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  1. Peterson314

    Thoughts on The Chair?

    I have some patio furniture on the back porch, a rocking chair on the front porch, a Coleman camp chair in my garage, and my truck tailgate. My favorite smoking spot is anywhere I'll be left alone.
  2. Peterson314

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***

    2010 Menghai Gong Ting Shu Pu'er in a Lai Xiaohong Yixing. Reading a Jeff Jewitt novel.
  3. Peterson314

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***

    Bengal Slices in a Castello Sea Rock
  4. Peterson314

    Your best packing tobacco

    I think that the first time you codger scoop, you lose the ability to remember why loading a pipe was hard. It definitely fixes a lot of problems. For me, Plum Pudding, White Knight, and Second Breakfast were three tobaccos whose smoking mechanics really stood out. The first time I smoked Plum...
  5. Peterson314

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***

    Black House in my Castello Sea Rock
  6. Peterson314

    Must try Tabacco for a person that likes cult Blood Red Moon

    After 20 years, Lane BCA is still one of my favorites. It's vanilla, not cherry. But I think everyone should try it. If you want some vanilla, I am smoking Ken Byron Ventures Noble Aztec. It's quite vanillay.
  7. Peterson314

    Does Your Spouse Know How Much Your Pipes Cost?

    My wife and I each have our own hobby money. I don't ask about her crafting supplies; she never asks about my pipe collection. So, no.
  8. Peterson314

    Does Your Spouse Know How Much Your Pipes Cost?

    No relation. Pipes are small. I’ve kept my pipeweeding habits away from my elementary-school-aged children. My unsmoked pipes are in my bedroom closet. My smoking pipes are in my pipe drawer in my garage. My pipe collection at my dad’s grew from 1 to more than 1. This hobby doesn’t abide space...
  9. Peterson314

    How Many Blends Do You Have in Rotation?

    Same! The jar-emptying struggle is real. I have enjoyed staying with a blend for multiple sessions and picking out nuances. But I haven't moved a "hell naw" into the shopping cart.
  10. Peterson314

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***

    KBV Noble Aztec in my Peterson Mycroft.
  11. Peterson314

    How Many Blends Do You Have in Rotation?

    I have about 4-dozen jars that I choose from when I pick something to smoke. This includes blends I’ve stuck in the back of my cellar for years, blends that turn me green, and blends waiting for a new home. I tried to focus on emptying old jars, but I opened a bunch of new blends to see what to...
  12. Peterson314

    Drying Time

    I dry every blend for 48 minutes and 13 seconds, give or take. It always improves the flavor, except when it doesn't.
  13. Peterson314

    Rivertown Bulk Tobacco is Live on Smoking Pipes

    I'm smoking some Detroit Tirefire in my Radice. I think it needs more drying time. I already know I'm not going to re-up my San Fran Needle Exchange. It's a dead-ringer for MacB Virginia #1.
  14. Peterson314

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2025?***

    Smoking some Ken Byron Ventures Noble Aztec in my Peterson Mycroft after an eventful trip to see my dad. Very glad to be home.
  15. Peterson314

    Perfect Pipe Collection. Less than 20 pipes.

    My target is 2 dozen. I've overshot.
  16. Peterson314

    STG Enough Already, Chicken Little, Or What?

    I bitch about pipe tobacco because bitching about real things makes me too depressed. Don't take that away from me.
  17. Peterson314

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2025?***

    Watch City Glass Slipper in my Denmark-era Stanwell Flamegrain
  18. Peterson314

    Extreme Cold and Pipes?

    My pipes have all done really well sitting idle in my pipe drawer. I don’t mix well with extreme cold.
  19. Peterson314

    Leonard W Interviewed On YouTube By Big Apple Pipes

    I love Scottish Blend. I haven't re-upped in a while, just because I want to try different stuff. But I bought Scottish Blend for every new pipe smoker I outfitted. That said, Scottish Blend is made from 35 different leaves from around the world. It seems impossible to maintain 35 different...