Sidebar

Search results

Log in

Forgot your password?

SmokingPipes.com Updates

Watch for Updates Twice a Week

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

Site Sponsors

Al Pascia
Blue Room Briars
Danish Pipe Shop
LePipe.it
Missouri Meerschaum
Pipes2Smoke.com
PipeStud.com
SmokingPipes.com
Tabaccheria Corti
TinBids.com

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

Search the forum
  1. O

    MacBaren's Royal Twist First Impressions

    Agreed
  2. O

    MacBaren's Royal Twist First Impressions

    I smoked one tin of 3 Nuns Green, thought it was very close to Doblones. Including that the coins were loose like Doblones. But except when it went on sale at close out, 250 g tins of 3NG cost a good bit more than 100 g tin of Doblones. COJ had a sale a few weeks ago, 15% off, and I picked...
  3. O

    MacBaren's Royal Twist First Impressions

    Not similar to my taste. 403 is a good blend, I got more DFK prominence from it than my first impression of RT, but it has been a while since I smoked 403.
  4. O

    MacBaren's Royal Twist First Impressions

    Based on one bowl, there won’t be any confusion. The DarkFired Kenyan/Perique combo in Doblones is much more forward than the Dark Fired Kentucky/Perique contribution to Royal Twist. I would say RT is a Virginiacentric, sweeter, blend. If we were using wine review terminology, I would say...
  5. O

    ***What Are You Smoking, August 2021?***

    Pipe is a kkkk Castello Sea Rock pi.
  6. O

    MacBaren Royal Twist Remake

    Seems that there have been various recipe changes/renaming of this blend over the years. https://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-tobacco-reviews/mac-baren-roll-cake-tobacco-review/
  7. O

    MacBaren Royal Twist Remake

    That’s what I said
  8. O

    MacBaren Royal Twist Remake

    will be interested in how this compares to 3Nuns Green and Savinelli Doblones d’Oro.
  9. O

    ***What Are You Smoking, July 2021?***

    Pipe is a Ser Jacopo Jucunda
  10. O

    Castello Nose Warmer Shape 10

    I enjoy my 10 and 11 very much.
  11. O

    A New Castello Provides ZERO Taste... WTF!

    I use a straight Virginia mix of McClelland 5100/5105 or Sutliff 507S and 515 RC1, or McC 2010 for the first half dozen or so half bowls, then the same for the next three or four 3/4 bowls, then the last couple of full bowls. I do this for all new pipes, not just Castellos. But unlike the many...
  12. O

    Broken Pipe Mr. Castello Chuck Rio

    Attending my very first pipe show In 1985, I turned a corner and there, a few tables down the aisle, were Chuck’s Castellos, a whole table full. Damndest sight I had ever seen, never dreamed anybody had, or could cionceivably have, that many Castellos. May he Rest In Peace.
  13. O

    What are You Reading Now?

    John Ralston Saul, “Voltaire‘s Bastards”
  14. O

    Activated Charcoal and Table Salt in Pipe Mud?

    Indeed it does. I use powdered activated charcoal, numerous choices on Amazon.
  15. O

    The "New" Carter Hall and Prince Albert

    The only Pipe tobacco plant I know of in the DR is the STG/Lane facility. Well over a year ago, Lane announced they were moving production from the Tucker Georgia plant to the DR. From the label shown earlier in the thread, the key language seems to be “Manufactured for John Middleton”...
  16. O

    Group Sizes, Especially ODA

    As do I, recognizing the variables in almost all human classification efforts. I once owned a Dunhill Shell 840 and a Bruyere 840, both made n 1963. The Bruyere was a slender, almost 2.5 inches tall, piece. The Shell was chubbier, 2.25 inches tall. I enjoyed both, the obvious discrepancy never...
  17. O

    Trouble Finding a Lakeland Blend I Smoked Ages Ago

    The pipe tobacco ads I have seen dated circa the 1930’s.
  18. O

    Trouble Finding a Lakeland Blend I Smoked Ages Ago

    I think they use #7 It in a number of things. Cant ever be sure, but I bought two ounces from the January drop, smoked most of it, and bought 500 g this last appearance.
  19. O

    Trouble Finding a Lakeland Blend I Smoked Ages Ago

    Popular = what the lemmings who previously believed tobacco made in Kendal UK all tasted like urinal cakes and granny’s panties have been told to buy. If you look at Boswells offerings and cross reference them with even the confused reviews at Tobacco Reviews, you can come up with a wide range...
  20. O

    Trouble Finding a Lakeland Blend I Smoked Ages Ago

    Give up. Lots of fine non Lakeland tobaccos out there. Trying to buy any Lakeland these days is like trying to file a claim during a gold rush. Your ex probably gave the sample to you hoping for Sylvia Plath results. Without the bother of the oven. Do I really need to insert an emoji...
Top Bottom