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andysc83

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 30, 2012
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Laurens, South Carolina
Mr. Christian's Raven Eye Flake in a Reid Robertson

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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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Couldn't sleep, so I fed my cats, and Sam the Scamp, and am half way through this bowl of one of the early versions of Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture in a 1980s straight smooth Big Ben pot with a nickel band and a black vulcanite saddle stem. The pipe was a gift from Mark Ryan that I haven't smoked in a while, and I still have quite a bit of ACPM early versions to smoke.
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bluegrassbrian

Your Mom's Favorite Pipe Smoker
Aug 27, 2016
6,624
63,620
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Louisville
Back in the 80s when I was a very young guy, I was fascinated by Big League Chew - the shredded bubblegum meant to mimic pouched chewing tobacco a la pro baseball. You could create enormous wads of gum and enormous bubbles.
Somewhere along the line (I was 6 or 7) I chanced upon a pouch of RedMan. I recognized that it was tobacco, not bubble gum. Still, I was curious- it was open so I stole a sniff. Smelled pretty good- sweet and savory and unique. I had enough fear of retribution in those days (hard head/soft ass) so I didn't take a pinch.

Fast forward 30 odd years and here we are. The first time I popped a tin of Sam's Flake the aroma sent me back to that day, the feel of a rolled up foil pouch and that uniquely sweet and savory smell. I've never again smelled Redman.. I don't want to ruin my memory. In my mind, the two are strangely linked.

2018 Gawith Sams Flake in the Yeti Dublin.

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AroEnglish

Rehabilitant
Jan 7, 2020
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I’ve stayed away from Latakia for a long time. Not for any particular reason but my taste for it just wasn’t there anymore. I’m about to dive back in with some Arango Balkan Supreme in my Moonshine Morta Cannonball.

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Have you gotten any new cannonballs lately? And have you seen the Grapeshots?
 
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