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  1. Country Bladesmith

    Savinelli Marte

    Just pulled the trigger on this thing. Usually the grain on Savinelli’s smooth pipes at the $100-ish price range is nothing to write home about, but I thought this one had a lot more going on than usual, so I nabbed it in a moment of sleep deprivation-induced weakness. It was a 616, the only...
  2. Country Bladesmith

    RIP Nanci Griffith

    One of my all time favorites in the country/folk genre has passed. 68 yrs old. Used to love her duets with John Prine.
  3. Country Bladesmith

    Favorite HU Tobacco Blends?

    What are y’all’s favorite HU blends? I’m thinking about placing an order with Esterval’s. Also, if there are any other great blends that are only available from Esterval’s, I’d like to hear about those as well. So far I’ve tried these (all were excellent): Moroccan Bazaar Director’s Cut...
  4. Country Bladesmith

    Aging Lancer Slices

    Anyone aged this one for a while? Curious as to when it reaches its peak. I have about 1/4 lb jarred. It has a little over a year on it now.
  5. Country Bladesmith

    Recommend Me a Coffee

    I’m a Community drinker. It’s available at the grocery store, comes from a Louisiana company, convenient, and has K-cups which I use in my classroom at work. But now that summer is here I actually have a little time to dick around with stuff like this, so I’m looking for some new beans to try...
  6. Country Bladesmith

    UK Pub Time Capsule (Tobacco-Related)

    Check this out. Be sure to look at the list of tobaccos that the pub had on order, and note the tin in the other picture. I thought it was pretty cool.
  7. Country Bladesmith

    Peaches, and the Bonnie & Clyde Ambush

    Put the top down on the Jeep and took the wife and kids for a little road trip today. Not far, just to Ruston, LA. It’s a small city, about an hour from here, but the area is locally famous for their peaches, and it’s the beginning of peach season. There’s a little farm there that makes some...
  8. Country Bladesmith

    Pillows

    Yes, you read it correctly. I’ve been waking up almost every morning for about the last month or so with a crick in my neck. I assume it’s from my pillows, and not me getting old ? Any recommendations for a new pillow?
  9. Country Bladesmith

    What’s the Latest on D&R?

    I’ve been mostly off the forum until lately because I’ve been so busy at work. If there’s been any threads about this I missed them and my search didn’t turn up any news, so I apologize if this has already been discussed. Mostly, I’d like to know if anyone knows if any changes have been made to...
  10. Country Bladesmith

    Nice Packaging Is... Nice

    Is it silly to be this impressed with packaging? Because I’m impressed. Sorry for the crappy lighting, I snapped these right in front of a glass door with sunlight coming through. I especially like the false floor/tray with the Boveda hidden underneath. I didn’t even notice it in the first...
  11. Country Bladesmith

    Favorite Three Songwriters

    @cosmicfolklore had some pretty good threads about great lines in songs, and it got me thinking... if you had to pick your top three songwriters (any genre), who would they be? My three would be Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and Guy Clark.
  12. Country Bladesmith

    Why Aren’t There More Sav 616s?

    The Savinelli 616KS is my favorite shape of all the Savinelli/Rossi lineups. However, a lot of the lines/designs that I really like aren’t offered in the 616. Case in point: never seen a Miele 616, or a Tortuga 616. Is the 616 a “low seller?”
  13. Country Bladesmith

    Fishing Boat Advice

    Thinking of pulling the trigger on a War Eagle Blackhawk 961 center console. I’ve been borrowing a ProGator 17’ bass boat for taking my son and his fishing partner for their school fishing team tournaments. I’m constantly tripping over shit getting to the front and rear decks to untangle lines...
  14. Country Bladesmith

    Huge Frost!

    I’ve lived in Louisiana my whole life, so this might be a normal thing to any of you that live somewhere north of here, but we obviously got hit by those two big winter storms this past week. We don’t usually see much winter precipitation, and if we do, it doesn’t usually last long in our usual...
  15. Country Bladesmith

    Had to Put My Dog Down Today

    Tried to have an afternoon smoke on the swing this afternoon, but it was just too sad and lonely. My usual companion, my old Doberman, Sarge, had to be put down this morning. He just turned 13. I know several folks on here have mentioned him, because he’d often be in my pictures in the “WAYS”...
  16. Country Bladesmith

    A Quarantine Christmas

    Just popped positive for COVID this morning at the quick-care clinic. Yay ‘Rona! ? My senses of taste and smell are flat, but not completely gone. Awful headache, and body aches/chills/fever. Thankfully no respiratory symptoms. Not sure if I had it in March or not, but if so, this is round 2 for...
  17. Country Bladesmith

    Food Saver & Mylar?

    Wasn’t sure where to put this. I figured General Discussion was a safe bet. Here’s my question: I’ve never messed with the Mylar bags before, but I have some 1 lb D&R bags I need to put up. I’d like to bag it in Mylar. Will a Food Saver machine seal the Mylar bags? If not, what’s the best way...
  18. Country Bladesmith

    Called D&R Today...

    Several blends have gotten the axe. This is an incomplete list, there may be others, but these are definitely discontinued: Picayune Sigaro Ramback Balkan Rimboche AB Wintergold Rowland Gold (don’t hold me to the last two, it was hard to hear her over the phone, I may have misheard those two)...
  19. Country Bladesmith

    Orange is the New Blue?

    They keep saying it’s supposed to be a blue moon (last evening and tonight), but it’s been as orange as can be. It was kind of a perfect moon for Halloween last night, but I’m not seeing any blue... Sorry for the crappy cell picture, but you can see the color at least:
  20. Country Bladesmith

    Why the Huge Bands These Days?

    It used to be that these big flashy bands were kind of a red flag for me. Maybe I’m wrong, and maybe I was wrong back then, too, but I remember thinking of them as sort of a gimmick to get you to buy mediocre cigars, but it seems even a lot of highly esteemed cigars these days are using these...
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