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I can hardly believe that this is a tough choice for me. A year ago I picked up the pipe again and started exploring the world of tobacco blends. Until then, I was exclusively a cigar smoker. I didn't realize how much of a convert I've become until an acquaintance proposed the following trade:  ...

I'm in touch with someone who has a lot of Perdoma Lot 23;  PERDOMO CHAMPAGNE NOIR MAGNUM 50 TUBO  These appear to be value priced cigars. What are your opinions on these sticks?   He also has some Alec Bradley Tempus maduros, sun grown, overture and Siboney.   I love the AB Prensada but haven...

Famous Smoke is offering 50% off of dozens of different labels. But I don't see one that jumps out as a quality smoke. If there a jewel hiding in here/   http://www.famous-smoke.com/promo/emy_022315/?emk=EMY3596&utm_source=MondaySale&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Atleast50&utm_content=EMY3596   Pax

This Kristoff was in a bag of smokes bundled to support Cigars Smokers of Americas efforts to fight legislation declaring only cigars over $10 a stick to be luxury for tax purposes. (Correct last sentence if any details need adjusted, please. Going from decrepit memory)   It had the closed foot...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

I've tried maybe a half dozen pipe tobaccos recently, smoked in as many different pipes. I'm enjoying the exploration, but honestly, the taste, even among the blend styles, sames narrow compared to cigars.   I had occasion to smoke a Padron 1964 (double toro or churchill) Annie over the weekend...

Greetings all:   After much time on the boards, here and online trade magazines and tobacco review sites, over the last month I've ordered 7 pipes to alleviate my PAD symptoms and have structured my TAD as follows, so as to dedicate a pipe to various blend styles. Now lets see if my starting...

Just getting back into pipes and tried Escudo, which is first in my rotation, at least for now. I just came across a deal where I can get up to 10 tins for 6.75 each. I've just started exploring the wide world of pipe tobacco and was planning on surveying more options but am wondering if I...

I'm starting a small collection of functional pipes and plan to spend $300 to $500 to start. Would you buy several pipes in the $100 range or maybe one or two for $200 plus? On one hand, that is nothing for a handmade pipe, but as far as my wife is concerned, it is a ridiculous amount for a...

I started smoking pipes again after a long lay off. I quit a number of years ago because they were inconvenient while travelling and commuting.   Smoking anything (except weed,lol) is now so politically incorrect, that it is inconvenient to smoke anywhere, so I figured I might as well pick up...

So, my neighbor and I officially opened the summer smoke patio last night. Perfect cigar weather 70 degrees  and 70% RH. I broke out a couple of JohnnyOs. One might be described as a panatella, the other was a figurado. Unlike, the last JohnnyO I smoked, these were both healthy.    Both smokes...

Several reviewers have mentioned that the flavor profile of the Murcielago, aka the Bat, was similar to Eddie Ortega's Serie D. It shouldn't be surprising. Eddie had a hand in blending both cigars, the Murcielago with Erik Espinosa while at E&O; the Serie D under his own label after divorcing...

Well, I got a Johnny-O sampler this week. I read about how the sticks get sick within 30 to 90 days, then have to rest for six months to a year. I sometimes doubt how good my palate was and thought a sick cigar might have meant that it just didn't taste as good as when fresh. Wrong.   The first...

BBS turned me on to a great deal for these smokes. He is wildly enthusiastic about the stick's virtues, and the Murcielago (Bat in Spanish) is generally well reviewed.   Some have compared them to the Ortega Serie D. Perhaps not surprising since they are made with the same San Andreas wrapper...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400-ct-CIGAR-HUMIDOR-CABINET-END-TABLE-DISPLAY-CASE-BURLWOOD-/370785102050?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item565483a8e2   At $80, price looks maybe a little to good. And I'm a little leery of glass on humidors.    Could you tell by looking what types of humidifying devices...