Damn.... And I tried Prince Albert for the first time today!

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@Rans, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've received your message and my order is on it's way!!

@Pieter, you are certainly welcome! every now and then I get lucky :-)

Anise-vanilla. Messed this one up, way too strong on the anise. It's like smoking licorice candy.

A house blend called D-965 from my local tobacconist. It's supposed to be their version of Dunhill 965. Not bad, but also affordable (for where I live anyway). As much as I like the Solanis and the Frog Mortons, it's much cheaper to buy a house blend in bulk and in 1 oz bags.

@Petersuki and other members who do not own MM corn cobs:

Corn cobs are the best smokers out!! If you do not own one of these pipes yet, do yourself a favour and buy at least one now. The rest will follow soon. I have 8 of them with a Country Gentleman and a Diplomat the favourites (but only by a small margin). Nothing (Dunhills included) can beat corn cobs from Missouri Meerschaum as far as a perfect
smoke is concerned.

Pieter. It's on my list of things to try.

How about a good meer, do they smoke any better than a briar? I have only has one calabash, but that was many years ago...

I am a briar man myself...but contemplating a meer lately. I have been looking at the peterson meers lately.

Bright CR Flake in a Manx meer

Carter Hall in a grabow

For any interested http://www.cupojoes.com has Penzance in stock. I just ordered me another bag.

Hehehehehe!!! Seems as if I've let a cat loose amongst the pigeons. I have 8 cobs but 20 briars and 3 Falcons. So I agree about the briars being excellent smokers. I just love to stir things a bit. Btw, I'm still waiting for my MacQueens Wizzard, it been 3 months already. I wonder what's going on?

Received my 40+ years old Sasieni Royal Stuart today, a real old gentleman in perfect condition. It's a lovat/billiard and I'm 100% happy with this purchase.

Just took my morning pipe break out by a nice fountain on campus. My non-aromatic blend of choice lately has been a mixture of MacBaren's Vintage Syrian (nearly 100% Latakia) and some cube cut burley called Ted's Good Burley from Ted's Pipe Shoppe in Tulsa, OK. If you have a chance to visit there, you won't be disappointed.
http://www.tedspipeshoppe.com/

Smoker's Best black cavendish. Very smooth, mild sweet vanilla casing, just a bit hard to keep lit at first.

@ Vathek,Made no sense to not agree with the man either....did it.........and that was my point. Starting a post with "I do not agree" is a post best kept to one's self. That is indeed the definition of trolling. The best pipe and the best tobacco is the ones "YOU" are smoking right now. Pieter saying that anyone that does not have a cob, should get one....is by no means bad advice and if you "disagree", then you obviously have some inaccurate idea of self worth, and that your opinion is best.You admitted that you own some cobs in your post. Saying that "I don't agree" and a briar gives a "far" better smoke, is but your opinion, and your opinion is certainly not any better than Pieter or anyone else for that matter. ......150 cobs for the price of a Dunhill, is accurate. If you are capable of doing math, then you will be able to realize that. The strong points of a cob are that you can try any tobacco the first time and then decide which briar might be the best for it. It smokes a bit sweeter than a briar, and it keeps you from ghosting up a good briar with a tobacco you have not tried. They are inexpensive enough to toss in the trash after one smoke as well. Working on a car or toy that you own and getting greasy is a nice spot for a cob too........don' wanna grab that Dunhill with greasy hands either. That is my experience. Now, as far as being childish, it seems pretty clear that your initial post was. I tend to be very quiet on this site, as can be attested by most everyone. I do not troll, do not flame, or any other thing like that. Perhaps I took your post wrong, but it seemed mighty arrogant to me. Pieter made a post and you immediately shot it down. I posted an opinion and because you do not agree, you make an attack on me. My post was not with the intention of inciting a response from you. I just made a statement about cobs. This is also the only response you will get from me. Do not bother to reply. It ends here.


Anyway, back to the topic, breaking out some Captain Black White, in a 20 year old grabow that has been dedicated to it.

Glengarry flake in a peterson rosslare.

As an aside (and I am not saying that this applies to anyone here, but it surfaces frequently on boards like smokersforums), I find the reverse snobbery of the corncob boosters to be tiresome. Cobs are nice, they serve a purpose, but they are not perfect pipes. As to the price, yes they are inexpensive, but then again they should be, they are after all made out of corn.

Personally I like a well seasoned briar, but smoke whatever works for you, and remember there's no need to convince everyone to share your opinion on the wonderfulness of your choice.

Preserve the peace and preserve the thread. Old Gowrie today.
@bish777: You don't like St Bruno?

Lets keep it friendly, please. I would hate to shut this one down.

I received a James Barber (2nd) pipe. Sandblasted Prince. Lovely thing with a slight imperfection in the blasting at the front. Means nothing to me, who somehow prefer some sort of imperfection, In terms of quality these Barber's 2nds should be considered by anyone wanting to pay around 30 quid for a really good briar. Arrived in no time.

Ignoring the corn cob discussion I would mention that Gold Block is not what is was formerly. It's lost a really exquisite inexpressible sweetness found in nothing else. It has fallen into the hands of Imperial Tobacco as has the equally, formerly wonderful 3 Nuns, also now an ersatz, nothing sort of mixture. The race to the bottom is exemplified with what happened to both of these once glorious examples. I recently tried some Bright CR Flake and hanker for that stuff, I did enjoy it. With a tiny amount of casing which even I can tolerate. People stopped me in the street to talk about pipe smoking so it must also smell good to others. I hope I've led us into happier grounds...

@petersuki, a lot of tobacco blends are not what they used to be and in a negative way. I loved Three Nuns, Erinmore Mixture, Erinmore Flake etc. Problem is so many companies changed hands and maybe the new blenders find the recipes to difficult to understand!!

But, thankfully, there are lots of nice blends out there which I must still try.

Without trying to stir some more, I honestly recommend a MM corn cob pipe. If you really want to enjoy a COOL, dry smoke, a cob is the answer. And they are "bring it on" pipes which means you can load it with whatever baccy you want to.

@Peter and Pieter
I too find myself missing Three Nuns something terribly. For something (to my tastebuds anyway) quite similar, I would recommend Peter Heinrich's Curly Cut. It's a virginia perique coin cut tobacco quite similar to Three Nuns before it was ruined.

I haven't had F&T's golden mixture, but I would doubt it is still like it was when smoked by Bertrand Russell, as they F&T blends are now made by Kohlhase & Kopp in Germany (who also do the Rattray's btw).

@nachman I like st.bruno, but prefer condor. Despise clan and gold block...