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  1. makhorkasmoker

    Rustica Characteristics

    I used to smoke it. I think a lot depends on how it is cured. I’ve never tried Mapacho, nor the Vietnamese versions, though I’d like to. I did try curing it in various ways, including green in the Russian and Native American style. To be honest, the appeal for me, and I suspect for others...
  2. makhorkasmoker

    Cobs

    These have had near daily use for over 5 years, often are smoked multiple times a day
  3. makhorkasmoker

    What are You Reading Now?

    I read it the first time way back in my twenties and it was an important book for me . Now I’m revisiting and enjoying it even more. It really can change your life. There’s even a book called “How Proust Can Change Your Life” (which I imagine you probably know)
  4. makhorkasmoker

    What are You Reading Now?

  5. makhorkasmoker

    How do you Hold your Pipe?

    Mostly left, often center, right only when I consciously try to do so. I usually hold the pipe in my left, such as now, cause I’m thumbing out this post with my right
  6. makhorkasmoker

    Do Missouri Meerschaum Hardwoods Last Longer Than Cobs?

    I can tell you this: the other day the shank came unglued from the bowl of one of my hardwoods. No big deal. I just glued it back. But before I did this I inspected the place where the shank fits into bowl. It looked like fresh clean new wood in there, white in color, all the way through , with...
  7. makhorkasmoker

    Your Disappointing Pipe: Ugly, Runs Hot, etc.

    Kaywoodie redroot Woodstock
  8. makhorkasmoker

    Do Missouri Meerschaum Hardwoods Last Longer Than Cobs?

    I don't know why your cobs aren't lasting longer. Even my cheapest unfinished cobs--an Eaton and a Morgan--have lasted many years and what must be thousands of smokes. I had one cob crack so badly that it seemed beyond repair and I chunked it, but that happened only once and fairly...
  9. makhorkasmoker

    Strong Virginias

    The strongest Virginia I’ve tried is WLT ripe flue cured Virginia. I much prefer it to royal yacht. If I wanted a hi-nic English , I’d mix it with some Latakia
  10. makhorkasmoker

    Tasting Pipe... Then What?

    I keep a medium-large clay mainly for tasting, and I keep it clean, putting it in hot coals when it gets a bit tarry. I personally would not want a lepeltier for tasting because they look to me difficult to clean with that double wall chamber and I doubt they would take the coals treatment, tho...
  11. makhorkasmoker

    Do You Have a Disappointing Pipe ? And Why

    I have a kaywoodie "redroot" Woodstock that I loathe. I dislike the thin walls, the plasticky finish, the stinger, the way fillings are starting to come out (though I rarely smoke it), the shape of the pipe--basically everything except the stem, which is nylon, and is actually pretty good. The...
  12. makhorkasmoker

    Aftertaste

    I used to be bothered by aftertaste, but solved the problem by switching to un-topped, non-cased tobaccos. For me the sugars, added flavorings, and pg were the issue
  13. makhorkasmoker

    Coating for Clay Pipe Bit?

    I like the colors too, but I’ve found that once a clay gets saturated with oils and tars, it loses a lot of its ability to absorb moisture—and that ability is for me one of the advantages of clay. So when mine gets dirty, into the coals it goes
  14. makhorkasmoker

    What Does Latakia Taste Like

    To me it tastes like what (I think) it is: tobacco saturated with the smokes of smoldering highly resinous herbs and conifers. For me it’s very different from the hardwood smoke of true Kentucky dark fired, which reminds me of southern bbq, and it’s different too from the old world dark fired...
  15. makhorkasmoker

    Coating for Clay Pipe Bit?

    Thanks! I was wondering what would happen to those glazed mouthpieces too. Now I know
  16. makhorkasmoker

    Coating for Clay Pipe Bit?

    Have you tried cleaning any of these pipes with varnished mouthpieces, I mean in hot coals? Does it melt/burn off ?
  17. makhorkasmoker

    Was Pipe Smoking ever Popular in Sweden?

    I’ve never had the privilege of going to Sweden, but I enjoy watching the pipe smokers in Ingmar Bergman movies—some of them set in the 70s. No idea if this is any reflection of reality
  18. makhorkasmoker

    Cob Hazing.

    I have to smoke a cob many dozens of times before it seems really right— and I’ve had a couple that never came around. For this reason when I get a cob I really like I keep it a long time, replacing the stems, patching it up when necessary
  19. makhorkasmoker

    What are You Reading Now?

  20. makhorkasmoker

    Best Shag Cut Blends?

    I don’t know, but I can tell you it’s not the birdseye, as their “birdseye” no longer has birdseyes
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