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gemtx

Might Stick Around
Dec 20, 2020
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Dallas, TX
Hey! So glad to find this forum. I'm a long-time pipe-smoker; 30 years. With a child I don't get to smoke as much, but I love it. A couple years ago my parents gave me 5 tins of Old Ironsides for Christmas; smoking that tonight. I love the stuff, but I love just about anything. I have about 4 prized pipes which never disappoint. Tonight was a huge Armellini. Prior to that was a Peterson. Sometimes I smoke a big Don Carlos. When it comes to tobacco, I like everything. Spicy, stinky, over-the-top, but also mild and sweet. In college I lived alone and just filled the single room with smoke. Delicious. Best to all.
 

sasquatch

Lifer
Jul 16, 2012
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I really like the room note from Old Ironsides, it's kind of the dark coffee of the pipe world.
 
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gemtx

Might Stick Around
Dec 20, 2020
63
177
Dallas, TX
Thanks to all for replies and welcomes! I have $100 to blow on anything this Christmas. I'll be looking for interesting tobaccos. Any suggestions will be welcomed! Thanks!
 
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mingc

Lifer
Jun 20, 2019
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The Big Rock Candy Mountains
Hello and welcome! What haven't you've had in your 30 years? ? The best chance for something new, if you haven't had it already, is Ken Byron Ventures. He's a bit of a huckster, which can cheapen the appeal of his wares, but they can be nonetheless quite fine. He's got a blend for everyone but they can sell out fast.
 
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jpmcwjr

Lifer
May 12, 2015
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30,334
Carmel Valley, CA
Welcome from a fellow Old Ironsides admirer!
Anyone know who's got some?

You can put your location in your Profile—(please!—because people will forget!) That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc., etc..
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. Just country if you must.
 
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Prunetucky84

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 17, 2020
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Clovis, CA
Hey! So glad to find this forum. I'm a long-time pipe-smoker; 30 years. With a child I don't get to smoke as much, but I love it. A couple years ago my parents gave me 5 tins of Old Ironsides for Christmas; smoking that tonight. I love the stuff, but I love just about anything. I have about 4 prized pipes which never disappoint. Tonight was a huge Armellini. Prior to that was a Peterson. Sometimes I smoke a big Don Carlos. When it comes to tobacco, I like everything. Spicy, stinky, over-the-top, but also mild and sweet. In college I lived alone and just filled the single room with smoke. Delicious. Best to all.
Welcome from Fresno, California!! I smoked old Ironsides for years, the old CAO imported stuff out of my first Bing’s Favorite Savinelli I bought when Savinelli first came with them in the early 2000’s. Good, rustic, old school tobacco.
 
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gemtx

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Dec 20, 2020
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Dallas, TX
Thanks again for welcomes. A quick story: I lost my best sport-coat and best pipe in an airport luggage screw-up. Bag must have come open in transition. If so, they got most everything else back in the bag - just not the two most important things. Take my razor, please! I can't remember the brand of pipe right now, but it was hand made unfinished with a brand branded into it.
 
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jpmcwjr

Lifer
May 12, 2015
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Carmel Valley, CA
Do you remember the make of the sports coat?? :)

You can put your location in your Profile—(please!—because people will forget!) That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc., etc..
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. Just country if you must.
 
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