craigmillar
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First Name: Joe
Favorite Pipe: Peterson Darwins
Favorite Tobacco: Most Peterson's
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Post by craigmillar on Feb 12, 2018 20:17:10 GMT -5
My Grandfather's War Horse Plug in his Peterson 210 knocked me on my arse.
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Post by peteguy on Feb 12, 2018 23:06:21 GMT -5
Captain Black in a Grabow. Both bought at the local drug store. Both tossed after a week of burning hell. The year was 1981.
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Post by zambini on Feb 13, 2018 0:52:39 GMT -5
It sounds like most of us did not have a great first experience smoking a pipe. I'm curious, what convinced you to give it a second chance?
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Post by sparks on Feb 13, 2018 8:30:52 GMT -5
It sounds like most of us did not have a great first experience smoking a pipe. I'm curious, what convinced you to give it a second chance? That seems to be common. For me, it was the desire to master something that my Uncle and Grandfather both did as easily as breathing that made me try again. My first experience I was way too young to ever hope to do that. Picking it back up in my early 20's gave me the benefit of a bit more patience, and the resources of the internet and my local B&M. That went a long way toward making sure that I didn't abandon it again. |
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Post by slowroll on Feb 13, 2018 12:10:20 GMT -5
It sounds like most of us did not have a great first experience smoking a pipe. I'm curious, what convinced you to give it a second chance? I figured with so many people smoking pipes (this was way back, remember  ), there had to be tobaccos I'd like somewhere. Then I discovered lat blends  |
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Post by zambini on Feb 13, 2018 19:21:34 GMT -5
What brought me back was my mom threatening to throw-out my uncle's pipes years after he died. I'd cleaned out his house after his death and his daughters let me and my cousin keep whatever we wanted and I brought home his pipe collection. So between throwing them out or taking up smoking, I picked the pipe. I was also curious to try Syrian latakia given the state of the region.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 19:34:05 GMT -5
What brought me back was my mom threatening to throw-out my uncle's pipes years after he died. I'd cleaned out his house after his death and his daughters let me and my cousin keep whatever we wanted and I brought home his pipe collection. So between throwing them out or taking up smoking, I picked the pipe. I was also curious to try Syrian latakia given the state of the region. Similar story with me. When I moved back to the US, my dad's pipe rack and 8 or 10 pipes were still gathering dust in my Mom's garage. There's no way I'd get rid of them, and it seemed silly to leave them in the garage or just have them around as decoration. So I threw some Nightcap and EMP into my cart in a cigar order, and the rest is history. I'm much geekier about it than my dad was, though. He was a 1-blend guy, and I like to experiment. Come to think of it, the same thing happened with my dad's old humidor lying around. What use is an empty humidor? You just have to fill it up. I was already an occasional cigar smoker, but being back in the US meant limited access to the (real) Cohibas and Montecristos I smoked in Europe. So of course I had to sample many cigars from Nicaragua, DR, and Honduras. But pipes have taken the lead, and I only smoke a few cigars a year nowadays. |
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yarnspinner68
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First Name: Bryant
Favorite Pipe: Bosi bent Apple
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Post by yarnspinner68 on Feb 13, 2018 23:17:47 GMT -5
Paladin (cherry drugstore aromatic cavendish) in a half-bent Dr. Grabow egg that was similar to one Grandpa had. Wasn’t a roaring success first time out...and I later discovered I prefer English and Balkan blends...but it was a start.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 23:54:11 GMT -5
My first tobacco experiences are all codger, but I can't swear which first. I am sure I was cruising with my older brother driving. Middleton Cherry, Mix 79, Flying Dutchman, Amphora, Bond Street. I didn't like any of them regularly. I landed on Tinderbox Captain Spice, Lamplighter, Philosopher, Mango Tango, Peach Melba, and Wilshire. When I was running out I tried Captain Black Original. Though I never thought it as good as Captain Spice I did smoke it about as often. Oh, Old Granddad Whiskey early on, too
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custodian613
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First Name: Aryeh Leib
Favorite Tobacco: (was) Balkan Sobranie, Flying Dutchman
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Post by custodian613 on Feb 24, 2018 12:54:05 GMT -5
I first smoked a pipe in the late 60s and I believe the pipe tobacco I was smoking then was Borkum Riff but I also around that time got introduced to Balkan Sobranie! But please realize that was somewhere around 47 or nearly 50 years ago!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 13:01:36 GMT -5
Yep, Prince Albert and I still smoke it today.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 20:31:23 GMT -5
Captain Black if I remember correctly ( fat chance of that ).
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Post by Scott W on Feb 25, 2018 22:14:53 GMT -5
Vanilla cavendish that my dad gave me from a B&M located in the Bergen Mall in Paramus Nj. I think he paid $2 for 4 ounces of it. 25 years ago.
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Beardedpipesmoker
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Favorite Pipe: New England Pipe Works Freehand
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Post by Beardedpipesmoker on Feb 25, 2018 22:55:48 GMT -5
What is it? Lone star or Tin star? Not sure which one, cheap bulk bag I bought with a fake pipe. Was not pleasant.
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Post by cigrmaster on Feb 25, 2018 23:16:22 GMT -5
I don't remember the exact blend but I do know it was one of the Ashtons that my buddy sold in his store, back in 1997.
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), there had to be tobaccos I'd like somewhere. Then I discovered lat blends 
