixture. The result did move the smoking experience to the center of the two previous mixtures which each contained 66% of...
  15. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    Today’s test smoke: Identical to the last test but with match Holiday Pipe Mixture swapped for the Mixture 79. I considered this blend better than the previous version and possibly better than either Three Nuns or the Newminster 403 slices straight. The Three Nuns mixture regained the...
  16. Joe H

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

    Still messing around with Three Nuns and Newminster 403 Superior Round Slices. Had two versions going today in a pair of Kaywoodie 12B Bulldogs during a perfect Fall afternoon. The dog seemed to enjoy the smell as much as I did.
  17. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    My first experiment was to take the original Three Nuns tobacco percentages (see below) and add various amounts of Burley (the original Three Nuns used 31% Burley as a filler), Virginia and Perique. My initial attempt was to use roughly 66% of Three Nuns, and 11% each of Burley (Mixture 79)...
  18. Joe H

    Years of Pipe Smoking vs. Pipe + Tobacco Count

    Well, since this is for science, here's my input: 30 years; 10 pipes; 15 blends in; 16 vessels (tins/pouches/jars etc)
  19. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    Thanks for the comments, guys! @OzPiper, certainly a blending of the denominations would be a Parsons' Pleasure. This post will be my lawyerly small print wherein I acknowledge that, in over 120 years, things change. I know there is no possibility that my small-scale amateurish machinations...
  20. Joe H

    Two Nuns and a Seminarian

    I won’t do a formal review of Three Nuns here as I’m unqualified and in any case, there are far more experienced smokers here who have described this blend within an nuanced inch of its life already. I will give my initial impressions though. Unlike most of the tobaccos I’ve smoked over the last...
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