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  1. Old_Newby

    Ever Do A Taste Off

    Does anyone ever do a taste off? Where you pack 2 pipes with different but similar tobaccos and light both. You taste one, then the other, maybe rinse with your beverage, repeat, until you determine which to like better. I started doing this on occasion to try and reduce the number if blends...
  2. Old_Newby

    Real or Replica?

    Need some advice. I recently purchased a pipe on eBay. It caught my eye and it was unsmoked and a pipe brand I did not have in my collection. I landed it for $35.01 and looking online it sells for $90. It is the White Elephant Ebony and Ivory Sandblasted. I dipped a cleaner into Isopropyl...
  3. Old_Newby

    HH Old Dark Fired Dropped

    FYI that SmokingPipes has dropped HH Old Dark Fired. I bought a pound. Get you some.
  4. Old_Newby

    Best Brown #2

    Does anyone know what the casing is on BB2? I just finished a tin and I really like this tobacco, but reviews suggest it has Lakeland and I do not like lakeland (Ennerdale, Kendell, etc 😝) and I cannot detect any lakeland. Actually reading SP info about G&H tobacco blends most of them do not...
  5. Old_Newby

    Former Pipes

    I recently watched Shane Ireland on Tasting Notes doing a review on HU Dark Moor. The thing I really liked was his pipe. He said it was a Former. I then watched a video on a Former pipe being made. Very precise woodwork and hand made stems, but he pretty much made the pipe in a few hours...
  6. Old_Newby

    More Mac Baren Confusion

    Has anyone seen this and know if it’s true? I searched for this guys name before posting and nothing came up. From Thomas Ebdrup. Per this YT report STG will still provide full line (or more than 5) of Mac Baren products to European customers through 2027. I guess thats good news. I...
  7. Old_Newby

    Is Cobblestone Going Away

    I apologize if asked and answered but is Cobblestone tobaccos going away? I ask because on Tobacco Reviews the Cobblestone Outdoors series (Hiking, Fishing, Hunting, Camping) shows Fishing made by Sutliff, but the other 3 made by Kopp. I hope that Fishing is a typo error and all are Kopp...
  8. Old_Newby

    Favorite Vapor Coin

    So found this msg but very few shared their favorites. https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/vaper-coins-curlies-pictures.63764/ Its been 6 years so I will ask it again. What is your favorite VaPer Coin?
  9. Old_Newby

    War Horse Dilemma

    I received a gift sample of War Horse about 2 years ago in a baggie and I may have tried it but forgot and it has sat in my cellar box. I just pulled it out and wow it was delicious, but I now do not know if it was Red or Green? I guess I will need to buy both. That said my pallet tends to...
  10. Old_Newby

    Your Most Peaceful Experience?

    Title edited for caps and brevity. Original: "What is the most peaceful experience you have ever had?" I am on vacation this week and getting to smoke and contemplate in some great weather. I was smoking this morning and I remembered a moment in my early years that I had forgotten about. I am...
  11. Old_Newby

    Don't Overlook Drying Time

    For beginners I wanted to share to not overlook the importance of drying time. Especially for Virginias. I have been smoking for 3+ years and always pulled the tobacco out of tin and loaded it. I have selected a lot of my favorites this way. Recently I started pulling out a few bowls first...
  12. Old_Newby

    My First Pipe Dream

    Been smoking about 3 years. This week I had a dream that I was smoking my cob and it was a great smoke but then i looked down my pipe stem was bent and cracked open. I pull out another cob and its stem was tge same. I was upset that i could not finish a tasty smoke. In my dream they were bad...
  13. Old_Newby

    Any Home Recipes?

    Hello Pipers I have an infinity bag of left overs and was thinking of trying something at home. Initial thought is letting an ounce hydrate up a dram of my favorite whiskey. Does sweet things like molassis or honey hydrate well? Any good recipes out there?
  14. Old_Newby

    YABO Fun

    I hope this does not come across as bragging but I get to buy tobacco every 6 months. $200 limit, so $400 per year is my budget. I just open my first box of 2024 and am so excited. Its like Christmas morning.
  15. Old_Newby

    My Lent Regret

    I know we should gladly sacrifice for lent and my wife convinced me to give up french fries and soft drinks. Unfortunately because she was doing the same plus she was giving up sweets she pressed me to give up something else. She dictated 3 choices. Sweets, Whiskey, or Pipe. This was...
  16. Old_Newby

    Winter Weather Challenge

    Fellow pipers here in Houston it’s 28 degrees, cloudy, and windy and while I could suit up in winter clothing for a smoke I just don’t care for the cold. If it were sunshine and no wind I would but not today. I am sure I am a wimp compared to all of you in North US, Canada, Scandinavia...
  17. Old_Newby

    Seeking Natural Flavor

    Hello fellow pipers. I am sure this is the 100th time this has been discussed but I want to frame it in a different way. Aromatics - I think we all go through the phase of desiring an aromatic. Vanilla, Chocolate, Maple, Cherry, or any delicious flavor we find appealing that ends up being...
  18. Old_Newby

    Future Blenders

    I apologize for being lazy and not researching this topic but wanted to throw an idea out there for your radio show or articles m, etc. I was watching a Jeremy Reeves review this weekend and then saw another YTPC video about whether pipe tobacco hobby industry was healthy or in decline. I...
  19. Old_Newby

    Smoking Jacket

    My neighbor found out I started smoking a pipe. He asked me if I had a smoking jacket. I told him yea I am wearing it. Anyone else have a smoking jacket?
  20. Old_Newby

    Any Blends Make you Sick?

    I have been smoking for 3+ years now and have tried about 150 blends and have never been sick except once when I loved a bowl of Amphora Kentucky and smoked a second bowl back to back. My mistake but some chocolate and ginger ale saved me. That said I have recently watch some YTPC videos where...
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