What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[AndyCAYP]

In-laws and that side of the family are gone... It's still about 55 out, so I'm taking a bowl of Sam Gawith Medium VF outside, and I'm also taking out the laptop so I can start watching CBGB on Netflix.

[c.ortiz108]

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.

Yeah... It's apparently a recreation of Bing Crosby's custom blend. His voice was a lot smoother than his tobacco.

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In-laws and that side of the family are gone... It's still about 55 out, so I'm taking a bowl of Sam Gawith Medium VF outside, and I'm also taking out the laptop so I can start watching CBGB on Netflix.

How does the Medium compare with FVF? I don't see it for sale often.

[JimInks]

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

[AndyCAYP]

How does the Medium compare with FVF? I don't see it for sale often.

It's the lighter, brighter, sweeter little sister to FVF. Lots of oat, lemon, and cream. It's a phenomenal tobacco and one that, as you said, isn' available enough.

[dwmiller]

SPC Deception Pass in a MM cob. This is one of my first tin tobaccos i've ever smoked and thumbs up on this first smoke.

[Lostmason]

SPS Alexander Bridge in my Middletonian

[Cool Breeze]

Getting in a bowl of Elizabethan Mixture in my pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock before the rain hits. Getting windy out here on the balcony.

[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.

[cpmcdill]

G&H Ennerdale Flake in a MM cob

[JimInks]

Listing this a few minutes early: 2012 Rolando’s Own in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a mid-1970s black rusticated straight Savinelli Estella 915 KS billiard.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Super Value Bourbon Whiskey in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera.

[GWBowman]

Yeah... It's apparently a recreation of Bing Crosby's custom blend. His voice was a lot smoother than his tobacco.

Do you think the displeasure is the Deer Tongue, or a bad blend?

I believe the warm weather is what has my allergies in overdrive. Yesterday one bowl of custom blend by NeverBend in a bent Irish Second. Right now, Pete's blend G in a small meer.

Wanting to smoke more, but my sinuses are a train wreck. Oh well.

[AndyCAYP]

Ennerdale while I read a fine presentation from The New Yorker on Orson Welles.

As with most film buffs I love Pauline Kael's writings, but I often wondered where her disdain for Welles came from. With so many holding her views as gospel, it's nice to see someone sticking up for the non-Kane works of Welles and helping to point out where Kael went wrong.

Orson Welles at a Hundred - The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/the-shadow?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link)

[JimInks]

Windsail Original in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville.

[JimInks]

Listing this early so I can concentrate on work for a while: Rich Dark Flake in a straight sandblasted black billiard 2013 PSF POY Kaywoodie with an amber colored lucite stem.

[droy1958]

Bari Wiking....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04841.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04841.jpg.html)

[c.ortiz108]

Do you think the displeasure is the Deer Tongue, or a bad blend?

I believe the warm weather is what has my allergies in overdrive. Yesterday one bowl of custom blend by NeverBend in a bent Irish Second. Right now, Pete's blend G in a small meer.

Wanting to smoke more, but my sinuses are a train wreck. Oh well.

Good question. I seem to have an aversion to Burley so it may be that. I found the blend really harsh and cigarette-like. Even just a little snorking and incidental side stream inhaling irritated the hell out of my throat and sinuses. I'd like to try deer tongue in a non-Burley blend but I don't think one exists. I didn't really taste vanilla like people say.

[BryGuySC]

McClelland 2015 in a Comoy's Tawny Saddle #66.
Delicious.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/bcsssj/Cigar%20Stuff/_20151213_130220_zps2jioe3ip.jpg (http://s120.photobucket.com/user/bcsssj/media/Cigar%20Stuff/_20151213_130220_zps2jioe3ip.jpg.html)

[Shemp Jizzle]

I'd like to try deer tongue in a non-Burley blend but I don't think one exists.

Try some C&D gentleman caller. Its a Burley, Perique, Virginia blend with less Deer Tongue.

Been meaning to try some myself. maybe next baccy buy.

[droy1958]

Not sure about the pipe, but it says "Ambassador" "Algerian Briar" and "Made in France"....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04844.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04844.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

GQ Christmas Blend 2015 in a 2003 IMP horn Meer.

[Lostmason]

Just fished a bowl of PS Lux Navy Flake in a Polo vest pipe.

[c.ortiz108]

Not sure about the pipe, but it says "Ambassador" "Algerian Briar" and "Made in France"....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04844.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04844.jpg.html)

I gotta say it: you know you can easily restore your stems, right? Not much efforts get them to a nice shiny black.

[AlanS]

Candy Corn in a Cob
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151213_150721_zps0uplh2zx.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151213_150721_zps0uplh2zx.jpg.html)

[Lynn]

Mississippi mud

[droy1958]

I gotta say it: you know you can easily restore your stems, right? Not much efforts get them to a nice shiny black.

I like the yellow look....I'm Chinese....

[Cool Breeze]

More Elizabethan Mixture today. I forgot how much I liked this stuff. I'd ran out and hadn't ordered any more for about a month.
Got a tin in and it's darn near been all I've smoked since.

[droy1958]

More Elizabethan Mixture today. I forgot how much I liked this stuff. I'd ran out and hadn't ordered any more for about a month.
Got a tin in and it's darn near been all I've smoked since.

I have some of that Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in my cart, but I'm trying to decide what else to buy....

[NeverBend]

Ennerdale while I read a fine presentation from The New Yorker on Orson Welles.

As with most film buffs I love Pauline Kael's writings, but I often wondered where her disdain for Welles came from. With so many holding her views as gospel, it's nice to see someone sticking up for the non-Kane works of Welles and helping to point out where Kael went wrong.

Orson Welles at a Hundred - The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/the-shadow?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link)

Long ago, in a galaxy far away..... Oops, wrong film

There used to be books, beginning in the early 1970s, that rated films (1 to 4 in 1/2 star increments) with capsule reviews. One of the earliest was by Leonard Maltin (when he was a yung feller).

I began writing alternate reviews on movies that I felt had been dissed. Continued for several years until I was sidetracked by my Magnum Opus, Greatest Worst Movies Ever Made, (no, not bad like, Plan 9 From Outer Space, more like Brain Damage or Bad Taste).

Touch of Evil received negative reviews in the rating guides, 1 to 2 stars (1-1/2 average). I gave it 4-stars (highest) and I wrote a scathing attack on the (lack of) review prowess of aforementioned Mr. Maltin. Of course I never sent it to him but within some years, Mr. Maltin had revisited and given this film 3-1/2 stars. Mind control. Touch of Evil may be the quintessential Film Noir and the opening scene is to die for :).

I didn't believe the hype before I'd seen Citizen Kane, then I saw the film and thought it underrated. Magnificent Ambersons has greatness in it too. Take that Ms. Kael!

[Alligator Gar]

Smoking the second best durn tobacco made, Esoterica Stonehaven in a Plateau top Ben Wade Freehand. NeverBend My wife produced a straight to VHS movie for Maltin called Cartoons for Big Kids. Also produced his wrap arounds for Turner Classic Movies. Says he was great to work with.

[JimInks]

St. Bruno Flake in a small 1982 three quarter bend meer with a smiling turbaned Turk's head.

[AndyCAYP]

Long ago, in a galaxy far away..... Oops, wrong film

There used to be books, beginning in the early 1970s, that rated films (1 to 4 in 1/2 star increments) with capsule reviews. One of the earliest was by Leonard Maltin (when he was a yung feller).

I began writing alternate reviews on movies that I felt had been dissed. Continued for several years until I was sidetracked by my Magnum Opus, Greatest Worst Movies Ever Made, (no, not bad like, Plan 9 From Outer Space, more like Brain Damage or Bad Taste).

Touch of Evil received negative reviews in the rating guides, 1 to 2 stars (1-1/2 average). I gave it 4-stars (highest) and I wrote a scathing attack on the (lack of) review prowess of aforementioned Mr. Maltin. Of course I never sent it to him but within some years, Mr. Maltin had revisited and given this film 3-1/2 stars. Mind control. Touch of Evil may be the quintessential Film Noir and the opening scene is to die for :).

I didn't believe the hype before I'd seen Citizen Kane, then I saw the film and thought it underrated. Magnificent Ambersons has greatness in it too. Take that Ms. Kael!

I'm holding out hope that we'll get a definitive Magnificent Ambersons as long as someone, somewhere has copious notes from Mr. Welles and the footage still exists.

And, I agree about Touch of Evil!

It wasn't just on paper or behind the camera that he excelled, though. The triumvirate of awesomess that was Welles, Joseph Cotton, and Carol Reed combined to create one of my favorite films and, to me, the epitome of noir: The Third Man.

[Emperor Zurg]

I have some of that Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in my cart, but I'm trying to decide what else to buy....

SPC Mississippi River of course
and don't forget a tin of nightcap and early morning pipe

[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.

[droy1958]

SPC Mississippi River of course
and don't forget a tin of nightcap and early morning pipe

Ended up with:

Cornell & Diehl Billy Budd
Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop
CB
Dunhill Nightcap
Dunhill Aperitif
Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture

[BryGuySC]

Double post.

[Cool Breeze]

Ended up with:

Cornell & Diehl Billy Budd
Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop
CB
Dunhill Nightcap
Dunhill Aperitif
Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture

Have you had these before, or are you trying some new things?

[droy1958]

Have you had these before, or are you trying some new things?
These are new things I'm trying. Everything is basically new to me with pipes....

[dwmiller]

Frog Morton in a MM Country Gentleman

[c.ortiz108]

Long ago, in a galaxy far away..... Oops, wrong film

There used to be books, beginning in the early 1970s, that rated films (1 to 4 in 1/2 star increments) with capsule reviews. One of the earliest was by Leonard Maltin (when he was a yung feller).

I began writing alternate reviews on movies that I felt had been dissed. Continued for several years until I was sidetracked by my Magnum Opus, Greatest Worst Movies Ever Made, (no, not bad like, Plan 9 From Outer Space, more like Brain Damage or Bad Taste).

Touch of Evil received negative reviews in the rating guides, 1 to 2 stars (1-1/2 average). I gave it 4-stars (highest) and I wrote a scathing attack on the (lack of) review prowess of aforementioned Mr. Maltin. Of course I never sent it to him but within some years, Mr. Maltin had revisited and given this film 3-1/2 stars. Mind control. Touch of Evil may be the quintessential Film Noir and the opening scene is to die for :).

I didn't believe the hype before I'd seen Citizen Kane, then I saw the film and thought it underrated. Magnificent Ambersons has greatness in it too. Take that Ms. Kael!

Pete, were these reviews published?

You guys are making want to dig up my old Orson avatar picture. Don't forget his radio work, by the way, from The Shadow to Mercury Theater - all great stuff.

[cpmcdill]

C&D Oriental Silk in a billiard

[Cool Breeze]

These are new things I'm trying. Everything is basically new to me with pipes....

I gotcha.

The only ones from that list I've had are Nightcap, which is in my top 3 English blends. Great stuff. However, try it as the last bowl of the day. Nightcap is heavy. Once you smoke it, you're done for the day. It is aptly named.

I've also had Billy Budd and it was so so. Not terrible by any means, but not great. It will come to you pretty dry but that's how it is supposed to be.

It's fun experimenting with new pipe tobaccos. Hell, as many of them as there are I don't reckon you'll ever really stop.

A few suggestions.

If you like the Elizabethan Mixture, which I'm nearly certain you will, try Escudo. It's the same type of mixture and is very good as well.
Also, try some Frog Morton Cellar if you get a chance. It's an English blend with a wooden cube from a whisky barrel in the tin. Gives a phenomenal flavor.

If your address was in your profile, you may even find some unexpected goodies showing up at your door out of the blue to try. Hint hint. :pipe:

Happy smoking.

[droy1958]

I gotcha.

The only ones from that list I've had are Nightcap, which is in my top 3 English blends. Great stuff. However, try it as the last bowl of the day. Nightcap is heavy. Once you smoke it, you're done for the day. It is aptly named.

I've also had Billy Budd and it was so so. Not terrible by any means, but not great. It will come to you pretty dry but that's how it is supposed to be.

It's fun experimenting with new pipe tobaccos. Hell, as many of them as there are I don't reckon you'll ever really stop.

A few suggestions.

If you like the Elizabethan Mixture, which I'm nearly certain you will, try Escudo. It's the same type of mixture and is very good as well.
Also, try some Frog Morton Cellar if you get a chance. It's an English blend with a wooden cube from a whisky barrel in the tin. Gives a phenomenal flavor.

If your address was in your profile, you may even find some unexpected goodies showing up at your door out of the blue to try. Hint hint. :pipe:

Happy smoking.

Thanks for the tobaccos to try. There's as many of them as cigars. I printed it out and will check them out next time I buy some more tobacco. Hint hint, profile updated....Best

[Cool Breeze]

Hint hint, profile updated....Best


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[JimInks]

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

[Shemp Jizzle]

Brown Bogie in a Pete Barrel

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Old Dark Fired in a 1970s GBD Prehistoric Rhodesian 9438 with a perspex stem.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of 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]

2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author.

[JimInks]

Super Value Bourbon Whiskey in a 2013 slight bend grain etched briar John Barrett Volcano with a walnut shank.

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Jim’s A Blend in a three quarter bend smooth 1985 Dunhill Chestnut 5202 with a cumberland stem.

[NeverBend]

My wife produced a straight to VHS movie for Maltin called Cartoons for Big Kids. Also produced his wrap arounds for Turner Classic Movies. Says he was great to work with.

I liked Maltin, read his book several times, but he was WRONG about Touch of Evil (and Blade Runner, etc.). :)


I'm holding out hope that we'll get a definitive Magnificent Ambersons as long as someone, somewhere has copious notes from Mr. Welles and the footage still exists.

And, I agree about Touch of Evil!

It wasn't just on paper or behind the camera that he excelled, though. The triumvirate of awesomess that was Welles, Joseph Cotton, and Carol Reed combined to create one of my favorite films and, to me, the epitome of noir: The Third Man.

Partly social mores, Touch of Evil was so damned seedy that it was probably repulsive to people in 1958 (and later years) until the idea that a movie should be that way finally hit. Welles lighting made Touch of Evil into a nightmare and that was the intent. David Lynch, Eraserhead, borrowed liberally.


Pete, were these reviews published?

My reviews? Not worth publishing. The Maltin movie guide had capsule reviews so that's what I wrote but I lost them long ago.

Wrong side of the pond, but I'm here and don't want to waste the post
2013 1844 52, Double Perfecto, with Hawaiian coffee from Wayne (@OnePyroTech).

Hope that you all had a good weekend.

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

Peterson's Sunset Breeze in a MM cob

[Lynn]

Muddy Willamette Water

[JimInks]

Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a 2015 John Barrett slight bend smooth rock maple poker with a walnut shank.

[AlanS]

Muddy Willamette Water

How's that one for ya? Thought you'd enjoy that.

[Lynn]

How's that one for ya? Thought you'd enjoy that.

that one was very enjoyable...gonna smoke a second bowl later then I'll let you know more..tried Bills Blend I like it...

[JimInks]

D&R Windsail Original in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville.

[Desertlifter]

Pelican in my Hwiebe. Love this stuff.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

[Tobias Lutz]

Esoterica And So To Bed in a Bruck original clay :pipe:

[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.

[droy1958]

Fall Classic in a Peterson Donegal Rocky 120...

[JimInks]

Super Value English Mixture in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.

[cpmcdill]

Homemade English in a billiard

[Bruck]

Seattle Pipe Club Pike Place in a mini briar. It's pretty good as far as I can tell, which isn't far as I'm just getting over a bad cold and still a bit congested, and therefore compromised in the olfactory department.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Edgeworth Aromatic (Red) in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[JimInks]

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

[Alligator Gar]

Sitting on the back porch sipping contentedly on my Posella stuffed full of Big N Burley and Red Cake. Ran up to Central Park West for a four hour meeting, feels like I've lived two days today.
http://i.imgur.com/EWcFWhT.jpg

[cpmcdill]

Country Doctor match in a Redonian billiard

[Desertlifter]

Seattle Pipe Club Pike Place in a mini briar. It's pretty good as far as I can tell, which isn't far as I'm just getting over a bad cold and still a bit congested, and therefore compromised in the olfactory department.

Really curious to hear some opinions of this one - let me know what you think when you can breathe! :pipe:

[Lostmason]

Lane 1Q in my Dr Grabow Savoy

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking St. James Flake in a very early Ascorti straight New Dear KS billiard with a smooth shank.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

GQ Rum & Honey in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of G&H Rich Dark Honeydew in a straight 2014 MM Pride Legend.

[JimInks]

MacBaren 7 Seas Regular in a 1979 no name French briar smooth full bend egg.

[AndyCAYP]

Brought some Dark Flake Scented for later. Now, though?

http://www.niceashnews.com/blucover/wimpy.jpg

[Lynn]

startin the day with Bills Blend

[Lostmason]

Got a day off from cutting trees, so I decided to try the Mason Dixon Blend in my Old Vic

[droy1958]

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04899.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04899.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

D&R Windsail Original in a 1990 smooth medium bend Nording freehand sitter with a wider top than bottom that also has a ridge and a narrower bowl resembling an upside down spout, with an amber colored lucite stem with cream swirls.

[Lynn]

Muddy Willamette Water, this stuff is good

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

A couple minutes or so away from 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.

[Lostmason]

Finishing off a bowl of SPS Blue Danube in my Tally Ho

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

McClelland PM Pipe in a Grabow Savoy

[Cool Breeze]

I had a mixture of several things I dumped together just for a change.

I had some wet goopy cherry cavendish tobacco from the local drugstore. I mixed that with a straight Virginia blend. Then I dumped about a half a pouch of Paladin Black Cherry in it which is a burley blend. So it's a VA/Burley/cavendish cherry blend. It's actually pretty good. I found the cherry flavoring to be overpowering with the drug store cavendish blend, but mixed with the unflavored VA and the burley it is much better.

[JimInks]

1970s Edgeworth Aromatic (Red) in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[droy1958]

I had a mixture of several things I dumped together just for a change.

I had some wet goopy cherry cavendish tobacco from the local drugstore. I mixed that with a straight Virginia blend. Then I dumped about a half a pouch of Paladin Black Cherry in it which is a burley blend. So it's a VA/Burley/cavendish cherry blend. It's actually pretty good. I found the cherry flavoring to be overpowering with the drug store cavendish blend, but mixed with the unflavored VA and the burley it is much better.

I threw together a Virginia Blend and a Black Cavendish, and I like it.....

[Bruck]

Really curious to hear some opinions of this one - let me know what you think when you can breathe! :pipe:

Yes, will do. I could tell it was pretty good, or at least had potential despite my diminished sensitivity. I'll try it again in a week or so. I only got a few bowls' worth from a co-worker, but if it's good, I'll definitely be stocking up.

[Cool Breeze]

I threw together a Virginia Blend and a Black Cavendish, and I like it.....

You'll be trying that cherry mixture in a few days. :santagrin: :santagrin: :santagrin:

[droy1958]

You'll be trying that cherry mixture in a few days. :santagrin: :santagrin: :santagrin:

;)

[cpmcdill]

McClelland 5100 Red Cake in a MM cob

[JimInks]

2012 Rolando’s Own in a slight bent 1970's Caminetto 103 Business KS billiard with a fumed rim.

[Alligator Gar]

MAR06 Morley's Best in a half bent no name I've been thinking about prettying up.

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Kentucky Mixture match in a Grabow

[Lostmason]

SPS Black Swan in my Tally Ho

[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.

[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Black Mallory in a Grabow.

[AndyCAYP]

Putting down the pipe today so that I can light up a cigar and mourn Congress' craptastic avoidance of single-handedly saving the cigar industry. They just needed to approve ONE RIDER last night and the entire FDA fight would be finished, but nooooooooooope.

If this is the industry's last gasp, I'm going out in style: '09 Opus Double Corona

[Tobias Lutz]

Boswell Cupcake in a straight, smooth Dr. Grabow Royalton :pipe:

[NeverBend]

2015 Mixture #606 (blended 11-15-15) in a 1970s Caminetto Business #104 saddle billiard.

Bill (@EmperorZurg) described tobacco blending (sometimes) to be like hitting a moving target and this mixture was that from the start.

I once saw Ray Floyd (golfer) hit a ball that started straight and then made an abrupt right turn. It went over a line of trees and, with a few bounces, landed on the green. I know that Mr. Floyd was a venerated professional, but that drive convinced me to never touch a gold club again, (not that i really had before), and I thought about how he hit that ball when I blended this mixture and I knew that I'd have to wait to see where it ended up.

I've been smoking #606 steadily since it was blended. It started straight, as the ingredients would suggest, changing subtly over the next three weeks. Today, after 10 additional 10 days, the jar note was nearly spot on (goal).

Smoking it now, (almost finished and about to fire up another bowl), it's gone over the trees and is headed for the green. I have to hope that it doesn't roll past the cup.

http://img.pipesandcigars.com/p/500/pt/l/pt-lbo0028.png

Just starting...
2015 Mixture #606 (blended 11-15-15) in a 1987 Capitello Ionico II (rusticated) taper billiard.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Rich Dark Flake in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard. Starting to run low on this blend.

[JimInks]

Mystery plug in a much cherished smooth straight grain three quarter bend 1979 Becker M 4 heart brandy. The friend who sent me the plug didn't know what it is, and I'm trying to figure it out, too.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Listing this early: HU test blend #3 in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque. Have enough for another bowl.

[droy1958]

BARI Pearl...

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04997.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04997.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

Listing this early: 2012 Best Brown Plug in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer. I'll find out if the mystery plug I smoked earlier is this.

[Shemp Jizzle]

Tambo in my Crow

[Lostmason]

The Professor (2015) in my Swiss BBK

[droy1958]

Jost A1 and Velvet thanks to Bruck....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC04998_1.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC04998_1.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

Super Value English Mixture in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.

[JimInks]

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

[dwmiller]

SPC Deception Pass in a cob. I wasn't too sure about this one after the first couple of tries, but I find it quite pleasing right now.

[Lynn]

Plantation rum in a new smokin pipe from AlanS

[Bruck]

Esoterica Stonehaven. Mr. Inks (@jiminks) mentioned it the other day favorably, and I had just bought some, so I'm giving it a try.

I concur with his laudatory sediments, although I think I'll let it dry out a bit before the next bowl. I'm using a clay, so that might be an issue too. Briar next time. I think this blend would be better in a wooden bowl.

[JimInks]

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

[droy1958]

Smoked two bowls of Ted's Pipe Shop Casablanca Blend in a Peterson Donegal and a Kaywoodie White Briar....and this

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC05008.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC05008.jpg.html)

[Lostmason]

Lane 1Q in a Ken Wiley short pot that Pugsley sent me back in may. We need to remember Warren and his family in our prayers this has been a trying year for them.

[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]

Almost finished smoking Dunhill Standard Match in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer.

[JimInks]

2002 McClelland Anniversary in a 2002 quarter bend sandblasted Stanwell Golden Danish 139.

[JimInks]

Just finished work and this bowl of MacBaren Symphony in a slight bent black pattern etched 1979 Lorenzo Lorsan Sigma tilted top with a gray swirl colored stem.

[JimInks]

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

[NeverBend]

Lane 1Q in a Ken Wiley short pot that @Pugsley (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/members/pugsley.html) sent me back in may. We need to remember Warren and his family in our prayers this has been a trying year for them.

To be sure and well said.

Has anyone heard from Brandon (@Branzig)?

2015 Mixture #606 in a 1985 Ser Jacopo R1 canadian with chicory coffee au lait.

[JimInks]

Almost 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]

Jim's Va./Bur #2 in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera.

[JimInks]

SG Cabbie’s Mixture in a medium bend 1983 Ascorti New Dear KS.

[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.

[dwmiller]

I decide to give one of the original tobaccos when i started the pipe roughly half a year ago, Borkum Riff Cherry Liqour in a cob. Must say it's burning fairly hot.4462

[droy1958]

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC05011.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC05011.jpg.html)

[Haebar]

Rattray's Sweet Fragrant in a no-name billiard

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of SG Skiff in a medium bend 2001 Ural lattice Rhodesian with a yellow stem with white swirls.

[AndyCAYP]

SG Cabbie’s Mixture in a medium bend 1983 Ascorti New Dear KS.

Thoughts on the 'baccy?

[droy1958]

In a Venturi....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC05012.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC05012.jpg.html)

[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.

- - - Updated - - -


Thoughts on the 'baccy?

I like it quite a bit.

[Bruck]

Stokkebyes Virginia in an understated briar.

[Lynn]

Hunters Labrador

[JimInks]

1970s Edgeworth Aromatic (Red) in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Grabow.

[Shemp Jizzle]

another satisfying bowl of Kendal Kentucky in a Cob

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

HU Sissinghurst in a 2003 IMP horn Meer. Have enough left for a couple more bowls.

[JimInks]

Heine's Blend in a 1980s made in London no name smooth straight apple.

[JimInks]

Jim's Va./Bur #2 in a 1990's Grenci medium bend freehand.

[JimInks]

Rich Dark Flake in a 2002 medium bend smooth Rinaldo EGEA 03 Silver line spigot 10. Have enough left for about three bowls.

[JimInks]

SG Cabbie’s Mixture in a medium bend 1983 Ascorti New Dear KS. A bottle of Mountain Dew made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

[JimInks]

A few minutes away from smoking HU White Dog in a 1970s smooth straight rough top Charatan's Make (Lane) Perfection Deluxe Extra Large. Have enough left for a couple more bowls.

[droy1958]

Jost A1....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC05013.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC05013.jpg.html)

[Lynn]

Plantation Rum

[JimInks]

2002 McClelland Anniversary in a 2002 quarter bend sandblasted Stanwell Golden Danish 139.

[JimInks]

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

[AlanS]

C+D Holiday Blend 2012 Chestnuts Roasting in a German 1940's Walnut Hexagon Taper WWII Sport
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151218_140401_zps0mj6b8bm.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151218_140401_zps0mj6b8bm.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

1970s Edgeworth Aromatic (Red) in a light brown 1979 rusticated medium bend Italian Sir Jeffrey Dublin sitter with a flared top and yellow stem.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

2012 Rolando’s Own in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.

[JimInks]

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

[Bruck]

Penzance in a cob, coupled with some lovely pseudo-koelsch from the local microbrewery.

[bluenoser]

H&H Egg Nog in the brindisi briar

[Haebar]

Just smoked some Condor in a Hendon billiard.

[JimInks]

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

[Alligator Gar]

Smoking some Quiet Nights in a new (to me) pre-Republic bulldog.
http://i.imgur.com/egTQ4Ny.jpg
Not the right pipe for this tobacco, but a fine pipe nonetheless. First night I've been able to countenance a fire. It's 59 degrees at 2300 hours.

[dwmiller]

MM Independence Day in a MM Country Gentleman

[Bruck]

Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding in a cob, from a co-worker (the tobacco, not the cob). Great stuff!

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

GQ Chocolate & Vanilla in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer. The best durn chocolate blend I have ever smoked.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

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.

[AndyCAYP]

It's begun.

Woke up to 8 inches of snow on the ground. It started last night. I went out to pick up some ingredients to make my patented eggnog, as well as some champagne and wine for the upcoming holiday, bits & pieces of other things we needed around the house, and groceries, as well as to hand out some cigars to people on my naughty list. Walking out of one store you could really feel the cold and damp in the air. Walking out of the next you could see some tiny flakes slowly falling. By the time we were walking out of the next the flakes were so big and coming down so hard you couldn't see across the parking lot.

It's always fun driving in the first real snow of the year, I passed two (minor) accidents on my way home and of course my wife was freaking out that we were going to spin out and slide off the edge of the earth... This time of year always makes me wonder: do people forget how to operate their car in the 7-8 months since we last had snow? I swear, every ounce of common sense and any self-preserving driving techniques gained one year are gone the next for at least the first few weeks that snow is on the ground.

Packing an extremely small bowl of Plum Pudding and heading out to shovel the steps. Then we'll see if the sidewalk and driveway are bad enough to justify breaking out the snowthrower.

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of MacBaren Golden Extra in a 1981 Ascorti Black Billiard Business with a military bit.

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of HU Sissinghurst in a 2003 IMP horn Meer.

[Aguineapig]

Some very aired-out Ennerdale (6 months in a plastic bag, forgot about it) in a little Dublin. It's still tasty, but a lot of the Ennerdale essence is gone, which I do miss.

[JimInks]

2012 Reiner’s Long Golden Flake in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera.

[JimInks]

MacBaren 7 Seas Regular in a 1979 no name French briar smooth full bend egg.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

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

[Lynn]

Acadain legend

[AlanS]

C+D Holiday Blend 2012, Chestnuts Roasting in an Arthur Leonard Briar
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151219_155243_zps2u6haaoo.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/20151219_155243_zps2u6haaoo.jpg.html)

[Lynn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSH9ryRzHQ4
....PIPES>YA..........

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Schurch Moschita in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg.

[Bruck]

Mac Baren VA Flake in an unassuming briar.

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

F&K Lancers Slices in a Canterbury lovat

[Alligator Gar]

Reiner Blend 71 Long Golden Flake in a Ser Jacopo Maxima S1.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

About half way through this bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 2003 black sandblasted medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant blowfish.

[Tobias Lutz]

Boswell's Bear Blend in a '36 Kaywoodie, on my way to church. :pipe: It's the first morning this season that I've had to defrost my car.

[Lynn]

started the day with a TASTE of AUTUMN

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a small 1982 three quarter bend meer with a smiling turbaned Turk's head.

[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]

Russ’ Candy Corn in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[Bruck]

Esoterica Stonehaven in a modest briar.

http://i.imgur.com/vQA4keP.jpg

This is one of the "raw" briars I bought, then sanded down and refinished. No coloring, and coated with several coats of thinned clear shellac (yes, I know shellac is cheating :)).

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Scotty’s Pancake in a 2013 slight bend grain etched briar John Barrett Volcano with a walnut shank.

[Haebar]

Just had a bowl of old Condor flake in a Comoy's Guidhall billiard.

[Haebar]

Reiner Blend 71 Long Golden Flake in a Ser Jacopo Maxima S1.

I just watched a Youtube video of PeacePipeMan who had ordered many tins of that tobacco. What do you think of it?

[Lynn]

finishin the day with Cornell Christmas Blend

[Haebar]

Having a big bowl of Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam in a Savinelli Punto Oro.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Watch City Slices in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[Alligator Gar]

I just watched a Youtube video of PeacePipeMan who had ordered many tins of that tobacco. What do you think of it?

I think PeacePipeMan knows what's up. It is a fine, bright VA flake that will reward the slow smoker. If you're a VA guy, you've got to try it.

[Bruck]

John Rolfe Mixture, part of a little mailbox bombing from Haebar a while back. A clever little fruity burley (the tobacco, not Haebar).

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking a friend’s Brave New World in a 1970s slight bend smooth Danish Sovereign XXX 309 with a flat front sitter.

[JimInks]

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

[Tobias Lutz]

Nightcap in a stained clay pipe :pipe: The only nice thing about the wife and kids being gone for the holiday is that I can smoke in the basement up until a couple days before they get back home ;)

[dwmiller]

Frog on a log in a cob

[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Black Mallory in a Canterbury lovat

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

MacBaren 7 Seas Regular in a 1979 no name French briar smooth full bend egg.

[T.E.Fox]

Testing out a bit of PS Proper English. Reminds me of campfires. I like it!

[JimInks]

Rich Dark Flake in a straight sandblasted black billiard 2013 PSF POY Kaywoodie with an amber colored lucite stem. Have enough left for one more bowl.

[AndyCAYP]

BriarWorks' Bacon Old Fashioned in a cob

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of SG Cabbie’s Mixture in a medium bend 1983 Ascorti New Dear KS.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of HU Masai in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer. Have enough for one more bowl.

[Shemp Jizzle]

Some Dark Birdseye in a Radiator with a side of Super MeatBoy

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a602/gajuju/P1070360_zpsas7jwcpt.jpg (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/gajuju/media/P1070360_zpsas7jwcpt.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

D&R Windsail Original in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[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.

[droy1958]

Old Kaywoodie 33 White Briar with Dunhill Royal Yacht thanks to Cool Breeze...

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC05017.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC05017.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

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

[bluenoser]

C&D Chocolate Cavendish in the un-named pear wood

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww347/Gsxblaze/temporary_165.jpg (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/Gsxblaze/media/temporary_165.jpg.html)

[Lostmason]

PS Lux Navy Flake in a Polo vest pipe,while my BIL was having Pipa Cherry Cavandish in a MM Cob

[Bruck]

Really curious to hear some opinions of this one - let me know what you think when you can breathe! :pipe:

You were axing about the Seattle Pipe Club Pike Place. Now that my sinuses are back in working order, I can report that it is a most excellent blend. Sort of like Dunhill Nightcap but cooler, with a bit more of a hardwood note. Those SPC guys really know what they're doing. Smoking it in a meer right now.

SPC Plum Pudding is pretty good too - had some of that the other day.

[JimInks]

FVF in a smooth 2002 medium bend eight sided panel top straight grain Rinaldo Collection Silver Line F Egea 05 Titania bulldog.

[AndyCAYP]

BriarWorks' Bacon Old Fashioned in a cob

I can't recommend this blend enough, folks.

[Alligator Gar]

2013 Full Virginia Flake in the old Ben Wade freehand.
http://i.imgur.com/kseL3BA.jpg

[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton's Cellar in a Canterbury lovat

[droy1958]

My new (to me) Jobey Torino....

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC05022.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC05022.jpg.html)

[AlanS]

Private Stock Nougat from Haebar in my Arthur Leonard

[JimInks]

2002 McClelland Anniversary in a 2002 quarter bend sandblasted Stanwell Golden Danish 139. Have enough left for one more bowl.

[JimInks]

Listing this a couple minutes early: MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a 2003 Stanwell Golden Danish 56 Rusticated Canadian.

[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.

[Haebar]

Last night I smoked P&C Best of the Rest and some Russ' Chocolate Covered Espresso Bean in various pipes. The samples were given to me at our local pipe club's Christmas party.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Angler's Dream in a slight bend 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 grain etched with a smooth front.

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Rich Dark Flake in a 1978 slight bend CAO Turk's Head Meer. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.

[droy1958]

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/droy1958/DSC05028.jpg (http://s747.photobucket.com/user/droy1958/media/DSC05028.jpg.html)

[Cool Breeze]

Having a bowl of Frog Morton Cellar in a MM cob on my lunch break.
It's really hitting the spot.

[Aguineapig]

Esoterica Margate in a Pete, both from a trade with Jim/Alligator Gar. Lovely tobacco in a lovely pipe, even on this dreary rainy day.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking D&R Windsail Original in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville.