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  1. maxx

    How Do You Explore Tobacco?

    Do you focus on brands or do you go for blends regardless of brand? I focus on brands. I began with Dunhill and now am moving into Captain Earle's and Cornell & Diehl. Latakia based blends are what I'm trying.
  2. maxx

    Monkey Shoulder Scotch

    This just might become my main choice for Scotch. It's a blend without grain whisky. It costs less than 10 year aged Laphroig (a single malt), which I also like. I recommend both. https://www.monkeyshoulder.com/about/
  3. maxx

    Half and Half

    I thought I might like this because the package says "Burley and Bright Tobacco". But it's flavored. It doesn't mention that on the pouch. I smoked a bowl in a Briar, then in a Cob. It's bland and slightly mentholy. I next mixed it with a mix I made of Prince Albert and Carter Hall, which is...
  4. maxx

    How Long Have You Been Smoking A Pipe?

    People sometimes have mentioned in a post how long they've been a pipe smoker, and I like knowing, now that I'm becoming familiar with the personalities associated with the name and, especially, the avatar. So how long has it been for you? It's been just 2-1/2 months for me. And I already have 7...
  5. maxx

    Cornell & Diehl Bulk: Big 'n' Burley

    I ordered a pipe from smokingpipes and needed a bit more cost to get the free shipping. I like Prince Albert, and wanted to try a Burley blend that isn't on OTC brand. So I got 2 ounces of Cornell & Diehl Bulk: Big 'n' Burley. It didn't cost any more than PA here in town. I can't imagine it...
  6. maxx

    My First Savinelli On The Way

    It's your fault. There is wizardry here, and in a trance of overpowering compulsion I found myself glassy eyed and quivering with need for another pipe. "Savinelli," the demon within me whispered, "you have no Savinelli." I felt my will collapse within me. I whimpered. A howl of anguish and...
  7. maxx

    Quality Brands to Look for in Older Estate Pipes

    What are top tier brands to look for in older estate pipes? What brands would be second tier? What brands of those are now mediocre or dropped down a tier or two?
  8. maxx

    Subduing Captain Black

    When I started pipe smoking, I began with Captain Black blends, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Carter Hall. The Captain's blends got old fast, before I'd finished them. When I tried SWR I wasn't much happier, so I mixed them all together in a jar and left them alone. Carter Hall was better but I put...
  9. maxx

    A Great Scotch Whisky YouTube Channel

    I discovered this channel tonight when I bought a bottle of Ardmore Traditional Cask Single Malt. I like it and was curious what others had to say. Here's the link to his channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/ralfystuff
  10. maxx

    Prince Albert vs Carter Hall

    I picked up my first pouch of Prince Albert today and am on the first bowl. Comparing it to Carter Hall, the pouch smell of CH is sweeter and chemical scented, where the PA smells cleaner, although there is a hint of a sweet sent in PA that I like but can't place. Any ideas of what it might be...
  11. maxx

    What Musical Instruments Do You Play?

    Even if you're a beginner, what instruments do you play? Mine are drums (advanced), guitar (intermediate), and very basic keyboards.
  12. maxx

    Peterson System Pipes

    I'm thinking about my next pipe choice, and am leaning towards a bent pipe. I'd like to keep the cost below $200. There's a few Peterson models that attract me, including the 301 System Standard, a Bent Pot. Is this style a hassle to keep clean? How do we clean the lower reservoir?
  13. maxx

    Do You Have A Small Pipe?

    I couldn't resist. Okay, what I'm actually wondering is do you have one or more smaller capacity, smaller sized briar pipes that you use fairly often? I just got from eBay a cheap Dublin second from an unnamed Italian maker that's shorter in height than my Huck Finn Cob and just a tad shorter in...
  14. maxx

    Time Warp Wives

    Living as if in the past. A BBC documentary. No pipe smoking, but look for the quick shot of a Squadron Leader tin. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KOC_vsKy9O4
  15. maxx

    Do You Have a Favorite Pipe?

    I've been listening to the PIpes Magazine Podcasts, and every guest is asked five questions. The first is " What is your favorite pipe?" Do you have an answer for that? I'm not sure that I do. If pressed, I'd say my Radice Rind G Billiard, but I also get a lot of pleasure from my Peterson B5...
  16. maxx

    Customized Google Search for This Site, by Ghost

    Ghost posted this in an old thread, and it is a handy search method for this site. https://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=015928064115512826419:w6p75_tdjd0 (The thread was http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/english-and-balkan )
  17. maxx

    Chacom Jazz 95

    Does anyone have one of these? I like the acorn shape on this and am thinking of getting one for my next pipe. http://m.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Chacom/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=159626
  18. maxx

    Request for Book Recommendations

    I'm interested in books about pipes and pipe smoking, and would enjoy recommendations of both in print and out of print books. Thanks.
  19. maxx

    The Professor's Pipe Sweetening Treatment, by Dennis H. Congos

    For all of us new people, here's the link to THE PROFESSOR'S PIPE SWEETENING TREATMENT by Dennis H. Congos http://www.thepipe.info/info/congos.html
  20. maxx

    Two Cobs, and Counting

    Absolutely no one could have convinced me to get a Cob for my first pipe, but after I had a couple of briars, I ordered a Huck Finn along with my third briar. I smoke that along with my wake-up coffee since I don't have time for a longer smoke. Today I stopped at Walgreens to see what they had...
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