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  1. Gerald Boone

    Ugliest Pipe award

    That is incredible I am impressed especially by the stem
  2. Gerald Boone

    Ugliest Pipe award

    Backstory : I was married 33 years my wife died April 2019. I have been with my woman Janie now going on 3 years. She was married 33 years her husband died March 2019. Janie got me a pipe kit for Christmas. My pipe making skills are pedestrian at best. That said I achieved the huge bowl I...
  3. Gerald Boone

    Are tobacco reviews really of much value?

    I find I love Latakia; so I tend to buy tobacco that has a lot of latakia. If latakia is absent I tend to blend it with tobacco that has a lot of latakia so it tastes good. I like the great billows of smoke it makes as well as well as having less of a nicotine hit. I also like Founding Fathers...
  4. Gerald Boone

    Eastern Kentucky Pipe Club

    I have some fine Scwabb's tobacco from my last trip to Lexington. I bet you are right, they have that tobacco lounge area that is perfect for a club meeting. Thanks
  5. Gerald Boone

    Eastern Kentucky Pipe Club

    Thank you, I occasionally travel to Louisville for work. Now I know of another place for pipe tobacco as well. Our end of the state is without a tobacco shop till you get to Lexington. That said it is pleasant here; only place I ever saw a bear close up, about 15 feet from my front door.
  6. Gerald Boone

    Eastern Kentucky Pipe Club

    Is there a pipe club in Eastern Kentucky?
  7. Gerald Boone

    Your Own "Worst" Tobacco

    I have some "bad" tobaccos as well that I tend to blend with something strong that I like that is a bit too strong to have alone. The bad tobacco is my "filler" so I'm not using so much of the tobacco I like. I think a lot of us have that bad tobacco we wondered why we bought it. Maybe someday...
  8. Gerald Boone

    Do You Associate Pipe Smoking with a Sense of Spirituality?

    I don't know if is the tobacco or if it is us. Perhaps we are, ourselves, more contemplative than say those who smoke cigarettes or vape. It is hard to smoke quickly; it's possible but kind of uncommon. So maybe we that smoke slowly and enjoy the slow ember working it's magic are of a more...
  9. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Yes it does make sense, rather profound :)
  10. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank you I am heeding your advice on the tins and bought a huge mason jar for the tobacco sold loose in shops.
  11. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank you :) I lived in New Mexico for a time (I was a kid then 1974-1977) and love the southwest
  12. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank you Yes the site has already helped me a lot. :)
  13. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank you I had the genetic testing for ancestry done and found I am 73% German.
  14. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank you. Based upon what I have read from the kind community here I bought a huge mason jar and keep the tobacco not tinned in the mason jar. My mother lived in Manchester UK back in the 1950s. She loved it there.
  15. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Hello :) I have been to Palm Springs in your state Nice to meet you
  16. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank you I think I was heading in the wrong direction with adding humidity. So following the wisdom from yourself and others here I bought a huge mason jar that fits most of my tobacco. Working on sipping. trying to get a smoke that lasts a half an hour.
  17. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank You Wishing you the best. Thank you Yes the site has help me learn to store and care for my tobacco Glad to be part of the community.
  18. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank you I lived in Johnson City Tennessee for 25 years. Pleased to meet you I have many pleasant memories of Tennessee.
  19. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank You Wishing you the best I bought a huge Mason jar to store my tobacco. I place all my plastic bags of to tobacco in them without further process based upon your and others recommendations. I appreciated your comments they have been helpful.
  20. Gerald Boone

    Gerald Boone : Introduction

    Thank You Wishing you the best