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  1. goosetime

    Different Blends?

    Oh deary me... I sure hope I seem manly enough as I repetitively suck on an oblong, vaguely dick-shaped object for hours at a time...
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    Different Blends?

    Thanks much both of you!
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    Different Blends?

    Hey all, Could someone give a brief overview of the different types of tobacco blends? I understand the lines aren’t exactly set in stone but I’d like to know more. Latakia, Virginia, English, aromatic?
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    Greetings from the Midwest

    Hello from Kansas City! Welcome--I've found this is a great community :)
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    New Meer Coming: Any Big Differences?

    Thanks again @Chasing Embers ! I will post pics when it arrives later this week. I am hoping that this pipe will be able to handle multiple bowls of different blends more or less one after the other.. does that sound right? I keep rotating my briars but my favorites always end up a little bit...
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    New Meer Coming: Any Big Differences?

    Hey all! I've got a meerschaum pipe coming in from Star Meerschaum Pipes, a pocket pipe with whale or perhaps nautilus detailing. I've never smoked meerschaum before--I hear that it: -doesn't need to be broken in but should be cleaned often (reaming?) -can color many different ways and can be...
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    I Feel Blessed for When I was Born

    This is a much different note, and also smaller in scale (last 10 or so years), but self-learning materials have broadly shifted away from written text to videos. In some cases, videos are essential; I have a friend who taught himself to be a car mechanic off of YouTube and is currently...
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    I Feel Blessed for When I was Born

    I was born in '95 and have always had GPS for driving. That would be hard to have been without--I wouldn't say I am directionally "gifted".
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    The Story of My "Three Wise Men" Home Blend Disaster

    That's an interesting process with the smoking--I'm intrigued What is the large salad bowl on top for?
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    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2022?***

    Local Virginia "Toasted Hazelnut" in a Caminetto Super Moustache.
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    Kansas City Club?

    Thank you Google!
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    My Collection

    I regret having ever seen this pipe. Hello nightmares!
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    Kansas City Club?

    Hey all! Are there any pipe clubs in Kansas City? Or--any fellow KC people who would like to start one?
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    My Collection

    I am off and on with the rustication. Some pipes I like to be smooth, but I do enjoy running my hand over the rusticated grain of a few of my guys!