Am I Late to the Party?

[JPremo]

Sam Gawith and Gawith & Hoggarth are in stock at a number of online retailers about every month or two............Then I found Seattle Pipe Club's Plum Pudding Bourbon Barrel

I'll second the Gawith tobaccos, although their lakeland essence ones are not for me, the twists are something special and quite unique. Seattle Pipe Club is another amazing blending group and I have yet to buy a tobacco from them that I didn't enjoy!

 

[Misanthrope]

As long as Prince Albert exists, none of those other blends matter. It’s tobacco royalty, it’s right there in the name.

 

[Civil War]

The party was yesterday, so if you missed out on this year's Cringle Flake then you missed out. There is always next year.

 

[PipeIT]

Just be sure to keep an eye on the forum, and these sites, and in time you’ll find some the greats/classics you’re looking for, people sell them all the time.

4Noggins

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Pipestud’s

Pipestuds Consignment Shop

Buying and selling your collectible tobacco tins and tobacco pipes since 2001!

www.pipestud.com

Larryssson Pipes

Consignment Tobacco

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE...BIG REDUCTIONS!!! Unfortunately I can no longer ship outside of the UK and I can no longer accept Paypal for payment. Payment must be made through a UK bank transfer or UK cheque. Shipping charge: £4.85 for Royal Mail Signed-for for orders under £45. Free shipping...

larryssonpipes.com

Pipe Dreams Collectible Tins

Pipe Dreams Collectible Tins

Vintage pipe tobacco tins for the discriminating hobbyist.

pipedreamscollectibletins.com

Vintage Pipe Tobacco

Vintage Pipe Tobacco

Offering vintage pipe tobacco & Cuban Cigars

www.vintagepipetobacco.com

 

[SoddenJack]

I know what you mean. I enjoyed a pipe smoking than gave it up for some years only to pick it back up at the start of quaratine. I remember enjoying Frog Morton so I thought I’d pick up a few tins....gone forever. The funny thing is I know if it was still in production I’d have a stack of unopened tins and a jar full of it I’d probably rarely reach for. I’d be pining away over some other legendary white whale I couldn’t get my hands on.

We probably have access to more bespoke artisanal small batch blends than available than ever before. Worst issue I see now is the manufactured scarcity of blends. “We turned the screws on the press clockwise instead of counter clockwise and put the layers of tobacco in upside down; limited edition of 4000 tins”.

Half the guys on this site: “I just ordered 25 tins of the new limited edition Reverse Twist Cake”.
Me: Sold out...now feel like an asshole for not buying it.

 

[mso489]

Harking back to the original post, depending on the party, and what you like, most parties improve over the evening and if you get there late, that's usually good. I'm not much of a partier, but that's been my experience.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Seems like every other pipe smoker is suffering some sad existential crisis tied to the hobby. I picked up the pipe around the same time and scarcely think of unavailable blends. Life is full of unattainable commodities that I am not going to sit around lamenting.

 

[FurCoat]

I have noticed I tend to favor Latakia blends, for one. I really like plum pudding. I like nightcap, but I realized smoking it in the evening it gives me crazy dreams (I confess sometimes now I’ll smoke it before bed for that very reason lol). Changing styles, I didn’t like Elizabethan mixture at first, but I have since grown fond of it. Mixture 965 I feel is ok, but unremarkable. My Morning Pipe to too light for me. I have some different tins on the way. I plan to make my rounds with companies and their blends, for sure. For a time it just seemed like anytime I heard or read about something interesting, BAM! out of stock, or discontinued. Thank you for your insight.

I thought I was going crazy, but apparently I'm not alone. Pirate Kake gives me crazy dreams.

 

[EvergreenPiper]

I would say we are living in the golden age of pipe smoking. 20 years ago, none of those major online pipe shops exist. SP just passed 20 years so does pipeandcigar.com. People back then will be crazy when they know we can purchase hundreds of blends by several clicks on the internet. Plus, you have all kinds of new pipe tobacco coming out every year. I just fall in love with Cringle Flake 2020 and it is an amazing blend! What is more wonderful, people will review them and share their experiences online! It's like having the best tobacconist on your fingertip. This is the best time for any new pipe smoker. Especially there are so many awesome people who make this hobby so much easy to adopt.

 

[mordy18]

I would say we are living in the golden age of pipe smoking. 20 years ago, none of those major online pipe shops exist. SP just passed 20 years so does pipeandcigar.com. People back then will be crazy when they know we can purchase hundreds of blends by several clicks on the internet. Plus, you have all kinds of new pipe tobacco coming out every year. I just fall in love with Cringle Flake 2020 and it is an amazing blend! What is more wonderful, people will review them and share their experiences online! It's like having the best tobacconist on your fingertip. This is the best time for any new pipe smoker. Especially there are so many awesome people who make this hobby so much easy to adopt.

Were it not for looming regulations and ever more draconian nanny state restrictions I would agree. The spectre of not being able to buy tobacco online anymore, combined with brick and mortar shops disappearing rapidly, and the possibility of small blenders and new blends disappearing due to the deeming regulations — all of that makes hoarding much more prevalent and adds a level of uncertainty that wasnt present 20 years ago. There may not have been the variety we have today, but I doubt people were worried that pipe tobacco could become largely unavailable.

 

[EvergreenPiper]

Were it not for looming regulations and ever more draconian nanny state restrictions I would agree. The spectre of not being able to buy tobacco online anymore, combined with brick and mortar shops disappearing rapidly, and the possibility of small blenders and new blends disappearing due to the deeming regulations — all of that makes hoarding much more prevalent and adds a level of uncertainty that wasnt present 20 years ago. There may not have been the variety we have today, but I doubt people were worried that pipe tobacco could become largely unavailable.

This is happening in every industry NOT just the tobacco industry. brick and mortar such as Blockbuster cannot compete with Netflix. Small shops like RadioShack go bankrupt when Bestbuy and Amazon come to the market. It is the nature of our era. Brick and Mortar cannot compete with online sellers. mom-and-pop shop disappeared just like those small blenders. It can be good and it can be bad. A blend I like, Kramer's Father Dempsey. I have no access to this blend before the retail store was closed. I am not living in Beverley Hill! However, SP.com salvaged this legacy blend and reintroduce it to the world! So I have the fortune to try it! Plus, no regulation in the world has banned an existing legal hobby of their people. I will call that dictatorship.

 

[saltedplug]

I was never one for frivilosities as Cringle Flake, but I know a lot of you loved it so I'm sure I missed out. No, I kept my head down and continued with the business at hand: Escudo, Dark Flake and rope.

 

[fightnhampster]

I would say we are living in the golden age of pipe smoking. 20 years ago, none of those major online pipe shops exist. SP just passed 20 years so does pipeandcigar.com. People back then will be crazy when they know we can purchase hundreds of blends by several clicks on the internet. Plus, you have all kinds of new pipe tobacco coming out every year. I just fall in love with Cringle Flake 2020 and it is an amazing blend! What is more wonderful, people will review them and share their experiences online! It's like having the best tobacconist on your fingertip. This is the best time for any new pipe smoker. Especially there are so many awesome people who make this hobby so much easy to adopt.

Were it not for looming regulations and ever more draconian nanny state restrictions I would agree. The spectre of not being able to buy tobacco online anymore, combined with brick and mortar shops disappearing rapidly, and the possibility of small blenders and new blends disappearing due to the deeming regulations — all of that makes hoarding much more prevalent and adds a level of uncertainty that wasnt present 20 years ago. There may not have been the variety we have today, but I doubt people were worried that pipe tobacco could become largely unavailable.

I agree with both

Cellar deep and wide my friends. Deep and wide.

 

[strave19]

As long as Prince Albert exists, none of those other blends matter. It’s tobacco royalty, it’s right there in the name.

Oh no... ?

 

[Magpiety]

As long as Prince Albert exists, none of those other blends matter. It’s tobacco royalty, it’s right there in the name.

Well I've got some bad news for you...

 

[Misanthrope]

Well I've got some bad news for you...

Let me guess, His Royal Highness is about to take a very extended holiday? I still have 3.5 tubs left of the stuff.

 

[Magpiety]

Let me guess, His Royal Highness is about to take a very extended holiday? I still have 3.5 tubs left of the stuff.

I hope it's not true, I've only seen it on the Milan website clip that's going around.

 

[Misanthrope]

I hope it's not true, I've only seen it on the Milan website clip that's going around.

Damn. 2020’s really twisting the knife now.

 

[anotherbob]

Harking back to the original post, depending on the party, and what you like, most parties improve over the evening and if you get there late, that's usually good. I'm not much of a partier, but that's been my experience.

I say go to the party early you can direct the tone of the evening.

 

[anotherbob]

Plus, no regulation in the world has banned an existing legal hobby of their people. I will call that dictatorship.

History says that happens pretty frequently. And the reasons it happens are almost always really stupid when it comes down to it. The things that have been illegal are often existing hobbies of their people. Because their people are scary to them.