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  1. prairiedruid

    NCNow-Dr.Grabow Pipes Video

    Great video; loved the bit of history and the pride they take in their work.
  2. prairiedruid

    Mia culpa - I prefer aromatics

    Weeks, years, never; some people are happy to smoke aromatics and that's fine. Many smoke both aromatics and non-aromatics. Number one rule: smoke what you like; to heck with what others think!
  3. prairiedruid

    First draw on air flow check

    That spoonful of tobacco that pipestud recommends will also act as a dewormer for you!
  4. prairiedruid

    Some Great Music To Smoke To.

    Some great music on this thread. The so far today it's been Indigo Girls (12:00 Curfew), Vivaldi (4 Seasons), and Enya (the best of). Maybe some Lindsey Stirling next......
  5. prairiedruid

    New Tobacco Blending Seminar with Brian Levine At CPCC

    I noticed you didn't say better than Pease just something he wouldn't consider. Maybe more a new darkish imp than Dark Lord! :nana:
  6. prairiedruid

    Dunhill "Elizabethan Mixture" versus Peterson "Irish Oak"

    Elizabethan Mixture has been one of my favorites during my first year of smoking. I agree with deathmetal that it is a great smoke for beginners because the Dunhill ribbon is almost idiot proof for packing and smoking. However lately I've been smoking more Warhorse; in it I find notes of...
  7. prairiedruid

    Mixture 79 To Be Hit With 50% Price Increase

    You raise the price and a gaggle of pipe smokers will realize that it must be popular and becoming rare to cause the price to rise. Soon secret cellars will be stuffed with this legendary mixture as people hoard it so as to not miss out on the newest penzance unicorn. Can Mixture 79...
  8. prairiedruid

    I Am a YouTube Pipe Presenter

    Yes!!!! Finally we have found the one thing to bring forum members and the Youtube community together.....FREE TOBACCO! :puffpipe: To paraphrase an old jingle: I just want to buy the world a pipe and smoke in perfect harmony.......
  9. prairiedruid

    March 2016 Cartoon Caption Winners are in!

    Oh my goodness I won. Guess my cobs will have to move over for a "real" pipe now. A big thank you to Kevin and pipesmagazine.com Also a thank you to the forum for all the threads about penzance availability!
  10. prairiedruid

    Moving to the US - any good books on US history?

    Heck bring the beer along; it's thirsty work!
  11. prairiedruid

    Moving to the US - any good books on US history?

    Disease may have started it but the U.S. government did their best to marginalize and destroy what remained.
  12. prairiedruid

    Moving to the US - any good books on US history?

    “History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.” ― Howard Zinn Propagandist? Sometimes but his books do offer a...
  13. prairiedruid

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (March 2016)

    PS Luxury Navy Flake in a cob.
  14. prairiedruid

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (March 2016)

    Warhorse Ready Cut in a cob.
  15. prairiedruid

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (March 2016)

    Enjoyed some John Cotton's No. 1 and now having MM 965 in a cob.
  16. prairiedruid

    What is your Favorite American-made Flake?

    Favorite American Flake? Frosted
  17. prairiedruid

    Keeping a Deep Bowl Lit

    I'll second Anniversary Kake as a blend that works well in deeper stack pipes.
  18. prairiedruid

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (March 2016)

    Warhorse in a cob.
  19. prairiedruid

    Blood Red Moon

    I have heard good things about this blend and have a tin coming this week. Can't wait to give it a try.
  20. prairiedruid

    Varnishing Corn Cobs

    From the Missouri Meerschaum Company website: Bowls for less expensive pipes are varnished in a concrete mixer and spread out on wire racks to dry. Bowls for higher cost pipes are placed on spindles that rotate through a spray booth where they are coated with lacquer.