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  1. stogie37

    Half and Half Tobacco

    Great write up. Took me along with you on a journey of mental images. Prob not on my “to buy” list - but your future tobacco write-ups are on my “to read” list. - Stogie
  2. stogie37

    Greetings from Ohio

    Welcome! Ex-Medina (Wadsworth) OH here - now Carolina Coast.
  3. stogie37

    How Large is Your Pipe Collection in Proportion to How Much You Smoke?

    Keep training young Padawan - you are not yet one with the force… ?
  4. stogie37

    How Large is Your Pipe Collection in Proportion to How Much You Smoke?

    Ok, OP, I’ll try to give you some hard numbers - or at least accurate ranges: I have 110 pipes in my collection. I smoke 10-14 bowls a week, averaging 2 bowls a day with the exception of a single bowl on my very busy days of Thursday & Sunday and maybe a 3 bowl day a week. I try to hold my...
  5. stogie37

    Yes or No?

    Back when Craig Tarler would press your order on request, I recall being amused at the slight changes in the smoke of say Stratfordshire or Yale Mixture - but to be honest, it may have had more to do with the burn characteristics than any substantial change to the taste. I still have a couple of...
  6. stogie37

    My Mixture 965

    It’s hung on to a spot in my top ten for about a decade now. While I don’t seem to sense the strength that others do, it’s not a lightweight. I do think it’s one of the best representations of what unflavored English Cavendish adds to a blend that I’ve encountered. Also, I prefer the stuff...
  7. stogie37

    Can’t Take Them All (Pipes Edition)

    @hoosierpipeguy said it as well as it can be said. Bravo to a life we’ll spent. I too will be happy to share in providing an occasional reprieve (via a tobacco drop) from shouldering the weight of the burden you are signing up to carry. Additionally, you’ll be in my prayers as a brother. Run the...
  8. stogie37

    A Habit for the Wealthy? Aged Smokes?

    In regard to the “old fart” fun we’re having, I’ll share a personal story of how, once in a while, things just play out beautifully in at least one little segment of our lives: I turned the ripe old age of 48 last week. At 16, within days of securing my driver’s license, I drove to my local...
  9. stogie37

    Dark Fired Kentucky Recommendations

    As a condimental add, I really like Mac Baren Dark Twist. Depending on how you select the coins, you can vary the DFK presence in each bowl.
  10. stogie37

    Captain Earle Blends

    Stimulus Package is strong on Lat (as are nearly all the CE blends) tasty and has a touch of brightness behind the tire fire. I have a handful of tins of it cellared. Mystic was 3* at a stretch for me - it never focused, but I smoked that one in the heat of a NC coast summer - these flavor...
  11. stogie37

    B & M Shops, Cincinnati, Ohio

    It’s been many years since I frequented Cinci, but definitely Strauss - it’s an institution. Kinda the Iwan Ries of their hometown, but no elevator ;) Hopefully they’ve kept a significant pipe presence. Great city overall. Best wishes and congrats on the new gig.
  12. stogie37

    What is Samuel Gawith’s Most Under-Rated Tobacco?

    It was mentioned at least once, but +1 for Sam’s flake. An all time favorite of mine was the McClelland made Ashton Old London Pebblecut - and minus the distinctive McC tang, Sam’s flake delivers the VA / Oriental magic with the added sweetness of a little tonquin bean. Phenomenal!
  13. stogie37

    Medina Pipe Club - NASPC SHow

    Previously a Wadsworth Grizzly - now 3 years on the Carolina Coast. Def miss the NASPC show. It was my favorite show each year. Hope you have a blast!
  14. stogie37

    Bennington Tobacco Order

    Stopped in their beautiful shop a couple of months ago while in Sarasota. Just gorgeous. Picked up a tin of Knightsbridge and some accessories. I’m pretty sensitive to humectant in anything over light quantities - and this stuff, while flavorful, was very, very moist. It comes in a plastic bag...
  15. stogie37

    How Long Does It Take You to Smoke Through a Tin?

    I keep a pretty strict rotation of 10 blends. I like variety, but the open stock rotation was getting out of hand. At an avg of 2-3 bowls a day, I’m introducing a new tin from the cellar about every 10 days, which keeps it interesting, yet I’m spending enough time with each blend to get to know...
  16. stogie37

    Orlik Golden Sliced 100g Tin

    I’m working through a 2 yr old 100gr tin now. I threw it in a jar and usually give the jar a bit of a shake, spill out the loose stuff, then tear a section off - rub it all to consistency, fill and tip the shreds back in the jar. Once in a while, I’ll tear a section, wad it up and stuff it - but...
  17. stogie37

    SP 20th Speculation

    I’m thinking “Golden Ticket” in a random package or tin; ala Willy Wonka. Lucky holder gets to arrive at the C&D / Laudisi gates at 6am, is given a tour including the pirate ship lagoon where Black Frigate is stored for aging, the estate refurbishing cavern where any pipe, no matter the...
  18. stogie37

    Polishing Dunhill Dress Finish

    I’ve used Halcyon II wax for years on my Dunhill Dress pipes and have been very pleased. Keep in mind that the Dunhill Dress finish is a deep ebony/Walnut Brown stain - not piano black lacquer. It has a satiny sheen, not a wet gloss, and over the years will reveal a little more of the deep...
  19. stogie37

    1lb Bulk Flake Packaging

    You assume correctly ;)
  20. stogie37

    That Tub Is Huge.

    I picked up one of those Granger tins back around 2004/5 when Pinkerton was still making it. Threw it in the cellar til last year - when I retrieved it was so puffed up it looked slightly egg shaped and the plastic lid over the top wouldn’t stay on! Probably as close to a tin busting as I’ve...
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