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  1. louisrmantha

    How much nicotine ??

    Most good tobacconist will tell you the nicotine content of a tobacco buy its strength. This way you can avoid too much of nicotine buzzes. Also there is a point I also would like to bring up. Since the nicotine isn’t introduce in your blood stream by your lungs, since we don’t inhale the...
  2. louisrmantha

    Standardizing Pipe tobacco Scoring?

    Bob and pstlpkr had brought great point of views. The evaluation of pipe tobacco may be just too complexes to be standardize. Here is a text on the subject. http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Tasting_Pipe_Tobaccos:_Should_we_Become_more_Disciplined_about_this%3F We have to deal with so much...
  3. louisrmantha

    Standardizing Pipe tobacco Scoring?

    I’ve been reading several reviews on tobacco reviews and sometime it’s getting quite confusing. Everyone is using their own lingo and refers to old blends. It made me wonder if a standard scoring system would be helpful. I know that personal taste varies a lot, but for a new pipe smoker or...
  4. louisrmantha

    Most beautiful pipe?

    It's about 6" long x 2" hight x 1"3/4 wide. It smokes like a charm! Actually all my Blatter pipe smoke like a charm. What amaze me the most it cost me 80$can and the quality is amazing. I don't know what are the international shipping policies are but here is their catalogue. Blatter&Blatter
  5. louisrmantha

    Pipe Lounge

    I was looking around at DIY home renovation project for my next house and I came a cross a Black & Decker DIY guide on cigar lounge. I liked the idea and I'm adding this project to my list. But out of curiousness, I was just wandering what does other members Pipe lounge (cigar lounge, men den &...
  6. louisrmantha

    Most beautiful pipe?

    Wow! You guys have great pipes. They all have beautiful grain, event the corn cob has a great pattern, reminiscent of brier bird-eye. Here is my little jewel, it's hand made by the local craftsmen of Blatter&Blatter. It's nothing fancy I just like the way the general look of my large billiard...
  7. louisrmantha

    Interview with Greg Pease of G.L. Pease Tobacco - Part 2

    Greg is such a wonderful guy. I love producers that are passionate and that are willing to give time to others. Actually most of them are! Great interview Bob!
  8. louisrmantha

    April 2010 - What Are You Smoking?

    Solani blend 369, Samuel Garwith Best Brown flake, Ashton GOLD RUSH, Peterson SWEET KILLARNEY,Rattray's BLACK VIRGINIA and Fribourg & Treyer BLACKJACK. I Like to vary a lot.
  9. louisrmantha

    Care of an Estate Meerschaum

    Just one detail raf66. When cleaning your pipe at the end of smoke, be gentle with your cleaning tool. The button of your pipe will absorb water and will be softer the brier and you might cause internal damage like I did with mine. Also use a folded pipe cleaner to wipe any residue on the...
  10. louisrmantha

    Chicago Pipe Show

    I would just love to go! But it's not financially feasible this year, so I'm saving up for next year. For those who are going, please bring back photos and share with us your experience.
  11. louisrmantha

    You look lousy!!

    Has to be expected, all your commences are sound, rich, correct and a joy to read. This is a one of the pleasures that seems to be liked with pipe smoking, a good intellectual discussion. Unfortunately for use the public image isn’t this interesting. It’s shallow, judgmental, cruel and unfair...
  12. louisrmantha

    You look lousy!!

    Interesting point of view! I believed that the tobacco situation between Canada and the USA where similar. I completely understand your frustration and your desire to change things for your pass-time. But if Canadian anti-tobacco law are a preview of future US laws than you have my sympathy...
  13. louisrmantha

    You look lousy!!

    Hello my fellow pipe smokers, I would like to talk about the tobacco pipe greatest weakness: “PUBLIC IMAGE” Simple in the public eye we are: the grandpas, the hillbillies, the seaman and (this is my favourite) the tacky. That’s why the anti-tobacco groups are hinting us the hardest and leave...