Latest Pipe-Related Purchase Thread

[weedsnager]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Picked up a couple more cobs modified by Jake Hackert.

Did he have those on eBay ?

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by weedsnager

Did he have those on eBay ?

Yeah, Jake puts up at least a couple cobs per week when he lists his briar pipes.

[weedsnager]

Good deal, thanks

[nutcracker]

Got some great service from Peretti. Very helpful to a Canuck. Recommended.
I'm yet to try the Thanksgiving, but waiting.....

[BlackDog]

I've kept tobacco in Peretti's paint tins for a year or more. No worries unless you plan for long term cellaring.

[nutcracker]

. With the tobacco apocalypse looming, might need 20 years ability on some blends...

[MarkinAZ]

Originally Posted by BlackDog

I've kept tobacco in Peretti's paint tins for a year or more. No worries unless you plan for long term cellaring.

Originally Posted by nutcracker

. With the tobacco apocalypse looming, might need 20 years ability on some blends...

That's good to know Warren. I would think a little "sealing wax" around the plug on top would help longevity too.

Still awaiting feedback from Peretti'...

[Zeavran1]

1st TAD order in awhile as I've been focusing on cigars. Bought the CB Grape because of the influence of a another forums thread. Has a strong grape jelly smell.

Edited to say it's more of a childrens grape cough medicine smell.

[MarkinAZ]

Originally Posted by Zeavran1

1st TAD order in awhile as I've been focusing on cigars...

Nice haul Rich But, the Captain Black Grape?

[Zeavran1]

Originally Posted by MarkinCA

Nice haul Rich But, the Captain Black Grape?

Yeah I had to do it. Curiosity got to me.

[Zeavran1]

But then I came back with this.

[nutcracker]

Hot ziggity! Nice little lot Rich. I'm getting into their tobacco now - esp like the Royal and Tashkent. Haven't broken open the Thanksgiving Day, but it smells pretty good!

[RevSmoke]

Interesting pulls on the Peretti tobaccos. Interesting because I do not know that I have ever tried any of their blends in the last 30+ years.

(time lapse to do some investigating...)

Ahh, I see now why. MacBaren blends bite me like a rabid dog, not sure why, but there is not a blend of their I tried that did not. And as I looked at Tobacco Reviews, I saw a few there that would be up my alley, but there were a couple that said they have to be treated with kid gloves of they'll bite. I now remember visiting the shop in Boston while I lived in Connecticut. I think I was warned, so I just avoided - or I may have sampled one while there, and decided to avoid further attempts.

[nutcracker]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

Interesting pulls on the Peretti tobaccos. Interesting because I do not know that I have ever tried any of their blends in the last 30+ years.

(time lapse to do some investigating...)

Ahh, I see now why. MacBaren blends bite me like a rabid dog, not sure why, but there is not a blend of their I tried that did not. And as I looked at Tobacco Reviews, I saw a few there that would be up my alley, but there were a couple that said they have to be treated with kid gloves of they'll bite. I now remember visiting the shop in Boston while I lived in Connecticut. I think I was warned, so I just avoided - or I may have sampled one while there, and decided to avoid further attempts.

Tod - the English blends I've had from them are tasty and have been benign on the bite front. Don't know about the aros, other than Thanksgiving, which I was cautious with, but seemed fine.

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by nutcracker

Tod - the English blends I've had from them are tasty and have been benign on the bite front. Don't know about the aros, other than Thanksgiving, which I was cautious with, but seemed fine.

It has been at least 17 years since I visited the shop, probably more, so I do not remember what blends I tried.

But there is another caveat, I have come a long way in my pipe smoking and so I have my general go-to blends, not really ranging much outside that.

This does not mean that I do not like to try new stuff, but I do not actively look for new things to try, that zeal has sort of left me (at least for right now). And even when I do try new things, I confine that to the "genres"/types of blends that I prefer, avoiding those things of which I am not a fan.

I avoid Burley blends, they NEVER did much for me. While I might try one, it takes serious twisting on the part of someone to get me to do so - usually involving a firearm and the side of my head.

Orientals also never really tripped my trigger much. I can tolerate a little in a blend that is predominantly something else, but...

I do have a couple of aromatics hanging around, but they usually only get dragged out when I want to please those around me. As I have gotten curmudgeonly, that happens less frequently. And, for me to have one, the top note has got to be done with a delicate hand, and I prefer to have it done to good Virginias to begin.

Lastly, there are what people have come to refer to as English blends, that is, blends with some measure of Latakia in them. I used to love these. I have a few around, but I rarely dip into them anymore, and they do not have the same appeal.

I love straight Virginia blends and VaPers (Virginia/Perique), they are almost solely what I smoke. I have tried literally, hundreds of such, and my cellar contains those which have pleased me the most. I like trying them, but then I end up comparing them to what I do have.

I smoke a pipe once or twice a week, if even that during some seasons. For this reason, 50g or 100g lasts quite a while. Having 4 or 5 things open is a lot wiser than 10-20 (yes, I did that for a long time, sometimes even more) if your consumption rate is like mine.

Wow, did this ramble on.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

[MarkinAZ]

Went over to my local B&M this afternoon in Stevenson Ranch, and gave him a little support. A tin of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture and a new Czech tool...

[nutcracker]

Dagner Damascus Series bent Dublin. Christmas gift form me to me:

[MarkinAZ]

^^^ Sharp looking pipe Neil. About 5" or so in length?

[nutcracker]

About that - has a gorgeous Damascus steel band. The photo really doesn't do it justice.

[nutcracker]

24 oz of Lane 1Q - bottled and labelled. To be split three ways on the weekend. Great deal from Cup O'Joes at about $12 CAD a jar (4oz) landed.