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  1. romeowood

    Filters

    Some guy that used to lurk here wrote a bit on this topic... ;) Paper & charcoal filters will remove moisture and particulate from the smoke stream through dint of surface area alone; balsa, being wood, is cellularly hygromorphic so will absorb a great deal more moisture than one would think...
  2. romeowood

    15-Year Old G.L. Pease Westminster Review

    Westminster has become my favorite Lat blend, by far, from my cellar. The balance and richness of flavor, especially after some years in the tin, is remarkable.
  3. romeowood

    Nostalgia for Vintage Tobacco

    @Franco Pipenbeans This guy gets it ^^ ;)
  4. romeowood

    Nostalgia for Vintage Tobacco

    At one angle, the crux of the question is "Can you buy something today that is as good as something that was great 30 years ago, and has since been sitting in a tin getting better?"; to which the answer is no, most emphatically. Time is inimitable, irreplicable, and largely a matter of chance...
  5. romeowood

    Nostalgia for Vintage Tobacco

    Laugh all you want, but I've smoked a cigarette from a cutter-top tin of Lucky Strikes circa 1940s that was sublime. Much of the experience is also what you bring into it--set, setting, and frame. It certainly wouldn't be the same experience as the soldier whose ration tin that once was destined...
  6. romeowood

    Nostalgia for Vintage Tobacco

    In regards to the original question, "Is it possible to say that the best tobaccos of previous decades were superior to the best of what's out there now?", also consider that, as a general rule, of the millions of pounds of tobacco produced each year by growers all over the world, the tobacco...
  7. romeowood

    Nostalgia for Vintage Tobacco

    Also, not every mediocre blend will improve with age--in all honesty, I'd estimate 70% show little to no change, 20% improve noticeably, and maybe 2% become mana of the gods. The other 8% get tossed in the dustbin.
  8. romeowood

    Nostalgia for Vintage Tobacco

    For what it's worth, many blends produced today are destined to become the glorified blends of yesteryear in the future. In my own experience, I knew that C&D's Sunday Picnic was going to be one of my favorite blends the moment I popped a fresh tin a bit over a decade ago; time has only improved...
  9. romeowood

    Neat Little Site with Yokai.

    http://scrolldowntoriker.com/
  10. romeowood

    I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

    You win the gold star for the evening! LL&P
  11. romeowood

    Do You Prefer to Buy Unsmoked or Pre-Smoked Pipes?

    Now that you ask the question, I realize I think I prefer estate pipes. I've had many new pipes, but always feel...bad when I light it up and spoil that virgin wood in the bowl.
  12. romeowood

    One Tobacco To Rule Them All

    Cope's Escudo.
  13. romeowood

    A Friendly Heads Up to Aspiring Carvers

    It's wood that has been mineralized; it's hell on cutting tools, but as far as cutting and shaping it seems to behave much like other hardwood exotics (e.g., purple heart or pink ivory, etc.) or manufactured stone that is a composite of mineral powder and acrylic. It's gorgeous when done right...
  14. romeowood

    A Friendly Heads Up to Aspiring Carvers

    Hey gents & madams, just thought I'd post a note here that some fella (me) is selling a fine block of morta over in the pipes & accessories section. I'd gotten it from a pipe show long back (maybe 10 years?) and have since moved 6 times and far away from my woodworking equipment, but can't bring...
  15. romeowood

    Cornell & Diehl - Visions of Celephaïs (The Old Ones) review

    I heart this review :ROFLMAO:
  16. romeowood

    15-Year Old G.L. Pease Westminster Review

    @Ahi Ka I think that might be an errant post, but I'll take it!
  17. romeowood

    English Recommendation?

    Westminster's pretty good stuff to stock up on...
  18. romeowood

    Name Your Nilla

    One of my favorites is CAO Bella Vanilla--very affordable, very consistent, very definitely sweet vanilla, and not on the goopy side of things--though it will linger in your pipe.
  19. romeowood

    15-Year Old G.L. Pease Westminster Review

    Well, I guess I certainly am not what one expects. Regarding CP2077, I love it for what it is, and hate it for what it could've been. But my true love is CP2020--I'm an old tabletop grognard. Regarding Westminster v. Dunhill, I *do* love me those fine delicate ribbon cuts that Dunhill perfected...
  20. romeowood

    Peterson Sunset Breeze Review 2014 vs. 2019

    I sent some emails, but I've been out of the game for a few years and haven't had any replies as yet--in all likelihood the folks I had contacts with have moved on. IIRC, the seasonals were special orders with Kolhase & Kopp per Peterson spec, for the most part; and to be honest, from a business...
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