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  1. mtwaller

    Smokingpipes Estate Sale Score

    All estates are still 20% off through midnight tonight (Sunday). Naturally I found an estate that was too good to pass up...I picked up this Ashton Pebble Grain Lovat XX for $148. The ring grain is stunning on this little thing. I’m slightly worried that it won’t be a good smoker as it’s from...
  2. mtwaller

    Finally Broke Down and Got a Dunhill

    Pulled the trigger on this seemingly vintage Dunhill Shell Briar. First one ever for me! The markings look faint but I’m excited to (hopefully) date it. Won’t have it in hand for about a week, though. It has a pretty decent sized chamber and weighs less than an ounce. Planning to use as a...
  3. mtwaller

    First Impressions of Samuel Gawith Grousemoor

    I haven’t smoked enough of this to give it a real review, so I’ll call this first impressions. Grousemoor is not at all like what I expected. The lemongrass is there, especially in the aroma, but not prominently. Its a straight Virginia and it looks super bright. It smells very mild and muted...
  4. mtwaller

    Rattray’s Wallace Flake - Who Digs It?

    I’ve been eyeing said flake up for many months. I finally started cellaring in earnest, and saw some come available recently and got 2 square tins (all that tobaccopipes.com had left) and 5 round tins from SP. SP still had some as of this morning... So, sing me songs of your love for this...
  5. mtwaller

    Blem Pipe Rolls for Cheap

    Galen Leather has some pretty slick, simplistic pipe rolls without all the bells and whistles (no pipe rest or tobacco tray). Some of you might have seen the review from Bradley on the STUFFNTHINGS channel, these are the same ones. If you go directly to their website, they have at least a half...
  6. mtwaller

    My First Bowl of SG Full Virginia Flake

    Wiser minds please educate me, because I don’t get it. I’m smoking my first bowl of fresh FVF and it doesn’t light, doesn’t stay lit, bites like a rabid dog, and genuinely tastes worse than quite a few cigarettes I’ve smoked. And it’s not a Virginia thing... I quite like straight VA tobaccos. I...
  7. mtwaller

    Gawith Aromatics and Ghosting

    I’m sure it’s been covered before, sorry to beat a long dead horse, but I’m new to these Lakeland blends. I now have Ennerdale Flake, Firedance Flake, and Grousemoore. I’ve no experience with these blends, and I have two questions. 1) Will all of these blends ghost a pipe otherwise used for...
  8. mtwaller

    A Friendly Reminder to Check Your Tins

    I just purchased a handful of tins from Cup O Joes, 3 GH&Co Ennerdale and 3 GH&Co Rum Flake. As I was dating/pricing them before filing away I thought “boy, I guess I should check the seal just in case. I swear these tins smell like something other than metal and cardboard”. I’m glad I did! One...
  9. mtwaller

    (Probably) the wrong approach to cellaring

    I’ve finally started cellaring tobacco, and I find myself doing it somewhat illogically. Over just the last week, I’ve bought quantities of blends that I’ve never smoked and might not smoke for at least a year or more. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to buy multiple tins of something I...
  10. mtwaller

    Samuel Gawith Brown No. 4

    I saw some become available a few days ago and I just had to try it. I’ve heard the mythical tales of this elusive rope. I’ve heard the hushed whispers of its legendary strength, and how the nicotine will kick you straight in the face and make you feel like a small child, when you fancied...
  11. mtwaller

    Peterson 15: Pint-Sized Perfection

    I recently sold off a couple of Peterson's I didn't smoke very often, in favor of two new pipes that I've been drooling over for months. I pulled the trigger, and after an agonizing 9 day wait they have arrived from the U.K.! I find that a 30-40 minute smoke is about as long as I normally want...
  12. mtwaller

    Crooner

    Why the hell didn’t anyone tell me deer tongue tastes this good?! Just tried my first tin of Crooner yesterday and it’s an impressive tobacco. This is my first cube cut burley tobacco and I like this cut quite a lot. Short of sprouting legs and hopping in the bowl, it packs itself. No fuss, no...
  13. mtwaller

    "Fresh" Kapp Royal on Smokingpipes...

    For $180 you'd think you could at least get a straight stem, or is that too much to ask? God's sake... some of the stuff they put out is bloody awful when it comes to quality control. I love Kapp Royal's but this is just unforgivably bad on Peterson.
  14. mtwaller

    Suggestions On Cleaning A Foul Tasting Estate

    I purchased an estate pipe a few months ago and I’ve never gotten it to taste right, with 10 or so bowls of varying tobaccos. I’ve since determined that my problem likely rests within the mortise. It’s black as coal and smells like burnt rubber/tar. I don’t know if it’s actually charred, or...
  15. mtwaller

    For the Love of Dark Flakes

    I bought a tin of HH Old Dark Fired about 4 months ago, smoked a bowl, but I didn’t think much of it. I left it jarred on the shelf, and today I finally decided to give it another go. WOW! It’s so rich and spicy and has a natural beef jerky kind of sweetness to it. It reminds me of Peterson’s...
  16. mtwaller

    Any good ways to cure/curb PAD?

    I literally just bought a pipe maybe a week ago, and I told myself I was done for a while. I’ve been buying a pipe every other week lately, and I’ve not even built up cake in any of them yet. I’ve only smoked my last purchase maybe 5 times. Today, while browsing smokingpipes, I saw another...
  17. mtwaller

    Peterson Silver Mounted Army has Arrived! (And It's Quirky...)

    Well it finally arrived from way overseas, and turns out it's a 102. I've been wanting one of these small billiards for some time, I'm incredibly jazzed that it's a 102 and not a 106. This is my first sandblasted Peterson, and I've got to say I actually love the finish. It probably doesn't show...
  18. mtwaller

    Question on a Peterson Sandblasted Silver Mounted Army

    I just bought this baby online, it's unsmoked and supposedly comes from a Danish collector. I only have a couple vendor-supplied photographs, which I've posted below. I can't tell what shape it is exactly... I'd suppose either 101, 102, X105, or 106. I've been scouring the interwebs for similar...
  19. mtwaller

    My First Taste of Unobtanium (A.K.A. Astley’s No. 44)

    Whilst traveling for work, as I always do lately, I visited a big B&M that has a deep selection of tobaccos that are impossible to find online anymore (think Esoterica, Sam Gawith tins, etc.). I finally decided on a tin of Astley’s No. 44. I eagerly broke the seal and got a deep nose full...
  20. mtwaller

    Any Klaus Zenz Fans Out There?

    I’ve recently become a bit infatuated with some of Klaus’ work, and I was wondering if anybody owns and smokes his pipes on here? Interested to hear how they stack up against other premium handmade pipes. If I ever break down and buy an artisan piece, I think it would be one of his.
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