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  1. samon

    Best Way To Smoke Aromatics? Erinmore Flake

    Is cube cut when you use scissors to cut little squares then load them up?
  2. samon

    Best Way To Smoke Aromatics? Erinmore Flake

    Yeah, as per title I'm curious as to the best way to smoke aromatics. I'll add I never buy aromatics, mainly because the loose variety is usually cheap, sticky horrible old crap that tastes foul compared to how it smells. But! I do smoke Condor which is considered an aromatic I suppose, but imo...
  3. samon

    Made A Rack From A Hazel Branch

    yep, it's hollow on the bottom. Didn't see the point in adding little hazel rafters when it's going exactly where it is now..
  4. samon

    Your Smoke in Pictures

    Harvesting wood earlier and found this massive mushroom patch! :D
  5. samon

    Made A Rack From A Hazel Branch

    Thanks a bunch for the kind words gents! As it was a first and merely made for my pipes to go on as they were previously in an old wine box, I didn't make the effort to go for something fancy. But.. now I've got the creative bug. Two more hazel branches harvested today. This one will be made to...
  6. samon

    Three New Dunhill Blends

    Here, here! get to it bro!!
  7. samon

    Dunhill Flake: Review With Pictures.

    That's interesting, I guess the right pipe does make the tobacco right! ;) I personally do not like this one. Smells artifically aromatic and plummy. Smokes acrid and too sweet for me and the last tin I had I mixed the remianing flakes in with my left overs bag/ran out of good stuff bag. Have...
  8. samon

    Made A Rack From A Hazel Branch

    Put a slip of card under the bowls for a better picture and to keep my white shelf.. white. lol
  9. samon

    Made A Rack From A Hazel Branch

    Yo, I was bored today so I packed my rucksack with a folding saw and a knife and took my pooch for a walk in the woods. There is an abundant load of hazel trees around in some areas and plenty good straight bits for me to take and work with. Figured I'd make a pipe rack! :) Nothing fancy, just...
  10. samon

    Peterson's Irish Flake: Review with Pictures.

    It is a real shame about COndor plug not meeting Uk standards of packaging. I tried phoning around and even getting contacts in Ireland to send me some but no luck. Such a shame as RR and flake are one of my fave's.. :(
  11. samon

    St.Bruno Flake - Is This New Packaging..??

    Take a look at that! ^ Standard outer packet but with a black plastic and foil sealed little tray?? Is this standard? or a new thing? Never bought a pack before as I've only had it given to me in baggies. Took me by surprise today when in the baccy shop. I usually open all my tins infornt of the...
  12. samon

    Burley

    Ignore all the above and get a tin of Solani - Aged burley flake! ;) Just kidding, get them all. :)
  13. samon

    Peterson's Irish Flake: Review with Pictures.

    Ah well that is my assumption! I smoke a large pipe 4-8 time a day.. no effect from even the strong twists or chugging a full bowl of nightcap in 15 minutes. Sadly, heavy smoking does bring on blend boredom sooner. Right now I'm kind of meh about all the blends I have.. Less is more. ;)
  14. samon

    Peterson's Irish Flake: Review with Pictures.

    The best Peterson blend I've tried. The rest were bloody aweful. I think aot of people are real full time pipe smokers and just partake as a hobby, rather than a day to day thing, hence their sensativity to nictotine. And it's not even like this blend is even strong, medium at best. Great...
  15. samon

    Traveling with flake tobacco

    I find the thinner baccy tins are fine to stick in a pocket, but I don't like bulky shit in my hip pockets so I made a leather pouch from an old leather jacket I cut up. It dries the baccy really quickly so I either wrap the baccy in waxed cooking paper or a sandwich bag first. Made a pipe...
  16. samon

    Bargain Buy - Carey Magic Inch Pipes. Thoughts?

    Only palce that seems to sell the sleeves in the UK is the Carey website. And with a £4 postage fee, best but a lot of boxes.. like I did lol. I'm curious to how it will smoke with a something much stronger and pungeant like Nightcap and Condor. (I'll try those later)
  17. samon

    Bargain Buy - Carey Magic Inch Pipes. Thoughts?

    Right! my little paper filters came and I quickly sheathed my magic inch.. Loaded up the bottom right one with some Mellow VA and proceeded to light up. Summary: Really enjoyed it! Not a single bit of tongue bite, enough smoke and as I puff alot it kept lit and gave great flavour. I think the...
  18. samon

    How can I be loosing my taste for Latakia? Has anyone else had this experience?

    I may be in the same boat.. Been enjoying tin after tin of Nightcap for months now but the last two weeks have changed. I reckon it's due to the Solani aged Burley I bought and have now finished. I keep craving that roasted nutty flavour far far more than the smokey Latakia. Seasons are...
  19. samon

    Bargain Buy - Carey Magic Inch Pipes. Thoughts?

    I'm pretty sure all the pipes I have are made in London. And from what I can see the only down side (haven't smoked them yet as those little filters haven't turned up..) is the stems. They are thin to fit over the system and do feel a little shit compared to a nice thick stem like on alllll my...
  20. samon

    Top 5 USA Blends For ENglishman To Try!?

    Thanks for the advice so far gent's! Apart from half & half which I just really wanna try for the experience, I'm probably gona go for.. .Haunted bookshop. Sounds like great stuff! .Big and Burley .Frog Morton cellar Might try and lean towards Burley as something is up with Latakia and my...