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  1. seaweed

    My First Few Months as a Pipe Smoker.

    My first ever bowl 17 years ago was also Connoisseurs Choice. Not a common choice! Glad you’re enjoying it. It’ll be worth springing the extra cash for some Sam Gawith one of these days. Any of the commonly talked about ones will do.
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    Relief For A Sore Mouth

    1:1 water and hydrogen peroxide. A few times a day for a few days.
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    Question on smoking SG Navy and Balkan

    Pop it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds. You’ll have a hell of a time air drying it in Alabama. Add 2-3 seconds at a time to get it just right. Doesn’t sound like a lot of time, but tobacco dries quickly in the microwave.
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    Request for an Oriental

    Or even better for bold as the Orientals come through better - Wilke Mediterranean Nights. It’s got a stout nic kick though. Even more than honor blend.
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    Request for an Oriental

    Mild - Brunello Bold - Capt. Earle’s Honor Blend
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    Advice for Blending Vanilla Cavendish

    Try mixing small amounts into blends you already like. The sky is really the limit. My instinct is to say try mixing with burley, but there’s lots of aro crossovers that are all over the map (Northwoods (English), Glass Slipper (VaBurOr), etc.), so give it a go. I’d start at 25% vanilla and see...
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    Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game

    Brown bogie +1 ABF -1
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    Spotted...In The Wild!

    So witty.
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    Spotted...In The Wild!

    Fair enough, I suppose. I’ve just made peace with the fact that it is reality and isn’t going to change.
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    Spotted...In The Wild!

    Lmao okay if they can grandstand, why can’t I?
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    Spotted...In The Wild!

    The thing is, I DO want to be left alone. It’s why I live in a tiny town in general, and never smoke in public. I just don’t get your viewpoint that others are seeking validation or that it’s inherently rude to seek out a conversation with a stranger. We won’t see eye to eye on this. It is what...
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    Spotted...In The Wild!

    If you want to be left alone that’s fine. I think you’re reading my meaning wrong. I have nothing against someone not wanting to be bothered, but there’s certainly a tone to particular posts deriding people for getting excited seeing another pipe smoker, as if they’re teenage cool kids who are...
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    Spotted...In The Wild!

    It makes me laugh when the grumpy old men disparage people getting excited to see another pipe smoker. It’s not a secret society, but you both participate in a niche, dying activity. Why get you panties so twisted over someone wanting to acknowledge you both do something considered unusual in...
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    Using Pipe/Cigar Smoking to quit Snus or cold turkey?

    Switch to zyn and then the lowest patch while smoking pipe. You’ll have to quit for years before you truly break a nic habit ( speaking from experience - I had a year under my belt with no snus…smoked a cigar and it came back full force very quickly). Reduce your body’s dependence on a higher...
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    Drying Tobacco in 100% Humidity

    Microwave for five seconds
  16. seaweed

    Modern pipes

    Ahh fair enough. I didn’t think of cobs and forgot morta exists.
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    Modern pipes

    In the grand scheme of pipe smoking, briar IS the new kid on the block.
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    The Most Disappointing Tobacco

    My all time favorite flies waaay under the radar, and my two biggest fears are it going out of production (honestly see it talked about so little it just might), and it getting big on here and other forums. I’m so glad people busy themselves with blends I don’t care for.