Category: Pipes and tobacco

It seems like Maltese Falcon was just released - I guess it has been about six months. Now Key Largo has been released, according to C&D. I’m looking forward to trying this one.

I dig the new art deco label design. I hope he sticks with that.
Greg’s description:
Deep, earthy and creamy. A distinguished broken flake [...]

An employer in California has given his employees the ultimatum to quit smoking in 15 months or be fired. He has began refusing to hire smokers and extended the ban to employees with family members who smoke. His employees are subject to blood testing to ensure compliance with his rules.
Good for him.
That’s right. I’m outspoken [...]

Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Visit ipsd.eu for more pomp and circumstance.

I thought this article from the NYT archives, dated 1911 was fascinating just for the fact that with our hobby, what was sound advice and information is still just as pertinant today.
Not to mention the fact you had an article about pipe smoking in the newspaper!
COLOR MEERSCHAUM PIPES BY MACHINERY; Smoke a Dozen at Once, [...]

(Note: This post now resides at my new blog about Smoking Pipe Tobacco
To be honest, I don’t remember when I even bought this tin of tobacco. I don’t know why I bought this tin of tobacco. It has been sitting in a drawer by its lonesome among a bunch of junk pipe parts [...]

I heard a nasty rumor lately this stuff has been discontinued. If there is any truth to this I’ll be disappointed. This blend is one I heard so many great things about, I just ordered a pound cold several months ago. Rarely do I take such chances, but rarely do you run [...]

Greg is at it again. He has announced a new creation based on Raven’s wing which isn’t with us any more due to the loss of some special Syrian Latakia. This new one is supposed to be similar, but uses Cyprian Latakia. I wish those Syrians would learn to get along with [...]

Out of my entire collection of pipes, there are less than ten that get the vast majority of use. They are mostly LJ Hearts. LJ’s pipes smoke the best out of any in my collection – that’s why they get smoked the most. I’m not a pipe collector, I’m a pipe smoker. [...]

A month ago I blogged about my initial explorations of cigar blends. I’ve had time to smoke them more and I’m happy to report my two latest purchases I mentioned earlier both appeal to me.
Robusto has been getting a lot of my attention lately so I thought I’d focus on it here. [...]

Deer tongue that is. It’s one of the condimental ingredients in Cornell & Diehl’s #410 “New Market.” Bing Crosby is reportedly known to have enjoyed a mixture of cubed burley with deer tongue. Today that is probably the most widely known example of the herb’s use in a pipe tobacco blend as [...]