Back Home After 10 years of Travel

[pharaohfitz]

Greetings all,
I have been traveling and missed about a decade of all things pipes, after being a pipe smoker for over 40 years. I've made about 2 dozen pipes over the years but no way to set up a full-time workshop traveling). I see the industry is overly regulated and companies have given up making pipe tobacco, others have sold their brands. My pipe collections (2) were either lost or stolen during my moves and all of my cellared tobacco tins are missing, as well. So, whilst I enjoy ancient tinned tobacco sagas, I am starting to buy pipes and tobacco afresh so I would really enjoy hearing about new tobacco that doesn't need to be aged for a decade to be enjoyed today.

My current smoking rotation includes older Charatans (Execs and Selected), Castellos, Caminettos (used to have a gold cap and chained Bagdad or Baghdad), Tonni Nielsen ( I was lucky enough to be invited to his home and shop), Kurt Balleby, Peter Heding, Tom Eltang and older Larsens (used to have a Sven Knudsen freehand). Tobaccos include, "Peterson" Flake, Comoys Cask #7 and #4, Escudo, Davidoff flake Medallions, C&D Deams of Kadath.

Cheers!

 

[acidpox]

Welcome back from your hiatus. If you enjoy dreams of kadath(One of my favorites). You might want to give GLP Temple Bar a shot. Not the same but scratches the same itch so to speak.

 

[Mr.Mike]

I love both the comoy's flakes. I've recently tried 1931 flake and enjoyed it very much.

 

[cshubhra]

Welcome!!! Ten years on the move do sound like an adventure. Do share some stories time to time.

 

[diamondback]

Welcome back from Middle Tennessee

 

[augiebd]

Welcome from Western Canada! You have a good approach, looking to find good, available brands that fit your preferred tastes. There have been many changes but there are many excellent blends to explore.

 

[peregrinus]

I would really enjoy hearing about new tobacco

Hello and welcome from Seattle, Washington.
You’ve come home at a good time.
While there have been many dramatic changes, ie McClelland closing, there is an abundance of good tobacco available at this moment in time, more than any one person can sample. Lately I have been exploring the HU blends available at Estervals.
Welcome home.

 

[sablebrush52]

Definitely check out HU tobaccos, available (for now) from Estervals in Germany. I'm partial to Director's Cut, Makhuwa, 5th Anniversary Blend, Old Fredders, Indaba, Zulu, and Moroccan Bazaar. Also check out Watch City blends, Deluxe Crumb Cut, Watch City Slices, Simply Red, Rhythm and Blues, and others. Among the OTCs check out Chatham Manor and Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic. C&D, I like Yorktown and Bijou.

 

[condorlover1]

Welcome back. I know the feeling since I am thinking of heading back to the U.K after 25 years in the U.S.

 

[diamondback]

Welcome back. I know the feeling since I am thinking of heading back to the U.K after 25 years in the U.S.

No, no! Stay with us!

 

[condorlover1]

Through the wonders of the internet one is never far away!

 

[gervais]

Welcome back, from Ontario, Canada! Must feel good to be home

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome back. Exploring all the new blends is part of the fun. Remember...it's the journey not the destination.

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Welcome from East Tennessee

 

[alaskanpiper]

Sounds like quite the adventures! Welcome back, from Knik River, Alaska!

 

[mso489]

That's quite a life saga, including pipes and tobacco. I'll be interested to hear more about it salted into your posts. Welcome from central North Carolina. There was a stretch of about ten years when I moved about a dozen times, depending on how I count, covering a lot of geographical territory, so I know the voyaging life.

 

[diamondback]

That's quite a life saga, including pipes and tobacco. I'll be interested to hear more about it salted into your posts. Welcome from central North Carolina. There was a stretch of about ten years when I moved about a dozen times, depending on how I count, covering a lot of geographical territory, so I know the voyaging life.

That’s pretty cool! I’ve only left Tennessee on business or vacation/holiday. I’m a home-body.

 

[gamzultovah]

Definitely check out HU tobaccos, available (for now) from Estervals in Germany. I'm partial to Director's Cut, Makhuwa, 5th Anniversary Blend, Old Fredders, Indaba, Zulu, and Moroccan Bazaar. Also check out Watch City blends, Deluxe Crumb Cut, Watch City Slices, Simply Red, Rhythm and Blues, and others. Among the OTCs check out Chatham Manor and Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic. C&D, I like Yorktown and Bijou.

+1...Also, I recommend Davidoff Royalty, Davidoff Flake Medallions & Reiner Gold. All are readily available. Welcome back.

 

[indoeuro]

Welcome back!

 

[pharaohfitz]

Welcome back from Middle Tennessee

Thank you sir, I am currently in Western NC looking for pipe shops. Road trips for good tobacco and company are about 250 mile radius from Asheville area.