hey J 52, I dont remember if I told you this before , But I did meet Jimmy Doohan when he was in Pittsburgh for a Star Trec Convention back in the 70's , I was working as souse chef at a down town hotel & was stopping in a local for a weee dram when I got off from the early shift, walking down the street was
LT. Cmdr. Scott & his security escort from the convention, I asked him if he was in the mood for a weee dram & he was, the security man was from out of town & ordered a Bud, dammm man if you want beer in the Burgh , you got to drink IRON CITY, well Jimmy & I had a Johnny Walker Red ,I think , the only drinkable scotch in the place, , , well we had a few killed the red, & he went back to the convention & I went home with a nice Buzz & a great story for the family. , we talked a few hours, his father was a petrolium engineer, he is the one who thought up High test gas, called Ethel back in the early days, bet you cant take a guess what his mothers name was ! hahahaha
Syntax, try the Balkin II , I think it is made by Lane , Ashton has one that I like called Old Dog.or old church , or some thing that, it has been a long time sice I looked for it, Ashton makes just 4 or 5 pipe tobaccos, read the discripetion, look for latakia , it is an @$$ kicker , dont try to smoke it all by it self, got to mix it with some thing. , ask your local shop keeper to show you a few differnt tobaccos , stay away from the obvious flavored stuff, go with a few English blends or chimeny cured smoked tobaccos, , dont get more than an ounce of anything ,,make sure you mark the bags to what is in it, & get a few cheep corn cob pipes to taste each tobacco mark the pipe with the tobacco that you smoke in it, change tobacco, change pipes . , when you find the one you like , your home free, I have tryed to come up with my own blend for years, one that will be good in the early morning , in the afternoon & at night, , , , I am still working on it , hahahaha Enjoy, Vince