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  1. trouttimes

    Last of the Blend, What to Do?

    What do you guys do when you get to the last little bit of a tin or jar and it's not enough for a bowl? Throw it in a community jar and make a mystery blend? Worm food? This is only an issue if it is a blend I'm not collaring.
  2. trouttimes

    Pipes Fall out of Favor

    I start my week with 7 or 8 pipes, cleaned and ready to work. There is always 1 pipe that for some reason just doesn't make the grade so at the end of the week, it gets rotated out of the group and a different pipe get subbed in. Then a month or so later, it finds it way back into the group and...
  3. trouttimes

    Truck Pipe Stand

    A few weeks back we had a discussion about pipe stands in a car. I saw I think it was Cosmic's pipe stands and it got me thinking. It's obvious I'm not a wood worker and function was more important then looks but here is an idea I have been working on for a few weeks. I'm sure some of you true...
  4. trouttimes

    Match blends

    I have tried 965 match and EMP match, not that bad as long as you don't smoke side by side with the original. What other matches have you guys tried the are close?
  5. trouttimes

    Is Pipe Smoking Changing?

    For years I just grabbed a pipe and whatever pouch was close and off I went. Little if any thought give to choice or the experience. It the last few years, I have started paying a lot more attention to pipe selection, rotation, etc as well as tabacco selection and the overall experience. I...
  6. trouttimes

    Losing sense of smell

    I must be losing my sense of smell. People talk of room note but I don't smell anything when I smoke. Do you?
  7. trouttimes

    Just Finished Making an Applewood Pipe

    I just finished making an a pipe out of applewood and no I won't post pics because it looks like something a drunk carpenter made and I can't handle the crap you guys will give me. My therapist has enough to work with already. I a sensitive guy you know. Has anyone else made a pipe out of...
  8. trouttimes

    How do you select your pipes for the week

    I have worked on my collection to the point I like smoking them all but...I find I go through fazes. One week I'm all into smoking falcons, next week cobs grab my attention, then big briars. How do you guys select what to smoke or is random?
  9. trouttimes

    Weather Related Smoking

    Has anyone found that weather (hot or cold) makes a difference in your smoking other than those who can't smoke inside? Does the taste change?
  10. trouttimes

    No taste

    Ever had a day when you just couldn't get a taste from your pipe? I'm sure it's just my physiology that day but every now and then...nothing. I'm just going thru the motions.
  11. trouttimes

    Blending OTC with exotics

    Has anyone used OTC to blend with exotics to tone them down or smooth out rough edges?
  12. trouttimes

    Everyday no brainer smoke

    What is your no brainer smoke when you just want to puff and not put any thought into it. Carter Hall, Prince Albert, Granger or something more exotic such as 965 or 1Q?
  13. trouttimes

    I have become a snob

    I usually keep 4 or so blends in my truck for when I'm out and about. This morning I grabbed a pouch of Carter Hall and fired up a bowl for an hour drive. As many old pipers, this was my regular smoke for years but I haven't smoked it in a while. This time I found myself searching for some depth...
  14. trouttimes

    Cold pipes

    Often I leave pipes in my truck overnight. In the winter it is regularly anywhere from -7 to 14 when I get started. I put the pipe I going to smoke in my pocket to warm it up before I smoke because I'm afraid it might crack if I don't. Am I being too cautious or not?
  15. trouttimes

    Binge smoking

    Some days when I am working in my shop, I lay out 4 or so pipes and smoke one after another with each a different blend as I work on projects. Does anyone other than Jim, smoke multiple different pipes and different blends all at one sitting?
  16. trouttimes

    Converted

    I have been converted. I am a very traditional guy. I like vintage saddles for my horses, cane rod for my fishing, even mature women but...I had to try a falcon after so many told me they were great. I must say, even if I can't stand the way they look, I do like the way they smoke. I do love...
  17. trouttimes

    Key to good smoke

    What does the hive think? What is the most important key to a good smoke...packing, tabacco, pipe choice, puffing cadence, frame of mind, all of the above? I am always surprised when I grab my favorite pipe, my favorite blend and seemly do everything the same way and I get a crappy smoke...
  18. trouttimes

    What did Indians smoke

    Another post talking about possibly running out of tabacco got me thinking, what did the American Indians smoke? Did they grow tabacco in the west or Southwest before the Europeans?
  19. trouttimes

    Falcon

    I have smoked briar, cobb and meer. Falcons keep cropping up. Give me the skinny, why, good, bad? I tend to be trad but I don't want to miss out.
  20. trouttimes

    Pouching tin tabacco

    When I'm driving or out in the field, it is not always convenient to use some blends from a tin. Plumb Pudding being an example. Cake, coins or flakes are hard to handle sometimes for me, especially if I'm driving. I have been crumbling some up and putting it in a pouch or zip lock ready to...
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