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  1. Snook

    Issue Smoking Flakes

    I was smoking some Quiet Nights for the first time in a long while last night, and had the realization that I tend to avoid smoking flakes because I have a hard time keeping them lit. This seems to happen especially when the bowl hits the halfway mark. When preparing, I'll usually rub the flake...
  2. Snook

    Contemplating Pegasus

    I've heard a lot about Pegasus on here and am considering adding a few ounces to my next order. However, I really haven't enjoyed the other blends I've tried from C&D: Haunted Bookshop, Old Joe Krantz, Crooner. Would you say that Pegasus is in a similar vein as those, or is it different enough...
  3. Snook

    Done Been Ghosted

    Well, I finally got around to trying Rattray's Marlin Flake. It was excellent, but it ghosted my pipe like crazy. I've never experienced this before. Any recommendations for getting the funk out? I tried searching on the forum and elsewhere, but couldn't really find any info other than it's...
  4. Snook

    Did Half & Half Change, Too?

    I recently ordered some more Half & Half for the cellar. Unfortunately, several of the cans showed up busted with tobacco leaking out. Not a huge deal as I was able to get them replaced for free and was also able to keep the broken ones. While jarring up the loose tobacco, I decided to take the...
  5. Snook

    New Additions to my Smoking Nook

    I have two recent additions to my smoking room/office/nook (Snook’s Nook?) that I’m pretty excited about and wanted share. The first is this antique oak rocking chair with a leather upholstered seat. I saw a similar one in the lobby of a hotel we stayed at recently, and fell in love with the...
  6. Snook

    An Interesting Find

    Saw this weird pipe at the antique store over the weekend. Looks to me to be some kind of demonic bull. What do you think, worth the $40? Should I go back and get it? Seems to be one of a kind!
  7. Snook

    Pipe Smoking and Makin' Babies

    My wife and I have been in talks about procreating for a couple of years now, and we recently decided that we're going to start trying here in a month or two. We've been making both financial and health considerations leading up to this, and now that the time is nigh, my wife has requested that...
  8. Snook

    An Old Tin of Granger

    This weekend while antiquing with my wife (it was a fantastic day and we had burgers at our favorite diner beforehand), I came across this old can of Granger. Of course I wanted to buy it since it’s a piece of tobacco history, but I was a bit on the fence because of the $20 price tag. I showed...
  9. Snook

    PSA: Be Careful Cleaning Your Cobs

    I smoked my cob this morning and was cleaning it out this afternoon. I noticed it had a bunch of leaf squished up in the bottom below where the shank connects. There's a piece that juts out from the shank into the bowl area, which makes it had to use the flat blade on my pipe knife. So I switch...
  10. Snook

    What Happened To Tsuge?

    I was reminiscing today about the beginning of my pipe smoking journey and the pipes and blends that I started out with. I remember my first online order of several tins included a couple from Tsuge, a Japanese company. I understand that they made both pipes and tobacco, but I haven't seen their...
  11. Snook

    How Much of Your Favorite Blend is Cellared?

    The recent talk of Mac Baren and Sutliff's "restructuring" has me understandably worried about future access to one of my favorite blends - Sweet Virginia. In the past, I've bought maybe a pound max of any one particular blend. After hearing the news, however, I immediately ordered a five pound...
  12. Snook

    Contests and Sweepstakes

    Well, it's the morning of the first at 5:00am, so my monthly reminder has popped up telling me to 'Enter contests', which includes the sweepstakes for music equipment at Sweetwater as well as the random prize giveaway that they do every month at Pipes and Cigars. I'm curious, though... have any...
  13. Snook

    Cellar Spreadsheet

    Well, I finally did it: I grew my cellar large enough that I can justify creating a spreadsheet to keep track of it. So that's exactly what I did! I was inspired by a relatively old post here on the forums (2014) and liked the look of that member's spreadsheet, so I did my best to emulate it. It...
  14. Snook

    Eye Floaters

    Does anyone else suffer from these? I started noticing some in February and they have progressed to the point that it now feels like I'm looking through a "film" of cobwebs and dark spots. Very distracting and upsetting. I've been to two optometrists and both said that my eyes are fine and the...
  15. Snook

    Mail Call!

    I’m finally giving some of the Rattray’s blends a try! I watched Hobbiton Piper’s video on Old Gowrie and was inspired to order it. While I was at it, I figured I should add a more few of their blends … you know, for comparison’s sake. They showed up today and I can’t wait to try them all. Which...
  16. Snook

    Dreams of Tobacco

    Last night was a first: I finally had a dream that involved pipe smoking. There I was with my wife. We were in a thrift store (which was part of a strip mall that I remember from other dreams... weird), just looking around. She was off on the other side somewhere and I was looking at the random...
  17. Snook

    Idaho (Boise/Nampa/Caldwell) Meetup?

    Anyone in the Treasure Valley interested in getting together for a smoke the weekend of the 30th? I'm thinking just going to a park, maybe Lakeview in Nampa. Let me know, and we'll figure out a time!
  18. Snook

    Sunday's Smoke (3/4/24)

    Had a great smoke out in the Owyhees this past Sunday, at a spot called Jump Creek. It started snowing a little bit just as I pulled up around 8 in the morning. There were a couple of cars parked, but the folks who were hiking came back and left shortly after I arrived, so I had the entire area...
  19. Snook

    Today's Smoke

    Had a nice smoke down by the river today and took some pictures to share. I found a new spot down a sportsman's access road that I had never been down before. It was next to a small privately owned airport that seemed more like an airplane graveyard than a functioning airport, which was really...
  20. Snook

    Carrying Pipes Back In The Day

    I've been watching several documentaries and other shows as of late that are based around the turn of the century. Of course, cigarette and pipe smoking are featured heavily as they were so commonplace at the time. Today I got to wondering, though, and now I'm curious: what were common methods...
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