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  1. Swiss Army Knife

    Revisiting ‘Royal Yacht’

    To be fair to RY I'm pretty sure I smoked it one, maybe two, times when I was just starting out. So I almost certainly overheated it, burnt my tongue and then naively blamed the tobacco. I'm actually the same way. I can go for a condimental amount of lat, Chelsea Morning is about perfect, but...
  2. Swiss Army Knife

    A Little Humor for the Day 2025

    The fact someone printed this out in black and white and then took a picture of it makes it exponentially funnier to me. Bravo.
  3. Swiss Army Knife

    Looking For Fastest Method of Cake Building

    Like others said any blend that burns to white ash easily and a lot of it. Burleys usually fit that bill, Lat heavy blends on the dry side could work too. Really anything works just put the pipe through it's paces and build it up. Why the concern with how hot it's getting? Thin walls will...
  4. Swiss Army Knife

    Revisiting ‘Royal Yacht’

    I tried this one time when I was starting out and fell squarely in the Royal Yuck camp. It felt like smoking old wet cigarettes. I have the jar that's probably got almost five years of age on it now, I should dig it up and give it another shot. Great review, thanks for the write-up and some...
  5. Swiss Army Knife

    SmokingPipes Site Redesign

    Pleased to see the big wall of pipes return. Also returning are the tobacco/pipe/cigar finder buttons and a new button on the nav bar that lists the number of new pipes and takes you straight to the fresh pipes crawl. So kudos to the site team for a solid redesign overall.
  6. Swiss Army Knife

    McCranie's Catawba River Review

    Glad to see these get some attention. Churchill Downs is a favorite.
  7. Swiss Army Knife

    SmokingPipes Site Redesign

    I would unironically use a modern SmokingPipes screensaver. Pretty sure it used to be a button on the homepage that would take you straight to the pipe, tobacco or cigar finder.
  8. Swiss Army Knife

    SmokingPipes Site Redesign

    I could absolutely see a cigar called "The Elephant's Foot".
  9. Swiss Army Knife

    Name A Blend That's Better Now Than In The Past

    Most of the blends that have just been sitting in my cellar. Actual answer: I can't think of any that really improved. Capstan Blue stayed really consistent and was always good, god only knows if STG or Orlik can keep that up going forward. Gawith Hoggarth & Co., while less saucy, seems to be...
  10. Swiss Army Knife

    US Pipe Tobacco Companies ?

    It's not really much different than the rest of the world. Really I'd argue the US is the only country with a major manufacturer that is almost entirely pipe tobacco focused, C&D. Kopp in Germany could also qualify but they have less market presence worldwide than C&D does stateside. STG is the...
  11. Swiss Army Knife

    My Favorite Tamper

    I've got a Rattray's basic tamper I use a lot. It's a nice shape, weight, has a pick screwed in and the concave shape of the tamper head seems to help keep pipes alight versus just using my convex finger. I've also got a few Larry Blackett pewter tampers I really like. I don't use them as much...
  12. Swiss Army Knife

    Pipe Smoking & Nicotine Addiction

    I wouldn't recommend anyone start smoking. I'd probably tell my younger self not to bother, it's an expensive and ultimately unhealthy habit to have. However I do greatly enjoy it, but I was perfectly happy before as well. Best advice is to be honest with yourself about it and keep yourself in...
  13. Swiss Army Knife

    Plastic Rifles

    It's a good idea in theory. There's plenty of non AR-15 polymer lowers and even some polymer uppers in rifles. The parts that really matter are still metal and you get a lighter, hopefully, cheaper rifle. That said I'm kind of skeptical that it's worth the tradeoffs at the end of the day...
  14. Swiss Army Knife

    SmokingPipes Site Redesign

    Seems like SPC has done a site redesign! Big thing is moving the new arrivals and new pipes into a sliding carousel similar to how the recommended tobaccos and order again carousels were. I've gotta say I'm not a huge fan of that change. It's a feature I used pretty religiously, checking every...
  15. Swiss Army Knife

    Are we Really Losing That Much With the Closures of Mac Baren and Sutliff?

    Almost certainly not. We're already seeing Laudisi rapidly moving into the space with their Rivertown bulks. Gawith Hoggarth & Co. has also just expanded stateside with bulk blending components. So while Sutliff leaves a big hole it'll be filled to some extent by the independent companies that...
  16. Swiss Army Knife

    Nording Hunter Pipe Tobacco Branding

    Seems to be a regular production. https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/n%C3%B8rding-hunter-blends
  17. Swiss Army Knife

    Nording Hunter Pipe Tobacco Branding

    I really loved the labels on these. Conceptually they're a bit odd, I don't really associate Nording with English aristocrat hunting. Maybe they wanted to elevate the blend beyond what you'd think of a modern hunter but it's an interesting choice. Purely on visuals alone though they're great...
  18. Swiss Army Knife

    Laudisi/C&D is making their play

    Still under the $3/oz mark but just barely. Interestingly enough they're slightly cheaper than most of C&D's bulk blends but still a decent chunk more than their blending components. Meanwhile Low Country bulk is sitting pretty at $1.50/oz. My only guess is they didn't want to undercut brick...
  19. Swiss Army Knife

    Just in from STG/MacBaren/Sutliff

    To be completely frank, it doesn't really matter to them either way. Accessories are a larger market segment for STG than pipe tobacco is, it's a complete drop in the bucket. They probably realized they could acquire a rival Danish tobacco company for fairly cheap and did so as a matter of...
  20. Swiss Army Knife

    Bright Virgina Blends

    I haven't, but thank you guys for mentioning it that's exactly why I made this thread. I really like SP's site filters but if I hit "Virginia" it limited it to "Virginia" blends and leaves out anything labeled "Blending" so I completely missed it. I wish they'd separate Blending Yes/No into it's...
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