Beardedpipesmoker
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Favorite Pipe: New England Pipe Works Freehand
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Post by Beardedpipesmoker on May 30, 2017 22:23:13 GMT -5
I added four pipes to my collection today. The Roma "Select", Lorenzo "Skyscraper", and a Stanwell "bishop" I ordered from a man named Val Shannahan. They all smoke great and are in great shape. He also sent some tobacco to me. Some frog morton on the town which was lovely, some sutlif vanilla custard that my wife and I both loved, and some Lane-1Q and peter stokkebye luxury navy flake. I havent tried those two yet. I also ordered a peterson sportsman 69 that I plan to smoke in about an hour. I ordered some Macbaren Vanilla cream flake that I just smoked in the Lorenzo and loved it. I'm still new to pipe smoking, but this seemed like I should make a post about it. What do you guys think of those blends and the pipes as well?
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Post by bonanzadriver on May 30, 2017 22:45:26 GMT -5
Sounds great brutha. But ya know....... This thread would be a whole lot better with some pictures!  |
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Post by antb on May 31, 2017 1:40:19 GMT -5
Good pipes to start your journey! Not quite sure about the tobaccos.....but I can vouch for Luxury Navy Flake; have about a pound cellared.
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craigmillar
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Post by craigmillar on May 31, 2017 6:27:02 GMT -5
Good pipes to start with .I agree about the pics.Val is a good guy to deal with.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 9:30:53 GMT -5
Cool beans. Good tobaccos to begin the journey. Sounds like you've got things going.
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Post by trailboss on May 31, 2017 12:30:41 GMT -5
Some people say that the Stanwells were better when they were made in Demnark, but I don't know if that is truly the case, I know that they do make some great looking pipes..some of their special editions are amazing looking. pipedia.org/wiki/StanwellI love the Stokkebye flakes, they are good fresh, if they have a few years age on them they get much better.... On a recent Country Squire radio podcast, JD said that one of the Frog Morton series (maybe more) is made with Syrian Latakia, and that source of leaf has dried up so McClellands will no longer be able to offer it, if that is the case and you like it, you might want to stock up. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on May 31, 2017 21:35:28 GMT -5
Some people say that the Stanwells were better when they were made in Demnark, but I don't know if that is truly the case, I know that they do make some great looking pipes..some of their special editions are amazing looking. pipedia.org/wiki/StanwellI love the Stokkebye flakes, they are good fresh, if they have a few years age on them they get much better.... On a recent Country Squire radio podcast, JD said that one of the Frog Morton series (maybe more) is made with Syrian Latakia, and that source of leaf has dried up so McClellands will no longer be able to offer it, if that is the case and you like it, you might want to stock up.
I'm pretty sure that only applies to Frog Morton Across the Pond. I don't believe there is Syrian Latakia in the others.
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Post by Lady Margaret on May 31, 2017 21:36:19 GMT -5
Yes, we insist on pipe porn!
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Beardedpipesmoker
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Favorite Pipe: New England Pipe Works Freehand
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Post by Beardedpipesmoker on Jun 1, 2017 1:52:03 GMT -5
I will be sure to post some pictures tomorrow.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 1, 2017 3:50:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification, Margaret....hard for me to get the froggy blends straight!
I think that I have tins of each in the cellar, but the cellar one is the only one I have tasted.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2017 7:15:41 GMT -5
I will be sure to post some pictures tomorrow.
And there was much rejoicing. Yay.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2017 7:18:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification, Margaret....hard for me to get the froggy blends straight! I think that I have tins of each in the cellar, but the cellar one is the only one I have tasted.
Yeah, there was a recent debate on that in another group I follow right after P&C announced they had received the last of McClelland's Syrian Latakia blends, Pond being one of them. So far I've tried On the Town and Cellar. I like Cellar better, but On the Town is good too. I do want to try the other three, I probably should hurry up though if I want to acquire Pond.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 1, 2017 13:29:46 GMT -5
JD says that on the bayou is his favorite as it has perique...them down south boys!
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2017 13:37:36 GMT -5
JD says that on the bayou is his favorite as it has perique...them down south boys!
I'm finding that I like perique too. I tried the Acadian Perique you sent me and enjoyed that quite a bit, hubby even liked it, he said "That was is kind of sweet smelling" lol. Will have to try the Bayou one.
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