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danmdevries Offline
#2401 Posted: Sun, Aug 31 2014, 9:00 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
I'll second that........AYE

It is a flake......in the form of a spun coin.


Ron


Whatever it is, its delicious, and this tin isn't going to last very long
Bur Offline
#2402 Posted: Mon, Sep 1 2014, 3:30 PM EST
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About to fire up my first bowl of Granger. Won in the flurry of drunk underbids 12 oz for $7 of 100% Burley goodness. Hope it's not stupidly bland or I'll be hoping to catch Joe Lankford at my next Seattle Pipe Club meeting to crash. But he warned me learning to blend was the hardest thing he ever did.
spectresquad Offline
#2403 Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2014, 2:20 AM EST
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It has been years since I got to hang out at the local tobacconist, but Mixing was not so hard. Smell the blend and smell a dozen more and say to yourself, I like this one, but it would be nice to have "whatever" in it. My favorite was Staghorn with Honey Clover in it. Staghorn was campfire smokey, and honey clover was black and sweet. The two complimented each other.

Don't let em scare you. A quarter ounce of this, a half ounce of that. Don't blend a lot of anything till you get it right, then blend several ounces or pounds. With the high price of tobacco, smaller test batches are better. My Tobacconist had 3x5 file cards that he kept special blends on. I have a diary of my cigars and blends and from which source.

Relax and enjoy.fog
desolbones Offline
#2404 Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2014, 7:29 PM EST
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2374- MM Country Gentleman in a briar Oom Paul, VaPer w/ Kentucky dark Fired...works well for me
wheelrite Offline
#2405 Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2014, 7:35 PM EST
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I heard CVS has decided to not sell tobacco and and stuff..
Deeply discounting everything,
So, I went by CVS Sunday and bought a nice DR Graybow pipe for $8.00. The sticker price was $23.99.

wheel,
RodneyB Offline
#2406 Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2014, 7:41 PM EST
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Today was the last day for it.
wheelrite Offline
#2407 Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2014, 7:50 PM EST
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RodneyB wrote:
Today was the last day for it.


if ya snooze , you lose...

wheel,
frankj1 Offline
#2408 Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2014, 10:01 PM EST
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quite a while ago, around the first of the year, I got demolished by Ron, Jamie, and Dave W. simply because I expressed an interest in trying pipe baccy. I never posted my experiences as I wanted to give each sample a try and thought warmer weather would allow me to get it done. I am not yet at the point that I feel I know what I am talking about, but can say now that I have enjoyed 98.2% of them.

Going forward, I think Fall may be the best time of year for me to pick up the pace and will start to post as I revisit the amazing array of gifts these gents dropped on me.

A few things I will say is that I have found pipe tobacco milder yet more flavorful than cigars, the actual smoking experience requires more focus which leads to distancing me from daily stress better than cigars do (and they do, too), and there is a much wider selection of flavors from which to choose.

I apologize to the 3 Pirates for dallying in posting, you guys did me a tremendous favor introducing me to so many selections.

I thanked you then, but now I am really thanking you.

Frank
Whistlebritches Offline
#2409 Posted: Wed, Sep 3 2014, 10:06 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
quite a while ago, around the first of the year, I got demolished by Ron, Jamie, and Dave W. simply because I expressed an interest in trying pipe baccy. I never posted my experiences as I wanted to give each sample a try and thought warmer weather would allow me to get it done. I am not yet at the point that I feel I know what I am talking about, but can say now that I have enjoyed 98.2% of them.

Going forward, I think Fall may be the best time of year for me to pick up the pace and will start to post as I revisit the amazing array of gifts these gents dropped on me.

A few things I will say is that I have found pipe tobacco milder yet more flavorful than cigars, the actual smoking experience requires more focus which leads to distancing me from daily stress better than cigars do (and they do, too), and there is a much wider selection of flavors from which to choose.

I apologize to the 3 Pirates for dallying in posting, you guys did me a tremendous favor introducing me to so many selections.

I thanked you then, but now I am really thanking you.

Frank


I just hope you enjoy every bowl.


Ron
wheelrite Offline
#2410 Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2014, 6:13 AM EST
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smoked the DR Graybow last night. I really enjoyed it. It smoked cool and smooth. I imagine it will be even better after it seasons up. The first briar I have smoked. I liked it much better than a cobb( which i liked just fine).

wheel,
NurseTerrie Offline
#2411 Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2014, 1:16 PM EST
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I have never smoked a pipe...

NurseTerrie
danmdevries Offline
#2412 Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2014, 1:54 PM EST
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NurseTerrie wrote:
I have never smoked a pipe...

NurseTerrie


Hmm,,,

Anyone want to drive the bus?
danmdevries Offline
#2413 Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2014, 1:56 PM EST
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Edit never mind.

Didnt see the real wheel post prior

Edit again. Screw it. Who driving?
ZRX1200 Offline
#2414 Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2014, 5:15 PM EST
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2375~ PS Luxury Navy Flake
desolbones Offline
#2415 Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2014, 10:27 PM EST
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2376-Rincon de la Pipa in a new no name freehand sitter
2377- again
2378-again, one more bowl & this pipe will be broken in..I think
2379 ^
desolbones Offline
#2416 Posted: Fri, Sep 5 2014, 10:30 PM EST
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^^^^ what do ya send the wife of someone who already has a Graybrow and a cob?
JKilburn Offline
#2417 Posted: Sat, Sep 6 2014, 7:11 PM EST
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2380- Sutliff County Cork. Used a Graybow.

First time ever smoking a pipe and really enjoyed. Our cigar and pipe club got them to send us samples so what a great time to start. My dad gave me his pipes so can't be free.
Whistlebritches Offline
#2418 Posted: Sat, Sep 6 2014, 8:01 PM EST
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desolbones wrote:
^^^^ what do ya send the wife of someone who already has a Graybrow and a cob?



Definitely something battery powered.


Ron
frankj1 Offline
#2419 Posted: Sat, Sep 6 2014, 8:05 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
Definitely something battery powered.


Ron

hysterical!
danmdevries Offline
#2420 Posted: Sun, Sep 7 2014, 2:04 PM EST
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2381 Davidoff Flake Medallion. My favorite so far.
Bur Offline
#2421 Posted: Sun, Sep 7 2014, 10:32 PM EST
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2382 SuperValue Cherry Cavendish. yeah, I know, but gifted by a friend who smokes it by the jumbo bag. I'm gifting him better pipe baccy.

Footnote: Gonna hit the Seattle Pipe Club meeting Wednesday while up in WA. Gonna enjoy much better baccy that night, and hopefully talk with Joe L. again.
ZRX1200 Offline
#2422 Posted: Sun, Sep 7 2014, 11:11 PM EST
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2383~ Dunhill Elizabethan mixture
desolbones Offline
#2423 Posted: Mon, Sep 8 2014, 3:57 PM EST
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2384- Rincon#1 in the freehand sitter ^, after 5 bowls of Rincon, in what was a new pipe, over 3 days, I sounded like a bullfrog...was it the result of a new pipe, the Latakia content or a combination?
desolbones Offline
#2424 Posted: Wed, Sep 10 2014, 2:30 PM EST
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Posts: 2,443
2385- Sutliff Sunrise in a cob
2386- MM CG in a MM CG
Sorry didn't mean to kill the thread!
Bur Offline
#2425 Posted: Wed, Sep 10 2014, 7:07 PM EST
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I'll be posting up tonight's bowlfulls after attending the Seattle Pipe Club meeting at Smokey Joe's Cigar Lounge in Fife (between Tacoma and Seattle). Third meeting I've made, and I don't even live in Seattle. Travel too much.
ZRX1200 Offline
#2426 Posted: Wed, Sep 10 2014, 7:39 PM EST
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2387~ PS Luxury Navy Flake
Whistlebritches Offline
#2427 Posted: Wed, Sep 10 2014, 8:47 PM EST
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2388~St James Flake
2389~and again


All in my trusty Country Gent cob


Ron
Bur Offline
#2428 Posted: Wed, Sep 10 2014, 11:24 PM EST
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With the good folks of the Seattle Pipe Club tonight:

2390 - 100% Maryland
2391 - Dunhill Light Flake in the new to me estate bent billard I basically stole from a club member selling pipes tonight
2392 - SPC Mississippi River (Hey, it's their party, why not?)

If you are ever in Seattle/Tacoma area on the second Wednesday night, "crash" their meeting. Good folks!
whtwtrman79 Offline
#2429 Posted: Fri, Sep 12 2014, 9:07 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
quite a while ago, around the first of the year, I got demolished by Ron, Jamie, and Dave W. simply because I expressed an interest in trying pipe baccy. I never posted my experiences as I wanted to give each sample a try and thought warmer weather would allow me to get it done. I am not yet at the point that I feel I know what I am talking about, but can say now that I have enjoyed 98.2% of them.

Going forward, I think Fall may be the best time of year for me to pick up the pace and will start to post as I revisit the amazing array of gifts these gents dropped on me.

A few things I will say is that I have found pipe tobacco milder yet more flavorful than cigars, the actual smoking experience requires more focus which leads to distancing me from daily stress better than cigars do (and they do, too), and there is a much wider selection of flavors from which to choose.

I apologize to the 3 Pirates for dallying in posting, you guys did me a tremendous favor introducing me to so many selections.

I thanked you then, but now I am really thanking you.

Frank

The pipe lets me distance myself from the everyday stressors as I have to focus on it

In a cob of course!
frankj1 Offline
#2430 Posted: Fri, Sep 12 2014, 11:46 PM EST
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whtwtrman79 wrote:
The pipe lets me distance myself from the everyday stressors as I have to focus on it

In a cob of course!

let the word go forth that you sent me 3 of those cobs!! How's the house coming along Dave?
Bur Offline
#2431 Posted: Sat, Sep 13 2014, 2:49 PM EST
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2393 - the uber exclusive "Bur's Blend o' Scraps" in my briar.

The mixer put in too much plain leaf from a shpo brand wrapper and two busted up cigarillos. I need to have a talk with that azzhat!
desolbones Offline
#2432 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2014, 1:54 PM EST
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2394-CHF in a cob
2395-Storm Front in a cob
whtwtrman79 Offline
#2433 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2014, 8:16 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
let the word go forth that you sent me 3 of those cobs!! How's the house coming along Dave?



I swear it's like I just continue from one honey do to the next, it's going but at times it runs me ragged, now I'm in the midst of planting 1.3acres of grass

Sucks my balls is an understatement

Haha life goes on I'll have another please!
desolbones Offline
#2434 Posted: Wed, Sep 17 2014, 10:45 AM EST
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2396-PS LTF ina Charatan Hawkbill
desolbones Offline
#2435 Posted: Thu, Sep 18 2014, 7:32 PM EST
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2397-3 Oaks Syrian in a cob
2398- Old Dog in a cob
2399-Storm Front in a cob
danmdevries Offline
#2436 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 7:30 PM EST
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2400 Peterson's Christmas 2012 in a cob in the truck
2401 Peterson's Christmas 2012 in a cob on the deck

I'm not an aro fan, or at least I thought I wasn't till I tried this one. Still not going to blind-buy any aromatics but this is a good smoke.
wheelrite Offline
#2437 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 7:45 PM EST
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2402 Borkum Riff in a Breyer..

delightful...

wheel,
danmdevries Offline
#2438 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 8:07 PM EST
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wheelrite wrote:
2402 Borkum Riff in a Breyer..

delightful...

wheel,


Really?

Ill send you the jar I have if you're serious.
danmdevries Offline
#2439 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 8:08 PM EST
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2403 black Irish X g-h&co rope.

Put me on my azz
danmdevries Offline
#2440 Posted: Sat, Sep 20 2014, 10:24 PM EST
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2404 Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop. Very good.
danmdevries Offline
#2441 Posted: Mon, Sep 22 2014, 5:45 AM EST
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2405 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake. Can't say I'm putting it in rotation, but it wasn't bad.

2406 Davidoff Flake Medallion in a briar. Damn this stuff is good. Even if I have the time for a cigar I still find myself lighting my pipe. This is the only tobacco I've found so far that I prefer over any cigar I've had before. Apples/oranges and all that, but I get as much pleasure from a bowl of this as a premium cigar.
Whistlebritches Offline
#2442 Posted: Mon, Sep 22 2014, 3:17 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
2405 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake. Can't say I'm putting it in rotation, but it wasn't bad.

2406 Davidoff Flake Medallion in a briar. Damn this stuff is good. Even if I have the time for a cigar I still find myself lighting my pipe. This is the only tobacco I've found so far that I prefer over any cigar I've had before. Apples/oranges and all that, but I get as much pleasure from a bowl of this as a premium cigar.



Love the DFM myself.Have you tried St James Flake or Escudo?I smoke all 3 and can never decide which one I prefer over the other.


Ron
ZRX1200 Offline
#2443 Posted: Wed, Sep 24 2014, 1:25 AM EST
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Escudo and Dunhill Deluxe Navy rolls are a must try too Dan.

2407~ Wessex red Virginia flake, rest has done this tin well and these flakes need a dry time. Very tasty.
danmdevries Offline
#2444 Posted: Wed, Sep 24 2014, 8:51 AM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
Escudo and Dunhill Deluxe Navy rolls are a must try too Dan.

2407~ Wessex red Virginia flake, rest has done this tin well and these flakes need a dry time. Very tasty.


I'll have to give em a try. Just put in my September tobacco order. Trying to limit/budget to once a month. Got some Davidoff Flake Medallion, PS Bullseye flake, and 4 tins of Bells 3 Nuns on the way.

I've found that I can't tolerate even a slight bit of latakia in my blends. The Bob's Chocolate Flake I posted earlier as being not bad, well.... compared to what I like to smoke, it was absolutely foul. But, it wasn't bad compared to heavy Latakia blends I've tried before. The flavors I get from Latakia blends are straight up stale cigarettes and that's about it.
ZRX1200 Offline
#2445 Posted: Wed, Sep 24 2014, 9:52 AM EST
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You tried Seattle Pipe club Mississippi River or Plum Pudding? They're good
danmdevries Offline
#2446 Posted: Wed, Sep 24 2014, 10:18 AM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
You tried Seattle Pipe club Mississippi River or Plum Pudding? They're good


Nope. Of everything I've tried, there's been maybe 6 blends I've marked for repeat.

2408 Dunhill Royal Yacht. Tasty but a bit of a bite, possibly too wet. Haven't been at this long enough to figure out those details.

Have yet to successfully complete a bowl in a briar. Usually end up with a puddle in the bottom. Love my cobs though.
Plowboy221 Offline
#2447 Posted: Wed, Sep 24 2014, 2:03 PM EST
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2409- Butera Pelican from 08/2010
Mr Roso Offline
#2448 Posted: Wed, Sep 24 2014, 7:51 PM EST
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2410 - DE Meat Pie. I gave this another shot and was again underwhelmed.
Puffnstuff79 Offline
#2449 Posted: Thu, Sep 25 2014, 12:04 PM EST
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20411 Peterson holiday blend '13. My first Aro. Been tapping bags of samples Rodney sent in the past few days. Great selections. Really digging the pipe.

You ever watch the smoke you blow out go with the wind and say to it, " You were good. Thank you."
ZRX1200 Offline
#2450 Posted: Thu, Sep 25 2014, 9:14 PM EST
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20412~ Wessex Red Virginia with some Cedar Ridge Iowa bourbon.
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