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  1. makhorkasmoker

    Grabow stems

    I don’t have any trouble with mine. The advantage of the aluminum tenon is it makes removing the stem super easy even when pipe is warm. If I run a cleaner both ways through the stem and wipe down the tenon after every smoke, it stays clean. I pull the cleaner to one side then the other of the...
  2. makhorkasmoker

    Cost of your hoards

    I smoke whole leaf tobacco. It costs roughy $18 a pound. The price hasn’t gone up that I’ve noticed since I’ve been smoking it, 2,yrs or so. Before that I smoked c&d dark burley for several years. It costs about the same too. So to replace my stash would cost the same as it has for years...
  3. makhorkasmoker

    Time To Give Up The Hobby

    I would grow my own, or find a grower willing to sell whole leaf at a reasonable price. But I prefer whole leaf tobacco anyway
  4. makhorkasmoker

    Is It Really Necessary To Rotate Pipes? My Opinion!

    Can I smoke a briar pipe multiple times a day, day after day, without problems? Yes. I do it when traveling. Does it go sour? Not in my experience. But if I let the pipe rest 24 hours between smokes, preferably 48, the smoke does taste better. And for me this goes double for cobs, which really...
  5. makhorkasmoker

    My blending experiments

    For me, one of the many beauties of whole leaf is that it allows me not only to create new blends, but blends in genres that have been largely forgotten. Straight unadulterated air cured blends are my thing . I mix Kentucky burley, dark air cured, burley red tips. I’m experimenting with working...
  6. makhorkasmoker

    Missouri Meerschaum Mini

    I find the mm minis deliver the most cigarette like experience of all the different pipes I’ve tried. And when I was experimenting with RYO tobacco marketed as pipe tobacco, I found the only way I could halfway enjoy it was by smoking it in a mini and entering a cigarette mood, tho I didn’t...
  7. makhorkasmoker

    What Kind Of Pipe Purchaser Are You?

    I want it briar. I want it light--preferably 40 grams or less--but sturdy enough to take years of abuse. I want it less than six inches long, closer to five is preferable. I like the surface smooth or fairly. Easier to keep clean. I like a good durable stem shaped in a way that's...
  8. makhorkasmoker

    Best affordable pipes?

    I see this site mentioned here from time to time and I try to look for it. But I never find a website
  9. makhorkasmoker

    To make leaf into ribbon

    People over on the fair trade tobacco forums have many threads on machines, including paper shredders. I used to make ribbons, but now I turn leaf into rough cut. I prefer the way it smokes and tastes
  10. makhorkasmoker

    To make leaf into ribbon

    And you can cut the coins in half if you want the ribbons shorter
  11. makhorkasmoker

    Missing mawnansmiff

    That’s what I was wondering too
  12. makhorkasmoker

    Izmir Tobacco and Best Implementation?

    I sometimes blend Izmir with c&d’s white burley in various proportions. Their white burley is really neutral. It creates a nice canvas for those Izmir flavors to open up and bloom.
  13. makhorkasmoker

    Looking for El Puro Holy Grail

    The only cigar leaf I’ve bought from them is Paraguay ligero—in an attempt to imitate old school French pipe tobaccos. I usually just get burley, dark air cured, red tips. I’ve also tried their ripe Virginia. All are excellent. As for any difference in quality between wrapper, binder and filler...
  14. makhorkasmoker

    Looking for El Puro Holy Grail

    That’s my understanding. The wrapper needs to be pretty and costs more. Maybe some cigar expert here will correct me
  15. makhorkasmoker

    Looking for El Puro Holy Grail

    Billy budd is another Latakia/cigar leaf blend, with a burley base. Hits a nice chord for me
  16. makhorkasmoker

    Looking for El Puro Holy Grail

    As I understand it, there’s no point in paying for wrapper grade leaf if you’re just gonna stick it in a pipe. The binder and probably lower grades too Will do just as well as the only difference is the binder will have some holes or tears. Not an issue with pipe blends. I’ve bought from whole...
  17. makhorkasmoker

    Best affordable pipes?

    I’ve never had any trouble keeping the tenon clean, and this pipe gets heavy use. But I do remove the stem after every smoke
  18. makhorkasmoker

    Best affordable pipes?

    I have a modern Dr Grabow. I think I paid $42 for it. Great smoker. Very light. Small bowl size but that’s a plus for me. Some dislike the abs plastic stem/aluminum tenon, but I like it. The plastic requires no maintenance but light cleaning. It’s fairly soft and good for clenching. The aluminum...
  19. makhorkasmoker

    Post your Lunting Accidents.

    I dropped my salvatella , which I love, on a stepping stone while wandering the garden. Slipped out of my clench and snapped off the stem. I send it to norwoods. They replaced the tenon and I’m enjoying it more than ever
  20. makhorkasmoker

    Toughest Pipe Smoking SOB in Movies.

    Charles Laughton as Rembrandt. Not only is he the suffering artist of all suffering artists, he clenches and freight trains a variety of long stemmed clays. My lips hurt just watching him.
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