As a bit of fun while I am laid up, I was wondering how many straight razor users smoke a pipe, if so what pipes and brands are favorite?
Mine is Mellow Mack tobacco in any of my Petersons!
Cheers
Harry:idea:
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As a bit of fun while I am laid up, I was wondering how many straight razor users smoke a pipe, if so what pipes and brands are favorite?
Mine is Mellow Mack tobacco in any of my Petersons!
Cheers
Harry:idea:
I enjoy my pipe frequently. I have a few, but none are anything special. my main is an italian second i picked up at my local shop. Looking forward to buying a new L.J. Peretti soon, once ,y bank account fills back up! lol.
Tobacco, i like most any well blended tobacco, preferably aromatic, spicy, and bold, although a full bodied, sweet after dinner smoke is quite nice on occasion. I buy tobacco from L.J. Peretti in Boston....recently, i've been looking into Owl Shop in Worcester.
How many other pipe smokers do we have on these forums?
this is really a topic for the "finer things in life" section of the forums, but i don't know how threads get moved so I'll just reply here.
Personaly, I always liked a nice black cavendish usualy in the evening. I have tried a virginia blend and for some reason it made me a bit "sneezeish" (if thats a real word). I was, however able to take the can of laurel heights and mix it with stockeby's black cavendish at a 2 to 1 ratio and come up my a very nice "homemade" blend. I also like some of cornell & diel's blends and the one blend I got from two friends was rather nice.
as far as pipes go I have 3 bargin basket pipes, one of the ever popular DR grabaw pipes, a hardcastle, a small meerschum pipe, and five missouri meeschum corn cob pipes that I smoke more than any thing else. It's hard to beat a good cob.
I order tobacco from the US from 4 noggins and Cup O Joes. I too enjoy the cobb pipe! Sorry I didnt know there was a "finer things in life" forum- my bad
Harry
Would be nice if you also post articles with pictures into "Pipe of the day".
Regards
Tom
So there is a "pipe of the day" forum?
Harry
My favorite pipes are, no doubt, considered trash by many. I've not seen one in the 'pipe of the day' thread or even seen them mentioned. In fact they are not all that attractive, but they are effective.
They also have a spot in my memory as I can recall my father having one.
What is this pipe? The Falcon. To make it even more old school, I often smoke Velvet in them.
In addition I have several Dunhill and Peterson pipes I enjoy, and partake of various tobacco blends that include Perique and Latakia.
I mainly smoke GL Pease Robusto, Blackpoint and Gawith & Hoggarth Rum Flake. Some other blends too. Lot of pipes from various makers that I've accumulated over the past thirty years.
I've been thinking about getting a Flacon, my uncle use to smoke one quite often...
By far my "COBS" are most used... No worries with them... My briars on the other hand, I must have the right place and time... They are my pride and joy...
All of, or all but one are large and bulky, so I must sit and have a place to sit them...
My pipe brands are Peterson, Dr. Grabow, Scottish Clays, Hand made cutoms from TRG and of course MM Cobs.
Tobacco's on the other hand vary from Boswell's Northwoods to Captain Black White to PS Lux Bullseye Flake to Lane 1Q...
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Plus I have several Meer's that I have collected over the years...
Nice pipes!
Please take part and post in the thread Pipe of the day.
I enjoy smoking a pipe here and there. I tend to favor Danish pipes, especially freehands. I have a few Karl Erik's that I really like, two Stanwells, and one... that I can never remember the name of, but it's a beautiful straight grain bridge pipe.
I mostly like English blends; I am lucky enough to live near a shop that has a great match to Dunhill's Early Morning, which is probably my favorite. Their 965 is also quite good, as are several of their other house blends. JimmyHAD was also kind enough to forward me about 1 pound of GH Pensioner's Blend, and that has been a fun change of pace. One bag is definitely stronger than the other, but I like them both.
I too enjoy an occassional pipe. As far as pipes go, I have a Jirsa, nording, Stanwell, a no-name, and a few cobs. My blend of choice is the VaPers (Escudo is alway near the top of my list), but enjoy an aromatic here and there as well.
Regarding the Dunhill tobaccos, I understand that they are re-distributing them in the USA now, or in the very near future, so hoepfully we can get our 965, earling morning, and light flake stocks back up to par.
Pipe of the day is a fun thread. Also I hang out some at this forum http://pipesmagazine.com/
I've been smoking pipes since 1971. I have several brands I like like Dunhill, Ashton and well as normally priced pipes like older 1920's Kaywoodies, Old Les Woods before he started Ferndown. I made a few that turned out well.
Tobacco--Pensance, C&D Cross Eyed Cricket, McClellend Bombay Extra, Dark Star, GL Pease Haddos Delight, oh yea Frog Morton all the blends of that one.
[QUOTE=Gunner777;667897]Pipe of the day is a fun thread. Also I hang out some at this forum Pipe Tobacco :: Smoking Pipes - Pipe Smoking Info & Advice :: Tobacco Pipes[QUOTE]
Gunner, here is another place... These guys are down to earth and there is alot of "gifting" that goes on... Also there is a "Box Pass"... Free Tobacco!!! :beer2:
PipeChat - Index
Box Pass
Yee hah I'll check that out---thanks!
That POY is very nice also:-) How much is it going for??
I have a couple of straight pipes by Peterson, and I love to smoke Dunhill tobaccos. They're back in the UK which is brilliant news - just bought some new Early Morning Pipe and London Mixture. Also becoming a massive fan of Rattray's Red Raparee.
I'm certainly better with pipes than I am with a straight razor!
Here you can find Dunhill tobacco on ebay but it's going for $80 a tin!!!!
I got mine from a tobacconist in Bath for £10.50 a tin. I think they might even be doing Nightcap again. Anyway - the quality of the new stuff is just as good as they were doing before it went away - I hope for your sake that they distribute to the US soon.
So do I I love 965 and Elizabethan----
I'm not sure they are doing the Elizabethan again - although agreed it's a stunner. I think I saw Flake, 965, Nightcap, EMP, Deluxe navy rolls and London Mixture - London and Nightcap disappeared here long before the rest went away so I suppose there's hope for the Elizabethan Mixture too.
If you like some of the more oriental/latakia blends - I seriously suggest having a go with the Rattray's Red Raparee - it's the most rounded and smooth of this breed of tobacco and very high quality - as good if not better than the Dunhills I reckon.
So location of thread aside.I started back up with occasional pipe smoking.I have three bargain mini briars that are alright.But thanks to Nosewarmer,I'm becoming a convert to corn cobs.I got two cobs on order from Missouri Meerchaum,The Great Dane flat spool egg and a Pony Express.Much cooler smoke=PAD ! Thanks Nosewarmer.Tobacco fave:Nothing in particular yet.Got a mix of Blackwatch and Bowl O Cherries from Edwards tobacco in Denver.Gonna try some heftier english stuff soon and see how it goes?:):)
But don't worry Nosewarmer...A homemade pipe from a new friend will never play second fiddle.Just so ya know.:)It was after all,tradition amongst Native americans to do a pipe ceremony and the pipe was revered.
[QUOTE=squeezyjohn;668487]I have a couple of straight pipes by Peterson, and I love to smoke Dunhill tobaccos. They're back in the UK which is brilliant news - just bought some new Early Morning Pipe and London Mixture. Also becoming a massive fan of Rattray's Red Raparee.
I'm certainly better with pipes than I am with a straight razor![/QUOTE
Yeh me too! Especially when I try smoke my Peterson and shave at the same time.:) Lucky you are in the Sates. 50gm of tobacco is around $45 here in Australia.:boohoo:
Alright, there are a couple of you who need to get to posting in the Pipe Of The Day thread and 2 of you who need to get BACK in it......Dylan......Jimmy.....:w
As long as there is no headshaving involved with this type of pipe...:medvl:
I also enjoy my pipe smoking sessions. I went to a local tobacco shop the day I turned 18 and got an inexpensive briar. Cannot think of a better way to relax... wait, maybe str8 shaving?
A friend of mine got me a Savinelli about a year or so after and I mainly smoke that one. It is quite nice; has an alligator skin feel to it. Also has a balsa 'filter' in the stem which catches that build up in the bottom of the bowl towards the end of the smoke.
I should post some pics.
-amt
Love the Esoterica blends. Penzance is my favorite, but also like And So To Bed. Rattray's Old Gowerie is a favorite too. Got a Nording freehand that's finished nicely with oil from my own hands (rubbing it like you would a strop) and a new Bjarne that's still being broken in. My favorite pipes currently though are my cheap one's. I've had them the longest, so they have a good cake and smoke great. Need to post some Pipe of the Day picks I guess someday.
I noticed that everyone posts their favorite blends on this thread and I thought I would share the place where i get most of my information on different blends.
TobaccoReviews.com - The largest collection of pipe tobacco reviews on the internet
this is also the place where I find new blends and new brands to try. I find that browsing by number of stars combined with number of reviews helps narrow it down to blends that I almost always enjoy.
If it wasn't for the fact the tabacco smoke isn't great for you, I would love to start pipe smoking. I know it is no where near as bad for you as cigarettes, but there is no way I could get that past the wife. Never the less, I love the look of some of the old pipes.
Nick I have been on that site a number of years and enjoy it very much. It is the best for reviews.
For fellow Penzance lovers it's still darn near impossible to get. My friend who owns a pipe shop says they still tell him it will be awhile before they ship anymore. He had two 8 oz bags stuck back but let me have them so I'm set for awhile anyway. That is my favorite tobacco if there is such a thing:-)
I saw an ebay auction asking $79 staring bid for an 8oz bag!!!!