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Greetings and salutations from New York City! Fumigate yourself with some good tobaccos! Frank NYC

Just recently bought a refurbished pipe, a GBD Rhodesian.  In the description by the seller, "no flaws detected" was noted.  I bought the pipe.  Upon examination I quickly located a putty fill near the bottom-side of the bowl.  I "detected" the "flaw"  within a few seconds, and the refurbisher...

Ozark Wizzard... Love reading through the recipes for "hybrid" blends.  Thanks for the comments and your mixture sounds interesting, and different.  Never tried any dark fired tobaccos before....but I'm willing. Frank NYC *************************************************** PS...

@ Conrad..... I bought a few ounces of mild, cigar-leaf from a local shop that specializes in making hand-rolled cigars.  I asked the owner if he would sell me some "mild cigar leaf" and sold me trimmings from his mild, hand rolled Maduro cigars.  Not being a cigar smoker, I would imagine that...

Posted my cigar-leaf mixture called "PLEASANT MOMENTS". Here's another called: "GOLDEN HOURS" 1 part Lane Ltd. "HGL" 1 part McClelland #2050 Sweet, mild and mellow, easy-to-smoke. Slight amount of Latakia and the Orientals in the McC-#2050 give this mixture added interest, and an exotic...

Conrad....you read my mind. I do not have a discerning palate but I'll do my best when I smoke a few bowls of each. I think the strength of each blend will be easy for me to judge, but, who knows? I will give you guys some comments about each of the cigar-leaf blends after I do some smoking...

Conrad- Yesterday, I ordered some J. Patton blends containing some cigar leaf, including "Dark and Stormy" + "Storm Front" as a comparison. Wonder how different these professionally blended mixes will smoke compared to my shot-in-the-dark efforts at blending with cigar leaf? I'll soon know...

Ozark Wizzard, and others... Thanks for the interesting information and links. @ Ozark Wizzard.... Went to your Kinnikinnick link, and, way down at the bottom, are listings for sources of herbal tobaccos, etc. Many thanks, Frank NYC

Thanks....I just this second, edited my DOB. Sorry. Frank

Yes....Hermit.   The forum has listed my age at 823.  Sometimes, I feel that way when I get out a a too soft chair, but, I'm not ready for the "Marble Orchard" just yet. Funny..... Frank NYC BTW....how do I correct/edit the wrong age notation...

corncobcon....et al. I recently learned about those Patton mixtures.  I'm gonna order a sample of "Storm Front" / "Dark and Stormy" from 4 Noggins and try them out, as well as a few other blends.  I like a little cigar-leaf mixed into pipe tobacco. It adds some creaminess, and thickens the...

Thank-you one and all. Been lurking here for a while and decided to take the plunge and join up...and, so I did. Sorry for the long, rambling intro. I have a tendency to be a little long winded. Yell at me when that happens. Looking forward to some learnin' from you guys and gals. See... I...

Welcome. I just joined up, yesterday. Now, we'll both sit back and learn some new things about piping....at least I will. Frank NYC

Brewdude....much obliged for the linkage. I got some homework to do. Frank NYC

Interested in trying some non-tobacco herbal mixtures in my pipe. Old fashioned, Native American recipes, homemade herbal blends, etc. Where can I find some recipes, or, buy these types of herbal blends? Are any recipes for these herbal mixtures posted on this forum? Thanks for any help...

My first posting: So, I decided to try mixing up a batch of my own Cigar-Leaf blend. I had some sample packets of various tobaccos which I used. The major component of this blend is Lane Ltd. "HGL" which is nothing more than "Captain Black" with the addition of a small amount of Latakia...

First... thank-you for having me as a member. I'm sure that not only will it be enjoyable to read all the postings on various subjects, but that I will also learn many pipe-ish things, here also. Born and "bred" in New York City, and have been smoking my modest briar pipe collection, on and...