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Hi Izzy:   Nice to hear from you. I'm sure it was a dud. I'm positive the Ashton name and reputation wasn't built by selling garbage. The market is too discerning. In fairness to Ashton, I should probably have acquired another stick and tested before posting anything. I mostly try to smoke 3 in...

This is going to be one of the shortest reviews I've written. I had rested the Ashton for several months in my "on-deck" humidor.  Pre-light smell was mostly of damp hay and tactile touch was springy - just right. Construction appeared flawless.   I lit up and the initial flavor was light and...

Heads-Up. Remnant Bats are on sale at Atlantic.

After  some consideration, I offer a couple of observations   1. Pipe tobacco quality is on average much better than the average cigar. By this I mean, that I haven't' tried a tinned or bulk pipe tobacco that wasn't at least good, and most very good. For every decent cigar, there are dozens of...

Just manage on the forums just as we would a cigar pass. One of the industry magazine sites for tobacco pipes has over a dozen crawlers signed up but you only really need two declared crawlers. The organization is simple and designed to stay simple. Anyone can organize a tobaccor crawl, since no...

I've been hosting men's smokers at my home once a month or so, drawing from a Catholic organization, neighbors and acquaintances.   The diversity has been incredible. We've had everyone from nuclear physicists to rescue divers to IT geeks to authors to property managers to lay philosophers and...

Tried my first Stokkebye's Luxury Twist Flake last week. It has fast become one of my favorites' - I like maybe as good as any other flake.   I've yet to try any Frog Morton but it is own my wish list.

Yes, exactly.

I'm a sucker for recomendations. I'll have to put C&D Exhausted Rooster on the wish list.   I cracked open the Westminster and am now smoking it in my meer billard. I started out with Englishes decades ago, shortly after leaving drug store aros.  I'm getting a bit of a floral note during the...

I had an idea. It is hard to come up with an original idea I'll throw it out  to see what you think.   Basically, the idea is organize a tobacco crawl, similar to a pub crawl, when groups visit different pubs and try different beverages.  The idea is that participants agree to try a variety of...

Thanks for asking. My tastes are all over the chart. I would say my favorites are;   SG Navy Flake, a VaLat Escudo, a VaPer GLP Jacknife plug, a VaBurley GLP Sextant, an English   I've also added several cigar blends to my little collection GLP Key Largo, C&D Havanna Dreams, C&D Billy Budd, and...

Pipes can be more convenient for short smokes than cigars. You can always load just a quarter or half bowl.  You'll also find that the baccy in a partially smoked bowl is still very good if you let it sit for a few hours or a couple of days. Some smokers deliberately do this, because they...

Sad to say that science has been so politicized that studies are almost worthless. Many of  the study sponsors have agendas and are buying support,  the funding and grant system creates bias, scientists themselves are far from unbiased and the media cherry picks their science, reporting only the...

http://view.ed4.net/w/CR1RPR/ZOP5WB/Z2XZ8JS/IEFDQN/1/92d807ac4001db8d1c02/FORMATOVERRIDE=H   the FDA want to define premium cigars as those that cost more than $10.00. If they are going to govern cigars at all, I would rather that premium cigars be defined as hand-made versus machine made.    I...

Skip this if you've already signed the petition opposing the FDA attempt to define premium cigars as costing ten dollars or more.     http://view.ed4.net/w/CR1RPR/ZOP5WB/Z2XZ8JS/IEFDQN/1/92d807ac4001db8d1c02/FORMATOVERRIDE=H   I amended the suggested text in the petition to argue that such a tax...

I talked with the folks at smokingpipes.com and in their words, the meershaum market is confusing. The early CAO were stamped but were all carved in Turkey. Pipes are still being carved and distributed by CAO (under new managment from the old days) but only the case bears the CAO brand. Makes it...

I was looking at a couple of CAO Meershaums at smokingpipes.com and noted that there were no stamp markings. I have faith in SP.com but hesitated. I was under the impression authentic CAO's would be stamped. I missed one of them but they still have a nice calabash. If the pipes aren't stamped...

Thanks, blue. Not to mention how much more likely a cigar is to blowup on you because it spent a short time in less than ideal conditions or didn't take kindly to aging.   Out ot the 5 OpusX's I've smoked, 2 blew up; 2 peeled at the end but were still smokable; 1 was sublime.Basically, at...

Come to think of it, it is much easier to find a decent pipt tobacco than a decent cigar. The ratio of blah cigars to real winners is extraordinarily high. CI and JR have a huge business selling mediocre products to the the masses  - me included, at times. Their catalog probably has 100 hoozat...