Thread: Pipe of the Day

pipe: Vauen- D-Mark (in memoriam)
tobacco: Signature
pipe-cleaner: horseshoe nail

another Vauen- pipe

Today's Pipes and Tobacco:
Sam Gawith Navy Flake in a bent Gifapip
Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake in a Lonchamp Billiard
Old Joe Krantz in a 7769

Snuff: Swisher Navy Sweet Scotch Snuff
Conwood Sweet Peach Scotch Snuff

Post Work Beer(s): Pabst Blue Ribbon

Having dabbled with pipes in the past, i have no real knowledge of good pipe tobacco. I would like to try something that is not extremely overpowering. Nothing with vanilla either. Can any of you make a recommendation that is not going to break the bank?

Originally Posted by prosneek

Having dabbled with pipes in the past, i have no real knowledge of good pipe tobacco. I would like to try something that is not extremely overpowering. Nothing with vanilla either. Can any of you make a recommendation that is not going to break the bank?

Prince Albert: This is just good pipe tobacco. It's been around since the turn of the last century and has changed very little over the years. It's fairly affordable, widely available, and very easy to smoke. It's neither sickly sweet nor super strong and cigary, just a great pipe tobacco.

Sir Walter Raleigh: Another classic American burley very reminiscent of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed (which is no longer made). Not sickly sweet or over cased, but does have kind of a hint of a chocolate like background.

Matter of fact I think I'll go burn some SWR right now.

Stanwell Pipe of the year 2002
tobacco: Signature

Pipe:
Stanwell X-mas 2001 and a Meerschaum-Pipe
tobacco: Tabakskollegium

I have questions aplenty about a couple of pipes i recently obtained. They are estate pipes and i used some vodka to sterilized and clean them. The mouth pieces, i wiped with vodka on a q-tip. The q-tips came back black and now the stems are kinda discolored. They have a two tone brown look to them. Is that still tobacco on the mouth pieces? Is Vodka a good thing to sterilized them with? One of them has alot of "cake" inside the bowl, do i need to remove all, some or any of this before i smoke it? Will the taste of the tobacco be different than it should because of the previous smokes or vodka?

Sorry no pics available yet.

Renier Golden Slices in my birthyear Dunhill (1973) bent acorn. Delish on a warm summer night.

Originally Posted by prosneek

I have questions aplenty about a couple of pipes i recently obtained. They are estate pipes and i used some vodka to sterilized and clean them. The mouth pieces, i wiped with vodka on a q-tip. The q-tips came back black and now the stems are kinda discolored. They have a two tone brown look to them. Is that still tobacco on the mouth pieces? Is Vodka a good thing to sterilized them with? One of them has alot of "cake" inside the bowl, do i need to remove all, some or any of this before i smoke it? Will the taste of the tobacco be different than it should because of the previous smokes or vodka?

Sorry no pics available yet.

Wodka should not be the best material.