Sidebar

Search results

Log in

Forgot your password?

SmokingPipes.com Updates

3 Fresh Askwith Pipes
24 Fresh Tsuge Pipes
18 Fresh Brulor Pipes
166 Fresh Peterson Pipes
18 Fresh AKB Meerschaum Pipes

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

Site Sponsors

Al Pascia
Blue Room Briars
Cigar World
Danish Pipe Shop
LePipe.it
MBSD Pipes
Missouri Meerschaum
Pipes2Smoke.com
PipeStud.com
SmokingPipes.com
Tabaccheria Corti
TinBids.com

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

Drucquers Banner
Search the forum
  1. sparroa

    Outsniping the (eBay) Snipers!

    eBay has the system perfected as far as I am concerned - no need to change it. Other sites can and should do things a different way if they are so inclined... I just think that buyers get the raw end of the deal when the auctions are extended into perpetuity. It will always result in higher...
  2. sparroa

    If You had to Choose Only One Va/Per

    It is more speculation than anything but since they are both made by Orlik in the same factory and have nearly identical presentation it stands to reason that it is a possibility they are the same. I think it is proven, though, that Luxury Bullseye Flake is the same as Orlik Bullseye Flake -...
  3. sparroa

    C&D Haunted Bookshop and My New Love of Burley

    Age might take a few edges off and take the perique down a notch but not everything will be changed dramatically by time.
  4. sparroa

    If You had to Choose Only One Va/Per

    I have seen people say Davidoff Flake Medallions are the same as Luxury Bullseye Flake. I would not be surprised. If the perique content is similar, I think you are right in saying it is mostly VA because LBF is as mild as may.
  5. sparroa

    Should I Smoke It Or Sell It?

    Piper, I think you were still better off to smoke the tin yourself and to build up your own experiences rather than to sell it. I personally would not accompany it with any whiskey because it is probably far too mellow in its old age. I find latakia blends to be too mellow after 1-2 years so I...
  6. sparroa

    Wheels of Time by Robert Jordan

    I am not a fantasy guy in general but my curiosity was peaked about this series many years ago. I recently went looking for a used copy but the earliest book I could find was #3. I cannot commit to any more than one book, however, so I am not looking to take part in your offer though it is quite...
  7. sparroa

    C&D Haunted Bookshop and My New Love of Burley

    I haven't had Haunted Bookshop but Old Joe Krantz is supposedly its big brother so I would make it a definite on your list. The nicotine and the perique levels are way way up, though, so be prepared... I love Wessex Burley Slices and many others testify to the virtues of Solani Aged Burley...
  8. sparroa

    Orlik Golden Sliced

    That is the only way to do it. If you keep it out of plain sight, before long you will have a big supply of various ages maturing away and after the first few months you won't want to disturb them at all - in fact you will probably want to see how much longer you can keep them there...
  9. sparroa

    If You had to Choose Only One Va/Per

    Escudo.
  10. sparroa

    Ghosting One's Mouth

    All tobacco can have that effect to one degree or another. You just won't notice it unless you smoke infrequently. If you always have a pipe in hand, you will never tell the difference... Latakia and OTC blends are the worst offenders in my books. Depending on the blend, an unpleasant ashy...
  11. sparroa

    Why are Tins so Much More Expensive Than Jar Tobacco?

    You are mostly paying the tax man for those prices. The B&M also has a mark up. Most 50g tins are worth $10 on average. Is the Orlik Golden Sliced in Sweden that costs $50 seven times better than the $7 Orlik Golden Sliced in America? No way, they are exactly the same thing... As for bulk, it...
  12. sparroa

    Surprised by OTC Brands

    I have had a few enjoyable smokes with the OTC blends in the past but I have concluded that I do not enjoy them enough to justify smoking them. They are moreso "set it and forget it" smokes rather than "contemplation" smokes and at only one bowl a day or less I do not want a mild tasting blend...
  13. sparroa

    Opinions on PS Bulk Flakes

    LBF is a bit basic but a decent blend nonetheless. In contrast to cleidophoros, I don't find that it has much perique at all. It is way milder than Escudo which is my Va/per benchmark... (And that is without smoking the cavendish cores - it'd be even milder if I kept that in the mix) I only had...
  14. sparroa

    Second Chance for University Flake

    If I could only get Samuel Gawith, I'd be set.
  15. sparroa

    SG and Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.

    Few people say straight VA with the intention of meaning that it is a single crop or varietal of Virginia. That would be the exception rather than the rule. I can't really think of one at the moment. Also, it is almost a given that there is a tiny percentage of burley in "straight VA" but in the...
  16. sparroa

    Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake - Try Now or Later?

    I don't think it is as bad as people make it out to be, though buying 250g blind was certainly a gamble. I hope you enjoy it. I would recommend that you smoke it under favourable conditions when you are comfortable - if that is a spring patio, then so be it. If you can be comfortable in -40C...
  17. sparroa

    My OTC TAD

    I hear you friend. I have nothing against short smokes, I generally just find it takes me time to "ramp up" to a good smoking experience and the first part of a bowl is generally my least favourite. With a shorter smoke, as soon as I start to enjoy it I am down to ash... I hear you about the...
  18. sparroa

    How to Smoke Blends That Have Formed Sugar Crystals

    Bob, I would wager that if you held a flake up to a desk lamp or something you would get a glimpse of what he's talking about. It is quite common to see that in a blend with just a couple years on it, let alone 6 or 7. Pipesnovelist, smoke away. It will be perfectly fine if it matches your...
  19. sparroa

    My OTC TAD

    It sounds like they haven't mastered the art of the mini cob yet in Missouri... I personally will smoke no other than the Country Gentleman but that is quite large. Still, it is the only one that I aesthetically enjoy and I generally do without a smoke if it has to be a short one. I hope you...
  20. sparroa

    SG and Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.

    I don't think I have a sensitive palate for the most part, but if there is a flavour/scent I don't like then it sticks out like a sore thumb. On the other hand, I am always metaphorically "chasing the dragon" and trying to find the intense flavours I once experienced that now seem milder. It can...
Top Bottom