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  1. pipefish

    Best International Shipping from USA

    Hi everyone--I understand that 4Noggins is one of the more popular options for "successful and affordable" shipping of tobacco internationally from the US; however, I've tried contacting them a number of times and received no response. Are there others that you can recommend? I know that...
  2. pipefish

    Tobacco Shops in Europe, Asia, and USA

    Just came across this website today--very helpful in getting information about pipe shops in various countries in Europe, parts of Asia (Taiwan, Thailand, Japan), and even a few in the USA. I think it's in French, but if you have the Google Translate app on your computer you can easily...
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    Mailing Pipe Tobacco

    Hi everyone, I'm in Europe and I've never shipped pipe tobacco through the US mail before. I've got some friends dropping by to see me over the next few weeks and they've agreed to take some tobacco back for me and ship them to my relative's house once they've returned to the US. One is going...
  4. pipefish

    Unique Pipe Shapes

    I came across this website tonight and thought I'd share it with you kind folks. These pipe shapes are amazing and the makers appear to be mainly from Europe (the company is located in Germany). Some of these designs are absolutely incredible--the Andrey Savenko collection really caught my eye...
  5. pipefish

    Penzance In Stock At Iwan Ries

    Maximum two tins...finally was able to order some!
  6. pipefish

    Understanding Virginias With OGS

    I am still quite new to VA tobaccos because I tend to like over the top latakia flavors like Nightcap. I enjoy Dunhill Flake but recently I tried Orlik Golden Sliced and find myself smoking 2-3 bowls a day of this stuff and I'm usually a one bowl/day smoker. I find it easy to light, easy to...
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    Where to Go in Europe?

    I don't post as often as I would like, but a number of my posts involve travel--particularly about pipe shops in the various cities I've been fortunate to visit. Living in central Europe has its perks! Wife and kids will be visiting my in-laws for two weeks this summer, so I will have the...
  8. pipefish

    Carter Hall--A Revelation

    I'm smoking CH for the first time and I have to say what a lovely tobacco this is. I'm a 1-2 bowl/week smoker and I usually go for the more "upscale" blends of GH, SG, and Pease. However, I've always been a bit frustrated in keeping the bowl lit, and usually by the end of my smoke I have quite...
  9. pipefish

    Smaller US Tobacco Shops

    Will be visiting the States in a few weeks and plan on stocking up on blends not available in Europe for longer term storage. I plan on buying and storing them for a few years until I return to the US (and would like to get a good cellar going before the Tobbacalypse). In addition to the blends...
  10. pipefish

    Aging vs Storing

    OK, so I've got a number of tins waiting for me in the States that I don't plan to smoke for quite some time (at least 2 years). I bought these thanks to this Forum which alerted me to special sales (Dunhill) and hard to find tobaccos such as Smoker's Haven Best Blend and Penzance. Is there a...
  11. pipefish

    Local B&M Closed--Bittersweet

    So one of my favorite B&Ms in Switzerland closed this month as the proprietor retired. Unlike many B&Ms which have a small selection of pipes and tobacco, his was pipe smoking shop with just a tiny humidor of cigars in the back. Along with over 80 bulk blends (many from G&H) he also was the...
  12. pipefish

    Enjoy That "Tingle" In The Nose

    Hopefully this will make sense to you. What produces that lovely "tingle" in the nose of some tobaccos? I understand perique is one reason and really enjoyed it smoking Beacon Extra, but I also noticed it when I smoked Dunhill Flake (which I don't think contains any perique) and I really felt...
  13. pipefish

    Buying My First Peterson

    For all of you Peterson connoisseurs on the forum, I would really appreciate some advice on a first Peterson. I really like the looks and styles of many of them, but are there any tried and trusted models or series that you might recommend for a first time buyer? I don't want to spend more...
  14. pipefish

    Savinelli Seta and Monsieur Pipes

    Might any of you own either (or both!) of these pipes and care to share your thoughts about them?
  15. pipefish

    Presbyterian Mixture Thread Disappeared?

    I'm a bit apprehensive about posting this since if it's unfounded I'm sure I'm well on my way to senility, but wasn't there a thread here recently about Presbyterian no longer being available in the US? I was looking for it again to see if I needed to begin cellaring tins. I even did a forum...
  16. pipefish

    Indoor Rower Recommendation

    Hey everyone, Totally not pipe related, but definitely health related which should be relevant to all anyway. Last year when I turned 45 I noticed that my exercise regimen of running and playing tennis wasn't working well anymore--basically both were tearing up my knees something awful. My...
  17. pipefish

    10% Off at Synjeco

    Sorry for the late notice but Synjeco in Switzerland is offering a 10% discount on all tobacco except their vintage tins: http://www.synjeco.ch/pataall/news/news.php?i2 The offer only ends on Jan 3 11:59 Central European Time; if you've ever wanted to try some of the Synjeco or Schurch blends...
  18. pipefish

    Stephen King's 11/22/63 Will Be a Miniseries

    I'm an avid reader but rarely do I read a book more than once. That said, I am now on my fourth reading of 11/22/63. For some reason every time I read this thing I realize something new or unique that I hadn't considered. For whatever reason, this book fascinates me, and not because I'm a...
  19. pipefish

    My Trip To Munich--Pfeifen Huber and Pfeifen Diehl (Picture Heavy)

    Hey everyone, Had the opportunity to go to Munich last week and the War Dept. gave me some "pipe time" (as she calls it) to explore a few of the B&Ms in the city. My first visit was to Pfeifen Huber (http://www.pfeifen-huber.de/). This place has been around for over 150 years and its...
  20. pipefish

    Pfeifen Huber Munich

    I'm headed to Munich in a couple of days and plan to visit Pfiefen Huber. I am interested in picking up a number of their house blends but there aren't a whole lo of reviews about them. Tobacco Reviews lists a few of their blends but most are based only on one review. Their Balkan mixture has...