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  1. ThermionicScott

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

    Edisto in the Virginia cob. Just for variety, I moistened the pack with a drop of water before lighting up. Predictably, that made it harder to light, but I got a lot more of the sweet fruitiness from the best smokes of this blend. Next time, I’ll try smarter hydration methods to see if that...
  2. ThermionicScott

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

    Edisto in my Savinelli 313 prince. Breezy on the porch this morning, but still some good flavors. Almost done with this tin.
  3. ThermionicScott

    Send Letters to Your Representatives: Here's a Sample

    Don't expect results unless you are in the donor class.
  4. ThermionicScott

    My Epiphany About the Importance of Packing

    For what it's worth, here's a video of Achim Frank himself demonstrating the method: I've tried it (one should try different methods to see what works for them), but the only part I do regularly anymore is to press the mound of tobacco from side to side with my thumbs. If it sinks into the...
  5. ThermionicScott

    My Epiphany About the Importance of Packing

    I use the pinky on my picking hand, just in case. 😉
  6. ThermionicScott

    My Epiphany About the Importance of Packing

    This is why I like to use a fingertip to tamp whenever possible. I think "touch" rather than "push" and that prevents me from compressing any more than necessary to keep the ember in contact with fresh tobacco.
  7. ThermionicScott

    Missing mawnansmiff

    Yep. Sometimes a poster isn't overtly or intentionally offensive, but they are still "high maintenance", and the mods only have so much bandwidth.
  8. ThermionicScott

    English tobacco.

    Not sure if it'll help, but I've always heard and used "English blend" to refer to Virginia/Oriental/Latakia blends, and "English tobacco" to refer to tobacco products from Old Blighty more generally. Rachel bristles at the term "Lakeland" for the perfumy sauced stuff, but these terms have a...
  9. ThermionicScott

    Metal Tins

    Polypropylene and high-density polyethylene don't rust. puffy
  10. ThermionicScott

    Enjoyment of simplicity or one Dimensional?

    I have about two pounds of open blends at the moment, but fretting about that wouldn't bring simplicity or enjoyment, so I have resolved not to. I just try to find enjoyment in whatever I'm smoking, and if I can't, I don't restock that blend.
  11. ThermionicScott

    Metal Tins

    I like the plastic tubs -- they reseal nicely.
  12. ThermionicScott

    TAD Acquisitions 2025

    Available in bulk or uncut!
  13. ThermionicScott

    TAD Acquisitions 2025

    That's a big donger.
  14. ThermionicScott

    How dry should it be?

    When you're still learning the ropes, it's not a bad idea to dry it to crispy. Then, it'll stay lit better and you can work on relaxing and doing the minimum to keep it going. (As a newbie, I was constantly frying my tongue with relights and puffing to keep it going. Learn from me.) From...
  15. ThermionicScott

    🌟 🎄 🎅 The UnOfficial Official 2025 PM Secret Santa Thread 🎅 🎄 🌟

    Secret Satan 2025 quietly and patiently gathers his victims…
  16. ThermionicScott

    Devil Anse Pipes?

    Why would they?
  17. ThermionicScott

    Very Handy Cleaning Big Pipes - And Cheap Too!

    The back of my sinus cavity tickles just looking at that.
  18. ThermionicScott

    War Horse Bar Alternatives?

    Time to get back into the home labs: Make Your Own War Horse Bar! :: Pipe Tobacco Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/make-your-own-war-horse-bar.36322/
  19. ThermionicScott

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

    Two bowls of Edisto in my Savinelli 313 today. It was a little breezy, but beautiful outside.
  20. ThermionicScott

    Low Nicotine pipe tobacco

    One thing that helps for me is to make sure I'm not smoking on an empty stomach. Try eating something if you find yourself getting woozy... Alternately, feel free to pause a bowl when you've had enough, and pick it up again later. Many blends will taste just fine later as long as you didn't...
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