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  1. romeowood

    What do you Think about Mesh Balls?

    This sums up the best advice succinctly. The more time you spend with the pipe, the more time you'll have to experiment with details like manicuring the tobacco before you smoke, trying different packing methods, finding what works best for different blends and different pipes, as well as what...
  2. romeowood

    Whats the Best Blending Oriental/Turkish Tobacco for Home Blending?

    Doesn't seem that anyone is tinning it currently. Search "whole leaf tobacco" and you can buy it by the pound--which, for blending into pipe tobacco, should last you several years at a heavy consumption rate.
  3. romeowood

    Whats the Best Blending Oriental/Turkish Tobacco for Home Blending?

    I am very fond of Basma for adding to blends. It has a much creamier palate and spice akin to latte / cinnamon / bready notes, as opposed to Izmir's dry, tart, more acidic presentation and its notes of white pepper / tannin / cedar. Definitely find a sampler or a variety pack to dial in your own...
  4. romeowood

    Confessions of a Coffee Drinker (And Pipe Smoker)

    Well, my experience was import/export between the US and Thailand, mainly specialty teas and medical journals of all things; there was also an ill-fated brick & mortar cafe that never got off the ground because of a problematic business partner. I was SCAA-certified for a few years, though, and...
  5. romeowood

    Confessions of a Coffee Drinker (And Pipe Smoker)

    I spent a few years in the specialty coffee industry, and would hope that through learned appreciation it simply made me better equipped to enjoy the coffees that I do, as well as appreciate the ones I *don't*. I won't turn my nose up at gas station sludge, but I will be able to understand where...
  6. romeowood

    Filtered Pipes

    This topic definitely looked familiar, so I did a little digging in the vault and found this gem: Your Smoke’s All Wet - https://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-smoking-lifestyle/your-smokes-all-wet/ I, for one, enjoy filter pipes as well as unfiltered equally--and in some instances, with certain...
  7. romeowood

    Aged C&D Sunday Picnic Review -

    That's the perfect way to describe it, stogie. Looking back through a decade of notes confirms that after a few (2-4 ish) years it's peaked and then stays at that wonderful plateau. All those deep cellars are being rewarded handsomely for such patience!
  8. romeowood

    Decades-Old Tobacco: Magical Elixir, or Zombie Dust?

    Anecdotal reporting is all you'll be able to get for a niche case scenario like this, so I'll throw my two cents' in. I have cellared extensively, both new production tins with ageing in mind as well as 'vintage' pickups of blends that have (again, anecdotally) proven their longevity--think...
  9. romeowood

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

    Cornell & Diehl Sunday Picnic, aged between 0-15 years, in a variety of pipes.
  10. romeowood

    Pipe smokers Christmas gifts

    I'll just leave this here... http://bit.ly/PipeGifts :puffpipe:
  11. romeowood

    Mac Baren Virginia number 1

    How does your experience compare?
  12. romeowood

    What Has The Most Age In Your Cellar?

    A perfectly intact 67 +/- year old tin of Cope's Escudo, followed by a few 56-year-olds, half a dozen 35-year olds, a pile of 21-year-olds...and then some newer stuff. Oldest non-Escudos are McCranies '83s, and a bar of 5 Brothers from the '20s that's just for display.
  13. romeowood

    New to Balsa. Tips?

    This is a good place to start.
  14. romeowood

    Wide Mouth Shallow Bowls. Good For?

    I have a couple that I tend to favor for Lat & Oriental blends, particularly GLP fare such as Key Largo or Westminster. Neal Archer Roan has a good primer on the subject here.
  15. romeowood

    Troves of Unsmoked Aged Pipes

    A couple boxes of hundreds of stummels is a lot easier to misplace than a couple hundred (or even a couple) Pontiacs, for one. :lol:
  16. romeowood

    Taste vs. Aftertaste

    This might help. :puffy: Just take your time, you'll get there.
  17. romeowood

    Nat Sherman - 127 Wayfarer - Tobacco Review

    Bringing along virgin cobs is a habit when leaving the house now, at least when I'm reviewing. Precisely for situations like these. I recommend it as the easiest way to evangelize! And don't be scared off by the Perique-bomb--it's surprisingly manageable. ---- And it seems this crowd-sourcing...
  18. romeowood

    Prayers For My Daughter

    No apologies necessary, Mike, support is what we're here for. Best, and be strong.
  19. romeowood

    2015 New York Pipe Show Report from Romeowood

    Errata to report: I misspelled Hank Saatchi's name, and had the wrong information regarding Amorelli pipes. Hank and Simone are now the U.S. representatives of Amorelli pipes. I will now turn in my roving reporter's card :oops:
  20. romeowood

    2015 New York Pipe Show Report from Romeowood

    Ahh...*that* guy.
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