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  1. Skippy Piper

    Pipe Blend Ponderings by a Grumpy Old Man Who Doesn't Like Anything

    I was talking with a pipe smoking buddy earlier today about our cellars and stocking up on blends, and it occurred to me that after almost 4 years in the hobby and 3 years of smoking a pipe at least once a day I'm in the somewhat odd position of having never found a blend I liked enough to want...
  2. Skippy Piper

    WTB: Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Plug (10/01/2025)

    I unfortunately missed out on the latest drop of Samuel Gawith blends on SmokingPipes last month and nowhere else in the US seems to have gotten shipments of Samuel Gawith blends, so I'm trying my luck with the secondhand market! What I'm looking for is an 8 ounce box of Samuel Gawith Full...
  3. Skippy Piper

    The STG Vinegar Curse Continues

    I was really hoping the profane violation of Sir Walter Raleigh with vinegar would be an insolated incident, but sadly that seems to not be the case. Exactly one month ago on August 22nd I received an order from SmokingPipes containing several bulk Lane blends, including RLP-6, LL-7, and HG-2000...
  4. Skippy Piper

    Skippy's Cellar Summer Cleaning: Bulk Tobacco Lots For Sale at Good Prices! (08/16/2025)

    Hey there folks! It's time for me to do a little summer cellar cleaning and clear out the blends I don't plan on smoking again, so I've got an assortment of bulk tobacco lots for sale! Next to each blend there's some information, including the precise amount of tobacco in each jar and the date...
  5. Skippy Piper

    WTB: A Small Sample of Samuel Gawith Black Cherry Cavendish (06/25/25)

    Just like the title says, I'm looking to purchase a small one ounce or so sample of Samuel Gawith Black Cherry Cavendish! I'm a big fan of both Gawith blends and cherry aromatics, but I'm not terribly keen on spending $53+ on an 8 ounce bag of a blend I don't know whether or not I'm going to...
  6. Skippy Piper

    Blends Similar to Nightcap but Without Perique?

    This is going to be a rather odd question, but it seemed better to ask than just go buying English blends willy nilly and hope I pick the right one. The short version of the story is that I really like Nightcap from both a flavor and Vitamin N strength perspective, but I do have one little...
  7. Skippy Piper

    Mellowest Unflavored Burley Blends?

    I really love the flavor of Burley but most of them tend to give me a sore throat when I smoke them (and no, I don't inhale, my throat is just weirdly sensitive to Burley). I've tried lots of Cornell & Diehl Burley blends like Pegasus, Haunted Bookshop, Old Joe Krantz, Old Joe Krantz Blue Label...
  8. Skippy Piper

    Does Your Falcon International Stem Fit Dr. Grabow or Medico 6mm Filters Properly?

    The short version of the story is that I recently purchased this rather rare bronze colored Falcon International stem with the intent of using it with Dr. Grabow and Medico paper tube filters, since it's supposed to accept all 6mm filters, but the fit of the filter in the stem is so loose that...
  9. Skippy Piper

    Quick & Easy Way To Add a Filter to Cobs With a Forever Stem

    Hey there folks! The Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman cob is possibly my all time favorite pipe, but the one thing that always bugged me about it is that if you wanted to put a Forever Stem on it you lost the ability to use a filter. Well, not anymore! Here's an easy way to modify a Country...
  10. Skippy Piper

    Reflecting on Three Years of Pipe Smoking: A Retrohaler's Journey

    I'm going into my third year of pipe smoking this year, and I think the biggest thing I've learned along the way is that the road to finding the right pipe blends for me hasn't been a straight path down an open highway, it's been a long and winding trail through a forest that twists and turns...
  11. Skippy Piper

    Will Medico Pipe Filters Be Discontinued?

    It occurred to me today that Medico pipe filters are, in fact, manufactured by Sutliff. With Sutliff closing up shop next month does that mean Medico filters will be no more? Or has STG or any other company provided any indication that they might take over production of Medico's 6mm paper...
  12. Skippy Piper

    How Long do Lakeland Toppings Last When Cellared?

    The STG buyout of Mac Baren and closure of Sutliff really hammered into my head that it's time to start deep cellaring and building up a lifetime supply of my favorite blends, and for most of them it's pretty straightforward. Bright Virginias and Red Virginias will keep fairly indefinitely...
  13. Skippy Piper

    A Look at STG Internal Documents Regarding the Mac Baren / Sutliff Buyout

    In short, the tobaccopocalypse cometh. I have no affiliation with this YouTuber whatsoever, but I do trust his information to be accurate and thought you all might like to get some concrete information on what's going on. Unfortunately it's not good news. The very quick synopsis is that we...
  14. Skippy Piper

    Is Gawith the Only Blending House Making Dark Fired Virginia Blends?

    It's been a matter of curiosity for me lately as I've been smoking my way through Gawith Hoggarth and Samuel Gawith's dark fired Virginia blends: Coniston Cut Plug, Kendal Dark / Dark Bird's Eye, Bosun Cut Plug, Dark Flake Unscented and Aromatic, and 1792 Flake (let me know if I missed any)...
  15. Skippy Piper

    Aromatics That Don't Cellar Well

    I have many aromatics that I've kept sealed up in Ball jars for 2 or 3 years and they've retained their aromas and flavors just fine, and still smoke like the day I put them in the jar. Cult Blood Red Moon, Mac Baren Vanilla Cream, Sutliff Pumpkin Spice, and anything made by Gawith Hoggarth have...
  16. Skippy Piper

    Skippy's Blend of the Week

    Hey there folks! My name is Skippy and I have a problem. Tobacco Acquisition Disorder affects us all to one degree or another, and oh boy have I ever had a bad case of it! I'm going into my third year of pipe smoking at this point and my cellar has reached just shy of 100 blends stashed away in...
  17. Skippy Piper

    Do Missouri Meerschaum Hardwoods Last Longer Than Cobs?

    I'm a big fan of Missouri Meerschaum cobs for taking out on walks, to work, or anywhere I might worry about a more expensive pipe getting dropped or scratched up. They smoke just as well as any of my vastly more expensive briars once they're broken in and the shank gets a good char on it, but my...
  18. Skippy Piper

    Fun Things To Do With Empty Tobacco Tins

    I had some free time and nothing in particular to do with it this morning, so I decided to repurpose an empty Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia tin into a pocket sized grab-and-go pipe kit. I took the label off the back, cleaned the sticky label gunk off with some isopropyl alcohol, then slapped a...
  19. Skippy Piper

    I Was Right About Briar Fox!

    Even though the tin description and the information on TobaccoReviews.com for Cornell & Diehl Briar Fox state the tobaccos in it were just Virginia and Burley I always suspected that the little black bits in it were in fact unsweetened Black Cavendish, and as it turns out I was right! From the...
  20. Skippy Piper

    What Makes a Blend Smooth on the Retrohale?

    I've been smoking my pipes daily for a couple years now so I don't feel much like a beginner at this point, but this is one question that seems like it should have a pretty basic answer but has been puzzling me a bit. I've found that I really don't care for blends that have a spicy nose-burning...
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