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You Paid How Much For That Pipe?
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Weeds and Seeds !!
As a totally irrelevant aside, tomatoes have nicotine in them as well (calling the FDA! ;^) and time was a long time ago that folks thought them a poisonous plant! As to growing tobacco, I wonder if cross-pollination is ever a problem?- tmb152
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Cater Hall with a Dash of 1Q and BCA... Wow!
Lawdawg, you and others here are making my point I've been talking about on another thread--- whatever disappears or remains of pipe tobaccos, there are endless great possibilities out there with cheap and readily available stuff that we shall never discover all the combinations of, which is...- tmb152
- Post #11
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Tobacco of the Month: Aromatics
Overall, I'm really not that impressed with BRM and wouldn't buy it again. To me, Lane's Dark Red is just as good or better (the one Lane I've truly enjoyed!), and while I've bought both mainly as blending agents, of the two, I can see myself smoking the Dark Red on its own more often than the...- tmb152
- Post #42
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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RIP Gene Wilder
Another meteoric Hollywood talent lost now to the ages, to be replaced by the generally mediocre pap of the modern actor heavily embellished with digital CGI to make you forget about the lousy acting. *sigh* Thankfully, Gene is forever preserved for us in mylar.- tmb152
- Post #30
- Forum: General Discussion
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Best Of The Rest
I've bought a few BotR's and all are OK, my first one is really good! In fact I'm about to smoke some right now. Wish I knew what it was. I originally thought it would be a bit more of a hackneyed mixture with more variety in it but I cannot complain.- tmb152
- Post #6
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Mac Baren Lowering Prices
I used to love Mac Barens but they priced themselves out of the competition. Found many other good things as a result and no need to go back to them.- tmb152
- Post #10
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What is your (current) favorite pipe shape?
The CALABASH, man! Not one of those namby pamby imitation ones made out of wood, but the REAL THING made from a genuine Calabash Gourd! With a big frickin' honking giant meerschaum bowl.- tmb152
- Post #25
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What's Your Favorite Tamper? Not The Prettiest, But The One Most Used, 8deco?
My finger. First I use a spent matchstick to remove the ash, then a finger is great to feel around and break the tobacco away from the walls and move around, so that it all burns evenly.- tmb152
- Post #31
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Tobacco of the Month: Aromatics
I have just a little bit of Blood Red Moon left over from when everyone was raving about it being an above-the-shoulders, quality aromatic. The cherry taste is OK, I've had better, but I find the overall smoking experience no better than a lot of the Sutliff aromatics that many people rail...- tmb152
- Post #32
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Tobacco of the Month: Aromatics
That's great, Cosmic (I love that moniker BTW), no harm here. Me, I've learned from sampling many aros that in making my own, I start with a great base of complex, quality tobaccos, then add in just enough flavoring so that as you smoke it, the flavor pokes through just here and there not...- tmb152
- Post #23
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Tobacco of the Month: Aromatics
I have not tried all the Sutliffs but have found a few I like well enough to keep some on hand for when I want that kind of smoke. Lighter smokes for sure, and you smoke it mainly for the topping than the tobacco itself. There are different kinds of aros, and to me, I tend to call aros aros...- tmb152
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Tobacco of the Month: Aromatics
Oh, I dunno, Cosmic, I smoked an aromatic last night and it had plenty of flavor. I stop short of smoking things like 1-Q, BCA, 5100 and the like as utterly tasteless, but I smoke the full range from very strong tobaccos to any aromatic I find enjoyable. And some are very enjoyable. I am a...- tmb152
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Favorite Aromatic Blends for the Fall Season?
I'm a very bad consumer SB and a very tough sell. I just don't buy the marketing hype that I need special tobaccos for early morning, afternoons, at certain locations, for rainy days, various holidays, or late at night. That is far too limiting! If I buy some Christmas Cheer, it will be...- tmb152
- Post #26
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Traveling with flake tobacco
You folks still talking about this? I guess if I traveled with flake, I might either pre-prep it in advance and just stuff it in the bowl, stick a few flakes already prepped and ready to smoke in an empty pill bottle for multiple bowls, or leave the flakes natural in the same bottle and prep...- tmb152
- Post #39
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Are There Righty and Lefty Pipes?
I have a very good gourd calabash that is not symmetrical at all. The gourd has a curve to it. Actually pretty cool.- tmb152
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Favorite Aromatic Blends for the Fall Season?
Point well taken and I do a little smoking outdoors, but most of the time, indoors, where the temperature is always the same and when I smoke outdoors, it is not too different from indoors.- tmb152
- Post #23
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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If you could smoke only 1 blend in your bowl . . .
My own Virginia-based blend. It's probably a VaPer, but with more flavor than any shelf version I've tried, but with a tiny touch of aromatic as well. Took me 8 years to make it. But if it has to be a store brand, right now I might have to say Coniston Cut Plug, I am rather smitten with that...- tmb152
- Post #42
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Favorite Aromatic Blends for the Fall Season?
Sorry, I do not believe in seasonal blends. Good tobacco is always good, period.- tmb152
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The big puff
Coyote makes a very good description for BCA. To me, this is a blender and not something you smoke by itself. If still not clear, moisture content is the physical percentage of water make-up in a tobacco by weight. Humidity or RH is percentage of water vapor pressure within an atmosphere...- tmb152
- Post #16
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions