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Newbie Questions
It sounds to me like you could use several corn cob pipes to round out your rotation. (I say several because even cobs can use some rest) This is an inexpensive way to conserve your briar(s) until you have a larger collection. I think that the Internet is the best pipe tobacco resource that is...- sparroa
- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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1000th Post
It's good to have you around, chief. It's always good to see the results of your blending, by the way. Keep it up.- sparroa
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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A Liberal Stands Up For Santa
I would describe myself as being very liberal for the most part (it's obviously more complicated than such a label can convey) but that does not extend to "political correctness" and Nannyism! I despise this kind of attack on history. Censorship is the stuff of totalitarian regimes; anybody with...- sparroa
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Samuel Gawith
Gents I'm not looking to derail the thread but how does this stuff compare to Balkan Flake? I'm not that big a fan, it's rather plain - even with age... I assume that Commonwealth just has a higher lat percentage?- sparroa
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Prayers Needed in CT
I think that everyone's heart hurts today. It's times like this when I wish we could just dial back the clock for an hour, a minute, and keep tragedies like this from happening. I really feel for those families, and for the poor children who witnessed it all... Rest in peace, little ones.- sparroa
- Post #24
- Forum: General Discussion
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My Loss
I'm sorry to hear of your loss, colcolt. Your sister is in our thoughts. It sounds like this has been a devastating time for you. I don't have much advice to give, and whatever I could say would be cold comfort to you anyway - but hang in there, if you can, and look back on the good times you...- sparroa
- Post #41
- Forum: General Discussion
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This May Sound Crazy, But.......
I've still got some PA jarred with whole cloves that have been marrying for several months now. It is the same principle. I'm sure that it will work along the same lines. I've also seen recent confirmation of a similar experiment on another forum. SG Navy Flake is pretty bland, IMO, so I'd say...- sparroa
- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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I Will Be on NPR Radio Show on Pipe Smoking. Wed 12/12/12
It is clear that Ramona has an unwavering belief that all tobacco is equally bad and that it should be banished from society. I disagree with her, but she has her rights to expression. My biggest problem with her is that she seeks to strangle free speech about a cultural phenomenon because it...- sparroa
- Post #80
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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B&M Says Go Online...
It sounds like he is contributing to his own demise, though it is nice of him to provide suggestions.- sparroa
- Post #7
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Tobacco Suggestions for a soon to be EX Cig Smoker
I'd say just find something you enjoy the taste of and smoke accordingly. The odds are that you won't get much continued satisfaction from light aromatics coming from cigarettes. If you enjoy the taste of 1Q and CBW, though, have you ever blended in a strong tobacco with them to amp it up a...- sparroa
- Post #25
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Aging Aromatics: Mac Baren's Vanilla Cream
Jeff, I have found that the sweetness of straight VA delivers the most enjoyable experience of all pipe tobaccos; I hope that you can find one that you like fresh, and I hope you like it even better with time! By the way, not to discourage you with aging the MacBaren Vanilla Cream - it could be...- sparroa
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Aging Aromatics: Mac Baren's Vanilla Cream
Jeff, I personally would not crack the tin. I don't see why the tobacco needs to breathe. That would actually stop the aging process that was underway the whole time, and it may/may not start back up again. Along the same lines as what I said above, a lot of what we talk about when we talk about...- sparroa
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Sam Gawith Full Virginia
I am not a big English smoker, but GL Pease makes some of the best ones. I don't know how easy they are to get. Westminster is probably his best rated medium English and I quite enjoyed it as one of my first introductions to that style of tobacco. Odyssey/Abingdon/Charing Cross are among his...- sparroa
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Cob Resting???
I would. It doesn't hurt to have a small rotation of corn cob pipes. They are so cheap that it is fairly easy to do on a modest budget. Cobs don't need as much recovery time as briars, IMO, but they do require some rest. To be safe, I try to smoke them no more than once a day. (You might be able...- sparroa
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Sam Gawith Full Virginia
It's tricky because cigarettes are commonly made from Virginias in the Commonwealth countries, and American cigarettes are most likely lightly cased burley. So, depending upon how technical wants to be, most every blend can be said to resemble cigarettes in one way or another. Have you smoked...- sparroa
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Sam Gawith Full Virginia
Captain Black Cherry is almost universally panned so I am not surprised you didn't enjoy that. I'm not familiar with the Sutliff. Sir Walter Raleigh has his followers, but it is probably not for everybody. If it is as close to PA as everyone says, then it is a mild and straightforward burley...- sparroa
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Blue Mountain, Penzance, Black House
Considering that Black House and Blue Mountain are both riffs on Sobranie 759, I would say that a tin of BH wouldn't go astray... Penzance was not my favourite English but I look forward to reevaluating it with a little age. I haven't had the others.- sparroa
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Sam Gawith Full Virginia
Ironically, I started with Captain Black, but I wish I had a more user friendly tobacco as my introduction. I think it would've been a better experience all around... I think that aromatics need even more experience than Virginias because those sauces and humectants are the antithesis of fire...- sparroa
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Mail opened "for inspection"
Seems like it crosses the line to me...- sparroa
- Post #4
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation