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  1. M

    My First Mix Update - The Mixmasters Were Absolutely Right

    I think I'm going to mix up a little of this Isle of Islay mix when I get the chance. Might even have to try a teensy bit in the Cherry, hmmm smoked cherry?
  2. M

    Saving Dottle for Smoking Later?

    I haven't been saving my dottle, usually there isn't anything worth saving, but sometimes I get surprised and find a good nugget of unburnt tobacco in the bottom. I think I may have to give this a try and with the prices of taxed tobacco here in BC, saving even a bit will only help. Another...
  3. M

    My First Mix Update - The Mixmasters Were Absolutely Right

    It's pretty decent blend on its own and worst comes to worst it makes a great mixer. I've found that true for the whole line of Smoker’s Pride blends.
  4. M

    My First Mix Update - The Mixmasters Were Absolutely Right

    I have been surprised with strength/nic even with milder blends I smoke daily. I think it could br some kind of a random body chemistry thing. I would try another couple bowls of that 'Smoky Whiskey' blend and see if you notice it again. I have both Smoker’s Pride Whiskey and Latakia but...
  5. M

    Hello, and Please Don’t Judge Dunhill.

    Hello and welcome from BC, Canada I have about a dozen Dunhill pipes, a mix of some estates and new(er) ones. I love my Dunhills, they are my favorite pipes, taken as a group by maker. I have found that if you look for deals, you can find estates for not too terrible prices and I have also...
  6. M

    I Think I've Been Ghosted...

    This true, sometimes ghosts can be very beneficial and make for some nice surprises. I have a pipe that's been dedicated to and is thoroughly ghosted with Borkum Riff Bourbon and once found by accident that the Bourbon ghost synergizes perfectly with PS Luxury Twist flake making for an entirely...
  7. M

    I Think I've Been Ghosted...

    If you just smoked a few bowls of Autumn Evening the ghost may not be a permanent haunting yet, taking up residence in your pipe. It may take a few cleanings and smoking something like 5 Bro in it but you may yet get it out. I once bought an estate Dunhill that its previous owner smoked...
  8. M

    What I Dislike About Smoking a Pipe

    I purchased an estate pipe once that had the bottom of the chamber kind of mangled (for lack of a better term) opposite the draft hole. I wondered what on earth could have caused that, it was most likely over enthusiastic swabbing of the pipe with pipe cleaners!
  9. M

    General Help With a Specific Pipe

    From your description of your experience of a sour and nasty pipe that refuses to stay lit, it sounds like you haven't packed the tobacco in properly for a smooth draw. You are either packing far too tight, or too loose or managing both in the same bowl 😀. It will simply take practice to get...
  10. M

    What I Dislike About Smoking a Pipe

    I was going to reply that there is literally nothing I dislike about smoking a pipe, there really isn't. Even the quirks I don't really mind, it's all good. Usually when I go to bed I'm excited to wake up and start another day of smoking my pipes! But in reading through the comments I will...
  11. M

    Another Surprise from Captain Black.

    Yes Captain Black Dark is indeed a surprisingly good black Cavendish and very easy to smoke, very newby friendly. I really like all of the Captain Black range, today I was smoking the Gold. If you haven't had a chance to try it yet, the new Platinum is quite good as well.
  12. M

    How Slow is Slow?

    Well it's been a little while since I had a tin of Escudo open so I'm trying to remember how big the coins are, I recall they are a bit bigger than a Peter Stokebye Bullseye coin, so I'm thinking one Escudo coin might fill a Dunhill group 2 bowl? I'd probably suck that back in about 20 min...
  13. M

    Vincent Manil Le Petit Robin

    The Petit Robin is a good intro to semois burley for sure. While I much prefer it in a pipe, the Petit Robin rolls a pretty kick ass cigarette. I roll them up for my wife occasionally. I've sneaked a few and they are pretty darn tasty.
  14. M

    Wring out the Full Virginia Flake

    Full Virginia Flake is still one of my favorite VA tobaccos, probably top 3. I think the hype is generally warranted but it does take a bit of fooling around trying a few techniques to unlock it for you and make you go wow! I have tried pretty much everything and now having managed to smoke a...
  15. M

    Need a Couple of Noob Recommendations . . . .

    Cigar Chief is the Mohawks in S Ontario online Cigar shop they also sell some pipe tobacco and dip/chew. They ship anywhere in Canada, I've been ordering from them for years. Their prices for pipe tobacco are kind of all over the place. Mac Baren tins are like $50-60 but Captain Black is like...
  16. M

    Need a Couple of Noob Recommendations . . . .

    For a basic easy to smoke cherry for newbies, I'd get my hands on a bag of Smoker’s Pride Cherry. It will tick most of those boxes. Since your here in BC, I would have suggested ordering from the Mohawks at Cigar Chief but they just sold out of the Cherry. But they may have some of the Mac...
  17. M

    How Many Open Blends?

    I probably have a few dozen jars 'opened'. I mean to say that I didn't just jar up a tin, or some bulk, but that it's something that I've dipped into at least a few times. I like what somebody mentioned about it being like a library that you can reference at anytime you feel the need, I will...
  18. M

    There Was Once a Time I Loved Long Smokes

    How about a smaller pipe? My group 1 or 2 Dunhill's give me about 15-20min typically with a ribbon cut and 30-40min tops with a flake.
  19. M

    How Times have Changed

    Possibly but circa 1900 coal mining was about as low class work as you could get. It'd be like dressing your daughter up like a street walker for a photo shoot. The boys would usually start underground as trappers opening and closing the air doors when the cars of coal would come through. When...
  20. M

    How Times have Changed

    The wee lad was old enough to do a (small) man's work, who'd have the heart to deny him a pipe after his shift? Probably his dad died in the mine and he being an older sibling was working to support his ma and younger siblings.
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