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  1. LeafErikson

    A Visit To A B&M

    I pulled up to the shop and there were a couple of older guys busting each others’ balls out front smoking their cigars. Even in cigar and pipe shops, you can’t smoke indoors in Oregon without an expensive ventilation system, so this is a common sight outside of shops in the state. They both...
  2. LeafErikson

    Who Made This Weber Pipe?

    I got this Weber unsmoked off of eBay. I actually double pumped on the purchase because I just wasn’t 100% sure it was unsmoked but the seller declined my cancellation request (well within his right to) and I’m happy he did because it is indeed unsmoked. I took all pictures of nomenclature but...
  3. LeafErikson

    Tekin Meerschaum Coloring Updates

    I’ve smoked this Tekin pipe exclusively since Dec 12 and have smoked around 110 bowls in it. I’ll keep smoking it and updating this thread with any further coloring. I had a bowl in a briar today and will do that every so often but this will be the primary pipe I smoke for the next few months at...
  4. LeafErikson

    Identifying a CAO Meerschaum

    Any idea who carved this CAO meer based on the signature? Irving Korn was the founder of Royal Meerschaum. Would that make this a pipe made personally for him? I can't figure out if that's the case or if that's the signature of the carver. Apparently Irving Korn had an epic collection of meers...
  5. LeafErikson

    Your Significant Other’s Preferred Blend?

    In the summer time, I tend to smoke outside and bask in our mild Mediterranean climate here in southern Oregon. As the days of sunshine depart and the clouds move in to unpack their luggage of fog and rain, I migrate my puffing indoors. I generally only smoke a handful of c&d va/burley blends...
  6. LeafErikson

    Matsutake Season

    Southern Oregon has some of the finest mushroom hunting in the world and matsutake mushrooms this year have been particularly abundant. I foraged for a little over 16lbs of matsutakes in under 3 hours. The best part? It’s only 15 minutes from my house. Matsutake mushrooms love the tan oak and...
  7. LeafErikson

    Any chess players?

    I played some around the age of 6-10 at the Atlanta chess club and in scholastic chess tournaments. I wasn’t great and I think the highest USCF rating I had was around 1100. I sporadically played throughout my life but with no regularity. I started playing online blitz chess 3-4 years ago almost...
  8. LeafErikson

    Opening A New Tin

    I was finishing up a jar of Sutliff 507C (with a few years of age on it) and was pondering what I’d open next. I went to the cabinet where I store my tobaccos and found some Bayou Morning Flake from 2021 and popped it open. Grapefruits and raisins when I stuck my nose in the tin. I packed up my...
  9. LeafErikson

    Vintage Bakelite Meerschaum Stems

    I really love my two meerschaum pipes and smoke them daily. One is an Altinay lattice billiard (acrylic stem) and one is an AGovem smooth billiard (polyester stem and a seperate acrylic stem). I was looking at picking up a vintage meerschaum with a bakelite stem and was wondering if anyone had...
  10. LeafErikson

    In Memory of Harris (cigrmaster)

    I didn't know Harris personally and only interacted with him a couple of times in the year or so I've been on the forum. Although we never personally communicated, I was a lurker for a year or so before finally opening an account on the forum and saw Harris' posts scattered across a multitude of...
  11. LeafErikson

    Inexpensive Meerschaum Question

    I have an Altinay meer that I love but it doesn't have a case and it is a lattice pipe. I enjoy the smoking properties of meerschaum so immensely that I'm looking for a more inexpensive, smooth meerschaum, with a case, to be able to comfortably take it out of the house without worrying about it...
  12. LeafErikson

    Pipe Smoking Album Art

    I released some new music earlier this week and one of my good friends did the cover art for me. I figured some of y’all might find it amusing.
  13. LeafErikson

    New AKB pipes?

    A new AKB meer caught my eye on SPC. I messaged their customer service asking about the tenon type and apparently AKB have shifted completely away from screw in tenons and do only push pull. Does anyone have experience with these newer AKBs and if you do how is the draw? Is it less constricted?
  14. LeafErikson

    Amboseli Townsman Billiard

    First smoke out of the new old stock amboseli townsman African meerschaum (also my first smoke out of African meer). Loaded it up with sir Walter regular and it did not disappoint. The vulcanite stem/stainless steel tenon are both exquisite. The vulcanite does not appear to be high sulfur, as I...
  15. LeafErikson

    Meerschaum Tenon Question

    I’ve never seen such a multitude of different tenon styles until I started looking for a second meerschaum pipe. I have an altinay that is a standard push pull tenon. There is a language barrier between me and the carver here so he’s just been sending my pictures of the tenons on his pipes. Most...
  16. LeafErikson

    Aluminum Tenon on Meerschaum

    I was considering picking up this meer but this aluminum tenon is giving me pause as I’ve never had a pipe like this. Is this something I should avoid or is it not a problem?
  17. LeafErikson

    Pipe Break-in and Dedication

    I am one who generally dedicates my pipes to blend families. My pipes are either used for burley dominant blends or Virginia dominant blends. Contrary to what many on this forum practice, I have found that I prefer virginias in my cobs and burleys in briars, but that’s a subject for another...
  18. LeafErikson

    Two New Ropp Etudiant J07 Pipes

    I’ve had my eye on these rusticated pipes from Ropp for awhile. They finally released more of the J07 straight billiards and I pulled the trigger. They’re inexpensive, group 2/3, have uncoated bowls, and are light as a feather. Bowl depth of 1.4” and width of .72”. I broke one in with Sir Walter...
  19. LeafErikson

    Bowl Coating Question

    I recently picked up a couple of new Kaywoodie pipes and one of them is perfect but the other one has this weird cracking on the bowl finish. It doesn’t look like the briar itself is cracked at all but nonetheless it’s not something I’ve ever encountered. Should I just go ahead and smoke this...
  20. LeafErikson

    Sutliff Ready Rubbed Match Cut

    I just received a bulk ounce of Sutliff RR Match in the mail yesterday and fired up a bowl last night. While I found the tobacco to be enjoyable, it was definitely not what I was expecting particularly in the cut. I have seen pictures and watched reviews of this blend and always thought it was...
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