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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
G.H. Dark Flake Unscented in a Falcon twister now. puffy I've been smoking a lot of Kendal Dark lately so I figured I'd try some Dark Flake Unscented tonight for comparison. I can definitely see why so many people like Dark Flake and Dark Plug, since it does have that really rich, decadent...- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,872
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
Five Brothers in a Morgan Bones Milan tonight. After letting the rehydrated Five Brothers I had this afternoon sit out and dry for several hours this evening until it was crispy again it did regain some of it's former nutty flavor, though it's still brutally harsh and not terribly pleasant to...- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,861
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
I'm smoking Five Brothers in a Falcon Extra this afternoon, and learning a lesson in conventional wisdom not always being correct. I really liked Five Brothers when I first tried it straight out of the package and it was dry as a bone. It had a nice nutty flavor and was surprisingly smooth...- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,840
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Show Us Your Falcons!
A nice little block meerschaum bowl for my Falcon Extra stem just arrived in the mail today from CPW Pipes in Turkey, so I figured I'd show it off! puffy- Skippy Piper
- Post #80
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
Why thank you! I really like the "design your own pipe" customization aspect of Falcons too, and as luck would have it I actually just got a custom block meerschaum Falcon bowl from CPW Pipes in Turkey in the mail today! I still like the look of the Bantam Dublin bowl the best, but I think this...- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,749
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
I'm out lunting about with a pretty girl and Falcon Extra full of Daughters & Ryan Ryback this afternoon. puffy All jokes aside (though I'd still contest that she is a pretty girl, as far as dogs go) I've been really captivated by shag cut blends lately for how quick and easy they are to...- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,673
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Penhooker Fans?
Don't feel too bad, I just got a full refund for the entire cost of my order about half an hour ago so it looks like I'm not getting any Golden Harvest Yellow either! 😣- Skippy Piper
- Post #49
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Filtered Pipes, Love Them? Hate Them?
I smoke most blends unfiltered, but I do like to use Dr. Grabow paper tube filters or Vauen activated charcoal filters to smooth out the rough edges of Burley blends that bother my throat and straight Virginias that are a little too acidic and nip at the roof of my mouth. I know a lot of people...- Skippy Piper
- Post #31
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Daughters and Ryan
Daughters & Ryan blends are still quite good since the sale, in my experience. Three Sails seems relatively unchanged, but while Ryback and Ryback Gold used to be RYO blends that you could easily enjoy as a cigarette they are now much stronger and rougher around the edges; really only suited to...- Skippy Piper
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
I ended up dumping out the bowl of Best Brown #2 halfway through, giving the pipe a quick clean, then refilling it with Kendal Dark and smoking it down to ash. Now that was what I actually wanted to smoke! 😅- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,600
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
Gawith Hoggarth Best Brown #2 in the new Falcon Extra that just arrived in the mail today. puffy I absolutely love the new pipe, though I gotta say I do find Best Brown #2 to be a little bland and uninteresting. I feel like it needs a bit of dark fired leaf to give it some character and...- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,592
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Show Us Your Falcons!
Oh my goodness, I do believe I have a new favorite pipe! 🤎 I received a straight Falcon Extra stem in the mail today and set it up Jack Hargreaves style with a Bantam Dublin bowl, and it's just the most beautifully simple and elegant little thing. I love the chocolate brown color of the stem...- Skippy Piper
- Post #78
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
Kendal Dark in a Falcon Extra with a Bantam Dublin bowl, now that the day's work is all done. puffy- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,556
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***
I'm on my second walk of the morning and trying out a mix of 2/3 Lane RLP-6 and 1/3 Five Brothers, in a Country Gentleman cob. If you want to increase a blend's nicotine content without appreciably affecting the flavor, smoothness, or mechanics then Five Brothers seems to be the right tool...- Skippy Piper
- Post #3,509
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Mellowest Unflavored Burley Blends?
That's a legitimate review! And I'm no "professional reviewer", just a guy who has wasted way too much money trying any blend that sounded interesting and can talk a blue streak about tobacco (in other words, a bit of a windbag). I do love pipe smoking though, and tobacco in general! There's a...- Skippy Piper
- Post #34
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Mellowest Unflavored Burley Blends?
Dark fired blends are kind of my thing and I've smoked a fair bit of them. 1792 Flake, Coniston Cut Plug, Dark Flake Unscented and Aromatic, Bosun Plug and Cut Plug, Kendal Dark, Dark Bird's Eye, Kendal Kentucky, Happy Brown Bogie, Black Irish X, Irish Flake, HH Old Dark Fired, HH Bold Kentucky...- Skippy Piper
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Penhooker Fans?
Now it makes sense! I just wish I would have paid better attention when placing my order, I would have cleaned them out of Golden Harvest Blue as well. Ah well, life goes on I suppose. I don't think you'll see any of those 49 pouches show up in the What Are You Smoking thread though, since I use...- Skippy Piper
- Post #29
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Penhooker Fans?
Well... crud. I wish I knew that about 15 minutes ago lol- Skippy Piper
- Post #27
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Mellowest Unflavored Burley Blends?
Just added myself to the waiting list! And I know what you mean about blends being an easygoing smoke. For me "easygoing" means being able to retrohale the smoke without it stinging my sinuses at all. Really smooth and gentle. So far the only blends I've found that meet that criteria for me are...- Skippy Piper
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Penhooker Fans?
Whelp, I missed out on all the D&R blends it looks like, but my usual everyday RYO cigarette tobacco is Golden Harvest Yellow and they happened to have 49 one ounce pouches left, so I bought them all! I usually pay $25 for a pound bag locally, so getting 3 pounds for $15 and some change is a...- Skippy Piper
- Post #25
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion