What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Lostmason]

Half a**ed fighting allergies.bout the only things that taste right are Virginia Gold black and Gold and Captain Black original.
I;ve had a few bowls of my Mystery Blend and since it is an ever evolving flavor it works quite well to satisfy my urges.

[AlanS]

Bothey Flake in an MM CG courtesy of the Shemp Jizzle!

[Haebar]

Another bowl of Desertlifter's Flensburger Fjord in a Willard pot.

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[bluenoser]

Mac Baren modern virginia loose cut in the Un named pearwood earlier, now some 1-Q in a mm Missouri pride

[Cool Breeze]

Today I've had some Elizabethan Mixture, some FVF and some Rattray's Hal o the Wynd. All in cobs.

[BryGuySC]

Had some SPC Mississippi River while on a walk with the wife and kids today.

[Haebar]

Gawith & Hoggarth Kendal Flake in a Guildhall billiard.

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[Desertlifter]

Uni Flake in a Tsuge this morning. Had an odd Lakeland note, and I haven't touched any of the type in a long time. The pupe, never.

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[Tobias Lutz]

• Nat Sherman No. 536 in a Barling 5899 T.V.F. :pipe:

[Haebar]

Gawith and Hoggarth's Brown Flake Scented in a no-name bent bulldog. Bought this pipe in 1982. The shopkeeper hinted that it might be a Charatan/Ben Wade reject, but that he could not say so. He carried Ben Wade and Charatan pipes and the shapes of the various no-name pipes were identical to the shapes of some of the Ben Wade and Charatan pipes.

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[Haebar]

GH Curly Cut Regular in a MM

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[Cool Breeze]

Just finished some Marlin Flake in a Series III Savinelli.

Think I'm gonna have some SG in a MM Country Gentleman next.

[bluenoser]

A bowl of Missouri Pride in the poker nose warmer earlier, now some CH in the Freehand pickaxe.

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[Scott W.]

Some old Stonehaven on my Wiebe

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home American Heritage in a MM Country Gentleman cob

[penna stogey]

They all smell fabulous....great pixs.

[cpmcdill]

Holiday Mixture match in MM Country Gentleman cob

[droy1958]

AF 858 Mad with a beverage.....

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[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of an unnamed blend of 100% Virginias from Phil at Pipe & Leaf that he sent along with my last order to try. It is tasty, reminds me of G.L. Pease Sixpence. Smoked it in this MM:

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[bluenoser]

Pipa cherry in a mm Missouri pride

[cpmcdill]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in an Ehrlich rusticated Oom Paul

[pdq_wizzard]

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sent from my bag phone

[AlanS]

Cg in a MMCG and back to the hot tub!

[Pipe Smoker]

Enjoying the first pipeful of my second tin of Solani 633 in my Kirsten Mariner. This is GREAT tobacco. Its Perique component is more subdued than is the case with Escudo – just right, IMO – and the Virginia component is top notch. After I finished the first tin of my original ten tin order, I immediately ordered ten more – but should've ordered fifteen more.

[Haebar]

Having a bowl of this unnamed straight Virginia blend from Pipe & Leaf in a Captain Black billiard.

[bluenoser]

first break in bowl of CH in the semi bent billiard

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[cpmcdill]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in an Ehrlich rusticated Oom Paul

[Cool Breeze]

In a Virginia mood this evening so I had some Mac Baren VA No. 1 in a Savinelli Series III earlier this afternoon.

Now I'm enjoying a bowl of Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury Flake in a MM Country Gentleman.

[droy1958]

Some Dunhill 965 in a Savinelli King's Cross.....

[Lostmason]

I've been a bit tied up and fighting spring time allergies, but today I got out my DG's and so far have had a bowl of PA
and one of PS LBF. Next is gonna be some Frenchies Sumbitches in a Savoy.

[cpmcdill]

C&D Oriental Silk in a MM Country Gentleman cob

[bluenoser]

Night cap in the brindisi briar

[Cool Breeze]

My Mixture 965 in a MM Legend.

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Voodoo Queen in a BBB lovat

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Peretti’s Ultra Light in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer with a black vulcanite stem. A bottle of Sprite is my drink. Watching A Comedy of Terrors with Price, Lorre, Karloff, and Rathbone.

I'm very happy to see others posting. Hope more will.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Just finishing GQ Breakfast Blend in a 1970s small bowl smooth medium bend Danish Sovereign 324 volcano sitter with a black vulcanite stem.

[Haebar]

Good to see you back, Jim.

I smoked a bowl of G&H Dark Birds Eye this morning in a no-name English billiard with a square shank. It was a real waker-upper.

[NeverBend]

2015 The Stout (version 6) jarred on 11-15-15 in a 1963 Barling #6106 sandblast taper billiard with coffee light.

Opened this the other day when MrMotoyoshi stopped by and we each smoked a bowl. The age has really helped. I'm almost pleased but he would be the better source to comment on this mixture.

Good to see your post JimInks.

[El Whedo]

I've been smoking nothing but four year old Homborger Veermaster for several weeks now.

Last night I changed it up with a small bowl of Dunhill EMP in a latakia-dedicated cob. Meh. It hasn't been long enough for me to want latakia. I followed that bowl with some HV in a BIG sandblast Savanelli bulldog. That hit the spot.

[Emperor Zurg]

Red Raparree in the newly re-heeled MM General with a bamboo shank and acrylic stem. I seldom smoke a pipe this big. One bowl lasted from 6:30 this morning untill almost 10:00

[JimInks]

Starting off the day with Peretti’s Boston’s Best Cavendish in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem. A bottle of Mountain Dew made with pure cane sugar is my drink. Getting set to watch Mad Dog Russo before the Cubs-Pirates game.

[JimInks]

Peretti’s Cuban Mixture 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, with a black vulcanite ferrule and stem. A bottle of Grape Nehi made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

[JimInks]

Dunhill Ready Rubbed in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville with a black vulcanite stem and silver band.

[Lostmason]

Today is a Captain Black day,,,started with the DG savoy and next will be a meer

[MrMotoyoshi]

2015 The Stout (version 6) jarred on 11-15-15 in a 1963 Barling #6106 sandblast taper billiard with coffee light.

Opened this the other day when MrMotoyoshi stopped by and we each smoked a bowl. The age has really helped. I'm almost pleased but he would be the better source to comment on this mixture.

Good to see your post JimInks.

I enjoyed my bowl of it very much. Smooth on the retro hale, creamy at the end of the bowl. A little salty like you mentioned he other day. But it was very enjoyable.

[AlanS]

A bowl of Eric Nording Retriever in a Stanwell HCA Churchwarden thanks droy1958 nice smoke!
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[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 smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a p-lip with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Couple minutes away from smoking Stokkebye #83 Amsterdam in an undated (1970s?) unbranded straight paneled sandblasted Tanshell Dunhill second.

[cpmcdill]

Stokkebye Virginia 701 in a BBB lovat

[JimInks]

Peretti’s No. 1072 in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer.

[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.

[bluenoser]

Amphora Red in the freehand pickaxe

[Lostmason]

A bowl of Eric Nording Retriever in a Stanwell HCA Churchwarden thanks droy1958 nice smoke!
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Nice Warden ! (and in answer to yer question,,,no...haha !)

[Tobias Lutz]

• Boswell’s Pom Holiday in a Missouri Meerschaum Cob with a Vermont Freehand stem :pipe:

[Haebar]

G&H Dark Birds Eye in a Hendon billiard:

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[JimInks]

Old Dark Fired in a 1970s GBD Prehistoric Rhodesian 9438 with a perspex stem. Watching Vin Scully call the Dodgers game on MLB TV.

[NeverBend]

2015 Dunhill Royal Yacht in a 1982 Ser Jacopo Gemma Rubino canadian with water and some cubes.

Someone nearly hit a very large dog in front of my house, poor pooch ran to the side of my garage. The driver stopped, was concerned, and said that the dog was a huge rottweiler. No rotty's live nearby so I called animal control but no answer. Pooch started sniveling so I called the cops. The concerned driver was brave, standing in my driveway trying to coax him out. I got a flashlight and (with some trepidation) went by the garage and shone the light on the dog.

It wasn't a huge rottweiler, it was my neighbor's 9-month old Neapolitan Mastiff, Shadow, who's already 130-lbs.

Called the police to tell them that all was well.

[cpmcdill]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a MM Country Gentleman cob

[Cool Breeze]

Elizabethan Mixture in a Savinelli Punto Oro Mr. G.

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Country Squire Green Dragon in a slight bend 1968 group 4S Dunhill Shell 475 cherrywood with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Sir Walter Raleigh in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

[JimInks]

Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a 2002 smooth top, black sandblasted quarter bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant horn with a horn insert in the ferrule and black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

About a third of the way through this bowl of Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and black ebonite stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica.

[JimInks]

Dunhill Ready Rubbed in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville with a black vulcanite stem and silver band.

[NeverBend]

G&H Dark Birds Eye in a Hendon billiard:

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Hi Tab,

Can you tell me anything about this pipe and how you acquired it? From the pic it looks very much 1960s (or before) English (London) made. Could you supply more pics. If the stem is original, could you post one looking into the smoke hole of the bit? Thanks.

Pete

2015 Royal Yacht in a 1940s Barling Ye Olde Wood EL saddle billiard with coffee (this was earlier this am, working a stogie now).

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking C&D Burley Flake #3 in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Now smoking Edgeworth Slices in a 1984 medium bend black grain etched Savinelli Non Pareil 9310 poker with a horn ferrule and a black vulcanite stem. A bottle of Dr.Pepper made with pure cane sugar is my drink. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.

[Haebar]

Hi Tab,

Can you tell me anything about this pipe and how you acquired it? From the pic it looks very much 1960s (or before) English (London) made. Could you supply more pics. If the stem is original, could you post one looking into the smoke hole of the bit? Thanks.

Pete

2015 Royal Yacht in a 1940s Barling Ye Olde Wood EL saddle billiard with coffee (this was earlier this am, working a stogie now).

Pete, I got it on Ebay for $9. I checked my copy of "Who Made That Pipe" and it says it was made by either Sasieni or H. Comoy. I will send pictures tonight, busy with company now.

[JimInks]

Peretti’s Park Square in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315 with a black vulcanite stem and p-lip.

[NeverBend]

Pete, I got it on Ebay for $9. I checked my copy of "Who Made That Pipe" and it says it was made by either Sasieni or H. Comoy. I will send pictures tonight, busy with company now.

Looks more pre-1960s Sasieni. Looking forward to the pics.

[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.

[Haebar]

Looks more pre-1960s Sasieni. Looking forward to the pics.

I'm drying some GH Curly Cut Regular in a Lepeltier clay pipe.

Pete, here are some pics of the Hendon pipe:

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[JimInks]

Special Latakia Flake in 1949 medium bend Dunhill Shell with a black vulcanite stem. Almost done with this sample.

[NeverBend]

I'm drying some GH Curly Cut Regular in a Lepeltier clay pipe.

Pete, here are some pics of the Hendon pipe:

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah50/haebar/Cigar%20Bum%20Photos%20003_zpswb2mh5iy.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah50/haebar/Cigar%20Bum%20Photos%20004_zpss36ihmln.jpg

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Tab,

Everything looks Sasieni, circa late 1940s to mid 1950s. The large '7' was added to '15' stamp and this fancy font I've seen on other Sasieni pipes of the era. I go by manufacturing clues and the shape is Sasieni, based on the first pic you showed, as well. If you have the time, can you take a couple of pics of the bowl. I'm not a Sasieni collector but I know their manufacturing pretty well.

Just opened an 8-oz vacuum bag of Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake from March, 2015. Smells lovely.

Loading up a 1984 Ser Jacopo L1 Panel, smooth saddle that's the first panel they ever made, based on my design drawing. It was never stained, seemed to have no grain at the time but has darkened to show a rich full grain (sorry no pics - I remain pic challenged). Elite smoker. The guys at Jacopo thought it to be a toss-away and used a bit that had not properly fit a Castello repair. The remnant outline of the Castello bar can still be seen on the side of the bit. This is among the last of the original, regular line, Jacopo logo pipes (1982-1984), small coral dot surrounded by silver that was later changed to the simple coral red dot (1985-1997) before the silver inlaid "J" (1997-present). I took this pipe immediately after it was made, less than 90 minutes from concept to smoking.

With water, no cubes, on a rainy night.

[JimInks]

HU Directors Cut in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051 Dublin with a black vulcanite stem.

[BryGuySC]

Anniversary Kake and then SPC Mississippi River today.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of 4th Generation 1882 in a medium bend 2001 Ural lattice Rhodesian with a yellow stem with white swirls.

[Cool Breeze]

Had some Marlin Flake in a standing Savinelli 114KS earlier.

Now enjoying some Smoker's Haven In Betweener in a King's Cross.

[cpmcdill]

McClelland's PM Pipe in a Canterbury lovat

[Cool Breeze]

Having some Escudo in my unfinished Savinelli Series III.

Trying to decide whether it will be my last bowl of the night or not.

[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]

2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a smooth 1976 Canadian GBD Seventy Six 256 with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Peretti’s Boston’s Best Cavendish in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Just finished Paul Olsen Winter Special 2014 in a 2003 IMP horn Meer with a black acrylic stem.

[Haebar]

GH Dark Birds Eye in Sunrise Canadian

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[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.

[JimInks]

Now smoking Dunhill Ready Rubbed in a 2003 smooth medium bend straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin and a black acrylic stem. A bottle of Sprite is my drink. Watching "Hawk" Harrelson call the White Sox-Yankees game.

[JimInks]

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

[droy1958]

Elizabethan Mixture in a no name Canadian....

[droy1958]

Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding in a French pipe. Damn name is longer than a Shakespeare novel. I think it says Aux Mines D'ecume, Paris, 35 Boul St. Martin, Racine Extra.....

[Cool Breeze]

Hal o the Wynd in a bent Savinelli billiard.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Solani Silver Flake in a 2003 medium bend Nording 4 rough top sitter with a small rusticated area at the top left.

[JimInks]

Peretti’s No. 1072 in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer with a black acrylic stem.

[NeverBend]

2015 Gawith & Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1983 James Upshall bX (only one ever made), triangle shanked straight grain saddle billiard with 14k gold band.

Forgot how much I like this mixture and with 15 months in a vacuum seal it's smoother, richer and more harmonious. Overcast and cool to cold here and expected to go into the high 30s tonight. What happened to Spring?

[Haebar]

Having a bowl of GH Curly Cut Regular in a straight Sunrise Dublin.

[JimInks]

Escudo in a brown rusticated slight bend 1982 Savinelli Non Pareil 99 Acorn with a brown pearl colored lucite ferrule and stem.

[Cool Breeze]

Had some McClelland Black Woods Flake in a Savinelli Punto Oro Mr. G.

This was my first time smoking this tobacco and I was dissapointed. It was pretty bland to me. I love FVF and Dunhill Flake but this one fell flat.
I jarred it up and put the date on it to be tried again after some age.

[JimInks]

The last of this sample of five year old Special Latakia Flake in 1949 medium bend Dunhill Shell with a black vulcanite stem.

[cpmcdill]

GH Bob's Chocolate Flake in a Canterbury lovat

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Peretti’s Original in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.

[bluenoser]

Enjoying some Burley Kake in the squared shank, semi-bent billiard with my coffee this morning

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[JimInks]

Peretti’s No. 101 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem. A bottle of Mountain Dew made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

[Cool Breeze]

Luxury Bullseye Flake in a MM cob on my lunch break.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Peretti’s Cuban Mixture 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, with a black vulcanite ferrule and stem.

[JimInks]

Short Smoke Theater stars 5 Brothers in a straight 2012 MM Pony Express cob.

[JimInks]

HU Directors Cut in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051 Dublin with a black vulcanite 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 Anniversary Kake in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49 with a black vulcanite stem.

[Lostmason]

First bowl in a few days,,Captain Black in a polish wonder

[droy1958]

Had a bowl of SPC Seattle Nights or Evenings or whatever it's called in a Howal....

[JimInks]

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

[NeverBend]

2015 Gawith & Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1964 Barling #4956 smooth poker taper with Diet Coke (decaf).

This pipe has not been a good smoker but this tobacco is tasting good in every pipe. 15 months has made an excellent tobacco outstanding.

Buddy and I went to Dairy Queen for lunch. I was skeptical but it was a decent meal, crispy chicken wrap and fries, bottomless soda (as above) and a nice little sundae for $5.00. They have some lounge seats with arms that act as small tables. Comfortable, we sat and chatted for a couple of hours. Thumbs up to Dairy Queen, I will be back.

[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 with a black vulcanite stem.

[droy1958]

2015 Gawith & Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1964 Barling #4956 smooth poker taper with Diet Coke (decaf).

This pipe has not been a good smoker but this tobacco is tasting good in every pipe. 15 months has made an excellent tobacco outstanding.

Buddy and I went to Dairy Queen for lunch. I was skeptical but it was a decent meal, crispy chicken wrap and fries, bottomless soda (as above) and a nice little sundae for $5.00. They have some lounge seats with arms that act as small tables. Comfortable, we sat and chatted for a couple of hours. Thumbs up to Dairy Queen, I will be back.

I remember back in 1971 ish saving 20 cents from my lunch money to hit the DQ after school and getting a cherry sundae a few times a week...

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Peretti’s D-9575 in a three quarter bend smooth 1985 Dunhill Chestnut 5202 with a cumberland stem.

[NeverBend]

I remember back in 1971 ish saving 20 cents from my lunch money to hit the DQ after school and getting a cherry sundae a few times a week...

I was nicely surprised by the accommodations and value. They're updated nicely and the staff was nice too.

2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1940s Barling Ye Olde Wood #1372, pencil shank, small, taper billiard smooth.

Smoking this tobacco in my flake pipes to compare, excellent in all so far. This pipe was a reclamation project, badly charred in the tobacco chamber but with careful smoking it's doing fine. The # is mismarked, the 1372 is normally a chubby billiard saddle. I overpaid at $64 but this fine smoker has made it a good buy.

[Cool Breeze]

In an English mood this evening so I'm smoking some Drew Estate Meat Pie in a MM Country Gentleman.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of 2012 Rolando’s Own in a 2002 black short shank grain relief straight Caminetto 6.L.17 tomato and a black acrylic stem. Starting to run low on this tin.

[Cool Breeze]

I enjoyed that first bowl of Meat Pie immensely so I packed another.

[Emperor Zurg]

2015 Gawith & Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1964 Barling #4956 smooth poker taper with Diet Coke (decaf).

This pipe has not been a good smoker but this tobacco is tasting good in every pipe. 15 months has made an excellent tobacco outstanding.

I picked up a fair amount of that but I don't care at all for the Lakeland scent in it. It was all I could taste. I jarred it up in a quart mason jar and put the lid disk on upside down so it doesn't seal. I've found that if I let a Lakeland scented tobacco slowly dry out and then rehydrate it, it takes a lot of that perfumey scent away. I've also got jars of Rum Flake and Bob's Chocolate Flake stored the same way. I check on them every couple of months to see how they're progressing.

Oh, almost forgot: I had a very small quantity of left-in-the-pipe Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake in a MM freehand this afternoon. Very nice blend with no Lakeland scent whatsoever that I can detect, but the mostly smoked, then over night sit didn't do it any favors... wasn't horrible, just wasn't very good.

[JimInks]

FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author. Starting to run low on my open stash.

[JimInks]

Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania War Horse Ready Cut in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Now smoking Smoker’s Pride Natural in a 2002 smooth Rinaldo Silver Line 3 EGER 05 paneled horn. One of my favorite pipes. Watching a documentary about The Montreal Expos. In a clip where they showed men working on building the stadium, a guy is smoking a Bing.

[JimInks]

Peretti’s Original in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.

[BryGuySC]

Had a very nice bowl of McClelland 2015 (from 2015). I find a rubout and a looser pack is best with this one.
Smoked in a Barling Regency Excel T.V.F. I received from NeverBend.
Nice baccy in a nice pipe!

[JimInks]

Stonehaven in a straight sandblasted black billiard 2013 PSF POY Kaywoodie with an amber colored lucite stem. A bottle of Orange Nehi made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

[NeverBend]

I picked up a fair amount of that but I don't care at all for the Lakeland scent in it. It was all I could taste. I jarred it up in a quart mason jar and put the lid disk on upside down so it doesn't seal. I've found that if I let a Lakeland scented tobacco slowly dry out and then rehydrate it, it takes a lot of that perfumey scent away. I've also got jars of Rum Flake and Bob's Chocolate Flake stored the same way. I check on them every couple of months to see how they're progressing.

Oh, almost forgot: I had a very small quantity of left-in-the-pipe Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake in a MM freehand this afternoon. Very nice blend with no Lakeland scent whatsoever that I can detect, but the mostly smoked, then over night sit didn't do it any favors... wasn't horrible, just wasn't very good.

Hi Bill,

The Lakeland essence seems to differ smoker to smoker. G&H Brown Flake has too much for me but SG 1792 doesn't.

I like all my flakes, but especially Gawith Hoggarth, to have moisture where it makes the flavors pop, so I never dry them. My chunk of Louisiana Flake just awakened from its vacuum sleep is at an excellent rh now but I'll need to humidify it or it will become more dry than I like it.

Speaking of that 2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake and its current optimal rh, I'm about to smoke some in a 1950s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #251 (smooth) taper billiard.

[droy1958]

Peterson's Connies Choice in a Satin Grain. I really like this aromatic blend, as it's not one of those overpowering ones that make you feel like you're smoking chocolate éclair's, cinnamon rolls, caramel, coffee beans and Twinkies at the same time......
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[JimInks]

Half way though this bowl of Reiner’s Long Golden Flake in a smooth straight 1980s James Upshall Walnut pot.

[Cool Breeze]

A little lunch time Elizabethan in a MM Legend.

[JimInks]

Dunhill Ready Rubbed in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville with a black vulcanite p-lip stem and sterling silver band. A bottle of Pepsi made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of First Responders in a medium bend raw sienna toned early Radice sandblast egg with bamboo carving on the shank and a black acrylic stem.

[droy1958]

I enjoyed that first bowl of Meat Pie immensely so I packed another.

I purchased a tin of it a few months ago, but haven't opened it yet as I am trying to smoke up some of my blends already in jars. 40 jars is where I'm trying to draw that imaginary line.....

[Cool Breeze]

I purchased a tin of it a few months ago, but haven't opened it yet as I am trying to smoke up some of my blends already in jars. 40 jars is where I'm trying to draw that imaginary line.....

Yeah, I know what you mean with the quantity of open jars. I'm trying to go through the ones I have small amounts of myself.

If you like straightforward English blends, you'll like the Meat Pie.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of P&W Bestmake in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer with a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Half way through 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.

[NeverBend]

Half way though this bowl of Reiner’s Long Golden Flake in a smooth straight 1980s James Upshall Walnut pot.

Hi Jim,

Don't recall seeing you smoke that pipe before! I'm going to England soon to spend a week with Kennedy Barnes (who made your pipe). How does it smoke?

2015 Dunhill Royal Yacht in a 1930s Barling Ye Olde Wood smooth billiard taper with water, no cubes,

[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 with a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Hi Jim,

Don't recall seeing you smoke that pipe before! I'm going to England soon to spend a week with Kennedy Barnes (who made your pipe). How does it smoke?

2015 Dunhill Royal Yacht in a 1930s Barling Ye Olde Wood smooth billiard taper with water, no cubes,

I've had the pipe for a long time, but I don't smoke it as much as I ought to. It has a big bowl, so it can only be clenched for so long. Your 1930 Barling sounds great. I wish those pre-transitions weren't so expensive, because I'd like to have a smooth straight pot.

[GWBowman]

Hearth & Home Classic Burley Kake in an Italian Rhodesian

[bluenoser]

Some left over mix Tobias sent me about a year ago in the country gent. Dunno what's in it but man it's good

[JimInks]

About half way through this bowl of Jim's VaPer in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem. Listening to Vin Scully for three innings on the XM.

[NeverBend]

I've had the pipe for a long time, but I don't smoke it as much as I ought to. It has a big bowl, so it can only be clenched for so long. Your 1930 Barling sounds great. I wish those pre-transitions weren't so expensive, because I'd like to have a smooth straight pot.

Upshall made some large pipes, used great wood too. We'll be going with Kennedy to the old Upshall workshop in Tilshead just to have a look.


Actually, I think Barling, post-WWII made their best pipes. I believe that your Barling #249 is from this period. The Algerian Civil War (1954) closed the Barling owned saw mill. Barling was unique in owning their own mill, thus controlling their briar supply as well as having a proprietary formula for rod vulcanite from NY Hamburger (Dunhill had their own formula). I've always said that Barling controlled their materials and production, 'From ground to mouth'.

When the Algerian briar was no longer available, Barling turned to Otto Braun who kept them supplied with top shelf briar (I believe mostly Greek). Aside from the tragedy of any civil war, the impact on Barling was negligible if any at all because the Algerian fields were depleted and the new sources were fresher.

Barling's shaping and consistency in process and manufacturing reached their peak in the 1950s. Their range of sizes grew to accommodate the American Market. The prices on the old Barlings can be prohibitive but their quality remained very high through early 1962 and in some cases a little later. Quality declined when they stopped hand making bowl and stem and further when they began to buy bowls from Charatan and Cadogan (GBD and Comoy), but even a later 1960s Barling is the equal of these brands.

I've bought some fine Barlings that were made after 1960 (when conventional wisdom incorrectly believed that they quality fell off the table) at some very reasonable prices, including the pipe below that has given me over 30 years of excellent smoking and it's every bit a classic Barling in quality.

2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1961 Barling's Make #5719, smooth saddle billiard with Diet Pepsi on a cool but clear night.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Peretti’s No. 101 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.

[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton's Cellar in a Canterbury lovat

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Orlik Racing Green in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Sir Walter Raleigh in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

[JimInks]

Smoker’s Pride Whiskey in a 2013 slight bend grain etched briar John Barrett Volcano with a walnut shank.

[Tobias Lutz]

Boswell’s Pom Holiday in a Missouri Meerschaum Cob with a Vermont Freehand stem :pipe:

[Emperor Zurg]

I like all my flakes, but especially Gawith Hoggarth, to have moisture where it makes the flavors pop, so I never dry them.

I don't know how you get them to burn. If I don't dry out G&H flakes and twists considerably I can't get them to stay lit and the bottom third of the bowl ends up a wet mess.

Drying out some Black Twist Sliced right now for sometime later in the day

[BryGuySC]

Started this morning off with a bowl of McClelland 2015 in a Comoy's Tawney Saddle straight billiard and a cup of freshly-roasted Ethiopian Sidamo Guji coffee... and cinnamon Life cereal.

[JimInks]

Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a 1970s three quarter bend half smooth, half rusticated Savinelli Autograph 4 with a pearl grey brown lucite stem and ferrule. Have enough for about three more bowls. A bottle of Sprite is my drink. Waiting for Mad Dog Russo at the top of the hour.

[JimInks]

HU Directors Cut in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051 Dublin with a black vulcanite stem. Running low on this blend now.

[NeverBend]

I don't know how you get them to burn. If I don't dry out G&H flakes and twists considerably I can't get them to stay lit and the bottom third of the bowl ends up a wet mess.

Drying out some Black Twist Sliced right now for sometime later in the day

I fill very loose at the bottom. With the long GH flakes, I split them length wise, press an end into the bowl and let it fold up into the pipe to about 2/3rd. I press lightly and expect a loose draw (it presses down to about 60%). Then I fold and fill the rest. I get a solid char light, arrange the over-spill, light once or twice more and Bob's your uncle.

To my palate, GH makes the best flakes, very much like they were in the 1970s when I first tried them. Big flavor, more coarse and in your face than Samuel Gawith, but that's how I like 'em.

2015 Dunhill Royal Yacht in a 1960s Castello Epoca (I thought 1970s, Castello loving friend says 1960s), with Cafe du Monde (Chicory) coffee with a dash of cream.

Kudos to the current manufacturer of Royal Yacht (MacBarren?). Different from the original (I first smoked in the late 1960s), but a lovely tobacco in it's own right. Rich, sweet and nice shades and nuance, this is the best Danish made tobacco I've had in a long time.

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking C&D Burley Flake #3 in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

C&D Star of the East in a 1974 smooth slight bend Tinderbox Aalborg freehand made by Nording with a thin black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Stokkebye #83 Amsterdam in an undated (1970s?) unbranded straight paneled sandblasted Tanshell Dunhill second with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Navy Flake in a 2003 straight grain Karl Erik Ekstravagant A medium bend freehand sitter and black acrylic stem. Few pipes I own pick out flavor nuance as well as this one does.

[NeverBend]

2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1962 Barling's Make $6584, smooth oval shank billiard with taper stem (might also be called a short canadian).
Diet Pepsi, no ice, day got cooler and overcast, maybe rain.

Smoking a red streak through the Louisiana Flake that is a little different in each pipe but better than good in all. It's like a control group tobacco to update the nuances of each pipe. I should slow down, smoked more than half the block. Ok, I will....not!

[JimInks]

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 and a black acrylic stem.

[droy1958]

Just finished smoking Stokkebye #83 Amsterdam in an undated (1970s?) unbranded straight paneled sandblasted Tanshell Dunhill second with a black vulcanite stem.

Hey Jim, do you find that Amsterdam #83 pretty strong in the nicotine department? I had a bowl this morning and I got higher than a Georgia pine....

[Cool Breeze]

Just finished a bowl of Elizabethan Mixture in this little pipe. It's a no name that I picked up at a flea market. I'm not sure what it is made of (I think some kind of fruit wood) but it's not briar.
It is light as a feather and a pretty fair smoker. I enjoy it.


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[Haebar]

Just got back from the Knoxville pipe club meeting. Tonight I had a bowl of GH Kendal Kentucky, followed by a bowl of Peterson's 1865 mixture. Later a friend bought a tin of GLP The Virginia Cream and passed it around. Everyone was impressed with it. If this is an aromatic, then it's the driest one I've ever tried, even fresh. It actually gets better about halfway down the bowl, at least to me.

[Bruck]

Just finished a bowl of Elizabethan Mixture in this little pipe. It's a no name that I picked up at a flea market. I'm not sure what it is made of (I think some kind of fruit wood) but it's not briar.
It is light as a feather and a pretty fair smoker. I enjoy it.


http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/prgann/AF2045D9-A178-4FEB-8B11-3E0AF70A0132_zpsem97mynn.jpg (http://s902.photobucket.com/user/prgann/media/AF2045D9-A178-4FEB-8B11-3E0AF70A0132_zpsem97mynn.jpg.html)

Looks like pear to me, but let's ask the expert, bluenoser.

[Bruck]

And meanwhile, having some nice Penzance in a cob. Took a while to convince it to stay lit, but we're smokin now :)

[JimInks]

Peretti’s No. 1072 in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer with a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Hey Jim, do you find that Amsterdam #83 pretty strong in the nicotine department? I had a bowl this morning and I got higher than a Georgia pine....

No. I'd rate the nic-hit as mild to medium, slightly more to medium than mild. But, I'm comparing it to ropes and other real heavy stuff.

[Haebar]

GH Louisiana Perique flake in a Mastercraft billiard.

[Cool Breeze]

Finishing up a bowl of H&H Burley Kake in a Savinelli Series III.

About to pack a bowl of St. James Flake in a MM Country Gentleman.

[cpmcdill]

Earlier, Daughters & Ryan Sigaro in a MM cob.

Now, Frog Morton's Cellar in a Comoys bent bulldog

[JimInks]

MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

[bluenoser]

Looks like pear to me, but let's ask the expert, bluenoser.

Far from an expert but does looks like it could be pear. Similar in grain and color to mine.

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww347/Gsxblaze/temporary_106.jpg (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/Gsxblaze/media/temporary_106.jpg.html)

[bluenoser]

C&D black gold maple in the mm Ozark mountain

[Cool Breeze]

Just packed my last bowl of the evening. Nightcap in my Savinelli Punto Oro Mr. G.

[JimInks]

2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

[fastnbulbous]

Yesterday I finished off my sample of Hearth and Home AJ's Vaper in my Savinelli.

I was using the Savinelli for English Blends, but have not been smoking them lately.
Every time I want to have a bowl I reach for Vapers or Aros.
Not what I was expecting when I first started smoking pipes.

[JimInks]

Just about finished with this bowl of Milan Hazelnut in a 1979 medium bend etch relief meerschaum lined TinderBox Arabesque with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Capstan Blue in a very early Ascorti straight New Dear KS billiard with a smooth shank and a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Circa 1970 Half & Half in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted Comoy's Silver Cloud 624 sitter with a silver pearl gray acrylic stem.

[El Whedo]

I don't smoke my pipes as much as I used to. This past winter was cold and long and I took refuge in snuff to avoid the cold. Now that it's porch weather again(though it did snow a bit yesterday), I haven't backed off on the snuff and picked up the pipe again.

Last night I had a small bowl of Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake in a Dr G. It's not well aged HV, but it's good.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.

[JimInks]

Dunhill Ready Rubbed in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with a silverish band and amber tortoise saddle stem. This is my first smoke in this pipe, which was gifted to me by a friend. Wow!

[JimInks]

Edgeworth Slices in a 1984 medium bend black grain etched Savinelli Non Pareil 9310 poker with a horn ferrule and a black vulcanite stem.

[droy1958]

No. I'd rate the nic-hit as mild to medium, slightly more to medium than mild. But, I'm comparing it to ropes and other real heavy stuff.

OK.....maybe it's just me. I was getting ready to start putting it in baggies and hanging out on the street corner.....

[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.

[Lostmason]

Lane 1Q in a MM CG,,,Got a few days of sunshine coming and another week of rain,YEA!! The rain keeps the pollen down,
and the cooler temps check the mold,for a day or two I can BREATH !

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

War Horse Ready Cut in a Canterbury lovat

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of Smoker’s Haven Our Best Blend in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg with a black acrylic stem.

[Cool Breeze]

Had some Dunhill Elizabethan in my new Rossi Prince.

[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.

[Lostmason]

Germain's Plum Cake in an inuageral run with a rusticated slight bent Brigham !

[JimInks]

Angler's Dream in a slight bend 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 grain etched with a smooth front with a black vulcanite stem.

[cpmcdill]

Now, Rattray's Black Mallory in my trusty Canterbury lovat

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Peretti’s Boston’s Best Cavendish in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Just finished work and this bowl of Sir Walter Raleigh in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

2012 Anniversary Kake in a smooth medium bend 1981 Century full bend natural egg with a black vulcanite stem.

[BryGuySC]

Popped a tin of Dunhill Flake.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/bcsssj/Cigar%20Stuff/IMG_20160519_182054_zpsgf9gxiix.jpg (http://s120.photobucket.com/user/bcsssj/media/Cigar%20Stuff/IMG_20160519_182054_zpsgf9gxiix.jpg.html)

[JimInks]

MacBaren Navy Flake in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem. Ice tea properly chilled is my drink.

[Emperor Zurg]

Rattray's Red Raparree in a Rattray's #29 poker

[Lostmason]

Captain Black original in a Meer,
getting ready to go outside and get dirty,I've a chinese cob for that though.

[JimInks]

HU Directors Cut in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051 Dublin with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Circa 1950 Half & Half in a tan etched medium bend 2001 Rinaldo Sahara 2 Acorn round at the shank, pointy at the opposite top with a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Couple minutes away from 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.

[bluenoser]

Had a bowl of PS luxury navy flake in the mm Ozark mountain while doing some yard work. Rather windy day caused it to burn a bit hot. Tasty none the less

[JimInks]

Smoker’s Haven Our Best Blend in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg with a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Old Dark Fired in a 1970s GBD Prehistoric Rhodesian 9438 with a perspex stem.

[cpmcdill]

C&D Star of the East in a Redonian De Luxe Army-mount billiard

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

Almost a third of the way through this bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in an old medium bend grain etched Preben Holm Ben Wade Prominence B freehand with a black vulcanite stem. Running low on this blend now, durn it.

[JimInks]

Just finished work and this bowl of Sir Walter Raleigh in a smooth three quarter bend 1979 Ben Wade Golden Matt freehand sitter with a brown pearl acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is Peretti’s No. 101 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.

[Haebar]

GH Kendal Kentucky in a Sunrise Canadian.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bow of Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of 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 and a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

About a third of the way through this bowl of Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

2012 Anniversary Kake in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49 with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Not that far from finishing this bowl of Escudo in a brown rusticated slight bend 1982 Savinelli Non Pareil 99 Acorn with a brown pearl colored lucite ferrule and stem.

[Haebar]

GH Curly Cut in a Hendon straight billiard.

[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]

GL Pease Key Largo in a Redonian De Luxe Army-mount billiard

[JimInks]

Peretti’s Cuban Mixture in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem.

[penna stogey]

My breakfast smoke this morning.

[JimInks]

Smoker’s Haven Our Best Blend in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg with a black acrylic stem.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Peterson Kinsale XL26

[JimInks]

2012 Rolando’s Own in a 1980 black sandblasted full bent Ascorti Business Extension Saxaphone and a black acrylic stem.

[bluenoser]

mac baren modern virginia loose cut in a squared shank billiard

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Louisiana Flake in a Grabow Royal Duke that I've had for around 30 years.
Don't know if it was the weather, the bakky or what but I haven't had a bowl this enjoyable in a long time.

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Angler's Dream in a 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant A medium bend with a pointy bottom and a wide top.

[JimInks]

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

[NeverBend]

G&H Louisiana Flake in a Grabow Royal Duke that I've had for around 30 years.
Don't know if it was the weather, the bakky or what but I haven't had a bowl this enjoyable in a long time.

Bill,

It may be that time of year because my Louisiana Flake has been lights out good the past 10-12 days.

2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1950s Barlng's Make Ye Olde Wood #252 Fossil (sandblast), saddle billiard.

Mainly smoke VA flakes in smooth, thick walled billiard (type) bowls but this is a sandblast that I've not smoked in a while so there's little ghosting.

The brightness is subdued but the complement of nuanced flavors is apparent. Not as sweet as in the #251 (taper smooth from the same era), but a little deeper.

[Cool Breeze]

Well after my daughter's 13th birthday party today and my being around a dozen screaming giggling girls about the same age, I wanted a strong drink and a tobacco with a high vitamin N content.

So I had some Royal Yacht.............and Scotch. Lots of Scotch.

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Trafalgar in a Redonian De Luxe army-mount billiard

[JimInks]

C&D Odessa in a 2003 Stanwell Golden Danish 56 Rusticated Canadian with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of C&D Kickin’ Chicken in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129 with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a 2003 black sandblasted medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant blowfish with a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Smoker’s Pride Natural in a 2002 smooth straight grain full bend Two dot Dorelio Rovera Ardor Venere Extra Giant Fantasy flat front sitter with a blue ferrule and a black acrylic stem. Have enough left for one small bowl. Simply Apple is my drink.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Edgeworth Slices in a 1984 medium bend black grain etched Savinelli Non Pareil 9310 poker with a horn ferrule and a black vulcanite stem.

[Cool Breeze]

Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a MM Country Gentleman with my morning coffee.