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  1. jbbaldwin

    Well, I Just Discovered One Thing...

    I used to try to smoke a pipe while backpacking. No joy there. Here's one that makes my teeth hurt: Edited to add: Of course, Number Six might ride a penny-farthing and smoke a pipe.
  2. jbbaldwin

    Info on Ardor pipes?

    I have an older non-handmade Ardor with a vulcanite stem. It's a lovely piece for flakes, smokes very dry, doesn't gurgle, and is quite light for its size. It was very reasonably priced at the time. The newer handmade ones are certainly intriguing. I wish there were a choice in terms of stem...
  3. jbbaldwin

    What Are You Smoking? April 2013

    1/2 Sutliff No. 5 and 1/2 Esoterica Cardiff in a no-name briar.
  4. jbbaldwin

    What Are You Smoking? April 2013

    Reiner's Long Golden Flake in a cob.
  5. jbbaldwin

    So My Friend Wants to Try Smoking a Pipe...

    If he's a seasoned nicotine addict, I'd steer clear of 1Q and the other light aromatics. JackKnife Ready-Rubbed should be palatable and should have enough nicotine to be satisfying. The ready-rubbed version should make it easier for a new pipe-smoker to manage in terms of technique.
  6. jbbaldwin

    Suggest Some Beginner Virginia Flakes

    Orlik Golden Sliced was my first VA flake, and I recommend it for beginners. I agree with chubbster - Reiner's LGF is a notch better. (I'm smoking it as I type this.) Heinrich's Dark Strong Flake is a VA/Bur, and is very nice, if you're into that and can find it in stock anywhere.
  7. jbbaldwin

    Be Careful With Bacardi 151

    My wife looked at, took a sniff at the bottle, and said, "I didn't know you used paint-strippers on pipes." Mike: what do you mix 151 with? Or do you like it neat?
  8. jbbaldwin

    Be Careful With Bacardi 151

    Yeah, I'm not too worried about it. As I said, it's a cheap piece of furniture. I guess the thing that bothered me most was that I've never scorched it but I managed to mar it while cleaning!
  9. jbbaldwin

    Be Careful With Bacardi 151

    I'm not a rum drinker. My pipes were starting to taste salty and I decided they needed a more in-depth cleaning than they have been getting from just a shank brush and a variety of pipe-cleaners. Having read recommendations for Bacardi 151 on this forum (and Everclear being unavailable in...
  10. jbbaldwin

    Adjusting Artisan Pipes

    That Rad Davis could not be nicer. I love that Cumberland stem, too, as well as the one on the Ruthenberg - tasty!
  11. jbbaldwin

    What Are You Smoking? *March 2013*

    Reiner LGF in a Boswell bent billiard.
  12. jbbaldwin

    What Are You Smoking? *March 2013*

    DH MM 965 in a 1998 Boswell bent billiard.
  13. jbbaldwin

    Pipe Smoking on TV

    You don't necessarily see them in period dramas, either. In the soap opera Downton Abbey, the bad people smoke cigarettes and the titled men smoke cigars - no pipes. My wife and I have watched a lot of historical re-creations likeVictorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, etc., and the level of detail is...
  14. jbbaldwin

    The Joke Thread: Not Safe For Work (NSFW)

    There once was a lady from Madras Who had an incredible ass: Not round and pink, as well you might think, But grey, with long ears, and ate grass.
  15. jbbaldwin

    New Guy

    Welcome. This is a great forum - I've certainly learned a lot.
  16. jbbaldwin

    What Are You Smoking? *March 2013*

    Reiner LGF in a cob with coffee.
  17. jbbaldwin

    What Are You Smoking? *March 2013*

    Earlier: DH Nightcap in a bent Boswell. Right now: SG 1792 cube-cut in a cob.
  18. jbbaldwin

    What is the Strangest Tobacco You Have Smoked?

    1792 for me. It was the first Lakeland blend I tried. After the shock, I really took to it. I'm not getting the sweaty miner flavor hfearly mentions. It's a little perfume-like, I admit. Wife loves the room note. (She's tolerant of anything, so it's nice to smoke something she really likes...
  19. jbbaldwin

    I Hate the Post Office.

    Amen. I never understood hatred of the USPS until I moved to northern VA - seemed like a completely different operation from the USPS I grew up with in the country.
  20. jbbaldwin

    What's the Point of Flake Tobacco?

    I do the same - keeps cubes from flying all over the place (my scissors technique must be lacking) - and I do an ounce or two at a time.
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