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  1. PaulDM

    Newbie

    Welcome!
  2. PaulDM

    What Was Your First "I Gotta Buy 5 Pounds of This Stuff!" Tobacco?

    Never bought more than three tins of anything.
  3. PaulDM

    Smoking Pipe around Children...

    I don't smoke at all when my grandkids are around, and I don't wear clothes that I have smoked in. A bit extreme? Perhaps. But the wife won't tolerate it and ... well you understand.
  4. PaulDM

    Suggestios Please....

    Savinelli 804. Lot’s of finishes to choose from and different prices based on those finishes. Its a Canadian and it is one of my favorites. I smoke it with a 6mm savinelli charcoal filter.
  5. PaulDM

    How Many Blends Do You Have in Rotation?

    Roughly twenty blends jarred that I grab randomly based on whatever strikes me at the moment. Around 60-70 tins. I haven’t opened a new tin in years.
  6. PaulDM

    Pipe Tobacco is no Good Anymore/Better Than Before

    The loss of syrian latakia supposedly materially and negatively impacted the quality of English blends. I never smoked syrian latakia so I don’t know how valid that is. I hear that as perique has become more scarce vapers have suffered. My sense is that small growers and blenders (like...
  7. PaulDM

    Update on the STG Closure Of Sutliff and Mac Baren

    It reminds me of the words of the zek in Jack Reacher: “Enough? There is no such thing. We take what can be taken. This is what we do.” 😀 Actually, I have found pipe smokers to be quite amiable and generous for the most part. But there is a little of the “zek” in us all.
  8. PaulDM

    Update on the STG Closure Of Sutliff and Mac Baren

    It seems like a majority of posts on this topic include some reference to how much the poster has stocked up, size of cellar, etc - sort of a “well, at least I got mine approach”. The pipe tobacco hobby seems to attract hoarders to some extent. I certainly was headed down that road until I...
  9. PaulDM

    Just in from STG/MacBaren/Sutliff

    I have been catching up on this snd related threads. The situation does not seem that complicated. Smoking generally has declined precipitously and pipe smoking is effectively dead or dying. Its a small niche pastime. I know of two other pipe smokers and neither smokes frequently. Yet the...
  10. PaulDM

    Cutting Back

    This thread speaks to me. I restarted pipe smoking in 2019 (right after Mclelland shut down) after a 10 year hiatus - i had one pipe and had been a very occasional smoker decades ago. I got slightly obsessed and within 3-4 years wound up with 90ish unopened tins and about 2 lbs of jarred...
  11. PaulDM

    Update on the STG Closure Of Sutliff and Mac Baren

    I always thought there are too many sutliff varieties. Rationalizing their catalog might make sense.
  12. PaulDM

    ***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***

    Watch City Cigar Nor’easter in a stanwell. Few years of age on it.ked the jar. Sublime on a cold fall day.
  13. PaulDM

    Plastic for Storing Tobacco?

    As someone mentioned above, I have some cigars that have sat in cheap tupperware with a bovida pack for years and are perfectly ok. I think humidity stability is more important that an airtight seal.
  14. PaulDM

    Are Windcaps Over?

    Those windcaps look very cool. I don't think I have ever seen one in person.
  15. PaulDM

    What Blends to Bring Home from USA?

    If you like aromatics Boswells' are great.
  16. PaulDM

    Pack Like Drinking Through a Straw?

    Just think of an upside down bonfire. The pack should be relatively lose on the bottom of the bowl and firm on top. There are different ways to accomplish that. I use an informal "Frank method" which has become basically stuff and puff over time. 1. - gravity fill, tap the sides of the bowl...
  17. PaulDM

    Rossi 6mm Filter Fitment

    Isn't rossi pretty much the same as Savinelli, just slightly lower end version (supposedly)? If so, I use 6mm charcoal savinelli filters in my savinelli pipes and they fit perfectly. Not that pricey - worth a try for the Rossi.
  18. PaulDM

    Smoking a Pipe with GERD/Reflux

    I use a big foam wedge when I sleep. Really helped with GERD. Black coffee can set me of as can alcohol. Smoking can contribute but I haven't noticed it.
  19. PaulDM

    Good and Bad Experiences Smoking in Public

    I think I've seen two people smoking a pipe on the street in NYC in the last 5+ years. I smoke at home on the deck or porch. I have gotten a few sly comments from friends (something like "a pipe, who smokes a pipe?").
  20. PaulDM

    How Many Open Tins is Too Many?

    Pipe tobacco is pretty inexpensive (in the US). A $15 dollar tin will last many weeks or months if you are smoking 2--3 bowls on weekends. I say have fun with it, open as many tins as you like, but make sure to properly jar and store what you have so they last.
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