Thread: Pipe of the Day

I'm actually a little more into different tobacco's, now. I smoked Dunhill 965 and only Dunhill 965 for more than twenty years. Now I have about 5 different favorites. I switched to mainly Virginia Periques a little more than ten years ago and just recently started enjoying some with Burley.

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Bayou Morning
Haunted Bookshop
Old Joe Krantz
Haddo's Delight

Then there is the sporadic tin I pull out of my tobacco cabinet.

I have to admit I have been "Pipe of the Daying" Captain Black Gold pouch and White Pouch for a while now on the ride home from work (got a crapload of it when CVS got rid of all their tobacco) I need to get some more non-aromatics back into the mix. I did smoke some "Shortcut to Mushrooms" last night after dinner so that was good. I have a few non-aromatic blends to get into if the mood hits.

Intersting conversation about favourite pipe tobaccos.

Many moons ago i was sure about my top 5 blends. Every since i've tried whio knows how many different blends. So nowadays i'm not so sure about my top 5 anymore. Maybe it'll keeps on changing in the future too.

Top 5 (not in any particular order):

Capstan blue
SG Chocolate flake OR UP Tillerman (i find these two to remind each other quite much).
J.F.Germain 1820/Presbyterian
Erinmore Flakes/Malcolm Flakes
SG Navy Flakes

I've cellared these to get me through World War Z or Metro 2033 Of course will be happy if i get some other blends too. Specially Dutch 'Brullende Leeuw' is a nice new blend, unfortunately only available here on rare occassions. I Might get hooked on that.

Also i have no any experience on blends they sell only in USA. I do not know if any such 'Europe only' blends even exist.

Well I guess we've all been going through the same thing then.Like all you fellas ,I've been on Pilots mix forever,then out of allergy needs I tried a couple of aromatics that I have taken too and recently aquired some more tobaccos including a couple of English blends that I'm liking so here we are now at the crossroads it seems.Not so bad after all.

Wow....does this make us all converted curmudgeons then ??

Originally Posted by apipeguy

Except for the pipes that I took on vacation all of the other daily smokers are still safely locked away in the gun safe. Nice to be home.

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The pipes in my collection are not worth much and not high on my list of things I worry about getting stolen so I would never bother to lock them up.

My question is that I would worry about introducing moisture into a safe by putting pipes in it. Unless they had been unused for a long time. I assume by your post you haven't had any problems.

Vacations are great but it feels good to get home! I think that you have had a good vacation if you have to get back home and to work to recover not the other way around.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Wow....does this make us all converted curmudgeons then ??

Well I'm not sure I'm converted, but I am a curmudgeon.

Hrumph Hrumph !

Originally Posted by 32t

The pipes in my collection are not worth much and not high on my list of things I worry about getting stolen so I would never bother to lock them up.

My question is that I would worry about introducing moisture into a safe by putting pipes in it. Unless they had been unused for a long time. I assume by your post you haven't had any problems.

Vacations are great but it feels good to get home! I think that you have had a good vacation if you have to get back home and to work to recover not the other way around.

My pipes are pretty well all dried when put in the safe and I have never had an issue with doing that. I do keep a couple of the Liberty dehumidifiers in it.

On the subject of draught holes and their importance, I recently did a little modification to my first Peterson pipe which was an Aran Christmas edition with a fishtail stem. Yes I abused it heated the he'll out of it multiple times from greedy puffing. Little burn out forming in some areas but most notably near the draught hole which was drilled a few mils above the apex of the bowl. This pipe smoked ok but seemed to fan the flame towards the wall near the shank. I have repaired it with Pipe mud I made from my fireplace ashes. Raising the bottom of the bowl and forming a new hole that channels air down rather than across and I must say this helped immensely. Shes back to smoking well. I have come to realize draught holes need to be checked with the up most of scrutiny. I see failed drilling jobs from time to time.