tartanphantom

That's a vintage Kaywoodie... mostly common drugstore pipes from back in the day, but some of them are now worth quite a bit of money, especially if it reads "Super grain" on the side. The most important thing though is that it's now a family heirloom... one with memories and possibly a story attached to it-- IMO those are the best pipes ever, regardless of "value".

  Some of my favorites include Samuel Gawith "Squadron Leader", Dunhill "965", Dunhill "Early Morning", Rattray "Accountant's Mixture", McClelland 2030, Wessex "Tradition" and Two Friends "Deacon's Downfall". I also have a nice cache of the original Bengal Slices, which is no longer made, but it's one of my favorites and I use it very sparingly.   As far as Virginia blends go, McClelland "Blackwood Flake", original Wessex, McClelland Christmas Cheer, Grey Havens, and occasional navy flake blends like Escudo and Orlik. I also like just about anything with perique-- Dorchester being one of my favorites, as well as Sunset Flake by Cornell & Deihl.   Although I have a bunch of money sunk into pipes and tobacco, one of my favorite outdoor smokes is an ol' drugstore blend, "Half & Half" in a corncob pipe... doesn't get much better than that for fishing and shootin' out in the great wide open.   I've never been a fan of flavored tobaccos... I just don't get it. I'm not gonna smoke something that smells like burning cookies, and I've never seen a cherry tree growing in a tobacco barn, so I've never understood the use of flavorings and casings to mask a poor blend. Oh, well, to each his own.

I've been a pipe smoker for many years. While my collection consists of about 80-90 pipes, I probably smoke only about 1/3 of them on a regular basis-- some are so expensive (original vintage Preben Holm freehands, a Mark Tinsky, a few Dunhills, etc) that they never leave the house. I mostly smoke English and Balkan blends w/ lots of latakia and oriental tobaccos, or if I'm in the mood for something different, a nice Virginia/perique blend or Virginia/burley, or possibly some navy-style plug. I very rarely smoke any aromatics at all-- never could find one that that I could get along with-- not much on super sweet stuff.

  Holy Cow! carb overload!!!! :yum:

    Haha-- screw that French crap... it's all 'Merican toast for me (pew-pew-pew)... don't need no stinkin' eggs for my milk sandwiches!

Was once arrested in Walmart for wearing his Depends on the outside of his clothes.

Paid spokes-gangsta for Hi-Point Arms, Chicagoland sales territory.

  Ya know, I never knew that milk sandwiches were such popular winter cuisine until I moved to Tennessee years ago.

Wants to be worn in the possum position.

Made his own IWB holster out of a clipboard and a stethescope. It's Bulky, but allows him to hear his own stomach growl when worn in the appendix position.

Well done, Dave. :usa:   Now, maybe a week or two down the road, or whenever your situation allows, start an anonymous "pay it forward" chain of your own! :up:

  Huh?? You mean it isn't?

A Jack possum of all trades, especially the illicit ones.

Depends on the specific situation-- If it is a place that has something I need, and I can't get it anywhere else locally (this is rare), I will disarm.    But 90% of the time I will make a mental note and go elsewhere. Sometimes talk to the owner/manager and explain why I will be taking my business elsewhere. I feel that speaking to them (if possible) is important... otherwise they will never know WHY they lost my business. In the case of restaurants, there are several in town that KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that they will never see my $$ unless concealed carry is permitted in their establishment.

  I've done this several times in the past, especially if I see a member of the Armed forces in uniform, with or without his/her family.

Wishes he could figure out how to keep this thread going.

  Just for the record, I've despised that song since day one.... :rofl:

Is a charter member of the "He-Man Woman Haters Club."

This only further justifies why I, as a scotch drinker, won't touch Chivas Regal with a 10-foot pole.   It's a good thing that Cutty Sark and J&B didn't make the list, as they are only useful as paint remover--  but if they did show up, I'm sure it would be in the Weather-Underground molotov cocktail-lobbing crowd, somewhere near Andre or Courvoisier. If ya can't drink it, you can always light it and throw it at your political opponent.   Also, it's interesting that Capt. Morgan appeals mainly to "independents" who can't decide whether they want to be bothered to make the trip to the polls or not...

Carries his single allotted round of ammo in his left shirt pocket-- just in case he has to "nip it in the bud."

Thinks "spanking the monkey" has something to do with Curious George.

Thinks "Honey Badger" is a breakfast cereal for tough guys...

Sent a well-crafted letter to the mayor of Maryville strongly urging him to join MAIG.

Would love to be Shannon Watts' "baby daddy".

  For storage, I'm more of a 40mm "thumper" can kinda guy, so I'm always on the hunt for them at reasonable prices. I only use a few 50cal cans, mainly for range trips and brass sorting. 30cal cans are practically useless to me.