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Do You Like Snow?
I like it, but I don't really have much choice. The photo below was last year; we haven't got as much accumulation this year, yet. I lived in Australia for a number of years and didn't really miss it until Christmas. The Southern Hemisphere summer with Christmas decorations and music just...- Joe H
- Post #38
- Forum: General Discussion
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Two Nuns and a Seminarian
I’ve recently been comparing Three Friars tobacco to my version of Three Nuns. The Three Friars blend is a similar smoke to the current version of Three Nuns, but with more noticeable Virginia sweet hay smell and taste. I got a similar harshness to current Three Nuns that would probably reduce...- Joe H
- Post #28
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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I should have posted here earlier! Greetings from Japan!
Welcome to this great and super informative site! Hopefully you have or can get some of your father's smoking stuff, I find using my dad's old pipes, lighters and whatnot enhances the experience.- Joe H
- Post #36
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***
Just back from the night-time dog walk. I rarely smoke before bed but it was 19 degrees and dead calm; fairly pleasant by Alaskan December standards. I had an inaugural bowl of a new home mixture I’m calling Two Friars with a Cherry on Top. It’s a modification of Three Friars and one of my...- Joe H
- Post #2,225
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What Pipes Do You Wish You Had?
I'm lucky to have a good number of my dad's pipes and more than enough pipes to use, but I would be happy to make room for the one pictured below, clenched in the mouth of my paternal grandfather. Sadly, none of his smoking items were passed along. -
***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***
It was warm enough to comfortably hike across the frozen local lake with my dog. I smoked my self-made Christmas blend in a '70s Comfort brand pipe. The tobacco smells like eggnog and leaves a nice smell once lit, but the taste is merely OK. I have a tin of Golden Days of Yore under the tree...- Joe H
- Post #1,785
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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How Cold Is Too Cold?
Thanks to the OP for starting this topic - it's entertaining and enlightening to see regional variations to what people consider cold. As for this born and raised Alaskan, I don't light up unless it's in the teens (Fahrenheit), and I have been known to clench my pipes upside-down when the snow...- Joe H
- Post #122
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Hello from Massachusetts!
Thank you for sharing your amazing skills here! The site will benefit from your experiences. Welcome.- Joe H
- Post #35
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***
Today I did a side-by-side comparison between C&D’s Three Friars and my version of Three Nuns. The Friars had a more distinctive Virginia component but definitely is in the same ball park as the current version of Three Nuns. I preferred my version as it’s got a bit more complexity, and while it...- Joe H
- Post #1,148
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Two Nuns and a Seminarian
Thanks for the interest @rakovsky, I did see that early connection while doing some research for this project. Three Nuns has an amazing, long interesting history indeed. To my nose, Holiday pipe mixture (Sutiff makes a match) probably has the most noticeable church incense smell - but that's...- Joe H
- Post #24
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***
I’m waiting on a tin of Golden Days of Yore to smoke over the holidays so last night I cooked down some rum with cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and a chunk of peppermint candy cane. I added that to some old, dried out left over tobacco and let it soak overnight. This morning I popped it in the oven on...- Joe H
- Post #811
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Pipe Smoking Literature
Since this thread is resurfaced again, I was in our local used bookstore today and stumbled across a book called “Tobacco, A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization,” by Iain Gately. I’m only a few pages into it, plus I skimmed through it. There’s a lot in there that's new...- Joe H
- Post #28
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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First Cobb I've Bought in Years
That's a new pipe?!? It looks like you've been loving it for years. One of the reasons I never bought a cob was that I didn't think I'd live long enough to see it wear-in to a proper level. That thing looks totally legit! Well done, and maybe I need to visit the MM web site again. -
***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***
Happy holidays! My pipe smoking usually slows way down during the Alaskan winters but today it was sunny and maybe even above freezing for a few hours. I took advantage of the warm spell and took the dog out to smell squirrel tracks. She’s supposed to be a bird dog but is most interested in...- Joe H
- Post #525
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Hi from Perth Australia
Welcome to this great site! My hat's off to any brave pipe-smoking soul willing to endure the taxes in Australia. I lived in Sydney a while back but had pipe tobacco in my household goods when I was shipped over; I never thought to declare it as it wasn't that much and no one made any comments...- Joe H
- Post #44
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Tobacco pouches/ leather bags why do they exist?
Here’s a link to a thread I started on old tobacco pouches: Old Leather Tobacco Pouches :: Pipes Accessories - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/old-leather-tobacco-pouches.105551/ The unlined ones were probably just a product of their time; plastics and rubbers were not generally...- Joe H
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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What was your first blend and is it part of your current rotation?
My first pipe tobacco blend was Middleton’s Cherry in the mid-1990s. I used the old stuff my dad had stocked away from the mid-1970s when he quit smoking. There was pounds of it in our old family home basement. I smoked it straight out of the pouch back then. Now, 30 years later, I rehydrate it...- Joe H
- Post #26
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Greetings from Alaska
@rakovsky : The boxed pouch in the photo is probably from the early 1970s. I read someplace that the trade name, “House of Edgeworth” which appears on this box, was phased out in 1974, but I’m no historian. My dad stopped smoking in 1976 or 1977 so it definitely predates that. Thanks for the...- Joe H
- Post #48
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Greetings from Alaska
Anchorage. And Sutliff makes a pretty darn good Edgeworth match that is sold in bulk. I doubt my dad could have told the difference between the original and the match.- Joe H
- Post #44
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Greetings! I'm from PA/SC and interested in the Native American tobacco tradition (eg. mint, sage, Cherokee).
Welcome to this great web site, I’m sure you will find it an amazing source of knowledge. Your comment about big, dry “Indian Tobacco” leaves reminded me of a work trip to Papua New Guinea where I bought tobacco at an open market. It was sold in bunches of four or five leaves, each individual...- Joe H
- Post #7
- Forum: New Member Introductions