Thread: Pipe of the Day

Originally Posted by oldschooltools

Thanks OldGI,

I just got in a load, too. I was running low on Billy Budd (a staple for me). I will have to try Old Joe Krantz!

The three new ones in acending order of liking:

Jackknife Plug: Powerful and smoky/spicy but, without latakia. A bit much in my usual fat shallow bowls. Liked it better in a billiard after a little drying. Not very fat or complex. This is not nearly as strong the reviewers on pipetobaccoreviews.com would lead you to believe. I will smoke it all, but probably won't reorder.

Bow Legged Bear: This stuff will tear your head off. Don't smoke it on an empty stomach! It smelled noxious in the tin. Not for the novice... more for 60 year old men with burned out palettes and serious nicotine habits. I love it, but only in small doses and when I have an urge for a demon butt. Comes in crumble cake form. I would call this an English blend on steroids. Will probably work equally well as a mosquito/woman repellant. A keeper!

Pirate Kake: 70% latakia and fantastic. Just enough other stuff to keep it from being boring. If you are one of those guys who tries a new tobacco and thinks "OK, but could use a little more smoke" this is for you! I only ordered 4 ozs. as I was exploring but, will reorder when it runs out. I highly recommend this one!!

Thanks for the reviews!

I wasn't impressed with jack knife either. Everyone makes it out to be gods gift to pipe smokers. It wasn't bad but I think I was expecting allot more.

I really want to try Pirate Kake bad!

Congrats Thomas.
Where do you find these beautiful annual pipes?
(Or better not tell. I do not want to get PAD )

Leipzig Train-station...tobacco shop.
All pipes reduced price.
Got this pipe for 99,95 Euro
And the tool-box for 24,95 Euro

I am happy

Originally Posted by eTom

Leipzig Train-station...tobacco shop.
All pipes reduced price.
Got this pipe for 99,95 Euro
And the tool-box for 24,95 Euro

I am happy

Thanks. I will be visiting in Germany with my wife this year or the next. With my bike or car. There are so many places i've always wanted to see. Leipzig is one of them. Duisburg is another - a home of the toughest man ever walked on earth - Horst Schimanski
Please do not buy all these pipes before i get a change to visit there too.

Damn last year we were in Gdansk Poland and i found the old small tobacco store in the railway station. The lady behind the desk was such a beauty that i just bought everything she wanted to sell me - Da Vinci tobacco. Now as i remember there were many pipes too but for previous reasons i forgot them all.

Thanks for 1OldGI and Oldschooltools for the nice reviews as well. Probably they are another brands not too easy to find from EU but it is always nice to read someone finding interesting aspects of any fine tobacco.

BTW,
the new Pipe of the Year 2011 by Vauen the dealer sells for 169-189 Euros.
Other Pipes of the year in the past had the same price.
And the tool-box with the pipe-lighter is also a good deal.
Give me a message about your vacation in Germany and let's spend some time together in Dresden and/or Leipzig.
Tabacco I have enough for us!

Thomas,

Another beautiful pipe for your collection of beautiful pipes. Also, your photography shows off your elegant taste in smoking utensils!

Sehr Schon!!

Jimbo

For the serious latakiaphile, C&D Mountain Camp is also a good bet. Certainly not a crowd pleaser though, room note smells like a roof being redone or a long stretch of road being repaved. Not one of my favorites but then again, anything much over 10% Latakia seems to give me the "latakia hangover" the next day. Symptoms include severe heartburn (waking up with bile half way up my neck), breath like I dined at the cat box and a full feeling in my chest, like a gorilla is standing on it. A shame really because were it not for the after effects, I'd very much enjoy heavy latakia blends. Due to this condition however, I lean toward the codger burlies (of which OJK is a great example). I also enjoy the real old school blends (i.e. Prince Albert, Half and Half, Carter Hall, etc.) Lately, I've burned a whole bunch of this Edwards aromatic, Honey/Bucc (a blend of two of their blends called Honey Cavendish and Buccaneer (a toasted cavendish.) This is one of the blends I started out with when I was 15. It's a good social blend as the room note is really nice but at the same time, it has enough body that you feel like you're actually smoking something. It's not sickly sweet and bitey, like most aromatics and is really rather enjoyable in limited quantities. However, as is the case with most aromatics, it falls well short of the RDA for vitamin N and I've either got to smoke a stouter pipe tobacco periodically or supplement my vitamin N intake with a big rub of Grizzly Snuff. The tobacco barge should be here for the weekend and I'll likely burn the hell out of some OJK.

Peterson's Perfect Plug (3P's) in a 5132C Kaywoodie Super Grain.

I really do prefer University Flake but 3P's aint bad in a pinch. One more PBR and I'm off to bed.

Ok Yesterday- TRG Ambernosewarmer with PS Navy Flake & Clay Pipe with Erinmore Flake

Today-MM Cob with Northwoods & Nording Nording with Old Toby

Good morning, Gentleman.
Today I'll use my new Vauen...Pipe of the Year 2005.
tobacco: Tabakskollegium