What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Tobias Lutz]

Bob's Chocolate Flake in London made Richmond billiard :pipe:

[Lostmason]

Germain Plum Cake in my DG Grand Duke,This is a Tag along that Pete ( NeverBend ) sent and is surprisingly good.I normally stay away from fruity blends but I had to try this one.You can taste the wine subtly but more to my liking was that you can feel the wine in a slight tingle around your toung.Not a bite you would have to try to get that,the tin was dated 2014 and was still sealed. The tobacco was moist and fragrant.I'm not trying to do a review here,but this is one to try and keep handy,Makes for a delicious desert ! Thanks Pete !! :pipe:

[Lostmason]

About halfway way through a bowl of NeverBend s Professor in a DG Grand Duke.Where Eistein is a cool moist smoke this seems dryer and has just a pinch of spiceyness to it. I'm trully amazed, this would be one of those AHA tobaccos. My wife say the room note is like constant comment tea, mellow with a citrus note around the edges.

[Bruck]

D&R Picayune in a mini-meer (eagle head, blue stem, stayin classy!) Picayune has a nice sort of citrusy taste and a bit of a kick. I think it would make a good cigarette tobacco as well.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking D&R William’s Delight in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band.

[Lostmason]

Just finished smoking D&R William’s Delight in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band.

Would love to see a pic of that pipe,Sounds really sweet !!

[cpmcdill]

GL Pease Quiet Nights in a Redonian army-mount billiard

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking HU Khoisaan in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg.

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

China Black Fire Cured in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of 2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a smooth straight 1980s James Upshall Walnut pot.

[JimInks]

Heine's Blend in the very first pipe I ever bought ($2.49) in 1974; a smooth three quarter bend Dr. Grabow Omega.

[Tobias Lutz]

Some McClelland Drama Reserve in my Zurg Glass Sipper. :pipe:

[JimInks]

Hayward Mixture in a 2013 straight 5th Avenue DGE Nose warmer cob. This was Bing Crosby's blend.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of mystery tobacco in a medium bend 2001 Ural lattice Rhodesian with a yellow stem with white swirls. A friend wanted to see if I could figure out what blend it is. Not sure I can do it, but I'll try.

[JimInks]

Best Brown Plug in a slight bend 1968 group 4S Dunhill Shell 475 cherrywood.

[JimInks]

Now smoking Shelby Foote’s EGR/Burley Recreation in a 1930s smooth straight Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian. Actually, Foote changed the formula later and I believe what he later cut it with was Barking Dog, because the sample given me that Foote mixed with EGR is definitely House of Windsor Barking Dog. So, we learn something new all the time. :D I'll change my description for future smokes.

[JimInks]

Synjeco Clegir Rope in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera.

[Lostmason]

NeverBend 's Thomas Hariot in a Dr Grabow Lark.

[Emperor Zurg]

Einstein in a Barling 5574

[JimInks]

Condor Long Cut in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking D&R Ramback Regular in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera.

[JimInks]

Now smoking Briar Boy’s English Legacy in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.

[Alligator Gar]

Put away a bowl of OR (NOV10) Meridian in the Alligator. Someone suggested it would substitute for Penzance, but the pepper and Oriental is a little forward compared to Penz. Not that I think Penzance is all that.

[Bruck]

Currently smoking a cobful of C&D Burley Flake #4, part of a bomb from our friend Alligator Gar. Rich & smooth, kind of an "English burley."

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051.

[JimInks]

P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.

[JimInks]

Mystery Blend in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

2012 Anniversary Kake in a straight Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420.

[pdq_wizzard]

Taste Of Summer in a Cob.

[JimInks]

A few minutes away from smoking Tilbury in a medium bend raw sienna toned early Radice sandblast egg with bamboo craving on the shank.

[JimInks]

Synjeco Oxenfisl Twist in a 1980 Stanwell 668 medium bend with a ferrule, half black sandblasted, half brown smooth, rough top.

[JimInks]

Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian. Bing's tobacco in a pipe similar to the kind he smoked.

[Haebar]

I'm smoking some Vanilla pipe tobacco from Hyde Park Tobaccos, Cincinnati, OH. About 4 ounces of bulk was in a zip-loc bag inside a humidor that I picked up on Ebay. Judging by the condition of the label on the bag and the brittleness of the bag, I'm guessing that this stuff is decades old. At first, I figured it would be a good candidate for the mulch pile. But when I opened it, it seemed to be at optimum humidity for smoking. So I said what the heck and loaded up a bowl and it is good! The vanilla fragrance is pretty much gone; the bag aroma hints of fresh Play-doh. Smoking it in a Charatan second Dublin sandblast.

[JimInks]

Not that far from finishing this bowl of Edward's Bishop Burley in a 1970s smooth straight grain Savinelli Oom Paul Non Pareil 9504 with a horn ferrule.

[JimInks]

Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a smooth 1976 Canadian GBD Seventy Six 256.

[JimInks]

Jim's Test VaPer in a 1987 Peterson first series Sherlock Holmes full bend with a silver band.

[JimInks]

A third of the way though this bowl of Paul Olsen My Own Blend Three Nuns in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem. This is the Mystery Blend I've been smoking.

[BryGuySC]

Smoking some NeverBend blends, The Professor and Einstein.
Good stuff!

[JimInks]

Now smoking the best durn tobacco made today: Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.

[JimInks]

Now smoking the very delicious year 2009 St. James Plug in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer. The plug looked like a thick black brownie. I could smell the perique, too.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania Bengal Slices in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog.

[Bruck]

Currently burnin up some C&D #103, Big & Burley, part of a burley bomb from Alligator Gar. Pretty strong, full-flavored :)

[Lostmason]

Einstien in my DG Grand Duke. Bad day, pulled a groin muscle moving air conditioners and then had to go to dinner with my MIL and my two Grandsons ages 4 and 5.Playing with the kids is funner when you don't wanna cry.

[Alligator Gar]

Currently burnin up some C&D #103, Big & Burley, part of a burley bomb from Alligator Gar. Pretty strong, full-flavored :)

I smoked some Haunted Bookshop in a cob this morning. One of my favorite BurPers. I think you'll like it.

[Alligator Gar]

Gave up on some aged Full Virginia Flake in a Ben Wade Freehand. First time I've smoked anything besides Stonehaven in it. Gurgled, plugged, tarred, multiple cleaners, had to stir the bowl and retamp. Finally hung it up. Smoking a pipe isn't supposed to piss you off. Should have stayed with the 320 Author for FVF.

[Alligator Gar]

Ah, redemption. Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake in a Savinelli Author. Sweet, mild straight Virginia sans drama.

[JimInks]

Old Dark Fired in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

[coffeecup]

This evening I am having a bowl of H&H Acadian Perique in my extra large freehand Axe.:pipe: For the last month or so I had noted that my tobacco did not taste well so I cleaned my pipes and still did not like the taste of my tobacco; even Stonehaven, one of my favorites.:concern: My wife suggested that the change in taste may be due to the fact that I had begun making an afternoon hot tea of Cayenne pepper and Lemon. I checked this combination on the internet and read that this combination was suggested for people wanting to stop smoking and I said to myself that this will never do.:sorrow: I changed my schedule for this tea to a night tody before going to bed and amazingly I now really enjoy my tobacco as of my old days. I am topping off this smoke with a large mug of ice cold "Guinness Draught" brew and life is again beautiful.:beerchug:

[Lynn]

whisperin walk

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.

[JimInks]

2007 MacBaren Matured Virginia in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315.

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Heine's Blend in the very first pipe I ever smoked (which was my father’s pipe), a late 1950s smooth with etched grooves straight Willard long stem adjustomatic Canadian.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Symphony in a mid-70s slight bend black sandblasted English Rustic 120 billiard.

[Lostmason]

My "Bastards Blend" in a capped forester 3/4 bend.

[JimInks]

Jim’s C Blend in an early smooth Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend pipe with a bamboo-style carving on the shank.

[BryGuySC]

Fribourg & Treyer - Golden Mixture, courtesy of NeverBend.
(Mini review)
This is a nice Virginia. It is a fine ribbon cut of yellow virginias.
I packed a pipe, and headed outside to to prep and paint my brake rotor.
As I worked, I soon discovered this is not a "puff while you work" blend. It started to bite a bit, but it teased me with hints of virginia deliciousness. So, as soon as I got the rotor primed, I set it aside, sat down, and focused on the smoke.
Once I slowed down, this turned into a delicious smoke. It burned quickly, but not too hot. My increased attention was rewarded with a mild, slight-lemony, tangy virginia.
There is not so much a nicotine hit, as it is a gentle wash.
I found this to be a perfect, light Sunday afternoon smoke.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Virginia #1 in a late '90s half smooth/half etched freehand sitter, medium bend Nielsen Viggo.

[Chris0673]

"Mystery mix" in a Vikings Classic (imprinted on the stem) while doing homework. Great way to help concentration!

[JimInks]

Jim's Va/Bur #1 in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 1970s slight bend Caminetto business 134 poker with a gold acrylic stem. This will get me to dinner time.

[Alligator Gar]

Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture in a little meer. After smoking it daily for three weeks I rested it for a week. Pulled it out tonight and the shank is picking up a nice golden hue.

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[bluenoser]

H&H burley kake in the unnamed pear wood

[NeverBend]

2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1983 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato taper, stout billiard with a gold/silver band.

[JimInks]

Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a 2002 black pebble finish straight Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano Billiard.

[Lynn]

Meat Pie

[BryGuySC]

Meat Pie

Good stuff.
I like adding a touch of a smokier tobacco to kick it up a notch.

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking Paul Olsen My Own Blend Three Nuns in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem. It's more like Henrichs Curly Special than Three Nuns, but it's a pretty decent all day smoke.

[Alligator Gar]

Blended a cob mixture using Five Brothers Straight Burley Pinkerton shag and No. 5100 Red Cake. Sweet and nutty and nary a bite. Tastes good in the briar, too.

[NeverBend]

2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #1372R taper billiard.

[JimInks]

P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.

[JimInks]

Heine's Blend in the very first pipe I ever bought ($2.49) in 1974; a smooth three quarter bend Dr. Grabow Omega.

[JimInks]

Angler's Dream in a 2003 paneled black grain relief medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant freehand sitter with a smooth rim.

[NeverBend]

2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1962 Barling's Make #6584 canadian.

Finishing up the Holiday Weekend with another beautiful day. Hope that it is for you as well.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of 2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

[NeverBend]

2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1961 Barling's Make #7574 canadian.

My comments from a few days ago regarding this mixture are amplified. Wonderful tobacco, expertly blended and manufactured and it smokes very slowly.

It's been years since I filled a bowl as poorly as I did this one today, so I used the pick and took out all of the tobacco and re-filled it. The advice isn't that this can, and does happen to all of us, rather that trying to smoke through a bad pack ends badly.

[JimInks]

2009 McClelland Beacon in a 1982 near full bend egg shaped Ascorti Business KS with a black ferrule and saddle stem.

[JimInks]

John Barrett’s Burley Blend in a smooth slight bend 2015 John Barrett long walnut shank rock maple poker.

[Alligator Gar]

2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1961 Barling's Make #7574 canadian.

My comments from a few days ago regarding this mixture are amplified. Wonderful tobacco, expertly blended and manufactured and it smokes very slowly.

It's been years since I filled a bowl as poorly as I did this one today, so I used the pick and took out all of the tobacco and re-filled it. The advice isn't that this can, and does happen to all of us, rather that trying to smoke through a bad pack ends badly.

My favorite tobacco, hands down. All sorts of good things happen when you sip it.

[BryGuySC]

Another bowl of NeverBend's The Professor.
This stuff is intriguing.
I get a taste of virginia, something that reminds me of plums, then something that hints of "Lakeland." They all play off of each other very nicely.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.

[Bruck]

C&D Old Joe Krantz, part of a burley bomb from our friend Alligator Gar. Clean and smooth! (the tobacco I mean :))

[JimInks]

2009 St. James Plug in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer.

[JimInks]

G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Paul Olsen My Own Blend Three Nuns in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem. This finishes the stash.

[Cool Breeze]

Finished the long weekend with a good smoke.
This is for sure in my top 3 right now.

http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/prgann/IMG_1717_zpsa7rcovo0.jpg (http://s902.photobucket.com/user/prgann/media/IMG_1717_zpsa7rcovo0.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

Listing this early: 2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2004 smooth long stem Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Shelby Foote’s EGR/Barking Dog Recreation in a 1975 full bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Navy Flake in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe.

[NeverBend]

2015 Blood Meridian in a 1986 Radice Rind KS liverpool.

Can't sleep, remembered that I'd forgotten that I'd put some of this in the press. Press worked great.

[BryGuySC]

(Last night) Bowl of Dunhill Royal Yacht in a 1930s Kaywoodie Standard Yacht.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Watch City Christmas Past 2014 in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark.

[JimInks]

D&R Ramback Regular in a 1980 black rusticated rough top Jobey E27 Stromboli extra ball-shaped poker.

[JimInks]

Watch City Mr. B’s in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer.

[NeverBend]

2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1930's Barling's Make Ye Old Wood smooth, taper billiard.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of 2011 SPC Mississippi River in a 1949 medium bend Dunhill Shell.

[JimInks]

Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania John Cotton’s No.s 1&2 Medium in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.

[NeverBend]

2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #1372R taper billiard.

Cooling off a bit, was one of the hottest days this summer.

Hope that you all had a great holiday!

[JimInks]

2007 Kendall Plug in a 2002 medium bend smooth Rinaldo EGEA 03 Silver line spigot 10.

[Lynn]

craven cigs..so I'm pushin OLD JOE KRANTZ..USAF thought I might like it...

[Aguineapig]

craven cigs..so I'm pushin OLD JOE KRANTZ..USAF thought I might like it...

That'll probably take the edge off :pipe: (OJK is one of the few Runowski Burleys that I have yet to try, but Haunted Bookshop, Morley's Best, and Pegasus are all pretty decent in the strength department-- half a bowl in a small pipe for me, thanks!)

Today I only managed a bit of Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury flake in a small Savinelli Bent Bob's, after 3 days of no smoke. Not a bad blend, and it was one of the few things that appealed in this heat.

[JimInks]

Grousemoor Plug in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[Bruck]

C&D Haunted Bookshop, part of a bomb from our friend Alligator Gar, in an Altinok Meer :) Not sure how they came up with that name, but somehow it's fitting!

[JimInks]

Now smoking the best dad durn blamed tobacco made today: Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

[Alligator Gar]

C&D Haunted Bookshop, part of a bomb from our friend Alligator Gar, in an Altinok Meer :) Not sure how they came up with that name, but somehow it's fitting!

Love seeing you burn through some burley. HBS was the first Burley blend I ever smoked. It's good stuff.

[JimInks]

Synjeco Clegir Rope in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera.

[NeverBend]

2015 Marlin Flake in a 1980s Il Ceppo 4 smooth, oval shank, taper billiard.

Humid still air with sudden gusts makes it very hard to keep matches lit.

[Cool Breeze]

Was in the mood for something sweet earlier so I had some Frog Morton Cellar in a pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock.

End of the day smoke was Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a MM Legend.

[pdq_wizzard]

Nice to be off call

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/08/a5c6ad55c654f91d58b096ae41a4d8db.jpg

sent from my bag phone

[NeverBend]

2015 Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake in a 1983 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato stout taper billiard with a gold/silver band.

Another mixture that I've not smoked in a long time (> 25 years). Has a floral note, well made and other than a trace of that essence it's starting off well.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Jim’s C Blend in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band.

[JimInks]

Hayward Mixture in a 1975 full bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in an undated (1970s?) unbranded straight paneled sandblasted Tanshell Dunhill second.

[JimInks]

Flying Dutchman Match in a 1970's medium bend big bowl rusticated Sienna colored Savinelli Estella with a pearl grey stem.

[Tobias Lutz]

Some Drama Reserve in a Dutch glazed clay billiard. :pipe:

[JimInks]

Watch City Christmas Past 2014 in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark.

[JimInks]

Lane RHQ-3 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania John Cotton’s No.s 1&2 Medium in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.

[NeverBend]

2015 Blood Meridian in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #107 (tan rusticated) taper billiard.

Apparently lots of storms heading our way.

[Aguineapig]

Love seeing you burn through some burley. HBS was the first Burley blend I ever smoked. It's good stuff.

I think it would calm my nerves if I, say, found myself in a haunted bookshop! One of the first C&D blends I smoked. I loved it. Strong and distinct, the Runowski blends all have a special something about them.

Today, I smoked a small bowl of D&R Rimboche S.J. in oppressive heat. Can't wait for it to cool down and for fall to break out the heavy Englishes more regularly.

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of MacBaren Burley London Blend in a 2015 three quarter bend two tone Chacom UPO Rouge squashed tomato with a black acrylic stem and shank.

[JimInks]

Jim’s New VaPerKy in a very early Ascorti straight New Dear KS billiard with a smooth shank.

[JimInks]

P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot. Running low on the sample now.

[JimInks]

Old Dark Fired in a smooth briar calabash shape 1984 Fero Danese made in Italy.

[Lostmason]

Pray for me Brothers, I started out with my cob and a full load of Captain Black, I then found myself with my Meer in hand and it was smoldering with NeverBend 's The Professor.But no this was not the end, I am now working on a bowl of PS Lux Navy Flake in my Tally Ho 3/4 bent Briar.And to top it all off I can't get that Germain's Plumcake out of my mind and my BBK is calling.At this rate people will think I'm a PIPER !

[Bruck]

Love seeing you burn through some burley. HBS was the first Burley blend I ever smoked. It's good stuff.

The burley/perique and burley/latakia blends are qutie interesting. I'll have to experiment with that for my homemade flakes.

[Alligator Gar]

Pray for me Brothers, I started out with my cob and a full load of Captain Black, I then found myself with my Meer in hand and it was smoldering with NeverBend 's The Professor.But no this was not the end, I am now working on a bowl of PS Lux Navy Flake in my Tally Ho 3/4 bent Briar.And to top it all off I can't get that Germain's Plumcake out of my mind and my BBK is calling.At this rate people will think I'm a PIPER !

Popped a tin of Germain's Plumcake myself a couple weeks ago. Gotta smoke it slow or it'll nip you. Do so and you'll be rewarded with a multidimensional treat. You are indeed a piper. I'm calling it.

[Alligator Gar]

Smoking some Thomas Hariot in the NB Barling 5579. Having a hard time wrapping my head around what I'm tasting. Is it a VaPerKy? No. Maybe a BurPerOr? It is not registering in my "I've had this before" centers. It's not a beginner smoke, doesn't bite but definitely tingles. Thanks Pete!

[MrMotoyoshi]

Wessex Burley Slice in a sandblast Tinsky Billiard.

[Lynn]

went back to the meat pie today...

[GWBowman]

Frog Morton On The Town in a MM Cob

[Lostmason]

Popped a tin of Germain's Plumcake myself a couple weeks ago. Gotta smoke it slow or it'll nip you. Do so and you'll be rewarded with a multidimensional treat. You are indeed a piper. I'm calling it.

:pipe: Thanks Jim..BTW, I'm smoking that Plumcake now,,,,This is a really good desert!

[Alligator Gar]

Wessex Burley Slice in a sandblast Tinsky Billiard.

I chanced upon a Wessex Gold Brick. Any experience with them? When you coming back?

[Alligator Gar]

:pipe: Thanks Jim..BTW, I'm smoking that Plumcake now,,,,This is a really good desert!

Love the winey tin note and astringent sweet flavor. Great after dinner pipe, super high quality tobacco, like spun golden fleece.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a smooth 2002 medium bend eight sided panel top straight grain Rinaldo Collection Silver Line F Egea 05 Titania bulldog.

[MrMotoyoshi]

I chanced upon a Wessex Gold Brick. Any experience with them? When you coming back?

Unfortunately my experience with Wessex is rather limited.

I am back in the states already. I guess I never told anyone :)

[JimInks]

Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.

[JimInks]

FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.

[fastnbulbous]

After a couple weeks break (too many bowls + cigars + wildfire smoke) I had a bowl of Holgar Danske Mild Orange that hit the spot.
Not sure if it was an AHAH moment, but I noticed it in very good way!

[BryGuySC]

Pete's Thomas Harriot in a briar.

[JimInks]

Test Blend #2 in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 1970s slight bend Caminetto business 134 poker with a gold acrylic stem. Lunch is next!!

[JimInks]

Test Blend #3 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Test Blend #3 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

Now smoking the best durn tobacco made today: Strang in a 1999 medium bend black sandblast Savinelli Tris 677KS apple with a cumberland stem.

[JimInks]

Old Dark Fired in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.

[NeverBend]

Finishing 2015 Blood Meridian (unpressed) in a 1961 Barling's Make #5719 saddle billiard.

followed by 2015 Rattray's Marlin Flake in a 1982 Ser Jacopo Gemma Rubino canadian.

Rained all day here, thunder in the distance and forecast for more rain so I'm on the front porch.

[Haebar]

I'm having a bowl of McClelland McTruffle in a Savinelli Capri Bulldog.

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

[BryGuySC]

Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake

[JimInks]

St. James Flake in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and military bit.

[Bruck]

C&D Competition Blend #460 in a Dr. G. Grand Duke. Going thru the burleys that Alligator Gar bombed me with :) Your basic burley with a slight floral note.
The Grand Duke - you'd think with such a majestic name it would be a big, manly pipe, but it's actually got a pretty small bowl.

[Alligator Gar]

C&D Competition Blend #460 in a Dr. G. Grand Duke. Going thru the burleys that Alligator Gar bombed me with :) Your basic burley with a slight floral note.
The Grand Duke - you'd think with such a majestic name it would be a big, manly pipe, but it's actually got a pretty small bowl.

You need to upgrade the bomb staus to a trade, as I'm smoking the peach/latakia flake you sent me. Most manly aro I've ever smoked. Good job!

[Bruck]

You need to upgrade the bomb staus to a trade, as I'm smoking the peach/latakia flake you sent me. Most manly aro I've ever smoked. Good job!

Tnx. Yes, that flake was part of a collaborative effort with Tobias Lutz who supplied some components and Madbricky who concocted the vanilla/peach flavoring and supplied some components.

BTW, your inbox is full, not accepting messages.

[JimInks]

Peacehaven in a 2014 smooth quarter bend Basil Meadows horn with a cumberland stem and p-lip.

[JimInks]

2009 McClelland Beacon in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

Listing this a few minutes early: Tilbury in a medium bend raw sienna toned early Radice sandblast egg with bamboo craving on the shank.

[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton's Cellar in a Grabow

[Cool Breeze]

Had some Dunhill Royal Yacht in a MM Country Gentleman earlier.

My taste buds have died down a bit. I'm about to light up a bowl of Orlik Golden Sliced.

I know I'm going from a really strong blend to a really mild one, but I haven't had any GS in a while and a tin came in today so I'm gonna light one up.

[NeverBend]

2015 Red Ronnett's Sonnett in (the Beast) a 1985 Ser Jacopo L2 Maxima taper billiard.

Soaking wet here all day and night.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking 2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2004 smooth long stem Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3.

[JimInks]

Shelby Foote’s EGR/Barking Dog Recreation in a 1975 full bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.

[NeverBend]

2014 (recreation) E&C The Stout in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire Sandblast lovat (w/banded repair).

This was pressed and then jarred on 8-25-14. Vastly improved but more like (E&C) Cromwell than The Stout, although not close enough but at least it's in the right direction.

Rained ~4" and has nearly drowned many of my plants. I need S.C.U.B.A. for them!

[Basment_Shaman]

Peter Heinrichs Golden Slice

[JimInks]

Test Blend #2 in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[NeverBend]

2014 Red Ronnett's Sonnett in a 1981 Mastro de Paja 1C (sandblast) lovat. Ice water. Gave my wife the tablet and speaker so I'm without music for the moment.

Light latakia ghost but this mixture continues to be consistent and intriguing. I keep thinking that I'll tweak it but there's no reason to mess with it.

My last, the E&C recreation that's more like Cromwell, finished really well. Again, I'm left with the question, 'do I tweak it or not?'. Being a little different isn't a bad thing if it performs well but it feels like I'm just to the left of the bulls-eye.

Still drying out here with another dash of rain forecast.

[JimInks]

Straus Union Terminal in a medium bend 2001 Ural lattice Rhodesian with a yellow stem with white swirls.

[Emperor Zurg]

2015 'The Professor' in a Barling 5574 Canadian
Both pipe and fodder from NeverBend

[pdq_wizzard]

SPC Potlatch in a brier.

[JimInks]

Test Blend #3 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

[Lostmason]

Mac Barren Symphony in my Tally Ho, Thanks Haebar, this is just what I needed after a stressfull day scraping texture off a ceiling.

[Aguineapig]

Engine #99 in a Country Gentleman; a great blend, fulllll flavor but very manageable strength. Enjoying the cool weather.

[Lostmason]

Boys I must be sick,I reached into my baccy box and pulled a ziplock at random.I couldn't read the name on the bag,and opening it provided a pleasant burley like creamy odor.I packed my DG Lark and lo and behold I'm smoking Mixture #79,Really ain't that bad kinda soapy and perfumey but really kinda nice,Thanks tmoran.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.

[Lynn]

Old Joe Hrantz

[BryGuySC]

NeverBend's "The Professor" in a Savinelli Roma.

[NeverBend]

2015 Blood Meridian in a 1985 James Upshall "P" taper billiard. Iced water and V8 (low sodium). Only one more bowl in this batch.

Rain's gone, day's ending beautiful.

[JimInks]

2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

[JustTroItIn]

PS Luxury Twist Flake in a Calabash.

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[JimInks]

Just finished smoking John Barrett’s Burley Blend in a smooth slight bend 2015 John Barrett long walnut shank rock maple poker.

[JimInks]

2012 Anniversary Kake in a straight Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420.

[Bruck]

Penzance in a mini-meer :)

[MrMotoyoshi]

Peterson's Hyde Park in a Custombilt Lovat.

I have grown very fond of this blend. The Latakia is just enough to provide another dimension to the smoke without being to intrusive while the "Lakeland"/floral essence does the same.

[Lostmason]

PS 701 Virginia in a 3/4 bent Forester

FVF in a DG Viscount straight Billard
NeverBend 's Einstien in my DG Grand Duke

[cpmcdill]

Revelation match in a Comoy's bent bulldog

[Alligator Gar]

Stonehaven in a Ser Jacopo, HOTW (2012) in an author and getting ready to mix some Big and Burley with some 5100 Redcake or dig into Einstien to confirm something I thought happened at the finish last night.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 2003 smooth three quarter bend Rinaldo Fiammata Odissea Titania 02 Silver Line 3 Straight Grain egg.

[JimInks]

FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of G&H Rich Dark Honeydew in a straight 2014 MM Pride Legend.

[JimInks]

Listing this early: Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Heine's Blend in a 1981 smooth full bend Mauro Series Two 315 p-lip that copies the Peterson system.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Virginia #1 in a late '90s half smooth/half etched freehand sitter, medium bend Nielsen Viggo.

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Jim's Test VaPer in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a 2003 Stanwell Golden Danish 56 Rusticated Canadian. Time for lunch!

[JimInks]

Test Blend #2 in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[NeverBend]

2015 Blood Meridian in a Jean LaCroix Diamant (smooth) taper panel.

Last of the Blood Meridian.

[Bruck]

C&D Morley's Best in a mini meer smooth billiard with a red stem.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Vincent Manil La Brumeuse Semois in a 2013 MM straight Legend.

[JimInks]

Test Blend #3 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Synjeco Clegir Rope in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera. Really good tobacco.

[JimInks]

Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a 2002 black pebble finish straight Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano Billiard.

[NeverBend]

2015 Brave New World in a 1981 Il Ceppo 2C (part sandblast) short canadian that was a gift from Mario Lubinsky. Water no ice, still damp from the second day of heavy rain.

[JimInks]

2007 Kendall Plug in a slight bend 1968 group 4S Dunhill Shell 475 cherrywood.

[OnePyroTec]

C&D Mississippi Mud in a custom Country Gent cob warden.

[NeverBend]

2014 Red Ronnett's Sonnett in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #1372R taper billiard.

The "R" almost certainly refers to 'replacement' for a burned-out pipe and judging by the condition that I received the pipe it was the smoker's fault. Pipe was abused and had serious internal burning that, in a pipe as small as this one, could have been fatal but it's nicely caked and smoking well.

[Cool Breeze]

Well I was in a piss poor mood this evening because I took the family to Little Rock and paid $175 for 3 tickets to see my Razorbacks get their asses handed to them by freaking Toledo.

However after two large draft Sam Adams Octoberfest beers at Texas Roadhouse and being halfway through this bowl of Dunhill Royal Yacht, I'm not in quite as bad a mood as a couple hours ago.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Burley London Blend in a 2001 black sandblasted three quarter bend Rinaldo Lithos YY bulldog with an amber colored stem.

[JimInks]

2009 McClelland Beacon in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of G&H Sweet Rum Twist in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Navy Flake in a 1981 Ascorti Black Billiard Business with a military bit.

[NeverBend]

2014 Mixture #1011 Pressed in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #107 (rusticated) taper billiard.

Found this Virginia base test mixture with just enough remaining for one bowl, so I lit it up without reading my blending notes from last year that said, "Didn't work!", but this sample had been pressed and now had a year of age. The verdict upon lighting..."Bloody Awful!". The pipe slapped me.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of 2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

[Pavlov]

Having a parfait this afternoon of University Flake sandwiched between layers of SG Golden Glow

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 1970s slight bend Caminetto business 134 poker with a gold acrylic stem.

[NeverBend]

2015 Red Ronnett's Sonnett in a 1986 Ser Jacopo R1 Maxima canadian.

Fresh, pre-pressing, we'll see how it does.

The last bowl, the test Virginia base, that started so badly, improved to inoffensive, then tolerable and then it finished well. A (relatively) similar combination is working well in another mixture so the poor start was unexpected. Emphasizes the point that small changes can have impact larger than their size would seem to indicate.

[JimInks]

Test Blend #3 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

A few minutes away from smoking Test Blend #2 in a straight 2012 MM Pony Express cob.

[JimInks]

P&W #10 in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat.

[Bruck]

Vintage Prince Albert in a cob. I don't know how vintage, but the can didn't have a UPC symbol so it got to be at least 40+ years old. It's a little dry - in the process of slowly re-moisturizing it. But overall, very smooth, slight sweetness & depth.

[JimInks]

P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.

[NeverBend]

2015 Red Ronnett's Sonnett in a 1984 Ser Jacopo L1 (smooth) saddle panel.

Jets won well today but that was partly Cleveland's poor play.

[JimInks]

2009 St. James Plug in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer.

[Alligator Gar]

Sam's Best Brown Flake from 2012 in a Kaywoodie 12B. Could not be happier.

and for bed a mix of Big N Burley and Red Kake 5100 in a fat Savinelli Trevi 320.

[cbr310]

Stokebye 306 english oriental supreme in a mm cob. Might be on of my new favorites.

[cpmcdill]

C&D Epiphany in a Highlander pot

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking 2011 SPC Mississippi River in a 1949 medium bend Dunhill Shell.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Symphony in a slight bent black pattern etched 1979 Lorenzo Lorsan Sigma tilted top with a gray swirl colored stem.

[Cool Breeze]

Nightcap in a MM cob for me.
Great way to end the evening.

[JimInks]

2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a smooth straight 1980s James Upshall Walnut pot.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Burley London Blend in a 2015 three quarter bend two tone Chacom UPO Rouge squashed tomato with a black acrylic stem and shank.

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Watch City Christmas Past 2014 in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark. Running low on this blend now.

[NeverBend]

Morning Jim

2015 Red Ronnett's Sonnett in a 1962 Barling's Make #6584 oval shank, taper billiard (or short canadian).

Beautiful fall day. Summer seems to have slipped away.

[Lynn]

purple-6

[Lynn]

switched to the last of the yellow-3

[JimInks]

About a third of the way through this bowl of 2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard. Have enough left for a couple bowls.

[JimInks]

Angler's Dream in a 2003 paneled black grain relief medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant freehand sitter with a smooth rim.

[JimInks]

Test Blend #2 in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.

[JimInks]

Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania John Cotton’s No.s 1&2 Medium in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.