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just wanted to pop in and say that I'm glad to see all the new pipers joining up

hopefully the title of this thread will be obsolete soon

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What kind of blend is it? That looks like some good stuff :ss

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Keep the title, continue the banter!

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Pipe Banter... Panter... Biping....

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Pipe Padded Room

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padded pipe room?

I wouldn't mind one of those

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with an endless supply of pipe tobacco? i am game. also will need tv ( cable or direct tv ) and endless snack supply. Maybe a weight bench too.

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and a toilet

and a magic conveyor belt with In-N-Out

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I'm not really sure what's in it. He did mention that it was 90% from the garden and 10% Orientals. It has a natural sweetness.

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as many different things as he grows/mixes, who knows.

he posted a photo somewhere of some pressed leaf that was almost all Ligero leaf!!
he also posted something about some whole tobacco leaf that he rolled his own cigars from.

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headed out for a couple days, see youse pipers on Sunday

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Yea, that Richard is a crazy guy what will he do next :)

The blend is mostly the tobacco grown here at my place with turkish being the next biggest ingredient followed some perique and perhaps a dash of danish virginia to round things out.

Only tobacco in this blend, no casings, I read through Jason's posts @ Old CS and determined what he might like. I guess it was OK.

I also have a jar of "coins" aging as well as a few other experiments.

Here is a link to one of my photo galleries that contains the "coins" experiment. http://gallery.me.com/tzaddi#100323

http://gallery.me.com/tzaddi/100323/DSC04046/web.jpg

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Looks delicious, how much time does the tobacco take all together to grow, harvest, cure, etc.

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It was more than okay. I keep resisting the urge to open the jar back up for another bowl. As per your instructions I'm giving it a year to age.

Is that your curing chamber in the first two pics of your gallery? What did you use as the body?

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Did I tell you a year, hell, smoke it up we can work something out if you require more. :)

That is one of my re-hydrating chambers. :) When you ask about the body are you referring to the tobacco blend or something else.

From seed to cured leaf, less than a year, but the aging and fermenting can take much longer.

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those curlies look like liittle cookies i could eat.

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I didn't want to say it but I was thinking the same thing.

You made CHOCOLATE CHIP!!!!

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Some good lookin baccy!!

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Well, by gosh, I'm havin' me a bowl tonight!

I just thought if it was that good when I smoked it it could only get better with time.

By body I meant the vessel used for your re-hydrating chamber. Looked like a cooler or fridge.

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Yep, smoke em if you got em :)

The container is just one of those large plastic storage containers with some wire racks separated with blocks or something. Improvisation is the name of the game.

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Evening all. I've got the next week off and am hoping to get quite a few bowls in.

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this thread sorta died

how are the pipers doing? In my world, all is right as college football is back on!

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Good! Havent smoked my pipe too often but had a nice bowl while reading my philosophy text book the otherday

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been really busy with work this summer and now my sons football practices/games.

excellent weather this year for smoking here in KC (minus the bug issues that have came back full force recently).
currently out of town for the KS state fair by the in-laws. gonna miss opening games of the NFL season, forgot to set my DVR back home.

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I always slow down on smoking during the summer, but i feel the chill coming and will amp back up very soon I reckon.

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Been smoking my pipes daily!

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Been doing well. Recently Chad (Wrenchturner) handed me some S.G. Navy Flake and some Cannon Plug that smells like a Glade plugin. Mostly have been smoking alot of Frog Morton Across the Pond (Syrian Latakia is yummy!) and S.G. 1792 Flake. Been busy, but I am still getting time to burn a couple of bowls.

ATL

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I found a familiar place :D I haven't been smoking the pipe too much lately. I was working on lowering the amount of cigars I have :r

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has anyone who's actively been purchasing pipe tobacco noticed any price jumps?
i haven't purchased tobacco in about a year and was wondering if they actually did jump up and if it was even noticeable.

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This photo was taken 8/30/2008, so it's been over a year since I put this tobacco in a jar for aging. I expect I will load a bowl and give it a try sometime soon. We shall see what a year has done to this attempt. :)

http://gallery.me.com/tzaddi/100323/...12216240070001

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Mmm... those looke yummy ;)

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they look like a desert, covered with caramel.

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Yep...That looks amazing..tell us how it smokes.

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YUM! How much for the cookie tabacco. lol That does look good.

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i think i'm finally coming down with the crud my wife and neighbors have dad. my head and ears are killing me, starting to sniffle... damn office has been hovering around 60*F since we can't turn off the A/C and it's been pretty cold in KC the past week.

really not in the mood to get sick (or have the swine flu). my wife gets exposed to that crap every shift in the ER...

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I've got the crud right now too, it's no good. I don't forsee any smoking for another week or so.

In related news, I'm thinking about picking up a Meerschaum pipe as a cost saving answer to my search for an attractive fullbent

http://altinokpipe.com/detail.asp?product_id=IM124

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Good looking pipe, go for it. Meers are good smokers :tu

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thanks, I've always tended towards smooth meers, but I really like the lattive-work on that one

I gotta wait a couple weeks for money, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to get one.

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Don't know about simple... I've been blending C&D's 904 (Chocolate Cavendish) with Turkish, cigar leaf, perique and cypren latakia condement tobacco's for some time.

The blend I'm smoking right now has been resting for 2 months in a 1/2 pint canning jar.

33 grams C&D 904
21 grams latakia
2 grams perique

Taste something like an English mixture, and has a chocolate room note, my wife loves the smell. Though she doesn't mind mixtures heavy with latakia, thinks it smells like a camp fire and reminds her of camping.

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Yo! What's everyone up to? :confused:

ATL

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school and exercising, I haven't smoked in over a week :(

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same ol', same ol'.
working, then get home and work more... sons in football, so that takes 3 days of my time after work...

have had a couple bowls after i had herf tongue for 2 weeks.

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Life is slowing down and smoking is picking up, graduating college in December then its off to the real world.

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in case anyone is looking for a few years old tins of McClellands and a couple Rattrays blends...
http://www.chiefcatoonah.com/vitito.html

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You guys wanna know why it's quiet around here?
It's because this grandpa frequents this forum...

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lol... speak up, whipper snapper!!





beeee-otch. ;)

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Whippersnapper seriously seems to be my new name around here!
Whatever, it's better than beeee-otch.