Pipe tobacco box pass?

Joined Jul 2005
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I have been away from the board for a little while now, and I need to get back. So, I was thinking we do a pipe tobacco box pass. I will start it. I will include a $hit load of tins, opened. That way, you can feel free to smoke a bowl before you decide to take it. I will include a few home brews too. I know how tight budgets can be, so this is a good way to try a tobacco you always wanted to.

Most tins I will include have only had 1-2 bowls smoked. I open them, smell them, smoke a bowl and decide how long I want to age it..... So, whos up!?!?!?!
 
Sounds pretty dang fun to me! Count me in.
 
Ok, what are the rules going to be?

I am going to include aromatics, but QUALITY aromatics. From C&D, McClelland, etc. No Capt. Black, half&half, no Middleton's etc. The only reason I am including open tins, is so you can try it first. All the tins I include only have 1-2 bowls smoked, and btw, I smoke small bowls. Most of you won't even notice anything is gone. If there are other rules you can think of, just post em here.
 
Rules for a box pass? Hehehe!!

Been a part of a few of them on other boards.

First, someone needs to organize the route - so that it goes around and then returns home.

Secondly, as for other rules, that's up to everybody as a group. Some passes have had very simple rules:

If you take something, you replace it with something of equal quality.

You can try whatever you like that is open. Don't open sealed stuff.

If you take something sealed, you repleace it with something sealed.

You make take what you'd like, without replacing it, up to two items.

In other words, you can make this as elaorate or as simple as you like.

I know that very often, the box grows as it moves along - the shipping costs rising exponentially as it goes along. Why? The box becomes an easy repository for the blends people have which they are trying to dump.

I might be interested in a box pass.

Todd
 
I would love to participate, but don't know what I could contribute - broke as a joke, and there isn't a single place out here that carries anything but Captain Black and other generic cheap stuff. I have a feeling I couldn't be fair to other participants.
 
Ok, I am going to get this box going beginning of next week. PM me your addresses, and I will start compiling the list.

Basic rules, if its sealed replace it with a sealed tin. You may sample, but only pick one or two tins to sample from. Please don't sample every single tin, as I would like to get SOME tobacco back...lol Feel free to add pipe cleaners, maybe a cheap tamper, whatever you like. You may add homebrews, but list what it is. I am going to include alot of tobacco. Almost all of my tins are opened, but most have NO tobacoo gone. I like to age with a broken seal. If you can think of anything else, feel free to list it here. When the box goes out, I will have the official rules then.