Recent content by astrbac

@GWD Hello mate! :-) Heres my two cents. I have found that you normally DON'T have to break the pipe in. You can pack it normally and just smoke slowly, let it go out from time to time. A friend of mine is a pipe maker (sells his pipes through Pipemakers.org forum) so he knows a thing or two...

This question is quite old but I thought I'd share some of my pipe wisdom anyway :-) You have chosen two good pipes, your taste will probably profile in time... I prefer the freehand pipes, some of them even made by myself I haven't tried any of these tobaccos but a good place to start would...

As I'm writing this I am enjoying some Balkan Sobranie in my huge meerschaum pipe ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/47133591@N04/4456655249/ ). Im guessing my evening smoke will be some Dunhill "MyMixture 965" in a DC straight billiard. That tobacco is my holy grail... which is unfortunately not...

Hello fellas! I am new here and this is my first post :-) so please be gentle. My favorite has to be The Macallan 15 but since it is unobtainable (?) in Croatia I switched to Glenlivet 15. Awesome stuff. I normally hated hard spirits, whiskies especially, but as I decided to give it...