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  1. fishmansf

    ***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***

    Black coffee and some HH Burley Flake in the Altinay Meer
  2. fishmansf

    Recommendations For Good Custom Meerschaum Stem Work

    Yeah sorry was on the phone and it autocorrected
  3. fishmansf

    Recommendations For Good Custom Meerschaum Stem Work

    Thanks, Ryan Aldman, I’ll keep that in mind
  4. fishmansf

    Meerschaum Dilutes Flavor?

    I have never seen a meer that big in my life, is that like a three hour smoke???
  5. fishmansf

    Meerschaum Dilutes Flavor?

    I wouldn't say it dilutes it but I think since it is ultra absorbent, it absorbs a lot of the steam that would otherwise carry subtle flavors. The briar does a good job at preserving that steam (sometimes to its detriment with a wet smoke) and adding a bit of flavor. I would quote Mark from...
  6. fishmansf

    Recommendations For Good Custom Meerschaum Stem Work

    I'd like to have one of the push-tenon stemmed pipes I own be converted to a metal band and have a custom stem made for it. Does anyone know any good custom stem makers for meerschaum?
  7. fishmansf

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Thank you! It could be the meer. I don't seem to have trouble with this pipe anymore after I gave it a good cleaning but here we are... I should give it more time. First 5 sips are nice but after that, don't get much but hot air/ashy/tar like taste from it and I am smoking it softer and...
  8. fishmansf

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Scottish Cake in the IMP. This damn meer has broken my back in my attempt to color it. Over 100 bowls and little to no coloring. Still not enjoying Scottish Cake but determined to figure it out!
  9. fishmansf

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Starting to see that coloring come through onthe band there!
  10. fishmansf

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Never have I ever thought warping would look so good, they should intentionally make a pipe this shape!
  11. fishmansf

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Same pipe, same coffee. Still love my HH Burley Flake, absolutely mouth watering.
  12. fishmansf

    Experiment with Nicotine Patches and Pipe Smoking

    The pipe has become a chore but that was a year ago. The long gap I’ve had between made me realize how magical they are. It’s called reflection sir.
  13. fishmansf

    Experiment with Nicotine Patches and Pipe Smoking

    Nicotine from pipe smoke is absorbed through the oral and nasal mucosa at a much less efficient rate than snus. I could smoke a whole bowl of a group 5 pipe and still not get as much bioavailable nicotine as you would from snus. While technically there would be more nicotine in that bowl than...
  14. fishmansf

    Experiment with Nicotine Patches and Pipe Smoking

    Some of you may remember a post a made a while back about using a pipe to quit snus. Update: doesn't work. Honestly I still love snus but there's nothing magical to it like pipe smoking; its just easy, habitual and requires no skill. It seems that snus has also messed with my palate and my...
  15. fishmansf

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    If you're diving into Burley you have to try Old Joe Krantz. It's pretty similar to Haunted Bookshop in my opinion but one of the best true burley blends out there.
  16. fishmansf

    Tongue Bite on First/Char Light

    That’s good advice. I definitely think part of the reason I’m giving myself bite is because I’m focusing too much on getting the whole surface burning.
  17. fishmansf

    Tongue Bite on First/Char Light

    Thanks for this. Another question I should add to this one is: do you try to get an even light all the way around the top tobacco? Seems to me that I try to get a light around the whole top layer but end up only getting a cherry/ash in the middle
  18. fishmansf

    Tongue Bite on First/Char Light

    Seems I’m having quite a few issues coming back from my hiatus! One thing I’ve noticed so far is that I am giving myself pretty bad tongue but on the char light and initial light of my pipe which sorta throws me off for the rest of the bowl. It seems like I can’t get my top layer of tobacco...
  19. fishmansf

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Some black coffee and GLP Regent Flake in the IMP before work this morning
  20. fishmansf

    Really Struggling with RM Scottish Cake

    This has been a difficult tobacco for me, granted I am only one bowl in on my second tin (had the same issue with the last half of the tin before). I really don't taste much at all. I get a little of the Kentucky and Perique upon first light but almost like an aromatic, it is gone within two...
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