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  1. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, March 2025?***

    Almost half way through this bowl of year 2016 Peter Heinrichs Special Curly in the first pipe Trever Talbot made when he went to France many years ago. It's a smooth straight Algerian briar Lumberman with a long shank and a black vulcanite saddle stem, unbranded. Sleepy Suzy is by my side...
  2. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***

    Near the first third of this bowl of 1990s Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a medium bend dark brown 2017 Don Warren 17 smooth straight grain rough top Dublin with a multi-brown cumberland stem and ferrule in the military mount style. Sleepy Suzy is by my side. Getting ready to clean a few pipes...
  3. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Firebird Flake (Small Batch) Review.

    This goes on sale January 14th at 6 p.m. EST. The sun cured Orientals include 2005 Turkish Izmir and fragrant 2019 Thailand Izmir along with 2005 Macedonian Samsun. They offer a wealth of earth, wood, sharp dry sourness, floralness, herbs, incense, spice, smoke, vegetation, some buttery...
  4. JimInks

    Jim's Updated and Revised SWR Review.

    Original review, 9-14-2012: The sugary burleys are earthy, woody, bready and nutty with a small spice note. The molasses, anise and cocoa toppings are mild to medium, and while they tone down the burleys a little, they also work well together to create a synergistic, very consistent flavor from...
  5. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2025?***

    Starting off the new year with a bowl from a freshly opened tin of year 2000 VaPer Three Nuns in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Sleepy Suzy is by my side because she...
  6. JimInks

    Funny, But True Baseball Story About Jim Rooker.

    I was listening to the Pittsburgh Pirates game on the radio when this happened. Even if you aren't a baseball fan, you'll enjoy this story. When a broadcaster made a 300-mile unintentional walk from Philly to Pittsburgh -...
  7. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Toscano Maestro Puccini Review.

    This goes on sale December 20th at 6 p.m. EST. The fermented, toasty Italian dark fired Kentucky provides a wealth of herbs, smoke, earth, wood, fragrant floralness, peaty vegetation, spice, tangy mesquite, cigar, tart citrus, sourness some nuts, acidic vinegar and cocoa as the lead component...
  8. JimInks

    Jim's Low Country Carolina Christmas 2024 Review.

    This goes on sale tomorrow at 6 p.m. EST. The spicy St. James perique offers an abundance of dried plums, figs, earth, wood, bread, some floralness, and mild sourness. It takes a light lead due to the potency of the plums and spice. The Katerini Turkish provides a wealth of stewed creamy sweet...
  9. JimInks

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

    Starting off the month of December with a bowl of year 2014 HU Directors Cut in a very early Ascorti straight New Dear KS billiard with a carved shank and a black acrylic tapered stem. Ice water and bergs. Watching a documentary about Billy the Kid.
  10. JimInks

    Jim's Watch City Strange Magic Review.

    This will go on sale in a week or so. The lightly stoved bright and orange Virginias provide an abundance of tart and tangy citrus, grass, bread, sugar, sour lemon, mild vegetation, spice, light darker fruit, earth, and wood with a touch of acidity. The stoving accounts for a very mild stewed...
  11. JimInks

    Jim's Watch City Bi-Polar Express (Christmas 2024) Review.

    It goes on sale in a week or so. The blend of Rustica and the mildly less evident dark fired Kentucky provide a wealth of floralness, spice, smoke, herbs, incense, peaty vegetation, bread, earth, wood, fermented tangy citrus, sugar, sour bitter lemon, a little barbecue, nuts, cigar, tea, and a...
  12. JimInks

    Alice Brock of Alice's Restaurant Fame Dies at Age 83.

    https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/11/22/alice-brock-alices-restaurant-dies
  13. JimInks

    Jim's Sutliff Cringle Flake (Holiday Edition 2024) Review.

    I don't have a release date for this blend, but the tradition has been mid-to late November. The year 2000 American flue cured and 2010 Canadian flue cured red Virginias provide a wealth of fermented, very tangy dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, sugar, a fair amount of floralness, some spice...
  14. JimInks

    Jim's Savinelli 145th Anniversary 2024 Review.

    This goes on sale Monday, Nov. 11. The perique provides a wealth of spice, earth, wood, bread, tartly dried plums and figs, sourness, floralness, and very light sweetness. It takes a light lead due to the potency of the plums, figs, and spice. The double fermented Italian dark fired Kentucky...
  15. JimInks

    David Cuneo A.K.A. Dmcmtk Has Passed Away.

    I just learned from his brother Paul that David passed away Tuesday, October 29. David had a number of serious health issues the past few years, and handled them as well as any one could. He talked to me about them in a straight forward way of acceptance. He never complained, and would never...
  16. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***

    Half way through this bowl of Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture in a black rusticated medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 67/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Fed Daisy the Feral Princess, and Harry the Hairy. Here's Harry in the kitchen.
  17. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Winter Reserve 2024 Reviews.

    These four blends are available only through Smoking Pipes’ annual Peterson promotion. You get your choice of which mixture to include for free with the purchase of any new Peterson pipe. This promotion will begin on November 1st. C&D Fireside Fable (Winter Reserve 2024): The fire cured...
  18. JimInks

    Refreshing Pipes Unauthorized Use of my Name on eBay

    A forum member who knows who he is on another forum, contacted me to tell me that he is selling a pipe using my name is doing it through Refreshing Pipes. Anybody thinking about buying this pipe should know that I gave no permission for the use of my name, and this was done without prior...
  19. JimInks

    Jim's Sutliff Pipe Force III Review.

    This goes on sale Tuesday, Oct. 22. The stoved and red Virginias provide an abundance of stewed fruit, tangy dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, sugar, some floralness, tart citrus, mild vegetation, spice, and a touch of vinegar as the lead components. I notice the stoved Va. a little more than the...
  20. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Warped: Scarecrow 2024 Review.

    This goes on sale Friday the 11th. Since these small batches usually go on sale at 6 p.m. EST, I assume this will be released a Smoking Pipes then. The matured, potent 2014 white burley provides an abundance of earth, wood, nuts, floralness, sour sharpness, mild spice, vegetation, and cocoa as...
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