What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[bluenoser]

Having my third bowl of CH in my mm Ozark. Think I'm getting the hang of this pipe thing

[cpmcdill]

Solani Silver Flake in a Grayson's squat bulldog

[mooster]

I'm smoking my first ever bowl of Royal Yacht. This is from a half ounce sample I got four years ago from either Jeff (commonsenseman) or John (indigosmoke-has he found us yet???) that's been sitting in the baggie inside a sealed mason jar for that length of time. Maybe it was the small amount of baccy in the container, but whatever topping this once had is long gone, so I have no idea what it actually tastes like. But the topping would have to be pretty damned hideous to override the flavor of this tobacco, right? This is good stuff. Guess I'll have to try a tin.

[spyder]

Sugar Barrel in a MM Cob. Mmmmmm good.

[cbr310]

Long Golden Flake in a mm cob

[pdq_wizzard]

IQ in an MM cob

sent from my bag phone

[cpmcdill]

Moonshine Pipe Co. XXX Blend in a Comoy's bent bulldog

[cpmcdill]

D&R Rimboche A.B.

[quo155]

G.L. Pease Lagonda in a MM Country Gentleman

[mooster]

G.L. Pease Lagonda in a MM Country Gentleman

I've never had that one; what's it like?

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking MacBaren Navy Flake in a light brown 1979 rusticated medium bend Italian Sir Jeffrey Dublin sitter with a flared top and yellow stem.

[Cool Breeze]

On the balcony this evening with some H&H Classic Burley Kake in a MM Huck Finn.
Never had this one before. I got it from Tobias Lutz via the review contest.

Though it is not exactly what I was expecting I like the tobacco a lot.
The flavoring is subtle and not at all overpowering. The predominant flavor is still the burley.
Great smoke.

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[BryGuySC]

1792 in a MM Eaton.

[JimInks]

About half way through this bowl of Royal Yacht in a 1970s smooth GBD 9665 slight bend with a rough top flat bottom sitter.

[quo155]

I've never had that one; what's it like?

It's pretty good! This is from a tin from 6/9/11. It's something I'm periodically in the mood for.

It has a great deal of Cyprus Latakia yet it's somewhat subtle in flavor, for me. It may be the age on this baccy. It's pretty void of any sweetness (while smoking, though it does have a tiny pinch of sweetness when smelling it prior to smoking) and filled with ample smokiness, a bit woodsy, a little peppery and a hint of licorice. It has very little bit, if smoked slowly.

Overall, if you like Latakia, it's a must try.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem. Next is Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 1970s black sandblasted Savinelli Autograph 05 Horn.

[JimInks]

1970s Union Leader in a smooth 2002 Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Milverton.

[Nachman]

Yesterday, I smoked Royal Yacht all day, except for a bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed match after dinner in a Roma Lovat which my grandson gave me in October. The Roma is finally broken in well, and the nasty taste from the stain that was in the bowl is gone. Now it smokes well. A good cake coves a multitude of sins.

[penna stogey]

Last night smoked a Nubs maduro ....nice

[JimInks]

Sutliff SPS 25 Expedition in a 2003 IMP horn Meer.

[NeverBend]

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Dark Sliced in a 1983 Ser Jacopo Granato stout billiard with a gold/silver band.

On the porch, it's in the 40s with a brisk breeze but the sun is beautiful and life remains good.

I've found that G&H remains the closest in flavor and smoking profile to what I remember from the 1980s of the current brands that I've tried. I can compare my 2014 G&H with a few inches of a 30yo+ G&H Happy Brown Boogie pigtail that I still have. You smoked G&H for flavor and impact and not subtlety and that remains the case. Perhaps it's the age but the old pigtail seems to be lower in vitamin K than the Dark Sliced (smoking now) or the Dark Flake unscented.

[Tobias Lutz]

About to burn some CAO Bella Vanilla in a Stanwell Brushed Black. This morning I smoked some Cherry Bomb in a 1983 BC Millesime 368 :pipe:

[Trroutman22]

Escudo in an Il Ceppo bent

[JimInks]

2 Daughters VIP in a late '70s full bend straight grain rough top Savinelli Autograph 6 sitter with a cumberland stem. This finishes the tin. I sure enjoyed it.

[JimInks]

Arcadian Perique in a smooth 1977 Medley (GBD second) medium bend billiard with a flat underside.

[LandonColby]

Yesterday, I smoked Royal Yacht all day, except for a bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed match after dinner in a Roma Lovat which my grandson gave me in October. The Roma is finally broken in well, and the nasty taste from the stain that was in the bowl is gone. Now it smokes well. A good cake coves a multitude of sins.

I remember you posting about that awhile back. Glad it finally shaped up for you. And I'm sure your grandson will be happy to see you getting use out of it.

Erinmore Flake in a Big Ben dublin.

[freestoke]

Load that Legend up with Happy Bogie and PA and we'll start calling you 'freestoke' :p
Of course first we'd have to bury you in snow...


1053
Hopefully, when he melts out in spring, they will have discovered a way to revive him. At least he'll still be fresh.

We're getting some real good melting! Lots of sun really does the trick. Smoking Erinmore Flake today, one cob after another. Heading for the afternoon Vitamin B supplement, Genesse beer. 1052

[JimInks]

Troost Aromatic Match in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem. Have enough for one more bowl. Then I'll work on finishing up what I have of the original.

[NeverBend]

Last of Mixture #1001B (8-19-14) in a 1972 Caminetto Business #104 saddle billiard.

[JimInks]

A couple minutes or so away from smoking HU Nashville County in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49.

[Haebar]

C&D 412A: Billy Budd in a MM Dwarf cobbit, courtesy of Haebar. Nice smokey flavor with a spice that reminded me of Sam Adams Winter Lager. Very nice!

Glad you are enjoying the sampler! Did you feel the nicotine from the Billy Budd? It has quite a kick.

[Haebar]

It's 67 degrees and sunny so I'm going on the back porch to have some 2009 Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic in my Lepeltier clay that LandonColby gave me for the Secret Santa exchange.

[Horseshoe]

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Molte Dolce in my Peterson 2014 Christmas while cooking chicken on the grill.

[JustTroItIn]

Night Train in a Malaga.

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[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Epiphany in a 1975 full bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.

[Horsefeathers]

Glad you are enjoying the sampler! Did you feel the nicotine from the Billy Budd? It has quite a kick.

I did, but it wasn't too bad. There was a fullness I felt in my stomach that was quite different from cigars, but that may have been due to me puffing away. Getting a steady rhythm with the pipe is tricky.

[Cool Breeze]

Keeping it simple tonight.

Lane 1Q in a MM Legend.

[JimInks]

Old Joe Krantz in a 1970s small bowl smooth medium bend Danish Sovereign 324 volcano with a black vulcanite stem.

[Branzig]

Just finished a bowl of FVF in a little Grabow

[JimInks]

The Smoker Woodlands in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer.

[Bruck]

Keeping it simple tonight.

Lane 1Q in a MM Legend.

Is that stuff any good? I've been tempted to grab some bcs it's cheap and ...so am I.

[Branzig]

Just finished "re-setting" my mouth with a pony express of CH because I am smoking something new next....

[Bruck]

Peter Stoke Luxury Bullseye Flake in a meer.

[Branzig]

Working on my first ever bowl of Troost Special Cavendish for Tobias' OTC review thread. The quality is really excellent for an OTC I must say!

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[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton's Cellar in a Grabow Savoy

[NeverBend]

Mixture #1004HH (jarred 9-26-14) in a 1981 Mastro de Paja 1c sandblast lovat.

Down into the 20s and beyond tonight, brrr.

[Cool Breeze]

Is that stuff any good? I've been tempted to grab some bcs it's cheap and ...so am I.

I really like it.
It is an aromatic but the flavor is not overpowering like some are. I get a soft sweet vanilla.
Room note is great.

Have you ever had Captain Black Royal? I haven't but I've seen some reviews compare it to that.
Also I heard a guy on one of the forums that mixes it equal parts with Carter Hall. I think I'm going to try that soon.

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

Esoterica Tilsbury in a Comoys bent bulldog

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Voodoo Queen

[LandonColby]

Just ate an absolutely delicious dinner of herb roasted chicken, mashed yams with butter and salt and pepper, and roasted rosemary asparagus. With my belly full I now sit reclined, smoking some GLP Odyssey in a Bjarne Viking and drinking a glass of Glenlivet 12 year old.

Life don't get much better than this...

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1980s smooth slight bend Wally Frank Dublin.

[JimInks]

Royal Yacht in a 1970s smooth GBD 9665 slight bend with a rough top flat bottom sitter. Have enough left for two more bowls.

[cpmcdill]

C&D Habana Daydream in a Comoys bent bulldog

[pdq_wizzard]

Dunhill Nightcap in a cob

Bill you are to blame [emoji106]

sent from my bag phone

[Desertlifter]

Tomorrow is what's important: Prepping a bowl of Havanezas 1864 in my Hwiebe.

[JimInks]

Just finished work and this bowl of Jim’s B Blend in a smooth 1998 Parker 489 three quarter bend Billiard. Next is Chatham Manor in a 1979 straight smooth Dr. Grabow Grand Duke 45 pot.

[Tobias Lutz]

Milan Black Forest in a MM cob w/ Forever stem. :pipe:

[tmoran]

Scotch Flake Aromatic in a MM Legend on the way in this morning. Going to be a looooooooooooooooong Friday. Hedges and caffeine will be covering my responsibilities at work today.

[JustTroItIn]

Just ate an absolutely delicious dinner of herb roasted chicken, mashed yams with butter and salt and pepper, and roasted rosemary asparagus. With my belly full I now sit reclined, smoking some GLP Odyssey in a Bjarne Viking and drinking a glass of Glenlivet 12 year old.

Life don't get much better than this...

Nice night! Good food, good baccy, and good whiskey!

[JimInks]

Just 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. Next is Sutliff SPS 25 Expedition in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

[NeverBend]

Mixture #1001B (jarred 8-19-14) in a 1985 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #316 sandblast lovat.

This batch is about done and if this bowl jibes with yesterday's then a larger batch will be made (but does it need 7 months in the jar?).

[JimInks]

Stonehaven in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard. Not much left. Smoking this bowl in honor of my friend, cartoonist Irwin Hasen, who died today at age 96. He drew the Justice Society, Flash, Green Lantern, Wildcat, and the long running newspaper strip, Dondi. RIP, Irwin.

[Emperor Zurg]

Mixture #1001B (jarred 8-19-14) in a 1985 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #316 sandblast lovat.

This batch is about done and if this bowl jibes with yesterday's then a larger batch will be made (but does it need 7 months in the jar?).

Nice to see you're still at it, Pete

McClelland Dark Star, cube cut and gravity loaded into an Imperial two point.
Thanks to Tobias Lutz for the sample. This stuff's amazing

[NeverBend]

Nice to see you're still at it, Pete

McClelland Dark Star, cube cut and gravity loaded into an Imperial two point.
Thanks to @Tobias Lutz (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/member.php?u=9) for the sample. This stuff's amazing

Hi Bill,

Yes and no. This is the end of a small batch from last summer. Wasn't too promising when it was jarred but it came around nicely and is close. I intend to make a larger batch, separate it into smaller batches with some refinements. ​I'll keep you posted.

Pete

[NeverBend]

2014 Peter Stokebbye Luxury Bulls Eye Flake in a 1961 Barling #5179 smooth saddle billiard.

[JimInks]

Watch City Old Dominion in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315. Have enough left for a bowl or so.

[JimInks]

Now smoking the last of my stash of Troost Aromatic Match in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem. I do have some of the original though.

[cpmcdill]

Esoterica Tilsbury + GL Pease Cairo in an Ehrlich Oom Paul

[JimInks]

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

[BryGuySC]

Dunhill My Mixture 965 in a Missouri Meershaum.

[HabanoMan]

2009 Stonehaven smoked in my 2010 Puff group buy pipe. It is most excellent.

[Branzig]

Time for another bowl of Troost Special Cavendish :pipe:

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Walnut in a 1975 smooth slight bend Tinderbox Aalborg freehand made by Nording. Next is The Smoker Woodlands in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer.

[NeverBend]

Esoterica Tilsbury + GL Pease Cairo in an Ehrlich Oom Paul

Hi Chris,

How do you like the Cairo?

2014 Newminster #400 Superior Navy Flake in a 1983 James Upshall BX straight grain billiard saddle with a gold band.

The Newminster isn't bad tobacco but I can't consider it Superior. Chocolate top note that I'm not keen on either.

This James Upshall is the only BX (better X) that they ever produced and it was the first pipe that they engraved. Previously they used hand stamps before being given the New Hermes engraving machine. Tilsheads (2nds) continued to be hand stamped.

Reamed this Upshall tonight and it was much needed and it was a bear.

37 degrees here on the porch in Huntington. Humid air feels colder but I saw the bubbler in the fish pond working so I have fingers crossed on the fish having survived this brutal winter.

[cpmcdill]

Hi Chris,

How do you like the Cairo?


Hi Pete,

I find Cairo to be a very pleasant smoke. Got it about a month ago, and the tin is already half empty. I've been consistently pleased with every Pease blend I've tried.

[cpmcdill]

Now smoking Solani Silver Flake in a Grabow Savoy.

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a Grabow

[cbr310]

Long golden flake in mm cob.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Grabow

[bluenoser]

Enjoying a bowl of mcclelland 620 mocha black as I type. Great flavor but having alot of trouble keeping I lit. To damp maybe? Great flavor though.

[cpmcdill]

McClelland St James Woods in a Peterson 314.

I adore my little Peterson, but frankly they are a pain in the @ss to clean. I think that deters me from using it as much as I'd like to.

[Branzig]

Another bowl of Troost Special Cavendish. Review to follow shortly!

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Sutliff #15 Base Cavendish in a 2013 medium bend Spillproof corndog cob.

[NeverBend]

2014 Newminster #400 Superior Navy Flake in a 1983 James Upshall BX

I lit this bad boy up before I started posting (@10:21 pm) and haven't stopped so I'm cruising past 2-1/2 hrs. (laptop says 12:53am) and it's still got a little life yet.
It's a big bowl to be sure but the flake was on the dry side.

[JimInks]

About to smoke Royal Yacht in a 1970s smooth GBD 9665 slight bend with a rough top flat bottom sitter. Almost done with the tin.

[JimInks]

Time for a short smoke: Vincent Manil La Brumeuse Semois in a 2013 MM straight Legend.

[JimInks]

VIP Match in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[Tgs679]

A sample of Christmas Cheer 2012 in a MM Legend straight.

[MrMotoyoshi]

1126

Some Dunhill Light Flake in a Badger and Blade 2014 LE Tinsky squat Rhobulldog :)

[JimInks]

Earlier, it was 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. Now, it's Stonehaven in a 2002 medium bend smooth Rinaldo EGEA 03 Silver line spigot 10. I've enough for one more bowl.

[NeverBend]

2014 Patchface (#1008A) in an early 1970s Caminetto Business #104 saddle billiard.

Not bitter cold but raining so the cold cuts through you. Hard to type in this weather but at least it's not snow!

Newminster Navy Flake in the James Upshall (as posted last night) went out at 1:16 am.

[NeverBend]

Stonehaven in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard. Not much left. Smoking this bowl in honor of my friend, cartoonist Irwin Hasen, who died today at age 96. He drew the Justice Society, Flash, Green Lantern, Wildcat, and the long running newspaper strip, Dondi. RIP, Irwin.

Here here! Excellent tribute to Mr. Hansen and may we all live so long and be so remembered.

[BryGuySC]

SG Saint James Flake in a Nording straight briar.

[Tgs679]

St. James Flake in MM General.

[LandonColby]

SG Saint James Flake in a Nording straight briar.

Haha same! The signature on mine has faded significantly though from oils and such.

...supposed to be doing tin clean up but I can't resist..think I'll pop some Blackhouse for my next smoke.

[Nachman]

Accountant's Mixture in a rusticated Savinelli Pot.

[NeverBend]

2014 Mixture #1007A (jarred 9-23-14) in a 1986 Ser Jacopo R1 Maxima canadian.

Time in the jar seems to have really helped this one, off to a nice start.

The Huntington River has reappeared in front of my house. Last year it swelled to cover the entire street about 4" deep and swept away a caravan of trash cans and such but best was a large chrome (diamond hatched) truck toolbox that made it to the delta (Jericho Turnpike). Hello Mother Nature.

[JimInks]

Now smoking Peretti’s #333 in a 1984 medium bend black grain etched Savinelli Non Pareil 9310 poker with a horn ferrule. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.

[Tobias Lutz]

Sipping on some Milan Colonial Pastime in a 1/4 bent, rusticated Dr. G Royalton :pipe:

[Cool Breeze]

H&H Virginia Spice in a no name briar I picked up at a flea market. No clue who made the pipe but it is one of my best smokers. Love it.

This is my first bowl of this tobacco and I'm enjoying it very much. I'll have a couple more bowls of it to get a better idea and post a review.

[JustTroItIn]

A bottom layer of CAO black and top layer of Bald Headed Teacher (last of the BHT) in cob while charging batteries and changing tires.

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[bluenoser]

Had half a bowl of Cornell & Diehl Black Gold Maple. Again pretty good flavor but troubles keeping lit. Think I'm going to have to start let I dry a bit before loading.

[JimInks]

Watch City Old Dominion in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315. Have enough left for one small bowl.

[Bruck]

A bottom layer of CAO black and top layer of Bald Headed Teacher (last of the BHT) in cob while charging batteries and changing tires.

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Tnx for posting - that scene looks so much like home I can smell it :)

[Bruck]

Currently enjoying some Trash Can Punch in a meer. This is a flake I pressed about a month ago, using random commercial blends as a flavor basis - basically every jar that I had less than an inch of went into this. I added other whole leaves and components for balance, structure, etc. It's not too bad, burns well, has a little kick to it.

One of the commercial blends in it is H&H Berry Nice, which is an ultra-fruity goooper that a co-worker gave me a small sample of (I can't understand the guy - he's way bigger, older, and tougher than me - maybe he's trying to tell me something). I dang near puked from trying to smoke it straight, but a minute amount of it buried under layers of VA, burley, latakia, and perique gives the whole thing a nice, subtly sweet taste.

[NeverBend]

2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a 1961 Barling #7574 smooth canadian.

An encompassing mist has settled ove the still snow covered ground. Very much a holiday feeling but I'm ready to move on.

[BryGuySC]

A bottom layer of CAO black and top layer of Bald Headed Teacher (last of the BHT) in cob while charging batteries and changing tires.

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That was me last weekend!
Nothing quite as frustrating a pinching a tube with the tire irons! :mad:

[JimInks]

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

[Pugsley]

Dunhill Nightcap in a MM legend.

[JimInks]

Louisiana Red in a straight Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420.

[LandonColby]

Blackhouse in a Grabow Omega. Delicious blend.

[Pugsley]

Second bowl of Nightcap in the same MM Legend with a bottle of Angry Orchard Crisp Apple out on the deck on a sunny 87 degree afternoon. A little early in the year to be this warm.

[JimInks]

Time for a short smoke: Sutliff Ambrosia in a 2013 slight bend red stone Rekamepip Rockcob poker.

[cpmcdill]

Escudo Navy De Luxe in a Grabow rusticated pot

[OnePyroTec]

Had some Sherlock's Choice in my African Meer on the ride home. :pipe:

[JimInks]

The Smoker Woodlands in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog.

[LandonColby]

Been working outside all day, sitting down now with a bowl of Odyssey in a cob and a tall glass of Cutty Sark and coke with a splash of club soda...its the only way to get this awful shit down.

[Branzig]

Been working outside all day, sitting down now with a bowl of Odyssey in a cob and a tall glass of Cutty Sark and coke with a splash of club soda...its the only way to get this awful shit down.

Guess you have never had Old Smuggler :upset:

5 o'clock shadow in a Pete billiard.

[JimInks]

Two Friends Heritage in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[cbr310]

The last of my Long golden flake in celebration of my first estate pipe.

[Tobias Lutz]

Milan Buttered Rum in a Stanwell Day and Night :pipe:

[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Hal O The Wynd in a Grabow

[LandonColby]

Guess you have never had Old Smuggler :upset:

5 o'clock shadow in a Pete billiard.

Funny enough that was sitting right next to the Cutty. I almost grabbed it but opted for the glass bottle instead of plastic lol. I've had bad whisky but this is something else...tastes like a handful of rotting vegetation tossed into a glass of nail polish remover, it's almost clear too so you know it was hardly aged on oak.
...Famous Grouse was just recommended to me today for an economy blended scotch. I'll be going to the liquor store tomorrow lol...

Going to light some GLP Meridian in a cob...perfect smoke after a meatball Hotpocket..

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking Royal Yacht in a 2003 IMP horn Meer. This will finish the tin.

[cpmcdill]

Two Friends English Chocolate

Been on a kick looking for good crossover blends (latakia with light aromatics) and I find this to be an excellent specimen of the type.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Grabow

[Cool Breeze]

I like to make the last smoke of the night a Latakia blend so I'm having some Cornell & Diehl Junkyard Dawg in a MM cob.

[commonsenseman]

3 bowls of Troost Aromatic Cavendish today in preparation for my OTC review.

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Sutliff Golden Age in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051.

[JimInks]

Listing this a few minutes early: Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple.

[LandonColby]

GLP Sixpence in a Big Ben dublin. This and one more drink and I'll be off to bed.

[JimInks]

Model Match 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]

Been busy today already with various things, doing the important stuff, like smoking a 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. Of course, it's important that I get another smoke, too! :D So, I'm going to smoke the last :crushed: of my stash of Stonehaven in a smooth 2002 medium bend eight sided panel top straight grain Rinaldo Collection Silver Line F Egea 05 Titania bulldog.

[quo155]

Enjoying a bowl of Alt. Planters Punch in a MM Country Gentleman

[JimInks]

Two Friends Heritage in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer. Have just enough for a small bowl.

[Pugsley]

Hamborger Veermaster in a Wally Frank Rhodesian.

[Nachman]

Been working outside all day, sitting down now with a bowl of Odyssey in a cob and a tall glass of Cutty Sark and coke with a splash of club soda...its the only way to get this awful shit down.
Back in the fifties, when Oklahoma still had prohibition, I had a girlfriend who thought a date was buying a bottle of Cutty Sark and sharing it. Oh well. during prohibition you will drink anything.
ERR match after lunch, nor back to the Royal Yacht, which sails much better than the Cutty Sark.
Edit: Cutty Sark with coke and a meatball Hotpocket! It is amazing you still have a stomach.

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Watch City Old Dominion in a 2001 smooth full bend St. Patrick's Day Peterson 03.

[B daddy]

G L Pease Haddo's Delight in a MM cob (looks to be a Diplomat Apple with a straight stem). Thanks to Pugsley

[Pugsley]

Trying to finish off some nearly empty tins, so it's my second bowl of Hamborger Veermaster today. This time in a Peterson Spigot model x105 fishtail.

[HabanoMan]

McClelland 3Oaks in a cob while at the dog park with my sweet Poodle. Was a most excellent day.

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Old Joe Krantz in a 1970s small bowl smooth medium bend Danish Sovereign 324 volcano with a black vulcanite stem.

[NeverBend]

2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a 1940s Barling EL smooth saddle billiard.

Sun's gone and the air is heavy so the cold is cutting right through but I hang for a couple of bowls.

[Bruck]

Breaking in a MM Tom Sawyer with some homemade flake. This flake is VA Gold Black and Gold with a bunch of other stuff incl. lat and perique.

[Tobias Lutz]

Some Brebbia Adagio in a meer-lined Dr. Grabow :pipe:

[JimInks]

Now smoking the best durn tobacco made in the world: Strang in a 2003 smooth full bend, gold banded 3 Star Ferndown Tudor Root. I only have enough for one more bowl, consarn it!

[cpmcdill]

Solani Silver Flake in a Grabow

[spyder]

Saturday: SPC Plum Pudding in an Ascorti Business KS
Sunday: Ennerdale in a Rinaldo Silver Line bulldog

[commonsenseman]

Now smoking the best durn tobacco made in the world: Strang in a 2003 smooth full bend, gold banded 3 Star Ferndown Tudor Root. I only have enough for one more bowl, consarn it!
Just looked it up, sounds like a very interesting tobacco.

[JimInks]

Now smoking G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band. A bottle of Summit Root Beer is my drink.

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Holiday Mixture match in a Grabow

[LandonColby]

Smoking St. James Flake in a Fero author. Sitting by the fire tonight

[JimInks]

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

[cpmcdill]

D&R Rimboche A.B. -- wondering if they use a touch of that McClelland vinegar in this blend. Definite note of BBQ sauce in the tin note.

[NeverBend]

Finishing:
2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a 1982 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato canadian.

Soon:
2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a 1986 James Upshall P billiard taper.

Had the Navy Flake in a Barling earlier. Some days I like to bracket a tobacco, smoke only one mixture and see the differences in the taste and smoke between pipes, tongue fatigue and me.

[Cool Breeze]

I'm almost finished with a bowl of Lane 1Q and Prince Albert mixed 50/50.

I think I'll finish the night with a MM Legend full of Bob's Chocolate Flake.

[JimInks]

Arcadian Perique in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.

[Branzig]

Mississippi Mud in a 90s Savi.

Still trying to figure this blend out...

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking The Smoker Legacy in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.

[Branzig]

Another bowl of Mississippi Mud....

I am getting it. It is really quite good too....One of the harder blends I have had to smoke to appreciate I must admit.

[JimInks]

About half way through this bowl of Model Match in a 1979 Ascorti Business KS Oom Paul with a black pearl acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Chatham Manor in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.

[Emperor Zurg]

Drying right now is some Gawith Hoggarth Dark Cherry Twist to be layered in a small pipe with the finest aromatic in the world: Dan Sweet Vanilla Honeydew. This ought to be good! :pipe:

[JimInks]

Starting off my smoking day with Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter. Simply Apple is my drink.

[NeverBend]

2014 Mixture #1010B (jared on 9-23-14) in a 1986 Radice Rind KS liverpool.

We got the sun back, nice late Winter day but still cold.

[Tobias Lutz]

Brebbia Calvados in a smooth, Dr. Grabow Patriot. :pipe:

[JimInks]

Now smoking McClelland Emperor Leopaldo in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band. Have just enough for one more smoke.

[NeverBend]

2014 Mixture #1001D (jarred 8-23-2014) in a 1981 Mastro de Paja 1C sandblast lovat.

This is a classic light English with 15% latakia. Testing it in a very reliable smoker.

[Nachman]

Only Royal Yacht today in a Nording smooth Rhodesian and a Savinelli bent rusticated apple.

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Two Friends Heritage in a straight 2012 Rekamepip made Sugar Barrel pipe.

[Pugsley]

Three Nuns in a MM Country Gentleman while trying to rationalize popping a 4 year old 8 oz. tin of H&H Anniversary Kake when I already have too many open tins.

[JimInks]

Now smoking the last of my stash of the best tobacco made today: Strang in a smooth three quarter bend 1970s Charatan Belvedere 4211DC. Gonna go sulk now. :(

[JimInks]

The Smoker Legacy in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.

[Tgs679]

A bowl of OGS in a brand spanking new Dr. Grabow Omega.

[Pugsley]

Rattray's Old Gowrie in a Mark Tinsky 1/8 bent Coral bulldog.

[NeverBend]

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Dark Flake (unscented) in a 1930s Barling Ye Olde Wood smooth billiard taper (gr 4 size).

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Epiphany in a 1975 full bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking Old Joe Krantz in a 1970s small bowl smooth medium bend Danish Sovereign 324 volcano with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

Smoking half a bowl of McClelland Emperor Leopaldo in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band. This will finish the sample.

[JimInks]

Louisiana Red in a smooth rough top Savinelli Autograph 5 medium bend sitter.

[Branzig]

Old Joe Krantz in my green Shannon Airport bulldog.

:pipe:

[bluenoser]

Took the dog for a walk with my MM Ozark and a bowl of MM Missouri Pride. learned not to bring the dog while smoking a pipe. He doesn't like to stop to tamp, lost half my bowl and almost dropped the pipe. Think it'll be just cigars with him for a while...

[NeverBend]

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Broken Scotch Cake in a 1950s Barling Ye Olde Wood #1372R smooth billiard.

This is a very elegant billiard, small (for me) gr. 2-3 size bowl with a very long hand made stem. I reacquired the pipe about 15 years after a buyer refused to pay for it (showed up at his door in the Midwest to get it back). The pipe went out pristine but came back a disaster with serious heat checks and the rim badly gouged and out of round. Heavily buffed too. Forgot I had it until tonight when I went looking to add a couple of lesser used pipes to my rotation. I'd cleaned it when I got it back but it's been well over 30 years since I smoked it and I have no memory of it's performance then.

The damage to the tobacco chamber is severs so using the broken flake should give an even pack and slow burn. Starting out a little sharp and there's some faint ghosting. I didn't wish to retort this pipe and risk worsening the bowl damage. Slow rebuilding of a dense cake is required,

[quo155]

Evening heading home from the office, Escudo in a MM Country Gentleman

Right now, Sutliff P.S. Maple Street in a MM Country Gentleman

[cpmcdill]

Rather late getting online, so I guess I'll just report my last smoke of the day

Solani Silver Flake + D&R Rimboche A.B. in an Ehrlich rusticate Oom Paul (a great high-capacity smoker with no gurgle issues)

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Peretti’s #333 in a 2003 black sandblasted medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant blowfish.

[Cool Breeze]

Had a bowl of Paladin Black Cherry for our OTC review. I'll smoke a couple more bowls, maybe in a couple different pipes and then write a review. My initial opinion is that it's not bad at all. I want to try it in a few different sized bowls though. I've learned that can make a pretty big difference with some baccys. :pipe:

[Branzig]

Continuing my adventures with Mississippi Mud...went from not liking this blend at all to falling in love with it in a matter of 6ish bowls. Just goes to show you that you can't judge a blend by a single bowl!

:pipe:

[NeverBend]

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Broken Scotch Flake in a 1964 Barling smooth brandy.

Out here in the dark I can't see the number on the pipe. First time for a pipe that I purchased last fall and it's ghosted.

I date this pipe as a 1964 based on certain characteristics of the pipe.

[JimInks]

Low Country Cooper in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.

[Pugsley]

Edward G. Robinson's pipe blend in a MM Legend. First time I've had this, very nice.

[cpmcdill]

Escudo in a Highlander Mt. Laurel pot

[JimInks]

Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a really big 2002 three quarter bend paneled light brown sandblasted Ardor Urano Fatta A Mano square shaped bulldog sitter.

[JimInks]

Troost Aromatic in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Chatham Manor in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.

[Tobias Lutz]

Brebbia Balkan in a Dr. Grabow Starfire :pipe:

[Horsefeathers]

Technically it was last night, but it was Sutliff Trafalgar in a MM Morgan cobb.

[JustTroItIn]

H&H Chatham Manor courtesy of Tobias in a Malaga. Quite a tasty blend.

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[Branzig]

H&H Chatham Manor courtesy of Tobias in a Malaga. Quite a tasty blend.

How does it compare to the almighty Carter Hall?

[JustTroItIn]

How does it compare to the almighty Carter Hall?

I am ashamed to say I have yet to try Carter Hall.

[B daddy]

Dart Mix in a MM cob, slight bent.

[freestoke]

Dart Mix in a MM cob, slight bent.

Damn! I ran out of KK back last fall and ran out of Dart Mix ages ago. Been resorting to some PA with a bit of Tambo or Happy Bogie blended in for the pleasure of Lady Nicotine. My life has been less for the want of Kendal Kentucky. sigh. I need to order a pound soon! I'm gonna need it for the golf course! Might even be out of TBM, too!

Right now, some basic RY in the 4Dot, doing laundry and Chock Full o' Nuts. This is actually a three-peat. :bing:

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Mapleton Match in a 1981 Mauro Armellini Corteccia 05 Oom Paul. Next is half a bowl of Lane's Hazelnut in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer. That will finish the small sample I had.

[JimInks]

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

[Nachman]

Rattray's Buckingham in a Kaywoodie Super Grain billiard.

[NeverBend]

1988 Elephant & Castle The Deerstalker in a 1961 Barling's Make #7574 smooth canadian.

This tin aged darker in color both on the tobacco and in the mouth compared to earlier and later tins of Deerstalker. Thought I'd break out some to get me in the right frame of mind to do my taxes later today. My accountant's skilled (best I've had by lots) and a kewl guy indeed. A few years ago I introduced him to the La Herencia Fuerte Belicoso that we smoked outside his office in ~20 degrees in sweaters. I'll bring him some more stogies today.

[B daddy]

Damn! I ran out of KK back last fall and ran out of Dart Mix ages ago. Been resorting to some PA with a bit of Tambo or Happy Bogie blended in for the pleasure of Lady Nicotine. My life has been less for the want of Kendal Kentucky. sigh. I need to order a pound soon! I'm gonna need it for the golf course! Might even be out of TBM, too!

Right now, some basic RY in the 4Dot, doing laundry and Chock Full o' Nuts. This is actually a three-peat. :bing:

I think you sent me this Dart Mix about a year ago after an impromptu contest of some kind. I've got one bowl left. I'll smoke it this weekend in you honor.

[JimInks]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple.

[cbr310]

Just trying some pipe dream I just purchased from a bulk store. The Containers said Lane but cant find on tobaccoreview.com

[NeverBend]

2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a 1982 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato canadian.

Wind has really picked up but it's in the low 50s!

[JimInks]

Chenet’s Cake in a slight bend rusticated 1979 Savinelli Estella 310 poker. Running low on this blend. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.

[Branzig]

I am ashamed to say I have yet to try Carter Hall.
Oh my!

You must go spend the 5 bucks and remedy that now to compare the two. [emoji14]

[JimInks]

Ole Shenandoah No. 76 in a 2003 IMP horn Meer.

[Tgs679]

ODSK in a MM Legend

[JimInks]

Low Country Cooper in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.

[bluenoser]

peter stokkebye french vanilla

[NeverBend]

2014 Mixture #1005A (jarred 8-25-14) in a 1986 Ser Jacopo R1 Maxima rusticated canadian.

Medium classic English.

Wind is howling here with gust well over 30 mph but the porch absorbs most of the punch.

[JimInks]

HU Nashville County in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49.

[Horsefeathers]

Sutliff Trafalgar in a MM Legend Cobb. The Legend is definitely my favorite of the four cobbs I've got in rotation.

[Tgs679]

Another flake of ODSK in the MM Legend. Good stuff.

[Tobias Lutz]

After dinner I'm burning some Brebbia Sinfonia in the Holland Clay pipe that Haebar bombed me a while back :pipe:

[quo155]

Alt. Planters Peach in a MM Country Gentleman on may way home from the office

[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton on the Town in a Highlander Mt Laurel pot

[JimInks]

Arcadian Perique in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville.

[mooster]

I'm enjoying a bowl of Opening Night as I watch the Sharks season swirl down the drain in the toilet. Blasted Jets...

[Scott W.]

I bowl of HV in my Ehrich Lovat.
Nothing Irish so I grabbed Petersons Holday blend even though I am not an aro guy.
Finishing up another guinness

[Bruck]

I am ashamed to say I have yet to try Carter Hall.

Well you have to go get some and try it. It's really nothing to write home about, but as you can see, it's used for calibration here :)

I've just had a bowl or two of it myself, but I keep it around for a buddy who only smokes parasitically when he comes over. & I keep a cob with his name on it in my rack.

[Bruck]

Currently having some homemade flake in a cob. This is a dirty VA/oriental - has some cavendish, latakia, and perique for zing.

[Cool Breeze]

I am ashamed to say I have yet to try Carter Hall.

It's not terrible IMO but I like Prince Albert better as far as drug store burley blends go.

But you should definitely try it yourself. Some really love it. Hell it's been around for a lot of years for a reason.

[Cool Breeze]

I've had two bowls today myself.

1 of Paladin Black Cherry for our OTC review and a bowl of Mac Baren Navy Flake.

[cpmcdill]

Escudo Navy De Luxe + C&D Billy Budd

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Capstan Blue in a straight sandblasted black billiard 2013 PSF POY Kaywoodie with an amber colored lucite stem.

[JimInks]

Model Match in an early Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend pipe with a bamboo-style carving on the shank.

[NeverBend]

2014 Peter Stokkebye Bull's Eye Flake in a 1983 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato stout billiard with gold band.

Wind chill is in the low teens. So much for Spring.

[cpmcdill]

McClellands St James Woods in a Comoys bent bulldog

[JimInks]

About to smoke Sutliff B26 Dark Honey & Berry Cavendish in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

[quo155]

Sutliff Maple Street in a new MM Pony Express

EDIT: 2nd bowl too...

[Desertlifter]

Sutliff Maple Street in a new MM Pony Express

My first ever pipe tobacco - still like it. If you like this, try C&D Autumn Evening. I keep it in the large jars.

[quo155]

My first ever pipe tobacco - still like it. If you like this, try C&D Autumn Evening. I keep it in the large jars.

Same here, I've been smoking it for a long time...I guess since it came out. I keep the 8 oz can as it is my favorite aromatic thus far.

I believe I have some C&D Autumn Evening. I need to get my tobacco in order and organized. I have a few boxes of stuff in which I don't remember what's in them!

[quo155]

Middleton's Cherry in a MM Pony Express

[quo155]

Sutliff Maple Street in a new MM Legend

[Pugsley]

A bowl of Carter Hall in a huge GBD Collector 1/4 bent apple. This one is going to take a while. So much for hitting the hay early.

[quo155]

Sutliff Great Outdoors in a MM Legend

[JimInks]

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

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Chatham Manor in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Angler's Dream in a slight bend 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 grain etched with a smooth front.

[Tobias Lutz]

Some Brebbia Sinfonia in a Sasieni Windsor :pipe:

[JimInks]

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