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  1. hugodrax

    I’ll See Your St Bruno and Raise You

    St. Bruno uses vinegar as a mold retardant, but it airs right out, as you say. Still a favorite. Erinmore, I think they're using the wrong tobaccos and it's out of my rotation permanently. Condor I'm afraid to even try. Nobody thinks "Boy, I could go for some Polish pipe tobacco right about...
  2. hugodrax

    Artemis Project: Why?

    Sorry, Smiff, but I'm a member of the governed class and am not consulted on these things.
  3. hugodrax

    Falcon Negatives?

    I can honestly say that the pipe rarely leaves my mouth when smoking, particularly Falcon pipes. They're so light that they just hang there so touching hot aluminum is not a problem for me. But people seem to either love them or hate them with very little in between. Like everything, they have...
  4. hugodrax

    I’ll See Your St Bruno and Raise You

    Erinmore was emasculated. An unrecognizable shell of its former self. The Bruno remains smokeable to me. In fact, I continue to love it.
  5. hugodrax

    Recent Barling Arrival

  6. hugodrax

    Changes in my St. Bruno tobacco

    It's a desert island smoke for me, sir. There's something uniquely satisfying about it and each stage of humidity level brings its own charms.
  7. hugodrax

    What is the next Balkan Sobranie?

    Whatever discontinued blend reminds you of your lost youth and the happiest decade of your life, sir.
  8. hugodrax

    Keeping Up On The Forum

    Why even try? It's here for fun and should never feel like an obligation or you'll ingest more absolute 100 percent, corn-fed BS about Lee pipes than is good for any man, woman, or child.
  9. hugodrax

    V-Shaped Bowl for English Blends

    I can only speak for my tastes, though. I don't speak for everyone! Many believe the opposite, too, and they're not wrong.
  10. hugodrax

    2 New Lovats

    I adore lovats. Those are particularly fine examples.
  11. hugodrax

    What is Your Best Pipe?

    Pipes given to me by my friends and family are the favorites. A Bekler Meer that has been through hell's half-acre with me is the sentimental favorite and hangs from my jaw most of the time in the shop. It's my favorite by far because it was given to me by my best friend and fellow who...
  12. hugodrax

    Changes in my St. Bruno tobacco

    As a man who has recently broken into modern Blackjack and Marlin Flake, you scared the piddle out of me: I thought the bastiges had changed my Bruno! Honestly, I think your tobacco is fine. Looks crystalline to me. Of course, I'm no expert but if mine looked like that it would be smoked.
  13. hugodrax

    Arif Patel Blogger from Dubai.

    Probably a small hotel or bed and breakfast he could recommend.
  14. hugodrax

    My First Pipe Recommendation

    I own a bent, but prefer the straight with a dental bit I dremelled down to fit my palate. Falcon's have a nylon, non-removable bit and my teeth don't grip that well. I don't smoke it like the Duke of Windsor, at a right angle to my jaw. I let it dangle Jack Hargreaves-fashion. Takes some...
  15. hugodrax

    Pipes Never Smoked Down to the Bottom

    It's a story right out of Humansville! But down the road a little, yonder in Bullshitopolis.
  16. hugodrax

    My First Pipe Recommendation

    They differ, I'm sure, but not by much. I say go for it. I really am a fan as they make great work pipes, two bowls and one stem (or one meerschaum bowl, easily purchased from a carver) are all you need for extended travel. Some hate them, mind. Can't vouch for you loving them. They are all...
  17. hugodrax

    My First Pipe Recommendation

    The humidome collects all moisture, so no soggy heel. And the central smoke hole is huge, almost entirely filled by a raised aluminum central post that heats up and keeps the bowl lit to the last shred. The only real equipment needed is a packet of tissues and a pocket knife to trim the cake...
  18. hugodrax

    V-Shaped Bowl for English Blends

    That's what makes this so fun. I like Virginia flake in a Dublin and English in a wide bowl. Neither of us are wrong. Smoking styles and preferences just differ.
  19. hugodrax

    Luxor “Basket” Pipe

    There's a place in this world for the shilling briar and it's a place dear to my heart. That's a lovely pipe. Would totally purchase that and treat it with care. It's when they dress em up in cheap clothes and put gold stars on them that I go cold.
  20. hugodrax

    Favorite Bur/Per

    I'm convinced that the great burley-Virginia divide is based on body chemistry. I smell cheese and feet in a jar of Haunted Bookshop, burley lovers smell fruitiness.
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