Archive for February 2010 | Monthly archive page

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When I was first getting into flake tobaccos this video was a tremendous help!  Thanks Dub in the Dam for sharing and educating, and for having such a sweet accent.  I hope you enjoy.

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I wanted to give you guys a quick update on some of my pipe making endeavors.  Pipe making is such a joy for me, its quite, your alone with your thoughts, you get to take somethings raw and see it transform into something with purpose and beauty (hopefully) and most of all you can “finish.” [...]

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Thank you for contacting me regarding the Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2010 (H.R. 4439). I appreciate having the benefit of your comments on this matter. As you know, H.R. 4439 was introduced in the House of Representatives on January 13, 2010. This legislation would increase the tax on pipe tobacco from $2.83 to $24.78 [...]

posted by on Featured, Pipes, Reviews

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A few weeks ago I received my first Stanwell pipe and I am now a fan for life!  For the price, smoke-ability, style and beautiful sandblasted finish you cannot beat a Stanwell.  Surprisingly one of my favorite aspects of this pipe is the saddle stem.  It is just a beautiful stem polished to perfection and [...]

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Today a package arrived at my door, 16 oz’s of J.M. Boswell’s hand blended tobaccos.  I stocked up on some of their various aromatic tobaccos as I have heard that Boswell is one of the best at hand blending aromatics. Here are a few that I am looking forward to: Boswell’s Best Rum River Vanilla [...]

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Yesterday I had the privilege of visiting the home and workshop of Ron Fairchild of Fairchild Pipes.  As I walked in and he invited me to have a seat in one of his lazy boy chairs, the room was dark, and filled with the sweet smell of aromatic tobacco, smoked from a beautiful dublin that [...]

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This is a great premium aromatic tobacco!  I will first say that I am not a fan of McClelland tobacco’s due to their ketchup smell, mostly because I hate ketchup.  However this stuff smells like morning panckakes soaked in maple syrup.  So if your not a fan of sweet tobacco’s then this is probably not [...]