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  1. Pooh-Bah

    What Pipes Do You Wish You Had?

    SPC's got a year end sale running on pipes, so I'm sorely tempted to pull the trigger on one of those Urushis.
  2. Pooh-Bah

    Seek And You Will Find

    A year or so ago one of our members organized a blind taste-testing of several English/Latakia blends. Gawith's Squadron Leader performed very well among us tasters, and was my favorite of the blends that are still commonly available. Edit: I just looked at your picture again and see you're one...
  3. Pooh-Bah

    Pipe Tobacco Cigars?

    I believe there's some sort of aromatica tobacco in the Sweet Jane (which I bought on sale and liked more than most aromatic pipe tobacco), and know there's Latakia in the Plum Pudding cigar, which also was quite pleasant. Haven't tried any Stillwells, but I believe I've heard good things about...
  4. Pooh-Bah

    Best Blend of 2024: The Elimination Game Part

    +1792 - Escudo
  5. Pooh-Bah

    Best Blend of 2024: The Elimination Game Part

    Y'know what? I smoked some 1-Q the other day and it was alright. I'm gonna waste my vote today. +1 1-Q -1 Bosun Cut
  6. Pooh-Bah

    The Physics of Santa Claus

    If the Hapsburgs kept it up for a couple more generations, this guy's heirs would've had heat vision.
  7. Pooh-Bah

    STG “My Own Blend” 111

    I'm pretty sure Bizo the Clown came to my elementary school once.
  8. Pooh-Bah

    Best Blend of 2024: The Elimination Game Part

    +1 1792 -1 Escudo
  9. Pooh-Bah

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2025

    Padron 1964, aged one year. On the side for occasional sipping, unsweetened iced tea and a glass of Berneroy VSOP. When I was handing out Toscanos at the lounge on Christmas Eve, an Egyptian gentleman reached into his bag and handed me this. Said he buys a box every year, sticks it in the...
  10. Pooh-Bah

    What Did You Get For Christmas 2024

    New slippers and Fogarty's Cove on vinyl.
  11. Pooh-Bah

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    Seersucker in the billiard meer at the cigar lounge. A guitarist brought some beer (an IPA which tastes like lotion, but not in a bad way), and I've been handing out Toscanos in a festive spirit.
  12. Pooh-Bah

    Cigar Tobacco in Pipes?

    In addition to blends like Seersucker which include cigar leaf, you might also satisfy your cigar flavor-hunger with semois - which I'm pretty sure is technically Burley, but there's something in the production process or the Belgian soil that puts more cigar flavor into it. Nowhere near a...
  13. Pooh-Bah

    Purchasing dilemma...

    Heck, I hear there's two or three other brands of Semois - just Manil is the only one we can get very easily in the US. You could be the Semois expert, and tell us all about how Some Other Guy has better Semois than Vincent Manil, and us Americans will just have to trust you and weep. Semois...
  14. Pooh-Bah

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    If your Turkish agrees with my Google search, yes. Wanted somethin' along the lines of "Old Reliable" since that's how I often describe 'er. Speaking of named pipes: Three Star Blue, in Gianetta The No-Name Italian Briar, on an unused stairwell out of what little wind we have on this brisk day.
  15. Pooh-Bah

    What Does BBQ Mean To You?

    To my mind, "barbecue" could be just a cookout with whatever meat, but BBQ (occasionally pronounced "bibby kyew") is exclusively the slower-cooked delicious pit meats and the associated sauces/seasonings. Got myself a bottle of Alabama White sauce from Mission BBQ a few weeks ago and I've been...
  16. Pooh-Bah

    Help getting started with first pipes, tobacco, etc.

    There are rules, but they aren't enforced - or at least, the Pipe Monitors haven't sent me to detention yet. I spent my first two years smoking everything from the same pipes, and only recently began to even consider the idea of dedicating them to styles or blends. If you're feeling brave, you...
  17. Pooh-Bah

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    Old Reliable Meer (aka, "Emina", I finally named her). C&D Virginia Ribbon, topped off with the last of this tin of War Horse. At this point, I suspect I own more War Horse than any other human, thanks to buyout/discontinuation TAD. Gonna get some Indian food on my way home from the cigar lounge.
  18. Pooh-Bah

    Accidentally Removed Some Finish off the Rim

    I'm named after the namesake of the word "poobah" - A character from Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado", who simultaneously holds every government post except for Executioner. ...He's a one-man corruption machine - since various duties of his are at odds with each other, the only way to get...
  19. Pooh-Bah

    Help getting started with first pipes, tobacco, etc.

    If you've got a local tobacconist and they've got a wicker basket or a cardboard box of $30-50 no-name brand briar pipes, get one - I haven't owned a bad basket pipe yet. Add in a Czech tool and a pack of pipe cleaners. I started with one so that if I didn't stick with the hobby I'd have...
  20. Pooh-Bah

    Cleaning your rubbers?

    Okay fine, I'll say it: Putting a rubber bit on your stem is a sin. Not enough to go to Hell over, but you need to rotate a tiny of your favorite blend and say "Hail Goodyear" fifty times to atone.
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