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JimInks

10-07-2015, 03:29 AM

Tonight I had a bowl of 2010 FVF in my Wiebe custom and now a bowl of 2012 Royal Yacht in my Bent Viking. Good night indeed

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What type of tobacco is Strang?

My review ought to answer some of your questions:

This is a rope blend that cuts into coins fairly easily, though you should definitely dry it some before smoking because it will smoke wet. I packed the bottom with loose tobacco, stacked the coins, adding a little loose tobacco on top for an easier char lighting. By stacking the coins, you'll get all the flavors in nearly every puff, but if you decide to cube cut first, you'll be in for a variety of flavors in varying degrees per puff. The flavors are bold and forceful. A naturally tasting earthy, very slightly sweet brown Virginia amplified by strong nutty, earthy burleys, and further fueled by a blast of peppery perique. It's a flavor bomb, but not so powerful that it would knock you to your knees. A blend for discriminating smokers best served and sipped in a pipe with a wide bowl to savor the full experience of high quality tobaccos. Expensive and available only from Germany.

JimInks

10-07-2015, 10:53 AM

Half way through this bowl of Troost Slices in an egg shaped medium bend smooth Burgundy colored 1985 Caminetto.

JimInks

10-07-2015, 12:14 PM

Not far from finishing this bowl of 2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 1982 smooth slight bend straight grain Ben Wade Martinique freehand sitter with a wide top.

AlanS

10-07-2015, 01:25 PM

Fall is here, cold and wet. Just finished a bowl of DPE in my Big Ben Ranger and it sure is a pleasure to have my hands warmed by this pipe with the cooler temps.

AndyCAYP

10-07-2015, 01:39 PM

JimInks

10-07-2015, 01:52 PM

Not that far away from finishing this bowl of Peter Stokkebye Nougat in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer. Busy day here!

JimInks

10-07-2015, 03:58 PM

Just finished smoking P&W Dummerston in my old reliable 1986 smooth Peterson Kildare 999 Rhodesian.

JimInks

10-07-2015, 04:02 PM

Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band.

NeverBend

10-07-2015, 05:15 PM

finishing..
2015 (new and fresh) Blood Meridian in a MM Cob. Iced water and natural noises. Burns long and easily without a bite but yet lacking proper flavor. I'll revisit over the next few days and I expect improvement otherwise...

followed by...
2015 (new and fresh) New Stout in a 1985 Ser Jacopo R1 (rusticated) canadian.

JimInks

10-07-2015, 06:05 PM

Not far from finishing this bowl of Smoker’s Pride Rich Taste in a 1970s medium bend smooth Ben Wade Golden Walnut freehand.

JimInks

10-07-2015, 07:17 PM

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

Bruck

10-07-2015, 07:20 PM

Prince Albert cut with a touch of Perique, Latakia, Turkish, Toasted Black Cav, and Maryland I had laying around.

I've decided that I quite like Carter Hall, at least for puttering around the office all day. PA, on the other hand, does absolutely nothing for me.

You've described my homemade flake recipe almost to a T! [the rest of the jar of some aro or other tobacco I don't like much] plus those other leaves in various quantities. I've actually made a pretty good flake with PA as the base flavor.

And 1 out of 1 pipe smokers in the House of Bruck agree - CH is better :)

NeverBend

10-07-2015, 08:52 PM

2015 (new and fresh) New Stout in a 1963 Barling King #6269 Pot with hot (soon to be warm and then cold) tea.

JimInks

10-07-2015, 09:36 PM

MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.

NeverBend

10-07-2015, 10:45 PM

2015 Blood Meridian in a 1962 Barling's Make #6584 canadian with sake and water on a cool Autumn night.

JimInks

10-07-2015, 10:54 PM

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

JimInks

10-07-2015, 11:41 PM

Listing this early: Peter Stokkebye 80 Norwegian Blend in an old grain relief, partly smooth full bend "V" shape bowl Ben Wade Prominence freehand with the letter A and the numeral 2 in circles.

cpmcdill

10-08-2015, 01:26 AM

Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a BBB lovat

JimInks

10-08-2015, 02:01 AM

Just finished smoking Condor Ready Rubbed in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 02:06 AM

Time for a short smoke: Vincent Manil La Brumeuse Semois in a straight 2012 MM Pony Express cob.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 02:55 AM

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

AndyCAYP

10-08-2015, 08:03 AM

You've described my homemade flake recipe almost to a T! [the rest of the jar of some aro or other tobacco I don't like much] plus those other leaves in various quantities. I've actually made a pretty good flake with PA as the base flavor.

And 1 out of 1 pipe smokers in the House of Bruck agree - CH is better :)

We need to talk about making flakes. I'd love a semi-authoritative PM describing your trials and tribulations so that I may try my hand at it! Or, is it as simple as filling a box with tobacco and putting a heavier box on top? What about moisture? How long must it stay compacted? So. Many. Questions!

Started the day off reading about the history of House of Windsor and various other PA-based pipe & cigar manufacturers. I probably should have been doing real work. Either way, I'm now just finishing brewing a big cup of some sort of black, malty, English tea, and I'll be putting fire to Kendal Kentucky in the Brebbia my wife bought for me a few Christmases ago.

Alligator Gar

10-08-2015, 12:12 PM

We need to talk about making flakes. I'd love a semi-authoritative PM describing your trials and tribulations so that I may try my hand at it! Or, is it as simple as filling a box with tobacco and putting a heavier box on top? What about moisture? How long must it stay compacted? So. Many. Questions!

Started the day off reading about the history of House of Windsor and various other PA-based pipe & cigar manufacturers. I probably should have been doing real work. Either way, I'm now just finishing brewing a big cup of some sort of black, malty, English tea, and I'll be putting fire to Kendal Kentucky in the Brebbia my wife bought for me a few Christmases ago.

I'll bet Bruck would trade with ya. He hit me with samples of his flakes and some home rolled Brohibas that were shockingly delicious.

Emperor Zurg

10-08-2015, 12:12 PM

JimInks

10-08-2015, 12:17 PM

Just finished smoking Edward's Bishop Burley in a tan etched medium bend 2001 Rinaldo Sahara 2 Acorn round at the shank, pointy at the opposite top.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 12:42 PM

Part way through this bowl of Ogden’s Walnut in a 2002 medium bend smooth Rinaldo EGEA 03 Silver line spigot 10.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 02:51 PM

Just finished smoking Jim’s A Blend in a three quarter bend smooth 1985 Dunhill Chestnut 5202 with a cumberland stem. Watching the Rangers-Blue Jays game.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 02:55 PM

Rich Dark Flake in a straight sandblasted black billiard 2013 PSF POY Kaywoodie with an amber colored lucite stem.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 04:32 PM

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

JimInks

10-08-2015, 05:54 PM

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

10-08-2015, 08:02 PM

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. Relaxing after making pizza for the family.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 09:10 PM

Time for a cigar: Year 2000 La Gloria Cubana Churchill.

Bruck

10-08-2015, 09:38 PM

I'll bet Bruck would trade with ya. He hit me with samples of his flakes and some home rolled Brohibas that were shockingly delicious.

Flattery will get you everywhere :)

Bruck

10-08-2015, 09:42 PM

Figured I'd try a chew of Newminster 400 Flake since I probably won't have the opportunity for a smoke today.
I wouldn't try this at home boys and girls. It's not very good.
Taste is slightly fruity but mostly dry tasting and somewhat astringent.
The dominant flavor is like having a mouthful of dry straw, although more bitter and not as prickly.

G&H ropes make far better chew than this stuff.

+1 on chewing rope tobacco. It's not like conventional chaw, e.g., Red Man, but it can be very smooth and satisfying. Actually I can't do OTC chaw - way too sweet!

Navy flakes can be pretty good chaw, but yes, I can see straight VA being a little too bitter. Ya gotta have some flavor. Once I tried some of my heavy latakia flake as chaw while mowing. By the time I realized I had to get that awful shite out of my mouth I was gagging audibly. I hope the neighbor didn't hear!

Bruck

10-08-2015, 10:22 PM

We need to talk about making flakes. I'd love a semi-authoritative PM describing your trials and tribulations so that I may try my hand at it! Or, is it as simple as filling a box with tobacco and putting a heavier box on top? What about moisture? How long must it stay compacted? So. Many. Questions!

Happy to share my "technique." Here's a thread with some photojournalism (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/the-do-it-yourselfer-discussion/cigar-leaf-flake-4658.html) from my latest batch, just to give you an idea of what I do. A lot of people use the simpler method you describe to make "kake" (basically loose flake).

Happy to share more details - PM me with questions! PM me your addy and I'll send you some.

JimInks

10-08-2015, 11:19 PM

Tilbury in a smooth 2002 Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Milverton.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 01:13 AM

P&W #515 in a 2003 IMP horn Meer.

AndyCAYP

10-09-2015, 08:27 AM

I'm back at the Kendal Kentucky well this morning. Happily.

I'm not sure that it will supplant Condor as my #2 favorite soapy blend, but the cost of importing Condor has to be weighed when making that claim. Seriously, Kendal Kentucky is great and I should have realized it sooner. Yet another tip of the hat to Jim aka freestoke who has much better taste than I do.

Happy to share my "technique." Here's a thread with some photojournalism (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/the-do-it-yourselfer-discussion/cigar-leaf-flake-4658.html) from my latest batch, just to give you an idea of what I do. A lot of people use the simpler method you describe to make "kake" (basically loose flake).

Happy to share more details - PM me with questions! PM me your addy and I'll send you some.

Awesome! I'll get a PM together for you this weekend - if I get out of the garage workshop long enough to do it - with some questions. I appreciate your expertise!

NeverBend

10-09-2015, 09:03 AM

2015 (new) Blood Meridian in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EL saddle billiard. End of a cup of New Orleans chicory coffee light. Taste's evolving.

Emperor Zurg

10-09-2015, 09:39 AM

+1 on chewing rope tobacco. It's not like conventional chaw, e.g., Red Man, but it can be very smooth and satisfying. Actually I can't do OTC chaw - way too sweet!

Navy flakes can be pretty good chaw, but yes, I can see straight VA being a little too bitter. Ya gotta have some flavor. Once I tried some of my heavy latakia flake as chaw while mowing. By the time I realized I had to get that awful shite out of my mouth I was gagging audibly. I hope the neighbor didn't hear!

Hahaha!!

Yeah, it wasn't good and to make matters worse it started breaking apart and floating around in my mouth. I gagged a couple times while trying to spit it all out <:/ Looking back, I probably should have ripped some shreds off the side of the flake instead of cutting a piece off the end.

I've chewed a piece of HH Old Dark Fired before. It wasn't very good either but it wasn't as bad as this. It got real slimy though which was kinda gross.

Looking forward to a bowl of NeverBend 's Einstein later in the day :) :)
I pity you folks who haven't had the opportunity to try it :D

AndyCAYP

10-09-2015, 10:00 AM

2015 (new) Blood Meridian in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EL saddle billiard. End of a cup of New Orleans chicory coffee light. Taste's evolving.

Was going to ask what Blood Meridian (aside from a CM novel) was until I thought the better of myself and used the forum's search function.

Note to newbies: the search function is there, and it works. It saved me from the humiliation of asking a question that was answered very thoroughly in its own thread, and instead gave me the opportunity to humiliate myself with this inane post.

Also: red rooibos + more Kendal Kentucky.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 11:07 AM

Just finished smoking Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in an old medium bend grain etched undated Preben Holm Ben Wade Prominence B freehand.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 11:26 AM

Troost Slices in an egg shaped medium bend smooth Burgundy colored 1985 Caminetto.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 01:14 PM

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

JimInks

10-09-2015, 03:28 PM

Just finished smoking MacBaren Symphony in a very ugly reddish color 1980 medium bend Lorenzo Leganza Sigma 8635 etched rough top.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 03:34 PM

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

JimInks

10-09-2015, 04:15 PM

Listing this a few minutes early: Synjeco Oxenfisl Twist in a 1980 Stanwell 668 medium bend with a ferrule, half black sandblasted, half brown smooth, rough top. Have enough left for another bowl or two.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 06:59 PM

Not far from finishing this bowl of Sergeant Miller’s Inker’s Mixture in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted Comoy's Silver Cloud 624 sitter.

Haebar

10-09-2015, 07:29 PM

Having a bowl of PipesandCigars.com MATCH Baby's Bottom 1938 in a Missouri Meerschaum.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah50/haebar/Cigar%20Bum%20Photos%20004_zps26x3zrpo.jpg

JimInks

10-09-2015, 07:35 PM

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.

NeverBend

10-09-2015, 07:58 PM

Was going to ask what Blood Meridian (aside from a CM novel) was until I thought the better of myself and used the forum's search function.

Note to newbies: the search function is there, and it works. It saved me from the humiliation of asking a question that was answered very thoroughly in its own thread, and instead gave me the opportunity to humiliate myself with this inane post.

Also: red rooibos + more Kendal Kentucky.

Hi Andy,

Good tip on the search but the question would have been fine to ask.

The book is better than the tobacco, no matter how good it might ever get.

Pete

2015 (newest fresh) Blood Meridian in a 1940s Barling Ye Olde Wood #1372, long taper billiard with Diet Coke on a pleasant and still night after some heavy rain.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 08:24 PM

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

AndyCAYP

10-09-2015, 08:36 PM

Hi Andy,

Good tip on the search but the question would have been fine to ask.

The book is better than the tobacco, no matter how good it might ever get.

Pete

2015 (newest fresh) Blood Meridian in a 1940s Barling Ye Olde Wood #1372, long taper billiard with Diet Coke on a pleasant and still night after some heavy rain.

I'm sure it's very good! You yourself said that you hit a bit of a blender's streak anyway, so there's something positive happening with the blend. Always remember that you're your worst critic.

No smoking for me right now. A few of our big pipe customers have consistently bugged me about Boswell's Christmas Cookie. Seems like every year around winter they want it, but Boswell's is about four hours away so it's not exactly a quick ride, especially in NW-Central-SE and then back PA snow.

So, as a surprise I've been putting together something I'm calling "Holiday Season-themed Chocolate Chip Biscuit" (the name is a work in progress). It's a kitchen sink blend containing multiple burleys, cavs, VAs, and a smidge of Maryland leaf, as well as dark and milk chocolate, a bit of Madagascar vanilla, and a touch of butterscotch because who doesn't love butterscotch?

My wife is a bit annoyed that I have, well, 14 pounds of tobacco poured out on the dining room table. The house smells quite nice, though.

This stuff needs a bit of drying out before it can be completely mixed. Then, of course, I have to get my hands dirty actually mixing it. Should be fun. My final taste-testing will be tomorrow while I'm in the workshop sawing down boards for a pipe cabinet I'm building. I can always add a touch more flavoring, so I've been pretty lighthanded with it... Too much and I can certainly cut it by adding more tobacco but then the blend is thrown out of whack and, other problems aside, the quantity of the blend grows and grows until I'm sitting on 40 pounds of something we'll never sell out of.

Ahem. Anyway.

I'm not big on aros but an afternoon spent tasting a few bowls won't hurt me.

NeverBend

10-09-2015, 10:00 PM

I'm sure it's very good! You yourself said that you hit a bit of a blender's streak anyway, so there's something positive happening with the blend. Always remember that you're your worst critic.

No smoking for me right now. A few of our big pipe customers have consistently bugged me about Boswell's Christmas Cookie. Seems like every year around winter they want it, but Boswell's is about four hours away so it's not exactly a quick ride, especially in NW-Central-SE and then back PA snow.

So, as a surprise I've been putting together something I'm calling "Holiday Season-themed Chocolate Chip Biscuit" (the name is a work in progress). It's a kitchen sink blend containing multiple burleys, cavs, VAs, and a smidge of Maryland leaf, as well as dark and milk chocolate, a bit of Madagascar vanilla, and a touch of butterscotch because who doesn't love butterscotch?

My wife is a bit annoyed that I have, well, 14 pounds of tobacco poured out on the dining room table. The house smells quite nice, though.

This stuff needs a bit of drying out before it can be completely mixed. Then, of course, I have to get my hands dirty actually mixing it. Should be fun. My final taste-testing will be tomorrow while I'm in the workshop sawing down boards for a pipe cabinet I'm building. I can always add a touch more flavoring, so I've been pretty lighthanded with it... Too much and I can certainly cut it by adding more tobacco but then the blend is thrown out of whack and, other problems aside, the quantity of the blend grows and grows until I'm sitting on 40 pounds of something we'll never sell out of.

Ahem. Anyway.

I'm not big on aros but an afternoon spent tasting a few bowls won't hurt me.

Evening Andy,

If I'm blending for myself, then my opinion matters but otherwise I'm low palate on the totem pole.

I don't blend much with aros. My non-aro mixtures change in, sometimes pretty radically, over time and often aren't stable for a year.

Good luck with the tobacco on the table :).

Pete

JimInks

10-09-2015, 10:08 PM

2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in an early smooth Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend pipe with a bamboo-style carving on the shank.

JimInks

10-09-2015, 11:30 PM

HoW Revelation in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat.

cpmcdill

10-09-2015, 11:48 PM

Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a cob

JimInks

10-10-2015, 01:58 AM

Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur #1 in the first pipe Trever Talbot made when he went to France many years ago. It's a smooth straight Algerian briar Billiard bowl with a long Canadian stem, unbranded.

JimInks

10-10-2015, 02:02 AM

Tobacco Galleria Wild Cherry in a medium bend 2013 black John Barrett Rock Cob poker.

JimInks

10-10-2015, 11:38 AM

Just finishing up this bowl of Angler's Dream in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark.

JimInks

10-10-2015, 12:09 PM

About half way through this bowl of Marlin Flake in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.

GWBowman

10-10-2015, 12:19 PM

Newminster No. 400 Superior Navy Flake

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q610/GWBowman/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/494BDFC8-677A-4DF0-A901-F9386E4E3C44_zpsigutfuaa.jpg (http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/GWBowman/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/494BDFC8-677A-4DF0-A901-F9386E4E3C44_zpsigutfuaa.jpg.html)

JimInks

10-10-2015, 01:33 PM

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

JimInks

10-10-2015, 03:15 PM

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

JimInks

10-10-2015, 04:08 PM

Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury Flake in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.

JustTroItIn

10-10-2015, 04:19 PM

NeverBend

10-10-2015, 05:54 PM

I've been trying to kick a cold but couldn't stay away from my pipes any longer. Having a bowl of Peterson Irish Whiskey in a Brigham Chinook with rock maple filter.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/IMG_3269_zps196pu8n8.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/IMG_3269_zps196pu8n8.jpg.html)

Glad that you're feeling better Jack.

2015 (new) Blood Meridian in an April, 5th, 1983 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato taper billiard with silver/gold/silver band. Will be in the mid 40s tonight and it already feels that cold, brrrrrr. Diet Pepsi in a thermal cup accompanies. Amazing how quickly I went from ice cubes to the thermal cup.

JimInks

10-10-2015, 06:12 PM

Half way through this bowl of 2009 St. James Plug in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and military bit.

Haebar

10-10-2015, 07:15 PM

Got a few more puffs out of my Obsidian with my Dutch clay pipe.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah50/haebar/Cigar%20Bum%20Photos%20003_zpsv5vahmkh.jpg

JimInks

10-10-2015, 07:48 PM

Just finished smoking D&R Ryback in a 1970s smooth medium bend Stanwell Rego 969-48 Design Choice 837 sitter with a vulcanite stem and ferrule.

JimInks

10-10-2015, 07:55 PM

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. You knew it was bound to happen today! :pipe:

Haebar

10-10-2015, 07:55 PM

Having a bowl of PipesandCigars.com's MATCH BB 1938 in a MM Country Gentleman.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah50/haebar/Cigar%20Bum%20Photos%20004_zps6aqvzb3s.jpg

Emperor Zurg

10-10-2015, 08:07 PM

Got a few more puffs out of my Obsidian with my Dutch clay pipe.

What do you think of the Obsidian? I assume that was the one in the black sleeve. I have the robustos and I really like them. If you draw slow and don't overheat them, they reward you with lots of chocolate - almost like smoking Bob's Chocolate Flake but without the soapy lakeland. Mine are over a year old. Some ppl consider them a dog rocket. They do get resinous and nasty if you puff too hard

Haebar

10-10-2015, 08:31 PM

I've been trying to kick a cold but couldn't stay away from my pipes any longer. Having a bowl of Peterson Irish Whiskey in a Brigham Chinook with rock maple filter.

When I have a cold, I can't taste the tobacco. I had a cold last weekend and regretted lighting a cigar because my nose was out of commission.

JimInks

10-10-2015, 08:34 PM

Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.

Haebar

10-10-2015, 08:41 PM

What do you think of the Obsidian? I assume that was the one in the black sleeve. I have the robustos and I really like them. If you draw slow and don't overheat them, they reward you with lots of chocolate - almost like smoking Bob's Chocolate Flake but without the soapy lakeland. Mine are over a year old. Some ppl consider them a dog rocket. They do get resinous and nasty if you puff too hard

Mine was about 3 years old; it came in a Pinar del Rio 5-pack sampler. It was a fairly good smoke; I wouldn't say it was a dog rocket. It did get hot and bitter when it was down to 1.5 inches; even the pipe didn't help that. I'd give it 2 out of 5.

JimInks

10-10-2015, 09:15 PM

Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple.

cpmcdill

10-10-2015, 10:05 PM

C&D Bayou Night in a Grabow pot

JimInks

10-10-2015, 10:13 PM

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

JimInks

10-10-2015, 11:52 PM

Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 01:15 AM

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

JimInks

10-11-2015, 02:55 AM

Almost finished smoking Flying Dutchman Match in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 03:42 AM

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

Chad Vegas

10-11-2015, 07:24 AM

Im going to throw a curveball with Nicaraguan Acid!

JimInks

10-11-2015, 10:08 AM

Jim’s A Blend in a 1980 three quarter bend long stem Ascorti New Dear KS egg.

GWBowman

10-11-2015, 11:56 AM

I've been trying to kick a cold but couldn't stay away from my pipes any longer. Having a bowl of Peterson Irish Whiskey in a Brigham Chinook with rock maple filter.

That Irish Whiskey should help with the cold. :chug:

HH Marquee El Nino in a MM Cob, smoking up a storm.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 12:55 PM

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

JimInks

10-11-2015, 01:17 PM

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

NeverBend

10-11-2015, 01:23 PM

finishing...
2015 (new) Blood Meridian in a 1991 Ser Jacopo Gemma Fiammata taper billiard with gold band. Diet Pepsi and warm tea on a beautiful Autumn day.

Celebrated my granddaughter's 4th birthday today, with waffles, strawberries, bacon and syrup.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 03:41 PM

Almost finished smoking this bowl of Troost Slices in a 2014 smooth quarter bend Basil Meadows horn with a cumberland stem and p-lip.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 03:53 PM

The last of my stash of G&H Sweet Rum Twist in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

NeverBend

10-11-2015, 04:14 PM

2015 Blood Meridian in a 1979 Mastro de Paja 2C (part sandblast) taper, oval shank billiard.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 05:13 PM

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

10-11-2015, 05:52 PM

Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 07:33 PM

Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury Flake in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera. If you like Orlik Golden Sliced, you may like this, too.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 08:46 PM

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

Alligator Gar

10-11-2015, 09:36 PM

Original Release (2010) Brindle Flake in a Posella bent apple.

c.ortiz108

10-11-2015, 09:40 PM

Pete's (@Neverbend) Thomas Hariot in one of my trusty old Comoy's pots. A nice rich satisfying smoke.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 10:34 PM

Tilbury in a 2002 smooth Rinaldo Silver Line 3 EGER 05 paneled horn. Running low on this blend now.

JimInks

10-11-2015, 10:57 PM

Listing this early so that I can concentrate on work for a while: Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple.

Shemp Jizzle

10-11-2015, 11:37 PM

Rope-A-Dope mixture in my W.Hendrix

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JimInks

10-12-2015, 12:38 AM

Couple minutes away from smoking Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 02:29 AM

Just finished work and this bowl of Jim's Va/Bur #1 in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 02:32 AM

Heine's Blend in a black 1980 sandblasted Peterson Premiere 01 medium bend apple. Nice to relax after a long day.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 03:35 AM

Smoker’s Pride Rich Taste in a 1970s medium bend smooth Ben Wade Golden Walnut freehand.

NeverBend

10-12-2015, 08:44 AM

2015 (new and pressed) Stout in a 1986 Ser Jacopo R1 (rusticated) with light Guatemalan coffee. Press changed this considerably.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 11:53 AM

Just finished smoking Peter Stokkebye Nougat in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 12:02 PM

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

NeverBend

10-12-2015, 12:52 PM

2015 (just made) version of (@Lostmason) Autumn Breakfast in a MM Diplomat. Plain tea on a beautiful Indian Summer day.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 01:53 PM

Ogden’s Walnut in a 2002 medium bend smooth Rinaldo EGEA 03 Silver line spigot 10.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 04:17 PM

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.

NeverBend

10-12-2015, 05:08 PM

Just about to finish

2015 Stout (tweak) in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire Sandblast lovat (with repair sterling band). Closer and closer. Tea as the beautiful day recedes.

Blended many samples today and close to a pound of Blood Meridian but other than this bowl I'm not going to think of tobacco for a while :).

JimInks

10-12-2015, 05:37 PM

Just finished Golden Age in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051.

BryGuySC

10-12-2015, 05:49 PM

2014 Holiday Spirit in a Savinelli Roma.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 05:49 PM

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

JimInks

10-12-2015, 06:31 PM

Jim's Va/Bur #1 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author. Just got this pipe today, and this is my first smoke in it. Got it for 20% off.

NeverBend

10-12-2015, 06:50 PM

2015 Blood Meridian in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #1372 taper billiard. Fresh cup of tea getting colder but it's a fine night. Inside after this bowl to watch some football after an exciting win by the Giants last night.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 07:46 PM

MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a 2001 smooth full bend St. Patrick's Day Peterson 03.

Alligator Gar

10-12-2015, 08:40 PM

Jim's Va/Bur #1 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author. Just got this pipe today, and this is my first smoke in it. Got it for 20% off.

I need another 320. Where did you pick it up for 20% off, if I may ask?

Alligator Gar

10-12-2015, 08:42 PM

Smoking some Balkan Sobranie in the Never Bend Barling, thinking of Pete and his family.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 08:54 PM

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

JimInks

10-12-2015, 08:57 PM

I need another 320. Where did you pick it up for 20% off, if I may ask?

Pipes&Cigars has a 20% off sale that is over on the 15th. You have to order a $100 worth of stuff and use the promo code PCTHKU. Btw, I smoked one bowl in my new 320, and I got a perfect smoke and all of the flavors in the tobacco How often does that happen with a break in smoke?

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Smoking some Balkan Sobranie in the Never Bend Barling, thinking of Pete and his family.

I missed this. What's up with Pete's family?

c.ortiz108

10-12-2015, 09:12 PM

McClelland Bombay Court in my bent Mariner. What a nice, smooth refined smoke! Especially with a glass of red wine on an unseasonably warm evening.

Alligator Gar

10-12-2015, 09:28 PM

Pipes&Cigars has a 20% off sale that is over on the 15th. You have to order a $100 worth of stuff and use the promo code PCTHKU. Btw, I smoked one bowl in my new 320, and I got a perfect smoke and all of the flavors in the tobacco How often does that happen with a break in smoke?

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I missed this. What's up with Pete's family?

Just fond thoughts about Pete spending time with his grand daughter. Smoking a Barling always puts me in mind of that bunch.

Sounds like you got a good 320. I don't recall any hardship with mine, either. All I know for sure is it's a flake consuming machine.

Emperor Zurg

10-12-2015, 09:38 PM

I'm going to dry out some NM 400 myself... for the ride home.

cpmcdill

10-12-2015, 09:56 PM

Two Friends English Chocolate in a Grabow pot

pdq_wizzard

10-12-2015, 09:58 PM

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/12/7687436b8d20742812fc363701a43d61.jpg

sent from my bag phone

JimInks

10-12-2015, 10:09 PM

Sounds like you got a good 320. I don't recall any hardship with mine, either. All I know for sure is it's a flake consuming machine.

It sure is. I have a 320 KS Gauis that I dedicated to FVF and it's a terrific looker and smoker. I got that on sale last year for $100, which was 50 bucks off the retail price. So I wanted another to smoke other blends in so I can smoke an author style pipe more often.

Desertlifter

10-12-2015, 10:13 PM

Bowl of GLP Sixpence in my Tsuge pot. Love this stuff.

JimInks

10-12-2015, 10:17 PM

P&W Dummerston in my old reliable 1986 smooth Peterson Kildare 999 Rhodesian.

pdq_wizzard

10-12-2015, 11:03 PM

Erik Nording Retrieve in a cob

sent from my bag phone

JimInks

10-13-2015, 01:04 AM

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

JimInks

10-13-2015, 01:18 AM

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

10-13-2015, 02:55 AM

Just finished smoking Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 1978 smooth full bend Dr. Grabow Omega.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 02:59 AM

Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 2003 smooth three quarter bend Rinaldo Fiammata Odissea Titania 02 Silver Line 3 Straight Grain egg. Didn't have much perique today.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 04:06 AM

Flying Dutchman Match in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 12:25 PM

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

JimInks

10-13-2015, 01:27 PM

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. A busy day here.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 01:54 PM

About a third of the way through this bowl of Jim’s B Blend in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 03:16 PM

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

NeverBend

10-13-2015, 05:02 PM

Just finished...

2015 Cromwell in a 1970s Caminetto Business (rusticated) #104 saddle billiard. Diet Ginger Ale (Canada Dry for those keeping score).

just starting...
2015 Cromwell in a 1987 Capitello Ionico II (rusticated) taper billiard.

It was perhaps 1975 at Roosevelt Raceway (trotters and pacers) in Westbury NY. I bet a $20 exacta on Scotside (16-1) and Hermes Lobell (18-1) and $20 on the reverse of Hermes Lobell and Scotside. As the race started the tote board showed that this exacta was paying $552.00! That's an important number because it was a big payout but still below $600 (for a $2 bet) and that's the threshold where you are taxed on winnings (299-1).

These two longshots ran after each other, taking and relinquishing the lead, both times around the track but at the wire, Nappy Raider, the 3-5 favorite (from the 8 hole and in pacing, that's unusual), nosed out Hermes Lobell for second.

Had Nappy Raider a slightly smaller nose I'd have won ~$5500 dollars, a big chunk of tax free cash in 1975 (>$25,000 today), but it didn't happen, and now it's just another story but I bring it up because this version of Cromwell is leading all around the track and I can only hope that it holds on to be a winner.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 05:22 PM

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

10-13-2015, 07:10 PM

Relaxing after a wonderful spaghetti dinner with a bowl of Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog. Ice water chilled to the proper temperature with floaty li'l icebergs is my drink for the rest of the evening. Time for Mets -Dodgers.

Bruck

10-13-2015, 08:42 PM

Some tambolaka from our friend Shemp Jizzle in a brand new unfinished briar. The tobacco's in the briar, not Shemp. Just thought I'd clarify.

First experience with tambo. Interesting flavor - deep tobacco flavor with some citrus and spicy or floral notes. It was a little dry but it burns well. I don't think I'll hydrate the rest of it. The needle on the nicotine meter snapped off.

The pipe is from a lot of unfinished no-brand pipes I picked up on the bay of E. Smokes pretty well. I'll leave this one unfinished just for the sake of variety.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 09:08 PM

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

NeverBend

10-13-2015, 09:19 PM

2015 Cromwell in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #107 (rusticated) taper billiard. Diet Canada Dry Ginger Ale on a lovely evening.

cpmcdill

10-13-2015, 09:25 PM

Revelation match in a Grabow pot

JimInks

10-13-2015, 09:51 PM

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

Aguineapig

10-13-2015, 09:52 PM

Pirate Kake in a Kaywoodie. First bowl in a while, reminded why I like it. Flavor bomb, and very manageable nic.

Cool Breeze

10-13-2015, 09:57 PM

Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky.
I just got my first tin in today. Love it so far. I'm on my 2nd bowl already. Really nice.

NeverBend

10-13-2015, 10:53 PM

2015 Cromwell in a 2015 MM Diplomat with Diet Ginger Ale (Seagrams). It's so nice outside that I many stay out all night.

JimInks

10-13-2015, 10:57 PM

MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author.

Desertlifter

10-13-2015, 11:07 PM

GH Rum Twist on tap for the morning. Would be Brown Bogie, but I'm too lazy to hack up a rope and the twist is all nice and prepped.

pdq_wizzard

10-13-2015, 11:12 PM

Lighting up a bowl of G L Pease Gaslight in a bier

sent from my bag phone

JimInks

10-14-2015, 12:34 AM

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

JimInks

10-14-2015, 02:33 AM

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.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 02:35 AM

Peter Stokkebye 308 Aromatic Dutch Slices in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 03:31 AM

Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.

AndyCAYP

10-14-2015, 09:15 AM

A double dose of not feeling well AND being way too busy with work has kept me from smoking in the past 72 hours. That changes now.

Royal Yacht. As much Royal Yacht as I can pack into this McCarter. And tea.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 12:10 PM

Just finished smoking Jim’s A Blend in a 1980 three quarter bend long stem Ascorti New Dear KS egg.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 01:08 PM

Almost finished smoking Troost Slices in an egg shaped medium bend smooth Burgundy colored 1985 Caminetto.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 01:46 PM

About half way through this bowl of Newminster Superior Navy Flake in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe. Just got samples of two new, upcoming HU blends. Should be fun!

JimInks

10-14-2015, 02:21 PM

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

JimInks

10-14-2015, 03:29 PM

Now smoking 2012 Rolando’s Own in a late '70s full bend straight grain rough top Savinelli Autograph 6 sitter with a cumberland stem.

Aguineapig

10-14-2015, 04:21 PM

Half a bowl of Haunted Bookshop (March, 2012) in a Jeantet Prince. About all I could handle, got a bit dizzy, ate a snack and then (carefully) finished the bowl.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 05:42 PM

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

JimInks

10-14-2015, 05:48 PM

Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in a 1979 large calabash briar 221-B Baker Street made in Israel.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 07:19 PM

Ramsgate in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.

Lostmason

10-14-2015, 08:13 PM

Mac Barren "Old Dark Fired" in a Dr. Grabow Savoy straight with a saddle bit.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 08:31 PM

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

JimInks

10-14-2015, 09:16 PM

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

JimInks

10-14-2015, 10:32 PM

Jim's Va./Bur #2 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author.

JimInks

10-14-2015, 11:32 PM

A couple minutes away from smoking FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.

BryGuySC

10-15-2015, 12:21 AM

Dunhill Nightcap and some LA Traviata to finish off the evening.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 01:12 AM

Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 02:06 AM

Hines Match in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque. Running low on this blend now.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 03:12 AM

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe 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.

Lynn

10-15-2015, 09:46 AM

purple 3 a burly blend

Haebar

10-15-2015, 10:20 AM

Tambolaka courtesy of Shemp Jizzle in a Captain Black Billiard

JimInks

10-15-2015, 12:15 PM

Just finished smoking Red Virginia Flake in a 2002 medium bend smooth straight grain Karl Erik freehand with a pointy bottom.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 12:24 PM

Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band.

AndyCAYP

10-15-2015, 01:30 PM

Just pulled out some St. Bruno in celebration of JimInks' news!

JimInks

10-15-2015, 02:16 PM

Troost Slices in a 2014 smooth quarter bend Basil Meadows horn with a cumberland stem and p-lip. Not far from finishing this tin.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 03:56 PM

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.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 04:01 PM

G&H Rich Dark Honeydew in a straight 2014 MM Pride Legend.

Haebar

10-15-2015, 04:22 PM

Tambolaka in a MM Country Gentleman.

Shemp Jizzle

10-15-2015, 04:50 PM

Tambolaka in a MM Country Gentleman.

You don't have to speed smoke the whole sampler i sent you bro.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 05:06 PM

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.

Haebar

10-15-2015, 05:47 PM

You don't have to speed smoke the whole sampler i sent you bro.

Lol. I really like this stuff! Can't find any to buy on the internet. Any leads?

Shemp Jizzle

10-15-2015, 05:53 PM

Any leads?

just have to keep an eye out on 4noggins and grab a bag when they back in stock.

Haebar

10-15-2015, 06:22 PM

Just had a bowl of MacBaren Golden Ambrosia in my Captain Black (Orlik) billiard.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 06:34 PM

Jim’s B Blend in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 08:00 PM

Ramsgate in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.

cpmcdill

10-15-2015, 08:08 PM

Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Grabow pot

Bruck

10-15-2015, 08:09 PM

Just finished a mix of silver river, latakia, and perique in a clay.

AndyCAYP

10-15-2015, 08:22 PM

Lol. I really like this stuff! Can't find any to buy on the internet. Any leads?

PM me your address. I promised to send a sample to Alligator Gar, and if I'm stuffing some into an envelope I might as well double it up, right? I'm not sure how much I have left but there's at least a couple ounces from the batch I purchased back in 2011 or so.

Ending the evening trying something new - dousing some tobacco in W.L. Weller (and sealing it up) and trapping some tobacco in a bag with a small container of W.L. Weller. I want to see what the difference, if any, will be.

I'll probably let the doused (I suppose you could say soused) dry and then hit it again.

Having another bowl of St. Bruno. No need to be stingy with it now that it's on its way back to the states!

c.ortiz108

10-15-2015, 08:32 PM

Continuing my VA flake journey, I'm smoking a bowl of FVF right now. Wow! This is wonderful stuff! Possibly my favorite so far in this genre.

Alligator Gar

10-15-2015, 08:48 PM

Just finished smoking Red Virginia Flake in a 2002 medium bend smooth straight grain Karl Erik freehand with a pointy bottom.

Is that the Wessex you are smoking?

Alligator Gar

10-15-2015, 08:55 PM

Just finished a mix of silver river, latakia, and perique in a clay.

Some of us were born to blend.

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Smoking some Rattray's Red Rapparee in a 602 Venere. I'm on a Red bender these days.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 09:10 PM

Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania War Horse in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author. Great tobacco!

Lostmason

10-15-2015, 09:12 PM

Just fired up a bowl of PS Lux Bulls Eye Flake in a 3/4 bent meerschaum.

JimInks

10-15-2015, 10:08 PM

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.

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Is that the Wessex you are smoking?

No. It's an experimental blend that a friend made and gave me a sample of.

Cool Breeze

10-15-2015, 10:50 PM

About halfway through a bowl of SG St. James Flake in my Savinelli billiard.

I had ran out of SJF and haven't had any for a couple of weeks. Man I missed it. I finally got around to ordering some and I was like a crackhead opening the box. Man, I love this stuff.

Cool Breeze

10-15-2015, 10:52 PM

Continuing my VA flake journey, I'm smoking a bowl of FVF right now. Wow! This is wonderful stuff! Possibly my favorite so far in this genre.

I'm fairly new to pipes (about a year experience) and FVF is my favorite Virginia blend by far. I just got a shipment in though and I got a tin of Dunhill Flake. I'm looking forward to seeing how it compares.

c.ortiz108

10-15-2015, 11:04 PM

I'm fairly new to pipes (about a year experience) and FVF is my favorite Virginia blend by far. I just got a shipment in though and I got a tin of Dunhill Flake. I'm looking forward to seeing how it compares.

You're a few months more experienced than me, at least! I know SJF has Perique, but how does it compare to the FVF?

Cool Breeze

10-15-2015, 11:11 PM

You're a few months more experienced than me, at least! I know SJF has Perique, but how does it compare to the FVF?

I'm convinced it is the same tobacco, just that SJF has the Perique added.
It gives it a bit of spice here and there. I think it is a bit sweeter than FVF.

They are definitely 2 of my favorite tobaccos.

You should try SG Navy Flake as well. It is basically FVF with Latakia and a light rum topping. Great stuff.

I'm a Gawith whore if you haven't figured that out already. :pipe:

Check out this video. I love this guy's pipe tobacco reviews. He's pretty cool and has similar tastes as me (except I tend to lean towards sweeter tobaccos) so I watch a lot of his stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLbVb35dm0Q

JimInks

10-15-2015, 11:17 PM

Peter Stokkebye 80 Norwegian Blend in an old grain relief, partly smooth full bend "V" shape bowl Ben Wade Prominence freehand with the letter A and the numeral 2 in circles.

c.ortiz108

10-15-2015, 11:20 PM

I'm convinced it is the same tobacco, just that SJF has the Perique added.
It gives it a bit of spice here and there. I think it is a bit sweeter than FVF.

They are definitely 2 of my favorite tobaccos.

You should try SG Navy Flake as well. It is basically FVF with Latakia and a light rum topping. Great stuff.

I'm a Gawith whore if you haven't figured that out already. :pipe:

Thanks. Quite a few reviews mention the similarity to SJF, which is why I wondered. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what Perique tastes like, and to detect the spice people talk about.

SG Navy Flake is near the top of my list, but it always seems to be sold out. I'm on a couple of waiting lists for it, so I'm sure it'll appear at some point. It definitely sounds up my alley. I didn't realize it had latakia - now I want it even more! I'm fast becoming a SG, GH and JFG whore, and a flake junkie! I seem to have more expensive tastes in tobacco than I do in cigars. Fortunately pipe tobacco goes a lot further.

Cool Breeze

10-15-2015, 11:43 PM

Finished my bowl of St. James Flake and decided to have one more bowl of tobacco before bed.

I'm now smoking a little Dunhill Royal Yacht. I think this will do it for today.

pdq_wizzard

10-16-2015, 12:13 AM

A bowl of IQ in a cob

sent from my bag phone

Shemp Jizzle

10-16-2015, 12:19 AM

KK in a CG

JimInks

10-16-2015, 12:36 AM

2012 Rolando’s Own in a 2002 black short shank grain relief straight Caminetto 6.L.17 tomato.

JimInks

10-16-2015, 03:26 AM

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

JimInks

10-16-2015, 03:50 AM

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

Mister Moo

10-16-2015, 04:44 AM

MCCranie's Red Flake 2006 in a crazy-big Peterson 2002 POY silver spigot. Tobacco, very nice; pipe pug-ugly (big, unique).

Lostmason

10-16-2015, 07:39 AM

MCCranie's Red Flake 2006 in a crazy-big Peterson 2002 POY silver spigot. Tobacco, very nice; pipe pug-ugly (big, unique).

Nice to see you back !

NeverBend

10-16-2015, 07:46 AM

...Ending the evening trying something new - dousing some tobacco in W.L. Weller (and sealing it up) and trapping some tobacco in a bag with a small container of W.L. Weller. I want to see what the difference, if any, will be.

I'll probably let the doused (I suppose you could say soused) dry and then hit it again.

If it can walk a straight line you dried it too much :).

2015 Cromwell in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire Sandblast lovat (surgically repaired). Cafe du Monde with milk (N'Orleans coffee to celebrate the Saints win last night). Enough for a small bowl remains.

JimInks

10-16-2015, 12:09 PM

MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in my trusty 1970s smooth three quarter bend Peterson System Standard 305.

JimInks

10-16-2015, 01:12 PM

HU Asmara in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2000 Winslow C silver spigot wide top Dublin with a canted plateau and black acrylic stem. This blend isn't available yet, but soon will be. I posted the specifics at TR.

Aguineapig

10-16-2015, 01:50 PM

Pease Montgomery in a bent clay W/ Vulcanite stem. Accompanied by copious number of sugar cookies.

NeverBend

10-16-2015, 01:52 PM

2015 Hearth & Home White Knight in a new MM Washington cob. Diet Dr. Pepper on a lovely Fall afternoon.

JimInks

10-16-2015, 02:00 PM

Rich Dark Flake in a straight sandblasted black billiard 2013 PSF POY Kaywoodie with an amber colored lucite stem.

JimInks

10-16-2015, 03:35 PM

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

AndyCAYP

10-16-2015, 03:50 PM

I'm fairly new to pipes (about a year experience) and FVF is my favorite Virginia blend by far. I just got a shipment in though and I got a tin of Dunhill Flake. I'm looking forward to seeing how it compares.

If you haven't already, jar up some of the FVF and then lose it for a few years. I have a gigantic mason jar tucked away that I filled with a box or two of the stuff back in 2011. You'd be convinced I'm growing diamonds, not storing tobacco.

AndyCAYP

10-16-2015, 03:57 PM

If it can walk a straight line you dried it too much :).

:lol:

Day one, and the experiment is going well based on the aroma. The tobacco dried a touch overnight but it smells very strongly of good, real whiskey, unlike some other whiskey aros I've sniffed before that seemed a bit "generic". I'll leave it sealed until tomorrow and hit it again with the stuff, then allow it to sit for a week or so, then do a final drying down to reasonable levels. Then the taste test will begin!

I'm inside from working in the shop. My pipe cabinet is coming along nicely! Had a nice bowl of Balkan Sasieni while I was out there, and I would have stayed for a second but I just can't handle the cold. Mom has Raynaud's Syndrome (or whatever it's called) and although it's less prevalent in males, I think I may have it too. Started noticing it in my early-to-mid 20s. Seems like my fingers and toes are much, much more sensitive to mild temperatures than most everyone I know.