A Picture of my traditional American hobbies

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STEVENKIM

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So here I am, a recent graduate of college, and am working honest long hours here in the Army. I feel as though my interests and hobbies are starting to lean towards outside the norms of my peers. Its like I am always striving to bring back something back from the past, a celebration of what was once present.

Its really hard to put into words, but I have started to delve into pipe smoking and using traditional pocket knives. Although I still do love my single tactical folder, which is present on me on all field exercises, (Hinderer XM-18) I carry my Queen 1095 trapper and my Dunhill lighter. At home I smoke a pipe to unwind or cut and smoke a nice cigar. I also use a Mont Blanc fountain pen to write notes with at home.

Anyway, this picture is nothing special, but it may be unusual considering these are the possessions of a 23 year old male.


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Your a throwback to older times...Not a bad thing to be...I am loving that Queen trapper, yikes...Very nice..

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Substitute Case for Queen, and that could have been a picture of my gear when I was twenty. I had already quit smoking by 23 ;)
 
Toss in a tin of Early Morning Pipe, Frog Morton, or perhaps something from an old stash of Balkan Sobraine, and you will really be on the path to old fellowdem!

Nice gear to relax with.
 
Hey Steven, what kind of smoking gear do you have there? Have you been to any of the pipe shows they list in the back of "Pipes" magazine?

If you want some better prices on tobacco than the pipe store rates, try Fred Stoker and son in Dresden Tenn. They have a wide variety, including a "English Supreme" that gives Dunhill a close run for the money in a good English blend. Its a little lighter in the latikia than the 965. They also have a good burley, P-19 which is what I use. Good flavor, burns cool.
 
Nice stuff there Steven. As an ex-smoker (almost 3 months!), I'd say replace the pipe with a little Makers Mark or Knob Creek sipping each evening. Give yourself a little more time to watch your knife "break in."

I'd post a pic myself, but my camera is well into its 30s....
 
jackknife said:
Hey Steven, what kind of smoking gear do you have there? Have you been to any of the pipe shows they list in the back of "Pipes" magazine?

If you want some better prices on tobacco than the pipe store rates, try Fred Stoker and son in Dresden Tenn. They have a wide variety, including a "English Supreme" that gives Dunhill a close run for the money in a good English blend. Its a little lighter in the latikia than the 965. They also have a good burley, P-19 which is what I use. Good flavor, burns cool.
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Its a relatively new hobby. I have two pipes, one Savenelli, and the other I cant recall the brand. I use one for an aromatic tobacco from this local shop and an English blend that I also buy from a local shop. I will definitely look into the brands you have recommended. I only smoke maybe 2 times a week. I try to keep my more indulgent hobbies in check!
 
Nice hobbies. I'm also a brother of the briar (fellow pipe smoker) I started two years ago and find it a very relaxing hobby. Pipe smokers are very similar to knife collectors. We suffer from two disorders p.a.d. (pipe acquisition disorder:) ) and t.a.d. (tobacco acquistion disorder:) ) I have a tobacco cellar that should last me about twenty years at my current rate of smoking. A good place to read reviews of hundreds of different pipe tobaccos is .http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/ There are also several good forums one of my favorites is http://www.smokersforums.org/forums.php?. I will smoke a bowl of solani 633 in your honor tonight.
 
Dang, Jackknife, I've slowed down to just now and then on the pipe, but I may have to up and try some of that Burley blend your always talking so well of. ;)

If you really want to bring pipes and knives together maybe find some uncut pressed tobacco or make your own with that fellow's kit that I can't recall where to find it. Then you can cut your own flake and rub it out. :D Not to mention finding classy old smoker's knives/tools.

Edited to add: Might as well start making some walking sticks of different heights. A good way to use your knife. Then you can slip your knife in your pocket and your pipe in mouth, and maybe a small journal in another pocket to use that pen with while out walking to pen your thoughts into. I suppose a little room could be found for a wee flask to refresh yourself. Hopefully, in a pleasant little spot just right for a break and bit of writing. South Central Texas gets a bit to hot and humid for me as the heat builds and in between the storms we're getting into the 80s already. Before long I'll just sit in the AC and dream about when it cools back off around November.

Nice to see how our hobbies intermingle with each other.
 
Dang it guys, I quit smoking a year ago, and last night there I was looking at pipe auctions. I came to my senses though, and didn't bid, but I had one picked out!
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
Edited to add: Might as well start making some walking sticks of different heights. A good way to use your knife.
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Been doing that for some years now. Most of the family has at least one of my hiking sticks I make out of local woods like Hornbeam or hickory. :)
 
Damn do i ever feel out of place but it's a place i'd love to be. I know very little of pipes and tobacco (plain ol' cigarette smoker, you see) but i've tried many cigars, most of which i can't recall... one fella i know brought me some cigars back from Cuba once though. :p

You folks certainly make me wish i had a nice bottle of scotch and some classier smoking supplies... maybe another knife or 10. :D

Here's a photo, nothing special.

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thawk,

I did some research on it several years ago. I can't find my notes, but this is what I can remember. Just about every family with European ancestry has both a blazon of arms and a family crest. My blazon of arms is my avatar the boar that is depicted on it denotes strength and bravery the yellow field that it is on represents gold which signifies nobility/royalty. My family crest is a ship with three sails set proper. There is a latin moto under the family crest that translates to "Powerful by land and sea":)
 
jackknife said:
Been doing that for some years now. Most of the family has at least one of my hiking sticks I make out of local woods like Hornbeam or hickory. :)
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I like that! It was the need for a good pocket knife to make a nice aspen hiking stick last summer in the San Juans of SW Colorado that got me into knife collecting.

The stick was a big hit, and now both of my sons are avid whittlers.
 
glamdring said:
thawk,

I did some research on it several years ago. I can't find my notes, but this is what I can remember. Just about every family with European ancestry has both a blazon of arms and a family crest. My blazon of arms is my avatar the boar that is depicted on it denotes strength and bravery the yellow field that it is on represents gold which signifies nobility/royalty. My family crest is a ship with three sails set proper. There is a latin moto under the family crest that translates to "Powerful by land and sea":)
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Thanks. Very interesting!
 
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