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  1. rmbittner

    Okay, So What About Cellaring Lakelands?

    A couple threads on cellaring various types of tobaccos got me wondering if anyone's had the chance to try any of the Lakeland-style blends with age on them. Since they tend to be a drier flake than a standard aromatic -- and made of very high-quality tobacco -- I'm thinking they may develop a...
  2. rmbittner

    Anyone Remember the "Columbo" Episode That Included Pipes?

    I love the 70s-era "Columbo" TV show, and I distinctly remember one that involved a pipe-smoking killer. (An impossibility, of course.) I could just go back and watch them all from the beginning, but I thought someone here might know the episode I'm thinking of. Here's what I remember -- which...
  3. rmbittner

    New Old Stock

    It's always a treat to receive an order of tobacco that just happens to include tins with some age on them. Just got an order from 4Noggins that, along with recent tins, included one tin of McClelland's Bombay Court from 2009. Nice. Bob
  4. rmbittner

    Pipa Pipe/Tobacco Combo

    I was browsing around the SmokingPipes.com site and decided to check out some of the tobacco brands I'm not familiar with, just to see what they were offering. I came across Pipa, a company that sells a 1.5oz bag of a vanilla cavendish pipe tobacco -- and includes a corncob pipe in every bag! As...
  5. rmbittner

    If You Stopped Buying Tobacco Today...

    . . . How long would your current supply/cellar last? Given my current rate of consumption, I'm estimating that my cellar would last about 16-18 years. Of course, I'm also assuming that I'll last another 16-18 years! Bob
  6. rmbittner

    A Nice Little Dunhill Surprise

    To be honest, I've never paid any attention to the nomenclature on the few estate Dunhills I've managed to pick up over time. But today as I picked one out for my first pipe of the day, I decided to look it up to see when it was made. Much to my surprise, I discovered that today's Tan Shell...
  7. rmbittner

    BS and Expectations

    No, not that kind of BS. . . My two tins of the new Balkan Sobranie arrived today, and I cannot tell you all how eager I am to dive in. I loved the original (back in the day) and while I don't expect to have major flashbacks to that blend, I do have really high expectations for this one. And I...
  8. rmbittner

    I'm selling a guitar...

    I don't know if any folks here would be interested or not, but I'm currently selling one of my guitars on eBay and thought I'd at least mention it. It's a 2004 Gretsch Country Classic II, Custom Edition. It's a great instrument, but it hardly gets played. I'd love to see it find a good home...
  9. rmbittner

    Narrowing My Tobacco Choices...

    I admire those folks who can smoke one tobacco, day-in, day-out. I've never been like that. I've sampled over 150 different blends since I started, and I've got 70+ different blends represented in my cellar. But sometimes I get weary of trying new blends; I just want something I know I'll enjoy...
  10. rmbittner

    My Stupid Confusion...

    No one has called me out on this, so maybe no one's noticed. (Or maybe everyone's learned to avoid my posts! :) ) But in doing some searches on past topics, I realize that I have frequently recommended one blend when I actually meant another. I've been mixing up two Germain blends in my head...
  11. rmbittner

    NOW IN STOCK: Balkan Sobranie

    Just got the email notification that Balkan Sobranie is in stock at SmokingPipes.com
  12. rmbittner

    Don't Fear the Meer

    I've only owned two meerschaum pipes in my life. The first one was a beautiful, large Bacchus shape that I ended up selling to help pay for a honeymoon years ago. I was always very careful about it -- taking care not to touch the bowl while smoking it, blowing smoke across the exterior to induce...
  13. rmbittner

    Long Shot: Looking for Sources re: William Moulton Marston

    In the interest of leaving no potential stones unturned, I'm posting this here, even though it's probably a very long shot: I'm a full-time writer who is currently pulling together a proposal for a full-length biography of William Moulton Marston. His name won't likely ring a bell, but Marston...
  14. rmbittner

    A Parody Ad - for Fans of the Radio Show

    Regular listeners of the Pipes Magazine Radio Show may have heard two humorous spots I produced that ran in the last two weeks -- one advertising "Vampire Virginia" and one "interview" with the creator of "Persian Passion" pipe tobacco. I thought it would be fun to do more of a parody ad that...
  15. rmbittner

    Bit Variety

    Historically, there have been three common styles for pipe bits: * the wedge (a wide opening -- by far, the most common modern style) * the steck (what everyone here calls a P-lip, due to its shape and the fact that Peterson uses them commonly) * the orific (a single round hole) Judging from...
  16. rmbittner

    Please Consider Contributing to the Radio Show

    I've had a lot of fun doing a couple of humorous pieces for the Radio Show. I hope everyone here who has the ability to record audio will consider contributing too. It's amazing to hear your own work featured on a radio show/podcast. BTW, you don't need much equipment here. Even though I do have...
  17. rmbittner

    How Many Different Blends Have You Tried?

    I know some folks pick one or two blends they fall in love with and stay with them forever. But I've always enjoyed trying a wide variety. Because I'm neurotic enough about such things to keep a tobacco journal, I just noticed that the sample I just got of Ennerdale makes it the 160th blend I've...
  18. rmbittner

    My Perique Experiment

    I realize that perique sensitivity is a pretty unusual trait. But I've said here a lot that it actually causes physical pain when I smoke perique. I've been trying to condition myself to it, though -- I don't like it that there's a whole category of pipe tobacco I can't smoke! -- and I've had...
  19. rmbittner

    Any Experience with Aging Lakeland Blends?

    Just curious if anyone's compared aged tins of the Lake District blends with their fresh equivalents. Now that I'm exploring this style, I'm just wondering if they age like aromatics (which means "not much at all") or if they can improve significantly over time (like most non-aromatics). Bob
  20. rmbittner

    Here's My Version of Lorde's video for "Royals"

    I really like Lorde's song "Royals." I love how it calls out all the posturing in so much modern hip-hop and pop. I wanted to incorporate some home-made footage from my high-school years that brings three friends to life (whom I still cherish) and underscores how wonderful an "ordinary" life can...
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