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Real NameT.K. Dwyer
Joined2016-07
Last Visited2021-09
LocationThe Heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara (a 20-minute walk to Levi's Stadium).

Having only picked up the pipe in 2013, it has been difficult for me to find a blend or mixture of tobacco that I do not love (something that was most definitely not true in my years of foolish folly with cigars). If I have given a single star, or merely a two-star recommend to a favorite blend of yours, please do not take it personally (it's me, not the tobacco). It is amazing to see how many seasoned palates with very similar tastes to my own will rate one of my chosen blends a single star, while I do the same for one of theirs. But when it comes to reviewing tobaccos, it's a lot like reviewing food, isn't it? Or music perhaps -- Pink Floyd and Pavarotti both rank four stars -- but two very different genres (blends) of music. I don't miss any of the tobaccos from the 1960s, '70s and/or 1980s because I never got a chance to smoke any of them. But I very much do enjoy the plethora of very fine tobaccos available today -- as I also very much believe that we are all living through a new Golden Age of pipe tobacco blending. Cheers!

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Reviews

90 reviews
377 helpful votes 		4 star:
75 Strongly Recommended
3 star:
7 Recommended
2 star:
2 Somewhat Recommended
1 star:
6 Not Recommended

Preferences: Kentucky 4.0, Burley 3.9, Perique 3.9, Virginia 3.9, Black Cavendish 3.9, Latakia 3.9, Oriental/Turkish 3.9

Date Blend Reviews Helpful Rating Avg Rating
2021-02-27 Mac Baren - HH Pure Virginia 61 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2021-02-22 G. L. Pease - Windjammer 20 1 ★★★★ 3.3
2021-02-17 John Middleton, Inc - Prince Albert 490 2 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.9
2020-10-27 Cornell & Diehl - Haunted Bookshop 250 2 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 2.8
2020-05-16 Mac Baren - HH Rustica 36 5 ★★★★ 3.6
2020-05-03 Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake w/Perique 2020 (Small Batch) 16 4 ★★★★ 3.6
2020-03-11 Cornell & Diehl - XX Flake Dark (Smoking Pipes 20th Anniversary Blend) 12 2 ★★★★ 3.7
2020-03-09 Cornell & Diehl - XX Flake (Smoking Pipes 20th Anniversary Blend) 10 5 ★★★★ 3.6
2020-02-22 Seattle Pipe Club - Plum Pudding Bourbon Barrel Aged 19 2 ★★★★ 3.9
2020-02-21 G. L. Pease - Spark Plug 21 9 ★★★★ 3.8
2020-01-29 Mac Baren - HH Burley Flake 63 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.7
2020-01-25 Ken Byron Ventures - Bas Matica 3 6 ★★★★ 4.0
2020-01-18 Cup O' Joes - Anniversary Blend No. 23 5 3 ★★★★ 4.0
2020-01-17 G. L. Pease - Telegraph Hill (Fog City Selection) 96 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2020-01-14 D & R Tobacco - Rimboché A.P. (Rimboché) 17 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2020-01-11 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Match Ready Rubbed 43 12 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 3.2
2020-01-04 Peterson - The Royal Yacht 412 7 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.0
2020-01-04 Smokers' Haven - Exotique Mixture 46 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-12-27 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Match Victorian 26 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-12-18 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Cringle Flake (Holiday Edition 2019) 18 8 ★★★★ 3.6
2019-11-24 Mac Baren - HH Bold Kentucky 96 5 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.7
2019-10-19 Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake (Small Batch) 44 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-06-28 McClelland - Christmas Cheer 1992 7 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 4.0
2019-05-23 G. L. Pease - Odyssey (Original Mixtures) 213 4 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-05-22 G. L. Pease - Abingdon (Classic Collection) 137 2 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-05-18 Bengal Slices - Bengal Slices (re-release) 61 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-05-17 Samuel Gawith - Squadron Leader 525 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-05-15 Savinelli - 140th Anniversary 14 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.9
2019-05-12 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Molto Dolce (Sutliff Private Stock) 167 2 ★☆☆☆ ★★★★ 3.2
2019-05-11 Cornell & Diehl - Opening Night (Simply Elegant Series) 100 9 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-02-28 G. L. Pease - Chelsea Morning (Old London Series) 148 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-02-24 Smokers' Haven - IN-B-TWEEN Mixture 17 0 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-02-22 G. L. Pease - Samarra (Original Mixtures) 89 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-02-21 Hearth & Home - WhiteKnight (Marquee Series) 80 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-02-20 Watch City Cigar - Deep Elem 10 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-02-19 Watch City Cigar - Deluxe Crumb Cut 17 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.8
2019-02-18 Watch City Cigar - Watch City Slices 20 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.7
2019-02-18 Watch City Cigar - Nor'Easter 20 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-02-18 Watch City Cigar - Flake #558 17 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.8
2019-02-17 Hearth & Home - Magnum Opus (Marquee Series) 64 0 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.7
2019-02-16 Hearth & Home - Black House (Marquee Series) 105 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-02-16 Cornell & Diehl - Pirate Kake (Sea Scoundrels) 207 6 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-02-13 Ashton - Artisan's Blend 196 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-02-10 Sillem's - London Blend 25 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-02-09 G. L. Pease - Union Square (Fog City Selection) 139 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-02-09 Cornell & Diehl - Dreams of Kadath (The Old Ones) 23 3 ★★☆☆ ★★★★ 3.2
2019-02-09 John Aylesbury - Luxury Flake/Classic Flake 24 1 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-02-08 Esoterica Tobacciana - Dunbar 99 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-02-07 J. F. Germain & Son - Balkan Sobranie 81 0 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.2
2019-02-06 Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Balkan Sasieni 274 6 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.1
2019-02-05 Mac Baren - HH Acadian Perique 102 5 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.2
2019-02-05 Cornell & Diehl - Bayou Night 88 2 ★☆☆☆ ★★★★ 3.1
2019-02-04 Esoterica Tobacciana - Pembroke 99 6 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.0
2019-02-03 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Tobacco Galleria - Midnight Smoke 26 3 ★☆☆☆ ★★☆☆ 1.8
2019-02-03 Esoterica Tobacciana - Margate 200 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-02-02 Savinelli - Doblone d'Oro 44 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-01-27 Cornell & Diehl - Engine 99 62 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-01-27 John Aylesbury - Sir John's Flake Virginia 24 6 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.8
2019-01-23 Samuel Gawith - Full Virginia Flake 584 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-01-20 Lane Limited - La Gloria Cubana 9 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2019-01-20 John Cotton - John Cotton's Numbers 1&2 Medium (re-release) 18 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-01-19 Seattle Pipe Club - Potlatch 36 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-01-17 Drucquer & Sons - Trafalgar 16 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.9
2019-01-16 Arango - Balkan Supreme 46 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.8
2019-01-14 Dan Tobacco - Salty Dogs 39 13 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-01-13 Kramer's Pipe and Tobacco Shop - Father Dempsey 55 27 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-01-12 Planta - Presbyterian Mixture 282 3 ★☆☆☆ ★★★★ 3.2
2019-01-11 G. L. Pease - Quiet Nights (Old London Series) 125 11 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-01-09 Peterson - De Luxe Navy Rolls 191 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-01-07 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Crumble Kake English #1 14 8 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2019-01-06 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Crumble Kake Va. Perique 15 7 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-01-05 Drucquer & Sons - Blairgowrie 24 11 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2019-01-02 John Cotton - John Cotton's Number 1 Mild (re-release) 22 6 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.1
2019-01-01 G. L. Pease - Westminster (Heirloom Collection) 270 3 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-01-01 Peterson - Nightcap 647 7 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2018-12-31 McClelland - Frog Morton's Cellar (Craftsbury Series) 199 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2018-12-30 Seattle Pipe Club - Plum Pudding Special Reserve 37 13 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2018-12-29 Peterson - Flake 218 2 ★★☆☆ ★★★★ 3.5
2018-12-27 Mac Baren - HH Old Dark Fired 222 7 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2018-12-27 Esoterica Tobacciana - Stonehaven 211 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2018-12-26 McClelland - 40th Anniversary (Limited Edition) 31 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.7
2018-12-25 McClelland - Anniversary 1977-2017 6 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.7
2018-12-24 Mac Baren - HH Vintage Syrian 231 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2018-12-23 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Matured Red Virginia 515 RC-1 28 10 ★★★★ ★★★★ 2.9
2018-12-23 Sutliff Tobacco Company - Crumble Kake Red Virginia 30 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2018-12-23 John Cotton - John Cotton's Smyrna 31 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2018-12-23 Esoterica Tobacciana - Penzance 460 5 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2016-07-18 Cornell & Diehl - Old Grove (Cellar Series) 9 5 ★☆☆☆ ★★☆☆ 2.7
2016-07-18 Peterson - Connemara Black 19 4 ★☆☆☆ ★★☆☆ 2.1
2016-07-15 Peterson - Irish Flake 427 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3