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  1. williamcharles

    Best Aromatic You've Ever Smoked?

    DAN Sweet Vanilla Honeydew, Altadis Blue Note, DAN Blue Note, Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake. I seldom smoke an aro. I get bored about mid bowl. For me to be able to smoke these four must mean, to me at least, that they're decent if not good. If you try the honeydew be careful not to push it.
  2. williamcharles

    Tambolaka Tobacco

    Strong flavor, good nic hit but harsh...very harsh...at times. I seldom get rid of tobacco but I got rid of the Tambo. I like the flavor and the nic hit but simply didn't like it because of that harshness. My Tambo was in the "stick" form. Dry as dust and rock hard...looked and felt like a tree...
  3. williamcharles

    Help dating a Peterson I just got off ebay.

    Cake? What cake? I don't even see a bowl.
  4. williamcharles

    Help dating a Peterson I just got off ebay.

    Ian, here is Jim Tilleys link. He was one of the tops when it comes to Petes. http://thepetersoncollector.blogspot.com/2010/09/english-made-peterson-pipes-actually.html Here's another source of info on Petes. http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Peterson The "Made in England" in a block format...
  5. williamcharles

    Missouri Meerschaum hardwood

    I've got one and it's a pretty good smoker, not bad at all for a chunk of Birch.
  6. williamcharles

    BR13-14 - Nosewarmer Pot

    Nice. I'm beginning to appreciate those short pipes
  7. williamcharles

    Ah, the old fold and stuff -less is more

    Here is my flake smoking progression over the last two years. I used to avoid the fold and stuff because I couldn't get it to work well. I'm now getting consistently good smokes from thin sliced flakes like the Danish flakes (OGS, PSLNF, Marlin Flake...). I thought about it for awhile and...
  8. williamcharles

    Kick in the head tobacco

    How is it meant to be smoked? That's the real fly in the ointment. No where have I ever read in old literature that flake tobacco was folded and stuffed in the olden days (50+ years ago). In all the old British literature, prose and poetry, there is no mention of the fold and stuff method of...
  9. williamcharles

    Paylesspipes.com in New Orleans

    Payless is a good business. I copped 6 tins of 1792 from them for $50.00 Christmas before last. No problems at all.
  10. williamcharles

    Rusty Nails

    I like Clan McGregor. It's pretty good. Dewers and JB Rare are favs too.
  11. williamcharles

    New Packing Method

    Anti-gravitational method, right?
  12. williamcharles

    StrongIrish

    I just bought an estate Kaywoodie Bulldog from Earl. As soon as he received my payment the pipe was in the mail and in my grubby lil paws two days later. The pipe is exactly as he said it was. That pipe looks great alongside my other bulldogs. I will be happy to do business with him again...
  13. williamcharles

    Pretty in pink...

    I own a sledge hammer. I assure you that if that pipe were to come into my possession it would indeed be introduced to my sledge hammer. Lordy, that thang is ugly. I had two leather covered pipes. Still have one but the other is no longer leather covered and has gorgeous grain. Haven't a clue...
  14. williamcharles

    Where do you go to smoke?

    I used to have to go out to smoke. I frost bit three toes on my right foot one year (13 years ago) while working outside. The next year...same problem. Every winter it got harder to protect my toes. After three incidents of frostbite SWMBO now allows me to smoke a pipe inside.
  15. williamcharles

    Taboo?

    I simply can't smoke a bowl of DFU or DFS without inhaling. I love the stuff. Inhaling a good hit of Condor is fantastic. Revor Plug is even better. I figure that spaced out over the entire bowl, I probably inhale 20-30% of the time. Gotta watch it towards the very bottom. Gets pretty hairy...
  16. williamcharles

    can you smoke through tongue bite or burn?

    It wasn't until I got a Pete 305 that I found out that if I smoked slowly and played the sippity sip sip game and kept the pipe cool I could taste the tobacco. There's also the fact that a lot of flavor is destroyed by heat. When I light my pipe I begin tasting the smoke after all the fussing...
  17. williamcharles

    My Mom passed away last night.

    My condolences Rob, to you and the rest of your family and her friends.
  18. williamcharles

    Hello from Tennessee!

    Hi Johnathon. Welcome! I originally hail from Morristown.
  19. williamcharles

    Louisiana Flake

    It hasn't ghosted mine and I've given it a good chance.
  20. williamcharles

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