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  1. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2020?***

    A minute or two away from smoking D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank lumberman Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 with a black vulcanite tapered stem.
  2. JimInks

    Happy 100th Birthday, William Conrad!

    As I've been a Conrad fan for most of my life, and I own two of his Charatan pipes, I thought I mention that great pipe smoker's birthday is today. Here's the two Conrad pipes I own.
  3. JimInks

    Stripped Threads On A Meerschaum Shank.

    A couple of months before Fish 'n Banjo passed, he gifted me a 1060s Andreas Bauer meerschaum. He had never smoked it, and neither have I. Tonight, I pulled it out, and thought about smoking it when I noticed the stem was loose. Apparently the threads carved inside the shank are stripped, so the...
  4. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2020?

    Almost finished smoking Wilke No. 24 in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark with a black vulcanite stem.
  5. JimInks

    Jim's New Pipe Rack.

    Got a bunch of tobacco and cigars from Mark Ryan today when m'lady and I visited his plant. I also got this from him:
  6. JimInks

    Jim's Wilke Rum and Maple, Lizzie Blood Red English Reviews.

    Wilke Lizzie Blood Red English: Full disclosure: I helped in the creation of this blend. The very smoky, woodsy, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia takes a small lead. The Virginia offers grass and lightly tart and tangy citrus as a support base for the other components. The nutty, earthy...
  7. JimInks

    Art Arterburn, R.I.P.

    Art Arterburn passed away August 11, 2020 at age 80. He was the admin of Smokersforum. UK, though he was an American who lived in Oklahoma. He led an amazingly varied life: served in the Army, spent a few years as a DJ, ran several different businesses from the 1960s on, including a pool hall...
  8. JimInks

    "Moonlight" Graham.

    If you are a fan of the movie Field of Dreams, you may be interested in the true story of “Moonlight Graham”. For dramatic license, some of the details of his life were changed. Here’s a very good article about the real man who played such an important part in the movie...
  9. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, August 2020?***

    Now smoking Wilke No.178 in a 1982 smooth slight bend straight grain Ben Wade Martinique freehand sitter with a wide top and a black vulcanite stem. Watching The Untouchables.
  10. JimInks

    Jim's John Cotton's Double Pressed Creme Review.

    The Virginias provide a lot of tart and tangy citrus, grass, tart lemon, bread, sugar, wood, earth, light honey, spice, acidity and is fairly floral as the base of the blend. The sugary black cavendish also has a light toasty quality. It plays about the same level as the Virginias do. The creamy...
  11. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, July 2020?***

    I'm almost finished smoking Peter Stokkebye No. 17 English Luxury in a quarter bend smooth dark brown small bowl 2016 Brigham Algonquin 226 Rhodesian with a long black vulcanite tapered stem.
  12. JimInks

    Legendary Marvel Artist Joe Sinnott Dies at 93.

    Legendary Marvel Comics artist Joe Sinnott has passed away at age 93. Joe was a big influence on my comic book inking. More importantly, we were close friends for almost twenty years. We vacationed together, did a couple of comic conventions together, and until recent times, talked daily. When I...
  13. JimInks

    Jim's 46th Pipe Smoking Anniversary.

    The time was 1:30 in the afternoon in 1974. My buddy Steve Parsons, who started me on pipe smoking, had a small still which was brewing his alcohol, and we were checking it about that time. The reason I remember the day is obvious. The reason I know the exact time is because I'm an infamous...
  14. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, June 2020?***

    Part way through this bowl of year 2002 MacBaren Navy Flake in a 2004 Stanwell EM 2004 black sandblasted straight billiard in a gold accent ring on the shank and gold “s” on the black tapered acrylic stem. Have enough left for most of one more bowl.
  15. JimInks

    Jim's KBV Mycroft Review.

    The very floral, tart and tangy Orientals are basma, samsun, yenidje, and blonde izmir. The latter is ninety percent of that combination. They take a light lead as they offer a lot of spice, earth, wood, herbs, vegetation, a fair amount of butter, some dry sourness, and a slight “unflavored...
  16. JimInks

    Jim's Savinelli Tobacco Reviews.

    Savinelli Janus: The spritely bright Virginias provide a lot of tart and tangy citrus, grass, light hay and floralness, bread, some tart, acidic lemon, sugar, and a pinch of spice as the lead components. The rather floral Orientals offer earth, wood, herbs, vegetation, a fair amount of spice...
  17. JimInks

    Jim's Mac Baren HH Rustica Review.

    The exceptionally floral, bold Nicotiana Rustica provides a fair amount of spice, earth, wood, sugar, vegetation, herbs, light tart and tangy citrus, a little acidic peat and cigar, tea, smoke, toast, and leather. It also has touches of roughness and sour bitterness as the lead component. The...
  18. JimInks

    ***What Are You Smoking, May 2020?***

    Not far from finishing this bowl of Wilke No.13 in a 1980 black rusticated rough top Jobey E27 Stromboli extra ball-shaped poker with a pearl green acrylic stem.
  19. JimInks

    Jim's Seattle Pipe Club Galloping Gertie Review.

    The stoved Virginia offers a fair amount of fermented, sugary tangy stewed dark fruit, bread, a lot of earth, wood as the lead component. The red Virginia provides fermented tangy ripe dark fruit, light tart and tangy citrus, plenty of earth and wood, some grass, a lot of bread, and touches of...
  20. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Carolina Red Flake w/Perique Review.

    The stoved and unstoved 2018 red Virginias provide a fair amount of fermented tangy ripe dark and dried fruit, a splash of tart and tangy citrus, along with a little stewed dark fruit and light tart lemon. Other Virginia aspects include a lot of earth and wood, light grass, sugar, bread, and...
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