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  1. pruss

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

    Haddo’s, then Escudo, then HU Director’s Cut. — Pat
  2. pruss

    What Kind Of Pipe Smoker Are You?

    Years smoking, a pipe - On and off for 30 years. Do you combine your pipe smoking with other forms of tobacco consumption? Cigars, snuff, etc. if so, which form of consumption do you lean to - I took to cigars like a moth to a flame. But I smoke them rarely. I have a humidor full of a wide...
  3. pruss

    What's Your Opinion?

    I see what you did there. Classic mockingbird syndrome. Pot or Dublin? Pot or Dublin? Pot or …. oooooh shiny new Meerschaum! Probably for the best. Every smoker needs a meer for tobacco that you don’t want to ghost your briar. Enjoy! — Pat PS - The correct answer to the original question...
  4. pruss

    Read This Before Concluding ANYTHING Regarding Blend Preferences

    Super tasters aren’t always great professional tasters, they just have a quantifiable ability to taste things most other people cannot. Also, I’m pretty sure there are more than a dozen professional footballers named Jesus in leagues around the world at the moment. — Pat
  5. pruss

    Read This Before Concluding ANYTHING Regarding Blend Preferences

    Aroma perception through tasting is definitely a skill which can be learned through practice. Likewise, some people have a head start on the learning because of the concentration of taste buds and retro-nasal aroma preceptors that they have. Neither of these things amount to a hill of beans if...
  6. pruss

    I Made It To L.J. Peretti

    I’ve never been lucky enough to pick up Thanksgiving Blend. But Oriental #40 is one of my favourite Autumn and Winter smokes. L.J. Peretti is a special place. — pruss
  7. pruss

    Let's Discuss this Forum

    Not trying to belabour any points by belabouring points, but the real art in forum participation is “How to be a Dick”. Logging in annually has made for wonderful perusal, and nostalgia, and reminiscicizing. Thanks for this thread, it does truly capture what makes these forums outstanding. —...
  8. pruss

    New Zealand Briar Society

    Mortonbriar’s comments are spot on with regards to needing the right wood to turn for pipe making. I also don’t know of any pipe makers in Aotearoa. But I do know a wonderful pipe maker who is in Melbourne. I am sure he would make commission pieces if you’re happy working with his time frame...
  9. pruss

    A Fistful of Crud

    Ash does this for reals…
  10. pruss

    A Fistful of Crud

    I mean, I’m not talking about Peck in cutoffs… Nice to see you, and so many others, here fathering flame. — Pat
  11. pruss

    A Fistful of Crud

    Fine white ash…
  12. pruss

    Broken Pipe - Mike Lancaster

    Hey everyone, I had a scan of the forums and couldn’t find a post, so apologies if this is old news. I learned today that Michael Lancaster passed away. Mike was really active on YouTube and social media a number of years ago and helped bring the idea of artisan pipes to younger and newer pipe...
  13. pruss

    Yanik Buffalo Meer

    Hey Brian, been an age, hope you’re well. I did the same thing you did, fell in love with an S. Yanik figural meer and pulled the trigger without questioning the engineering. Mine has the same issue yours does, with the airway slotting in under the bottom of the chamber. That said, I’ve...
  14. pruss

    New Pipe Ghosted with 1Q.

    I’ve given a Viking funeral to more than a few in my time. When I left Canada for New Zealand I burned about thirty misused and maltreated briar stummels in my parents wood burning stove. Ironically, the pipes burned down to a fine white ash.
  15. pruss

    Most Iconic Pipe Shape for tattoo?

    Nah… I’m just otherwise and prone to not being where I say I am. ?
  16. pruss

    What are You Watching? Year 2022

    Was surprisingly pleased with Obi-Wan Kenobi which launched on Friday. For a 48 year old the show was one giant Easter Egg. I found the pacing good, the new characters enjoyable, and the lack of faith in the Jedi refreshing. The actors who return pick up their characters like a warm glove. The...
  17. pruss

    New Schwag For Alaska Pipe Club

    I’m gonna need to buy one of those hats… nice work mate.
  18. pruss

    What are You Watching? Year 2022

    I’m working my way through 1883 at an episode or two per week during TV time with my wife. The acting has been wonderful so far, with Isabel May stealing the show by delivering wonderful moments. Sam Elliott is always good, but Tim McGraw is showing us that the future of the Western is in good...
  19. pruss

    Most Iconic Pipe Shape for tattoo?

    You can’t make me.
  20. pruss

    Most Iconic Pipe Shape for tattoo?

    I went with the bent billiard when I had my last piece done.