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    What to smoke next? A survey.

    I've had too much open for a while so I made a resolution to finish off three things I had open before cracking open a new tin. I finally got there today by finishing off Chelsea Morning, Star of the East, and Balkan Supreme. I'm undecided what to try next, so I'm opening it up to you guys to...
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    Your Favorite Underrated Blend

    Title pretty much says it all. What's your favorite blend that has very few reviews on TR and/or that has a substantial contingent that rate it as somewhere between Meh and Yuck? Getting things started, mine is Rattray's 40 Virginia. Only twelve reviews, four of them two stars (including the...
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    Quiet Nights Help...

    I picked up a tin of Quiet Nights last week, and I'm only three bowls in but so far, I'm having a hard time "getting it." I'm not trying to knock the blend or the blender here. I'm neither a Pease worshipper or a hater. He's done some great stuff. But then he also made Haddo's Delight, for...
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    How to Stop Tobacco from Aging?

    Title edited for caps and brevity. I know this is probably going to seem backwards to a lot of you, but there are a few blends that I've discovered that I like better when they're new (specifically VAs that lean towards bright VA, and most Lat blends). Unfortunately several of my favorites are...
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    Esoterica Brighton: First Impressions

    This is an interesting one! Tin/bag aroma smells delicious. A bit like buttery biscuits with apricot jam. The description doesn't mention any topping or casing, but a deep inhale says this definitely has one or the other. Tried it in a group 4 sized billiard. Charring light was mind blowing...
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    Kiribi Kabuto / IM Corona Old Boy Comparison

    There have been a few threads on this here, but I haven't seen a direct comparison thread yet. I have an Old Boy that I've had for about 10-12 years and a Kiribi Kabuto that I just bought a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I'd create a post with a technical comparison for anyone who might be...
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    ¿For Any Burqueños/Albuquerqueans?

    Kind of a long shot here, I know, but.... I'm going to visit some old friends in Albuquerque next month. It's been a long time since I've been back. I'd like to stop by any local pipe shops while I'm there if any still exist. The one I remember from way back is pueblo pipe shop, but either...
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    Ribbon cut VA recs

    As far as VAs go, I've always been a flake smoker but I picked up a tin of Rattray 40 Virginia (a ribbon cut) a few months back and I have to say I'm really loving the no fuss, no muss simple pleasure of just scooping my pipe in the jar, giving the top a press and lighting it up all codger...
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    Reiner blend 71 - gone or rare?

    Brief backstory: I put down the pipe for about 7 years and now it seems like a lot of stuff I used to have no problem finding is either gone or rare as hens teeth. This week's surprise: Reiner 71 long golden flake. Nobody seems to have it. Well nobody in the US anyway. Anybody able to give...
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    Pipe Sighting at the Movies

    I just saw the new Wes Anderson movie Asteroid City last weekend. Six word review: It's okay, but not his best. Anyway, one of the characters played by Jason Schwartzman smokes a pipe for a lot of the movie. Thankfully none of the other characters even mentions it. It's just there as a fact...
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    Rattray

    So I recently picked the pipe back up after a long hiatus. Lots of changes in the time I was away. Latest installment in that series... This morning I was thinking to myself, you know my tastes have changed quite a bit, I think maybe I should try Red Rapparee again, I bet I'd like it now...
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    Latakia Blend Tasting Test

    Title edited for caps and brevity.. Original: "Latakia blend blind tasting for pipers somewhere between Noob and Codger" \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ EDITED 6/21/2023 - All spots are taken now. Not taking any more participants at this time...
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    Pipe Doesn't Break In

    Anybody else ever had a pipe that was stubbornly resistant to break-in? Anything you did that helped? I've got one that's giving me fits. Everything has a slight bitter undertaste. I guess that's not unheard of for naked virgin briar, but it's going on a lot longer than it should. Also nothing...
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    Just floating an idea...

    Just floating an idea here. Curious to see what people think. Maybe it's a good idea. Or maybe I need to leave the thinking to the people who have some experience at it. Ok. So background: I recently picked up the pipe again after a long hiatus. Back before, I was smoking 5-6 pipes a day. Now...
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    Help identify this mystery VA flake (McClelland?)

    So I was going through some stuff in the cellar and came across this VA flake pictured below. Pretty sure I got it in trade for something or as part of a box pass. The label on the jar (not in my handwriting) says FVF 2012 but this is in no way similar to Full Virginia Flake. Except the...
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    I swear. I leave you guys alone for 5 minutes...!!!

    I just picked up the pipe again recently after a 7 year hiatus. Yesterday, I dropped by my local brick and mortar (Iwan Ries) for the first time since maybe 2015, and boy was it a shock. They used to have multiple tins of every blend imaginable (well, except for maybe Penzance which was...
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