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  1. pipesmokingtom

    Option Paralysis

    Sigh. Up to now, I've had limited funds to buy tobacco and have been buying one-off here and there.. I have maybe 12-13 blends open in jars that I pick away at. Now, work is good (thankfully), money is comfortable, and I have disposable income to covert in to a cellar. I can't figure out what...
  2. pipesmokingtom

    Cobbit Stem Replacement

    MORNING! Any resources for a cobbit stem replacement? Seems like Forever Stems is unavailable and MM doesn't offer them on their own. I have a Wizard Cobbit bowl I got in a grab bag and I can't get a stem for it!
  3. pipesmokingtom

    Three Bowls Today - No Relights!

    Been smoking a pipe for a fairly long time and I don't think I've ever managed this before. A bowl of Standard Mixture in a MM Colonel after breakfast A bowl of OGS in a Savinelli 207 after lunch A bowl of random leftovers aromatic mixture in a MM Hardwood after work. Not a single relight...
  4. pipesmokingtom

    Tobacco-pocolypse 2016: I get a budget!

    With the impending doom and gloom (or the perception thereof), I've successfully gained permission to place $100 orders each month for next 12 months to build a fallout cellar! I'm formulating an approach to this whole thing, but suggestions are welcome. This equates to roughly ten tins a...
  5. pipesmokingtom

    Time to jump back in!

    Hi all! It's good to be back. Didn't smoke much in the way of pipes over the winter and sort of migrated to cigars. The heat is back, and the pipes will come back with it. That, plus all this wackiness with the FDA made me feel like coming back to the forums to see what everyone has been up...
  6. pipesmokingtom

    Caption Contest - 1st Place Savinelli

    HUGE thank you to SmokingPipes.com, Savinelli, and this forum! This pipe is wonderful! The draw is excellent and it smokes OGS like a champion, I can tell you that! I love this thing, even before it's broken in. A straight rusticated - this is what I would buy if I were to decide to spring...
  7. pipesmokingtom

    Savinelli Venere 207 for Meeeee???

    HOLY CRAP!!! I won the Cartoon Caption and SmokingPipes.com is sending me a FREE Savinelli Venere 207 (rusticated straight apple) and a T-Shirt! That notification email this morning from Kevin TOTALLY made my day! I'd say week, but I got married, so I theoretically should be having a great...
  8. pipesmokingtom

    I Got Married!... And a Pipe With Mark Twain

    This weekend, my wife and I tied the knot at the Silver Queen hotel in Virginia City, Nevada, 4 years after we had our first date there. It was a great experience. After the ceremony, I was able to have a pipe there. The Silver Queen is located in the building that Samuel Clemens first used the...
  9. pipesmokingtom

    Hacker's Book Fibbed on Perique!

    Reading through his book again, 21st Century Guide, and he says that perique is literally soaked in plum juice and fruit pulp before it's pressed and fermented. He says that! I was told by multiple reputable people that it's just soaked in water and all the plummy funky goodness is natural to...
  10. pipesmokingtom

    The Best $100 You Ever Spent

    This is really a value question and not necessarily related to pipes or tobaccos. I'm talking about something you spent a hundred bucks on at some point (or thereabouts) and it has just represented an amazing value or has become a part of your life that you couldn't live without. Maybe...
  11. pipesmokingtom

    Nerdiness and Our First Con Vending

    We just participated in our first Con as a vendor - it was RAGECon in Reno. Table top gaming convention - anything on a board or with dice or cards was kind of the focus. We've been to many Cons over the years and have always enjoyed them, but this was our first behind a table. The wife makes...
  12. pipesmokingtom

    Salty Taste - Ever Happen to You?

    So two days ago I was smoking on some Black Frigate an was really not enjoying it because it was SO darn salty - like ocean water salty in my mouth. I thought I just didn't like the blend. Yesterday, Escudo, same thing... something is horribly wrong! For like three days now, I've had a...
  13. pipesmokingtom

    Myths, Misconceptions, and Other Fooey

    I got to thinking on this the other day when the topic of "real pipe smokers don't smoke aromatics" came up. Way back when, when I started smoking a pipe, I heard often that this snobby attitude was prevalent, but never really came across it. The overwhelming majority of attitude that I've...
  14. pipesmokingtom

    IMP Description on Smokingpipes

    I don't know if this was previously brought up somewhere, but the description on Smokingpipes of their Meers states: "The name means 'sea foam' and is very fitting since it is formed over eons from seashells and corals that crumbled and were compacted" I'm not bashing or anything, but this is...
  15. pipesmokingtom

    Mother Whiffs Some Jars

    Just did a whiff test with my mother, who hasn't smelled any pipe tobacco ever outside strong aromatics. Here were her first reactions - no prompting: Escudo: smashed apricots Elizabethan Mixture: fruit rollups and a horse stall Orlik Golden Sliced: "raisins - why does it smell like...
  16. pipesmokingtom

    Not As Good As It Used To Be

    I don't know about you guys, but I become a little more than annoyed when a once-defunct tobacco comes back and the majority of what you read about it is people complaining that it's "not as good as it used to be" or "I liked the old version better." Ungrateful, much? I realize we all have a...
  17. pipesmokingtom

    Creating a DIY Quality Rolling Blend

    As I lamented in another post, I'm trying to give up cigarettes - at least the "big tobacco" varieties. What I'd like to do, since I have a passion for fine tobaccos, is maybe come up with my own mixture so I can roll a few and take them along for the day for those times I still want a quality...
  18. pipesmokingtom

    Pipes and Patches

    For some time now, I've dabbled in quitting cigarettes, sometimes successfully for a period of time but never with long-term success. I'm a pack-a-day smoker and I've really struggled giving it up - or even cut back with any significance. I have been smoking a pipe for many years now as well...
  19. pipesmokingtom

    Carmex-ed Kaywoodie

    I came in to possession of an estate Kaywoodie Supergrain acorn.. Nice little pipe, but it smells and tastes like Carmex. I know some people use carmex to buff and polish stems, but this bowl smells like it was lathered with it. Any advice on how to get that Carmex odor out of the Briar? I've...
  20. pipesmokingtom

    Brand Loyalty

    Would any of yall describe yourselves as "brand loyal" or do you gravitate towards more blends from a particular manufacturer? I think it may be a disservice to yourself to stick with blends from one particular place, but if I had to pick only blends from a singular blender I would probably go...
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