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  1. homesteader

    FDA Publishes Long-Awaited PMTA List for Deemed Tobacco Products

    It will take someone smarter than me to figure this out, but I did see some of my favorite tobaccos were grandfathered in. Maybe someone with the right skills can produce a list of what's in and out. Here's the article...
  2. homesteader

    Dedicating A Blend To A Pipe, Not The Other Way Around

    Most of my pipes are dedicated to types of blends, but I do have a couple of exceptions. I pretty much just smoke Edward G. Robinson in a Chacom Canadian, and SPC Plum Pudding I smoke almost exclusively in a Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman with a churchwarden stem.
  3. homesteader

    Iwan Ries - Three Star Blue

    I'm new to this blend but really like it. It's made by Sutliff for Iwan Ries, and has been around since the 1950s. Tobacco Reviews lists it as an aromatic topped with licorice and vanilla, containing black cavendish, burley, Latakia, perique, and Virginia. The burley and cavendish are the...
  4. homesteader

    Storing Tins in Plastic Bags?

    I have two cats. One's a really good mouser I think. I haven't seen a mouse in about a year. But just wanted to give the tins a little extra protection. I'll probably try to get a better cabinet but for now this is what I have.
  5. homesteader

    Storing Tins in Plastic Bags?

    It's them pissing on them, not chewing that I'm trying to protect against. I live in a cabin so another room is not an option.
  6. homesteader

    Storing Tins in Plastic Bags?

    There was a recent thread about storing tins in mylar bags that now has me worried. I'm trying to store extra tobacco away for the uncertain times of the future (availability, taxes, etc). My problem is I live in the woods. Currently I'm mouse-free, but I know mice can get into about...
  7. homesteader

    Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2021

    I worry about stuff like this. I feel like it's the best of times and worst of times for pipe tobacco. Lots of variety, easy to buy online, and so much cheaper here in the US than other countries. But great companies are going out of business, much loved tobaccos are disappearing, and...
  8. homesteader

    "American" Style English Blend Recommendations?

    My favorites are John Bull, Lane HGL, and Distinguisned Gentleman. Super Value English Mixture is good. And as you mentioned, I recently discovered the Match Barking Dog. I like Match Blue Boar but can't find it now.
  9. homesteader

    Pipes & Cigars: $2 off Orlik Tins

    Two dollars off 1.75 oz tins through April 28th. This makes two small tins of Golden Sliced cheaper than one 3.5 oz tin.
  10. homesteader

    Quotes & Sayings...

    "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." (old hillbilly saying) I first used this saying when a former employer did an exhaustive study regarding the wages it was paying compared to similar companies, and the resulting pay increase was 1%. I told a coworker a 1% raise was better...
  11. homesteader

    Quotes & Sayings...

    "What you own, owns you." (unknown) I try to remember this before each purchase.
  12. homesteader

    Do You Ever Add a Pinch of Something to a Blend?

    I like making blends by combining other blends, such as Hobbit's Weed or Ghost of Frog Morton. I have also sometimes added a little Latakia or perique to a single bowl's worth of tobacco, sort of like I would add black pepper or salt to food. I have tweaked a couple of blends when I liked the...
  13. homesteader

    Hawaii Proposing Flavored Tobacco Ban

    Another state is going after e-cigarettes with a sledge hammer by proposing a ban on "flavored tobacco products." Hawaii's HB 826 specifically includes pipe tobacco. Here is the text of the bill: HB826 SD1 - https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2021/bills/HB826_SD1_.HTM
  14. homesteader

    Long Term Storage of Bulk Aromatics?

    That just means the air pressure in the jar is the same or higher than atmospheric, in other words the can isn't vacuum sealed. It's a safety feature when you are home canning food (also for store bought food). If you can push in the lid on home-canned food that means the seal is compromised...
  15. homesteader

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2021?***

    I tried the new Windjammer from G. L. Pease. It started out tasting great. Part way through and to the end it seemed to have too much of something; I don't know if it was the Perique or dark rum. Still wasn't bad. I'll let the tin sit for a week and try it again. Often I find tobaccos taste...
  16. homesteader

    Massive Tax Increase Proposed for All Tobacco

    It does look like the GAO became aware of the "disparity" in taxes on different forms of tobacco as early as 2012. the GAO recommended pipe tobacco be taxed the same as RYO tobacco. This 2019 report noted Congress has taken no action on this. Tobacco Taxes: Market Shifts toward Lower-Taxed...
  17. homesteader

    Massive Tax Increase Proposed for All Tobacco

    Sorry, I thought this was new when I posted it. I did a web search but didn't catch that it was in the last Congress.
  18. homesteader

    Massive Tax Increase Proposed for All Tobacco

    I just heard about this one on Facebook. Here is the text from the web page, and if you click on the link it allows you to send an email to your senators protesting this. A 1,650% tax increase on pipe tobacco would just be prohibitive for me and a lot of pipe smokers. Oppose Federal Tax...
  19. homesteader

    Democratic Lawmakers Call on FDA to Remove all Flavored E-Cigarettes

    I've never tried e-cigarettes or vapes, but what worries me is that every time I see one of these proposals it includes "other flavored tobacco products." Sounds like it could include pipe tobacco as well. This will be something to keep our eyes on and let our representatives in Congress know...
  20. homesteader

    Murray's Tobacco--Question About the Brand

    Thanks, I'll give that a try.
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