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  1. M

    Home Infusions?

    Sometimes if I find out some tobacco has dried out too much I'll put a capful of Bourbon or Rum into the Mason jar with it and wait a few days or a week and presto! A new aromatic blend! Depends on what the blend started out life as, but usually it's pretty smokable. Better than mummy dust anyways.
  2. M

    Help getting started with first pipes, tobacco, etc.

    I second the advice to just start out with a cob, once you start to get the hang of pipe smoking you can start buying whatever you like. But unlike drinking a good bottle of wine, pipe smoking has a very definite learning curve, there isn't much point in buying nicer pipe tobaccos right away...
  3. M

    The Virtue of Dry?

    I have personally been on both ends of drying pipe tobacco over the years but nowadays I dont worry about drying at all and just smoke it as it comes in the tin or bag and simply adjust my pack/cadence to suit the moisture level, including the goopiest aromatics Sutliff produces or Gawith's...
  4. M

    Trying to Love Straight Virginias and Vapers

    What really opened up VA blends (and most others) was getting comfortable with clenching my pipe in my mouth, and here's the key... smoking while absorbed in another task. I would notice while smoking my pipe clenched that after 20 or 30 min or whatever I'd notice that the pipe was smoking cool...
  5. M

    Losing Flavor Halfway Through the Bowl

    Since you're a fellow dipper and no stranger to nicotine, you may find it helpful to practice your cadence with a nice strong pipe blend such as Irish Flake, Royal Yacht, Gawith 1792 Flake, Old Joe Krantz etc. The strong flavor and healthy nic dose can help to force you to sip it slower and...
  6. M

    Luxury Estates or Excellent New Pipes?

    I solved this problem by getting both, new and estates. I have had overall pretty happy results with both. I have bought quite a few of my estate pipes through The Danish Pipe Shop and have been very pleased with them. The pipes always come fully restored and ready to smoke, so factor that in...
  7. M

    Booze in the Bowl?

    I will mention that I barely clean my MM cobs, way less than I probably ought to. They reside in my work truck and I usually smoke them until they get a slightly sour or ashy taste, then they get a quick clean with a few pipe cleaners and some alcohol, then right back to work. I mostly reserve...
  8. M

    Ordering From Danish Pipe Shop

    The Danish Pipe Shop is probably my go-to online shop for buying pipes, and I live in N America. That and SmokingPipes.com/.Eu
  9. M

    Booze in the Bowl?

    I mostly use high proof rum or bourbon to clean my pipes. My Va and Whisky aro pipes get cleaned with the bourbon, my lat, burley and aro pipes get cleaned with the rum. I will say the liquor does an okay job cleaning and freshening my pipes, but when I have occasionally run a couple of pipe...
  10. M

    Favorite Codger Blend

    I would have said Sir Walter Raleigh but I'm not happy with the last few times I bought it recently, very vinegary
  11. M

    Favorite Codger Blend

    I love the old codger/drug store blends, I smoke them probably more than anything else. Some Favorites: 1. Borkum Riff Bourbon (but I smoke and love pretty much the whole line) 2. Captain Black Royal/1Q (but again I smoke 'em all) 3. Carter Hall 4. Mac Baren Virginia No 1 5. Mac B Golden Extra...
  12. M

    Acrylic Stems vs Vulcanite Stems: A Comparison

    I have personally gone from being completely indifferent on stem material, to slightly favoring Vulcanite, to now having a pretty strong hate for any acrylic and going so far as for it to be a deal breaker for me. I am almost ready to draw the line at only hand cut Vulcanite stems for any new...
  13. M

    Chacom Pipes - Your Experience

    I have a few Chacom, as well as a few Ropp and Brulor French pipes. My experience with them has been very positive, they tend to smoke quite well. My only complaint is some have a bit odd (not bad just different) buttons and for some inexplicable reason most of my French pipes have the slot...
  14. M

    These New Classic English Pipes

    The dot is brass on the Captain Black pipe. I also have Savinellis with a brass dot or dots.
  15. M

    These New Classic English Pipes

    I can partially answer my own question since I've received the pipes. I got a little slip in the Captain Black saying it was made by Cadogan and showing some of the brands they make. The CB pipe is an excellent smoker so far I am quite happy with it. The Parker I've left the stinger in and...
  16. M

    Top 3 Favorite Aromatics

    Hmm top 3 aromatics? Hard to narrow it down since there are a lot of great ones but I smoke the most of: 1. Borkum Riff Bourbon 2. Lane 1Q/ Captain Black Royal 3. Smoker’s Pride Cherry
  17. M

    Lane Limited Bulk Blends…

    I think I've tried nearly all the Lane bulk blends now and I think they are all quite decent and worth a try. My favorites are probably 1Q, BCA and MV 1000 which correspond to Captain Black Royal, Dark and Gold respectively.
  18. M

    He's One of Us!

    It doesn't look like there's any tobacco in the chamber, maybe a photo prop?
  19. M

    Borkhum Riff Original - 2 years on shelf.

    I retried BR original not that long ago. Fresh from the pouch I didn't care for it, I would get this strange bitter note in the last third of the bowl so I threw the pouch in a jar and forgot about it. After finding the jar and trying it again I found I really enjoyed it, maybe not quite as...
  20. M

    These New Classic English Pipes

    While browsing an English online pipe shop I noticed that they have new or 'newish' pipes in many of the old classic London pipe makers. I saw Charatan, BBB, Parker, Orlik, GBD and I can't remember what else. Now I'm under no illusion that these classic pipe houses have been resurrected in...
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