What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a 2003 Stanwell Golden Danish 56 Rusticated Canadian.

[AndyCAYP]

Newminster 400 in the Chacom.

[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Black Mallory in a Comoys bent bulldog

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking MacBaren Golden Extra in a 1979 brown grain etched Lane Era Charatan's Make medium bend double comfort stem calabash shape 483DC.

[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.

[sparky426]

2011 navy flake in my country gentleman.


Sent from outer space

[Bruck]

Penzance in a clay :)

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of HU Sissinghurst in a 2003 IMP horn Meer.

[cpmcdill]

Homemade English/Peruvian blend (Lat/Cav/Va/Per + Mapacho) in a Grabow pot.

[Shemp Jizzle]

been trying a lot of new blends lately and i realized i have neglected my beloved Tambo

So I fixed that with a bowl of Tambolaka in a Cob

[JimInks]

Just finishing this bowl of Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania John Cotton’s Number 1 Mild in 1949 medium bend Dunhill Shell.

[JimInks]

H&H Beverwyck in a 1975 full bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.

[cpmcdill]

Newminster 80 Norway in a Grabow

[Cool Breeze]

St. James Flake in a MM Country Gentleman.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend. Needed a little strength in my tobacco right about now.

[JimInks]

Listing this a few minutes early: the last of this pouch of Amphora Brown in a 1990s slight bend black Sasieni 4 Dot Ruff Root Dark 4 Dublin.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Heine's Blend in a 1981 smooth full bend Mauro Series Two 315 p-lip that copies the Peterson system.

[AndyCAYP]

Going back to a classic, Dunhill MM965

[JimInks]

Comoy’s Cask #5 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

HU test blend #3 in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque.

[JimInks]

HU test blend #2 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

[NeverBend]

2015 Mixture "G" in a 1986 Capitello Ionico II (rusticated) taper billiard. Diet Dr, Brown's Black Cherry, air cooled.

[droy1958]

Burley Light without a bite.....

[JimInks]

A few minutes away from smoking HU test blend #1 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[AlanS]

St James Flake in a Willard

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking 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.

[JimInks]

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

[Lynn]

peaches an cream

[Haebar]

Having a bowl of Peter Stokkebye Proper English in a Captain Black billiard.

[JimInks]

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

[droy1958]

Had two bowls of Virginia tobacco. Virginia Gold, Black & Gold from Bruck, and a bowl of Virginia Blend from Ted's Pipe Shop which is Tulsa's oldest pipe shop. Virginia tobacco seems to have a sweet taste going on best I can tell with my rookie opinion.....

[Bruck]

Had two bowls of Virginia tobacco. Virginia Gold, Black & Gold from Bruck, and a bowl of Virginia Blend from Ted's Pipe Shop which is Tulsa's oldest pipe shop. Virginia tobacco seems to have a sweet taste going on best I can tell with my rookie opinion.....

Yes, Virginias tend to be sweet and have hints of grass/hay. The Black & Gold is a VA/Cavendish blend, with some light added sweet flavoring.

You may wish to procure some Virginia flakes next time you visit Ted's. Early on in my pipe smoking, which was not all that long ago, I tried some Rattray's VA Flake and that's when the light went on for me - so this is what pipe smoking is all about!

[droy1958]

Yes, Virginias tend to be sweet and have hints of grass/hay. The Black & Gold is a VA/Cavendish blend, with some light added sweet flavoring.

You may wish to procure some Virginia flakes next time you visit Ted's. Early on in my pipe smoking, which was not all that long ago, I tried some Rattray's VA Flake and that's when the light went on for me - so this is what pipe smoking is all about!

I'll pick some up next time I go there...thanks.

[GWBowman]

NeverBend 's blend Ep in a Hilson Fantasia replica

[Alligator Gar]

Just lit a bowl of SPC Mississippi River in the Vauen. Wish I'd bought less of this; it tastes like it was blended by committee...

[coffeecup]

This evening I am having a bowl of Dan's Hamborger Veermaster in my extra large Rossi freehand.:piper: I was digging thru my stash and came across this tobacco and I knew that it was exactly what I was looking for; I had not smoked this tobacco in more than 6 months. I first became acquainted with this tobacco several years ago when Mark (Mooster) was smoking this tobacco day after day for a long time.:banghead: This was during my Puff Forum days. Since my early days of coming back to the pipe I have been following Mark because his tastes in tobacco was so similar to mine.:wave: Mark had driven me crazy smoking this tobacco day after day after day. Unfortunately I was not able to procure this tobacco for more than 6 months; it was simply not available.:bawling: This tobacco has a very distinct flavor profile that I like and since those early days I have never been without it. Needless to say this evenings smoke is delicious. I am topping off this smoke with an ice cold mug of "Guinness Draught" brew while listening to Xmas music.:beerchug:

[droy1958]

Finishing off the night with something called Fall Classic from Ted's Pipe Shop....

[Bruck]

Esoterica And So to Bed in a mini meer.

I gave some Penzance to a BOTL co-worker, who loved it but was at the same time pizzed bcs I have scored some a couple times and he never is able to :) Anyway, he says And So to Bed is the same thing, and gave me some to try. It ain't :) It's not too bad, though. I'd say it's a lighter, fruitier version of Penzance, with less of a Lat hit. So I guess that makes it an entirely different animal.

[JimInks]

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

[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.

[cpmcdill]

GL Pease Maltese Falcon in a Grabow

[JimInks]

Almost 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]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in my trusty 1970s smooth three quarter bend Peterson System Standard 305.

[JimInks]

Starting off the day with HU test blend #3 in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque. Simply Orange is my drink.

[JimInks]

Watch City Slices in a 1979 straight smooth Dr. Grabow Grand Duke 45 pot. A bottle of Mountain Dew made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

[JimInks]

GQ No. 2 Dutch Halfzware in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.

[Haebar]

Peter Stokkebye Proper English in a MM General

[Aguineapig]

some 4 year old Haunted Bookshop... gooooooooood stuff!

[JimInks]

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

[AndyCAYP]

Took some time off work, grabbed a friend, we're enjoying a tin of the McClelland tobacco tinned with oak staves (can't remember the name) and some Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye.

[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. Taking a work break.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania Bengal Slices in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog.

[Lynn]

Barbados Plantation Rum

[droy1958]

Having a bowl of NeverBend's "The Professor".....

[bluenoser]

H&H Egg Nog in the un named pear wood

[AndyCAYP]

Ending up breaking out a 4 year old tin of Odyssey while finishing off that bottle of Dad's Hat. The drink was good stuff, but it had a bit more bite than I expected... Probably would have been okay with an ice cube but we stuck to drinking it neat.

[Shemp Jizzle]

Brown Bogie in my Radiator

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[JimInks]

Just finished smoking 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.

[Alligator Gar]

Margate in the Neverbend Barling. Getting my English on.

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Trafalgar in a Grabow

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a smooth 1976 Canadian GBD Seventy Six 256. Time to feed the cats!

[JimInks]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Rich Dark Flake in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of MacBaren Symphony in a very ugly reddish color 1980 medium bend Lorenzo Leganza Sigma 8635 etched rough top. A bottle of Sprite is my drink. Working and listening to Killing Patton.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of P&W #10 in a 1990 Peterson Irish Second Oom Paul natural. Haven't smoked this pipe in a while.

[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.

[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in a Grabow

[Bruck]

Stokkebye 701 Virginia in a no-name briar. Is good.

[JimInks]

Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog.

[JimInks]

Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania John Cotton’s Smyrna in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat.

[Alligator Gar]

Some 5yo Kendall Kentuckey in a newly restored Peterson Standard System. Wanted something clean burnig and stinky to break her in.

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[cpmcdill]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a Grabow pot

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Smoker’s Pride Rich Taste in a three quarter bend 1983 Jobey Danski 2 straight grain freehand rough top sitter.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Listing this a little early: 2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author.

[JimInks]

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

[GWBowman]

NeverBends blend Ep in a Mr. Brog Pearwood pipe with a short egg shaped bowl and long churchwarden stem

[JimInks]

HU test blend #2 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

HU test blend #3 in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque.

[AlanS]

St James Flake in my Willard

[JimInks]

Couple minutes away from smoking Comoy’s Cask #4 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author. Have enough left for a bowl or two.

[JimInks]

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.

[JimInks]

Watch City Justice Mixture in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer.

[JimInks]

HU White Dog in a 1970s smooth straight rough top Charatan's Make (Lane) Perfection Deluxe Extra Large.

[JimInks]

HU Out of Africa in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[Alligator Gar]

1993 Velvet in a Kaywoodie 12B. This came from our friend Bruck and it's a rare treat. Absolute testament to the fact that good tobacco gets better with age.

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

C&D Star of the East in a Grabow

[JimInks]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[Shemp Jizzle]

some homemade Flake curtesy of Bruck in a Pete Barrel.

Pretty damn good.

[JimInks]

HU Sissinghurst iin a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

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

[Tobias Lutz]

Gatlinbulier Valley Vanilla in a Dr. Grabow straight, smooth Patriot :pipe:

[NeverBend]

Close to finishing a second bowl of 2015 Micawber's Pecuniary Delight.

First in a 1970s Caminetto Business #104 saddle billiard.
Second in a 1963 Barling #6106 sandblast taper billiard.

Accompanied by Ka'anapali Maui Mokha coffee kindly supplied by Wayne (@OnePyroTech).

A couple of ladies (my wife's friends) visited this morning but upon leaving they were unable to start their car. I was called upon only after their battery was starting to run down. Being the great mechanic that I am (I can operated a hand-crank window while driving!), I suggested, pressing the gas pedal to the floor for 5 seconds, releasing and then waiting 5 minutes before trying to start again.

Vroom! It started immediately, just as I had said it would (ok, I said 'might'). The ladies looked at me with puzzlement and admiration. I told them to drive at least 20 minutes, if not more, to give the battery a chance to recharge a bit. They thanked me and drove off.

Of course, if my technique failed, I was SOL because their car blocked the driveway and I wouldn't have been able to give them a jump. As far as what holding the pedal actually does, I just repeated what I'd been told 50 years ago. I think it drains excess gas from the engine (flooded) but cars are a little different these days.

It reminds me of Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law of Prediction;
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

A contemporary Merlin? Not likely as this was my entire bag of trick (singular) but in magic you never tell. Ho-hum.

[Emperor Zurg]

A contemporary Merlin? Not likely as this was my entire bag of trick (singular) but in magic you never tell. Ho-hum.

I'd say you were just lucky. In a modern, fuel injected car pressing the accelerator pedal with the key off does absolutely nothing... save for the (very) off chance that the Throttle Position Sensor is going bad and the brush was in a bad spot on the little carbon resistor strip, thereby putting a cold engine into a false 'clear flood' mode. This is not very likely though. If it's a 'drive by wire' system like most (or all) of the newest vehicles, it even does less than that.

If the engine is actually flooded (even the old carbureted engines) you need to hold the pedal to the floor while attempting to start it in order to clear the flood. Pressing the accelerator doesn't drain anything.

Letting it sit for 5 or 10 minutes sometimes does work though as it can allow some of the flood to weep out of the cylinders past the piston rings.

Prolly not smoking anything today. Still in deer camp recovery mode.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Virginia #1 in a late '90s half smooth/half etched freehand sitter, medium bend Nielsen Viggo. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.

[JimInks]

HU test blend #1 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[AlanS]

Montego Bay in my Arthur Leonard Briar

[NeverBend]

I'd say you were just lucky. In a modern, fuel injected car pressing the accelerator pedal with the key off does absolutely nothing... save for the (very) off chance that the Throttle Position Sensor is going bad and the brush was in a bad spot on the little carbon resistor strip, thereby putting a cold engine into a false 'clear flood' mode. This is not very likely though. If it's a 'drive by wire' system like most (or all) of the newest vehicles, it even does less than that.

If the engine is actually flooded (even the old carbureted engines) you need to hold the pedal to the floor while attempting to start it in order to clear the flood. Pressing the accelerator doesn't drain anything.

Letting it sit for 5 or 10 minutes sometimes does work though as it can allow some of the flood to weep out of the cylinders past the piston rings.

Prolly not smoking anything today. Still in deer camp recovery mode.

Bill,

You're giving away the secret!

What did you miss about my lack of acumen in this area? :)

Actually it was an old car, first car for the daughter, passed on through her family, ~1995. Would that make a difference and make me smarter?

Thanks for the explanation, detailed and, like Law #3, Magic to me :).

Pete

[JimInks]

HU test blend #2 in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque.

[Emperor Zurg]

Bill,

You're giving away the secret!

What did you miss about my lack of acumen in this area? :)

Actually it was an old car, first car for the daughter, passed on through her family, ~1995. Would that make a difference and make me smarter?

Thanks for the explanation, detailed and, like Law #3, Magic to me :).

Pete

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a 1995 with a carburetor but that old, who knows - maybe the throttle position sensor does have a bad spot at closed throttle. A cold engine certainly wouldn't start in clear flood mode since 'clear flood' pretty much shuts off the fuel to the injectors.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

[JimInks]

HU test blend #3 in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[JimInks]

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

[cbr310]

Boswell's Christmas Cookie in a MMcob.

[Alligator Gar]

I suggested, pressing the gas pedal to the floor for 5 seconds,

That used to engage the "automatic" choke, which is why we were told to press the pedal to the floor if she didnt catch right away.

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a Wendy's dinner with a bowl of 1970s War Horse bar in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem. So far so good. I like the taste of it. Wish I had more than a couple bowls worth. I'm curious to see how the prototype matches up. Cherry Coke from Wendy's is my drink. Watching the news, but will go back to work before long.

[Cool Breeze]

Full Virginia Flake in a MM Country Gentleman.

[Bruck]

Sutliff Medium English in a cob. Has a little bit of everything, but pretty well balanced, except that I'd use less perique were I blending it. Gives it a slightly coppery edge against the burley.

[Cool Breeze]

Halftime so I'm out on the balcony enjoying some Nightcap in a MM Legend.

[cpmcdill]

Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a Grabow

Earlier, Frog Morton's Cellar in same pipe.

[Alligator Gar]

Orcilla Mixture in a GBD 269. Still having trouble with this blend. Very finicky, must be sipped like Plum Cake or it gets cranky.

[Alligator Gar]

50-50 Stokkebye Cube Cut Burley and McCranies Red Cake in a Peterson 2006 St. Paddy's. Burley from Brohiba Bruck. BB is a complicated guy and yet, a guy who knows how to party. Thanks Bruce.

[JimInks]

Finished smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter. Now, it's Standard Tobacco Company’s Prototype War Horse bar in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[pdq_wizzard]

Just finished a bowl of Plum Pudding , now enjoying a bowl of My Mixture 965

sent from my bag phone

[Desertlifter]

Capstan Blue in my Tsuge Sandblasted Metal Yoroi Gold Tankard.

Great flake in a perfect (IMO) bowl shape for this blend. Plus....love my Tsuge pipes. So much that I have two of them.

[JimInks]

Couple minutes away from smoking 2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2004 smooth long stem Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3.

Love the War Horse Bar prototype.

[JimInks]

Couple minutes away from smoking Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica. Working and listening to the audio version of Hitler's Last Days.

[JimInks]

A few minutes away from trying the new Super Value English Mixture in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg.

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a 2003 Stanwell Golden Danish 56 Rusticated Canadian.

[Tobias Lutz]

The inaugural Christmas blend of the season: Boswell's Christmas Cookie in a 1936 Kaywoodie :pipe:

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Rich Dark Flake in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

[AndyCAYP]

Too jittery to smoke. Couldn't sleep last night and I'm more anxious now than I was two hours ago while waiting for the ultrasound technician to tell us that I'm going to be a daddy to a little girl!

[droy1958]

Finally getting a chance to have a smoke....
Thanks NeverBend

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[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.

[JimInks]

Standard Tobacco Company’s Prototype War Horse bar in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem.

[NeverBend]

Finally getting a chance to have a smoke....

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David,

What's the story on the pipe, brand, shape, etc.?


2015 Brave New World in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire sandblast, Lovat, with sterling band (repaired shank).

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Finally getting a chance to have a smoke....

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David,

What's the story on the pipe, brand, shape, etc.?


2015 Brave New World in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire sandblast, Lovat, with sterling band (repaired shank).

[droy1958]

David,

What's the story on the pipe, brand, shape, etc.?


2015 Brave New World in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire sandblast, Lovat, with sterling band (repaired shank).


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David,

What's the story on the pipe, brand, shape, etc.?


2015 Brave New World in a 1960s Comoy Extraordinaire sandblast, Lovat, with sterling band (repaired shank).

It was in the bunch of pipes I sold recently. The metal shank inside was broken, so I kept it for myself. It has "Short Snorter" on one side, and "Imported Briar" on the other. It's 4" long.
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[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Comoy’s Cask #4 in a 1987 Peterson first series Sherlock Holmes full bend with a silver band.

[JimInks]

Now smoking St. James Flake in a small slight bend black sandblast 2000 D.R. Ardor Urano Ninfea Fatta A Mano author with a silver spigot military bit. A bottle of Sprite is my drink. Took a short work break to feed the cats, and decided to extend the break to rest the back.

[cpmcdill]

Early Morning Pipe match in a Grabow

[JimInks]

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

[Cool Breeze]

Had some Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a MM Legend.

[Bruck]

Too jittery to smoke. Couldn't sleep last night and I'm more anxious now than I was two hours ago while waiting for the ultrasound technician to tell us that I'm going to be a daddy to a little girl!

Congratulations!!!

[Bruck]

Having some Bayou Morning, from our friend Haebar, in a generic briar. A clever little vaper :)

[Big Tex]

C&D Burley Flake #1 in a Peterson Sherlock Holmes meer.


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[droy1958]

Lane BCA in an old House of Westminster King's Guard....

[Alligator Gar]

Enjoying a bowl of Outdoor Incense that NeverBend whipped up. I'm burning it in the Gator Poker. This tobacco is so friggin' amazing, hitting on all cylinders ROTT and even better a couple months later. I would like to buy a pound of this for further study.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania John Cotton’s Smyrna in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat.

[JimInks]

Watch City Slices in a 1979 straight smooth Dr. Grabow Grand Duke 45 pot.

[Shemp Jizzle]

Butternut Burley courtesy of a certain Panda Express worker in a Cob.

[JimInks]

Listing this a few minutes early: HU test blend #2 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Standard Tobacco Company’s Prototype War Horse bar in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1980s black sandblasted slight bend Savory’s Argyll 281 Cherrywood.

[JimInks]

About a third of the way through this bowl of MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

Smoker’s Pride Mellow in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem.

[Tobias Lutz]

Boswell's Pom Holiday in a Barling 5899 TVF :pipe:

[AndyCAYP]

Congratulations!!!

Thank you, Bruce!

I'm taking the new Stanwell Hans Christian Anderson out for a test drive (using the short stem). It's treating this Newminster 400 beautifully, and the more I smoke this tobacco the more I wonder how it can be sold for under $3 an ounce when others are charging $6-10 an ounce. Incredible stuff.

[JimInks]

HU JU 52 in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of HU test blend #2 in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem. This will finish this test sample from HU.

[JimInks]

Listing this a few minutes early: HU test blend #1 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[AndyCAYP]

Mixture No. 79. Plop that topping on a higher quality tobbacco and I'd be happy to put it in my daily rotation.

There. I said it. I find the topping delightful. "I like Mixture No. 79." That statement belongs to history now. Carve it on my headstone.

That said, I don't think I'll buy any more of this. It's a paradox but to me this and many other aromatic/mass-market blends are dominated by what I find to be a flavorless, dull, boring, and airy taste that I can only contribute to burley. Maybe it's just my body chemistry, but out of the ones I've tried Carter Hall has been the only OTC to be, for lack of a better word, substantial.

It's not all burley that does this to me, though. I like University Flake, Jackknife Plug, Orlik's DSK, any of the GH&Co's that use burley, Solani's ABF, Barbary Coast...

[droy1958]

Thanks Bruck

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[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Watch City Justice Mixture in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer. This finishes the sample.

[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.

[AndyCAYP]

Had a fruitful meeting with two fine folks from Laudisi (Savinelli/Cornell & Diehl). Didn't smoke, but I'm saying this now: watch out for their new pipe tobacco line for BriarWorks, specifically Back Down South and Bacon Old Fashioned.

I'll also say this: Sav's new 311 KS is a pretty little pipe. They had one in the Spring finish and man-oh-man, I was dangerously close to taking it home with me.

Anyway, now that I'm back home & dinner is taken care of, and the weather is so decent all things considered, I'm headed outside with some Irish Flake in the Savinelli Author.

[JimInks]

Jim's VaPer in my old reliable 1986 smooth Peterson Kildare 999 Rhodesian.

[cpmcdill]

Drew Estate Meat Pie in a Grabow pot

[Haebar]

I had a couple of bowls of Norwegian Blend by Peter Stokkebye.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of 1970s War Horse bar in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[Bruck]

Thank you, Bruce!

I'm taking the new Stanwell Hans Christian Anderson out for a test drive (using the short stem). It's treating this Newminster 400 beautifully, and the more I smoke this tobacco the more I wonder how it can be sold for under $3 an ounce when others are charging $6-10 an ounce. Incredible stuff.

I concur. There are some real gems in the "bulk" aisle. Dunhill Nightcap is another one, albeit slightly more expensive than the Newminster 400.

[Bruck]

PS Proper English in a Nordling rustic.

[JimInks]

P&W Nut Brown Burley in a 1984 medium bend black grain etched Savinelli Non Pareil 9310 poker with a horn ferrule.

[Alligator Gar]

Enjoying some 2010 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 in a GBD Fantasy Panel billiard. A very respectable VaBur with the added benefit of Lakeland essence when exhaled through the nose.

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of 2012 Rolando’s Own in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.

[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 HU English Breakfast in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg.

[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]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[JimInks]

GQ Chocolate & Vanilla in a medium bend 2001 Ural lattice Rhodesian with a yellow stem with white swirls.

[AndyCAYP]

Royal Yacht while I upload some new Nording Signatures to the site. They're all pretty thick-rimmed for a sub-$60 pipe and I quite like the unfinished briar look. Will be interesting to see how they darken over time.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Golden Extra in a 1981 Ascorti Black Billiard Business with a military bit.

[Desertlifter]

Flensburger Fjord in my Stanwell silver band. Give this stuff about a month and a half to meld and it is amazing, IMNSHO.

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[AndyCAYP]

Flensburger Fjord in my Stanwell silver band. Give this stuff about a month and a half to meld and it is amazing, IMNSHO.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Homemade blend? Never heard of it.

[JimInks]

P&W "Valhala" in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[droy1958]

BARI Pearl....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04760.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04760.jpg.html)

[cpmcdill]

Newminster Superior Round Slices in a Grabow

[cbr310]

Sam Gawith squadron leader in a mm cob

[AlanS]

McClelland Holiday Spirit 2013 in a Big Ben Ranger compliments of our own Tobacco's Lotz. Thank You
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151210_143101_zpsqflobfxc.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151210_143101_zpsqflobfxc.jpg.html)

[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.

[Desertlifter]

Homemade blend? Never heard of it.

Yep! Or from My Own Blend at P&C anyway. Tried it on a lark when they were giving out freebies with other orders. I've ordered it twice now - love it.

Red VA
Toasted Burley
DFK
and a touch of TBC for sweetness. :pipe:

[bluenoser]

H&H Egg Nog in the un named pear wood

[BryGuySC]

McClelland Holiday Spirit 2013 in a Big Ben Ranger compliments of our own Tobacco's Lotz. Thank You
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151210_143101_zpsqflobfxc.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151210_143101_zpsqflobfxc.jpg.html)

Good stuff.

[BryGuySC]

Dirty Myrtle (my blend with NeverBend) in a cob, sitting around the fire pit in our balmy 60 degree evening in South Carolina.
It gets a little "mirky" when you puff too fast, but cleans up when you go slow.
My favorite part if the bright and tangy retrohale!

[AlanS]

Good stuff.

Reminds me of the taste of a big cup of hot cocoa with a handful of marshmallows in it!

[NeverBend]

2015 Mixture #606 in a 1981 Mastro de Paja 1C (sandblast) lovat.

[Cool Breeze]

Was in a Virginia mood tonight so I had some Dunhill Flake in a MM Country Gentleman.

[Lostmason]

A good friend sent me a few coins of Escudo and having never tried it I decided tonight was a great time.So I loaded up a polish made ,oversized billard,the chamber and draught are mormal just the outer dimensions are bigger.I think it was designed for arthritic hands,and the bit is about an inch wide and cut in a saddle shape.I can understand why you guys like this mixture,smooth,dry,and cool.The flavors are mellow and enticing,Yeah,This is Good.

[droy1958]

Butz Choquin Marigny Deluxe w/ NeverBend Professor Blend.....


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[Alligator Gar]

I must be shadow banned, None of my posts are appearinghttp://i.imgur.com/TmAyOUp.jpg.
Let's try it this way. Smoked a bole of Quiet Nights in my Yelo-Bole Thorn I picked up from Will.

You decide for yourselves if this is a working man's pipe.

[NeverBend]

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Broken Scotch Flake in a 1982 Ser Jacopo Gemma Rubino canadian. Lemon seltzer.

[droy1958]

I must be shadow banned, None of my posts are appearinghttp://i.imgur.com/TmAyOUp.jpg.
Let's try it this way. Smoked a bole of Quiet Nights in my Yelo-Bole Thorn I picked up from Will.

You decide for yourselves is this is a working man's pipe.

Errrrr....it may be a lazy mans pipe. Send it to me and I'll try it out... ;)

[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton's Cellar in a Redonian army-mount billiard

[pdq_wizzard]

Night Cap in a cob [emoji106]

sent from my bag phone

[fastnbulbous]

Took a while off of the pipe. A month or two, I think.
For some reason, cigars have been calling to me, not so much the pipe.

Decided to dive back in and I wondered why I stopped. Heh.
Over the weekend I smoked a bowl of JB Hayes Commonwealth in my MM Cob on the way to a friends house and back.
Last night had an H&H AJ's Vaper in my first pipe, a basket pipe from Italy.

Neither blew me a way, but they were still nice.
I will be cleaning my pipes this weekend, so I am really ready to get back to it.

Now I just have to figure out which cigar to have while I clean them. Heh Heh.

[Lynn]

Labrador...an lane 1Q

[JimInks]

Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 2003 black sandblasted medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant blowfish.

[Bruck]

Nothing!!! Nothing yesterday either. Down with a bad cold. Gettin a little cranky :sour:

[BryGuySC]

Nothing!!! Nothing yesterday either. Down with a bad cold. Gettin a little cranky :sour:

I want to click "like," but feel like I shouldn't.

I know how you feel. Usually, I can't seem to fit one it on weekdays.

[JimInks]

HU Masai in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer.

[NeverBend]

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Broken Scotch Flake in a 1990s Ser Jacopo L1 lovat ("J" period) with New Mexico Pinon coffee tastefully supplied by Chico (@Chico.Ortiz108). Overcast but seasonally warm. Hope that you all have an enjoyable plan for the weekend.

[Shemp Jizzle]

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Kendal kentucky in my Willy Hendrix

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking GQ Soft Scotch in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque.

[droy1958]

I want to click "like," but feel like I shouldn't.

I know how you feel. Usually, I can't seem to fit one it on weekdays.

I clicked it for both of us. Not because I liked it, but because I feel for Bruck...

[JimInks]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[NeverBend]

2015 Mixture "G" in a 1985 Ser Jacopo R1 (rusticated) Maxima canadian. Mist Diet Lemon-Lime. Willie and Lobo in the background.

[JimInks]

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

[NeverBend]

half finished...
2015 Mixture "A" in a 1980s Il Ceppo 3 (smooth) oval shank, taper billiard.

[Alligator Gar]

half finished...
2015 Mixture "A" in a 1980s Il Ceppo 3 (smooth) oval shank, taper billiard.

Thoughts?

[AndyCAYP]

Broke out a bit of my whiskey kake. I'm realizing that the ingredients I used were a bit inferior but given some weeks to breath the blend has become smokeable, no doubt. If it had a touch more body I think I'd be happy with it.

When finished it'll be time for Newminster 403. Tasty!

Hopefully everyone has a nice weekend planned. I have my wife's side of the family intruding - ahem - visiting tomorrow for a gift exchange, and then, despite there being not a single snowflake in sight and temps hitting the unseasonably high upper 50s, I'll pack my wife and a Thermos of my Parisian-inspired hot chocolate into the car so that we can drive around at look at the Christmas lights.

[JimInks]

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

[Aguineapig]

Packed a big bowl of Stokkebye's Dutch slices this morning, on the way to rushing out the door to fill in with a friend cutting timbers (his business partner couldn't make it). I like this stuff, it's a nice strength level, and tasty (good outdoors too).

[droy1958]

Peterson Donegal Rocky 120 with some 1993 Velvet from Bruck

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[c.ortiz108]

Having just about destroyed my taste for tobacco by trying a bowl C&D Crooner I decided to restore my faith with a bowl of Pete's NeverBend Professor blend. Now all is right with the world again. :thumb:

No offense to anyone who likes it, but Crooner may well be the worst thing I've ever smoked - possibly including even Mixture No. 79!

[cpmcdill]

Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian in a Redonian army-mount billiard

[Cool Breeze]

Enjoying a beautiful night on the balcony with some Dunhill Elizabethan mixture in a Savinelli billiard and a glass of sweet iced tea.

[Shemp Jizzle]

but Crooner may well be the worst thing I've ever smoked -


blasphemy!!! I love that stuff!

[c.ortiz108]

blasphemy!!! I love that stuff!

I know some people do... It's probably the burley more than anything else - I just don't like burley-forward blends. I'm curious to try deer tongue in something without it, if such a thing exists. If I had more than just a small sample of a 2-3 bowls, I'd send it your way!

[droy1958]

Having just about destroyed my taste for tobacco by trying a bowl C&D Crooner I decided to restore my faith with a bowl of Pete's NeverBend Professor blend. Now all is right with the world again. :thumb:

No offense to anyone who likes it, but Crooner may well be the worst thing I've ever smoked - possibly including even Mixture No. 79!

The Professor is a great blend for my noob taste buds!....
Savinelli Punto Oro with some Casablanca....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04837.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04837.jpg.html)

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Revelation match in same Redonian mentioned earlier.

[droy1958]

Butz Choquin Marigny Deluxe w/ Newminster #400 Superior Navy Flake thanks to NeverBend


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[pdq_wizzard]

Having a bowl of HH Caramel Apple Pie

Next up is a bowl of SG 1792



sent from my bag phone

[Haebar]

I've been smoking lots of Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam over the last 24 hours and like it.

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a 1999 smooth dark brown full bend Tim West tomato.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of 2012 Reiner’s Long Golden Flake in a smooth 2002 Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Milverton.

[JimInks]

HU Masai in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer.

[Bruck]

I've been smoking lots of Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam over the last 24 hours and like it.

The stuff's not bad. Mrs. Bruck likes it in RYO ciggies (but guess who does the rolling) :)

[Bruck]

No offense to anyone who likes it, but Crooner may well be the worst thing I've ever smoked - possibly including even Mixture No. 79!

Having never heard of this blend, I had to look it up on tobaccoreviews.com. Looks like it's definitely a love-it-or-hate-it blend.

[Haebar]

The stuff's not bad. Mrs. Bruck likes it in RYO ciggies (but guess who does the rolling) :)

My guess that it is you. Do you roll them by hand or do you use the tubes? Amsterdam is right tasty in a pipe too.

[Haebar]

Having some Condor Flake in a Captain Black billiard.

[Lynn]

REDs WEED

[AlanS]

Candy Corn in a Corn Cob!

[Cool Breeze]

Full Virginia Flake in a MM cob.

[JimInks]

About a third of the way through this bowl of First Responders in a medium bend raw sienna toned early Radice sandblast egg with bamboo craving on the shank.

[Bruck]

My guess that it is you. Do you roll them by hand or do you use the tubes? Amsterdam is right tasty in a pipe too.

I use a rolling mat - looks like a miniature sushi rolling mat - and loose papers. Works pretty well. I had to laugh when I was watching videos on how to use the mat, the presenters all enunciated the word "tobacco" euphemistically. I'm thinking wait, I really am using this for tobacco!

[BryGuySC]

Today, I went back and forth between Dirty Myrtle and Sunbaked Soda City (my blend and Pete's take), both in cobs.

[droy1958]

Had a bowl of Lane BCA in my Short Snorter earlier today....

[droy1958]

Savinelli Punto Oro Mister G

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04840.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04840.jpg.html)

[Lostmason]

Started my day with Autumn Breakfast from NeverBend in a Dr Grabow Lark and just finished a bowl of PS Black Coffee in my Dr Grabow Savoy

[Alligator Gar]

http://i.imgur.com/4mzNXa9.jpg

Finishing a bowl of NeverBend C in a Kilroy Acorn. At least I think it's an acorn. Looks like an acorn to me.

http://i.imgur.com/mQio16G.jpg

DRoy, keep posting those pipe pictures. Love seeing people's pipes.

[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.

[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Black Mallory in a Redonian army-mount billiard