What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Lostmason]

Just in from the rain finishing a bowl of Captain Black Royal in an Old Vic 3/4 bent

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a second fill from a just-opened tin of Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. This stuff has such a rich, tasty flavor that I wonder if it contributes to my daily calorie intake. Definitely a chocolate component in that flavor.

[Pipe Smoker]

Just in from the rain finishing a bowl of Captain Black Royal in an Old Vic 3/4 bent

It's good to be warm and dry inside when it's rainy and cold outside. And puffing a good fill with a cup of coffee.

[Bruck]

Finally got on the other side of the cold I've been suffering and am back in the smoking car with a meerful of a mix of Lane 1Q and Latakia.

[Branzig]

Finally got on the other side of the cold I've been suffering and am back in the smoking car with a meerful of a mix of Lane 1Q and Latakia.
Happy to see you healthy and puffing again!

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[Emperor Zurg]

Cobful of Newminster 400 and a Briney Melon Gose

Didn't like this gose style beer at all at first but it sure pairs well with Virginia flake

[Aguineapig]

I'm not a real burley fan. Though I always keep Carter Hall on hand I use it mainly for breaking in new briars, and it's much more civilized than this blend. The tin note on this reminds me somewhat of Prince Albert, a blend I don't particularly care for. If this is representative of C&D burleys then I'll be avoiding them all.

If it's the harshness you don't like, I don't think you'd be enjoying the likes of Haunted bookshop, OJK, pegasus etc. I love em, but they are rough and aggressive, with lots of nicotine-- probably no 5 brothers level, but not too far behind. Aging them helps a little, but doesn't change them fundamentally. Not for everybody, for sure. Could be good to convert a strong cigar smoker I bet.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Porch Swing in a Medico straight billiard

[GWBowman]

Squadron Leader in a MM Cob

[coffeecup]

This evening I am having a bowl of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in my extra large Savinelli 606.:pipe: I am starting out early for me for my evening pipe and I spotted my Elizabethan Mixture which I had newly acquired.:wave: I have only smoked this blend a few times but really enjoyed it. I have to say that this evenings smoke is delicious and I am topping it off with an ice cold mug of "Becks" brew; how nicely relaxing it is.:beerchug:

[Emperor Zurg]

H&H Larry's Blend in me glass-bottom, semi-churchwarden cob.
I love the initial sour blast of this blend when it first takes to the match. Soooo good! :pipe:

[cpmcdill]

C&D Red Odessa in a MM cob

[BryGuySC]

FVF in a 1930s Kaywoodie, hanging out with my bro-in-law (who had the Liga).

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[Emperor Zurg]

FVF in a 1930s Kaywoodie, hanging out with my bro-in-law (who had the Liga).

That pic makes you look like a two fisted smoker :D

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. This stuff is the only straight burley that I like -- and I like it a lot. If I was forced to name my one favorite tobacco, 656 would be a strong contender. It's going especially well after my lunch.

[droy1958]

Some of OnePyroTec's "My Mixture" in a cob......

[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton's Cellar in a MM cob

[Bruck]

Having a mini-meerful of Tewksbury Celtic Blend, enjoying a few moments of peace and quiet after attending Mrs. Bruck's office Christmas party. Had a good time, but it's nice to get away from the din :)

[Lostmason]

Started early, for me that is, with CB original in my Casillero

[droy1958]

Poochies Pride in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke. Thank you to Tobias Lutz......

[Branzig]

Poochies Pride in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke. Thank you to Tobias Lutz......
Where is Tobias at these days? And anyone ever get a hold of Neverbend?

He hasn't returned a single email I've sent him in months

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[cpmcdill]

Balkan Sasieni in a MM cob

Branzig - yeah I wonder these things myself. It's always unsettling when familiar members of our community unexpectedly disappear for long stretches. Usually the reason is something not great but not the worst, like family or job crisis, a sudden displacement/relocation, personal health issues, deployment to the front, or secret agent mission. Often it's the latter because we pipe smokers are often called upon to save the world. I shall optimistically expect to see our friends again soon.

[Emperor Zurg]

Defiling the little Savinelli with a bowl of 1792. I can almost hear the briar complain with every puff.

[droy1958]

Where is Tobias at these days? And anyone ever get a hold of Neverbend?

He hasn't returned a single email I've sent him in months

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Don't know...

[Emperor Zurg]

Stonehaven in the Imperial Two Point lovat that Neverbend sent me a while back.

I'd be lying if I said I could see a reason for all the hype about this blend. The Gawiths make some far tastier baccies IMO.

[Pugsley]

Having my first bowl of Dunhill's reissue of Ye Olde Signe, a ribbon cut pure Virginia. The tin note is very subdued with hints of tea and dried hay. Minimal drying was required and could easily be smoked straight from the tin. Lighting was done with a single match and being wary of bite I started smoking slowly, but as the sweetness of the tobacco began to come through I found myself smoking faster, but absolutely no bite. Dunhill calls this an aged Virginia, and it behaves like one. Sweet, smooth, and thoroughly enjoyable from first light to the bottom of the bowl. If you're a fan of aged straight Virginia, as I am, but wish you could find the Holy Grail of tobaccos that you could enjoy straight from the tin without waiting 3 years or more, this may be the one. Highly recommended.

Edit: I was enjoying this so much I neglected to mention the pipe used. It was a MM Country Gentleman with a stubby Forever stem.

[cpmcdill]

Newminster #84 Oriental Pipe Cut in a Medico straight billiard

[Branzig]

Stonehaven in the Imperial Two Point lovat that Neverbend sent me a while back.

I'd be lying if I said I could see a reason for all the hype about this blend. The Gawiths make some far tastier baccies IMO.
Smoke it dry. Like "bone, crackling apart, maybe I should throw this away" dry and see how you like it.

For some reason it has only sung to me when it was overly dry. Otherwise I'm with you, it's meh.

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[Emperor Zurg]

Smoke it dry. Like "bone, crackling apart, maybe I should throw this away" dry and see how you like it.

For some reason it has only sung to me when it was overly dry. Otherwise I'm with you, it's meh.

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I'll try that. I had it dry but not that dry.
Rubbed, broken or flake?

[droy1958]

2 bowls of Gatlinburlier Sugarlands Honey in a BIG Italian Hercules 606 EX Bent.......Thanks Tobias Lutz


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[Emperor Zurg]

I know where those whirl pak bags come from... :D

[Pugsley]

My second bowl of Dunhill Ye Olde Signe, this one in a John Bessai squashed tomato, one of my favorite briars. I bought 2 tins of this but may pick up a few more as a Christmas gift to myself. I have, after all, been a good boy this year. This brings to mind an old Tonight Show episode when Ed MacMahon asked Johnny Carson what he'd say at the pearly gates when St. Peter asked him what in his life qualified him to be admitted into heaven. After a long pause he said "Well, I never kicked a dwarf." .... That's about how good I've been.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing the first fill of a just-opened tin of two year old DF. Man, it's going down so good.

A music critic was asked which of Brahms symphonies was his favorite. "The one I heard last," he replied. Seems to be the same with my pipe tobaccos – right now, DF is my favorite.

[AndyCAYP]

Gentlemen! I hope everyone is well, and season's greetings!

After a bit of prodding by Haebar and WNYTONY I figured it was worth popping in to play catchup. I have been busy; busier than I ever could have imagined. Smoking has taken a backseat to raising my now 7-month-old daughter, and dealing with a back injury hasn't helped, but I did manage to spend some time a few weeks ago in the smoking lounge/library of the club I belong to... I took my Parker Super Bruyere and a Polish-made beauty I picked up on eBay a year or so back and enjoyed some 1998 Capstan and 2003 Hamborger Veermaster.

I'm hosting a dinner party on New Year's Eve. My wife and daughter will be passed out by 9:30PM so I told my buddies that we'll head over to the club to end the evening with a smoke. Since we'll be full of roast lamb and egg nog (which has already been resting in the beer fridge for four weeks) I figure I'll need something like Royal Yacht to serve as dessert. I'll probably pull out the Stanwell HCA for the trip.

So, after leaving the tobacco business and after putting a cease-and-desist on new acquisitions due to a cellar already overflowing with more tobacco than I know what to do with, I haven't really paid attention to new blends. The bug, of course, is biting me and I probably won't be able to make it much beyond Spring before placing an order (hopefully by then I'll have more time to empty out a few more tins). I was hoping to get opinions on the following:

Dunhill Dark Flake
War Horse Bar
War Horse Green
GL Pease Regents Flake
Drucquer & Sons Blairgowrie

[Branzig]

I'll try that. I had it dry but not that dry.
Rubbed, broken or flake?
It's so dry it kinda turns into a mix of dust and broken lol

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[Emperor Zurg]

It's so dry it kinda turns into a mix of dust and broken lol

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Well as a connoisseur of anhydrous flake, I've found a way to smoke them dry as a cork but still as flake. I hate it when they crumble to powder.

1) Select a flake of appropriate size to fill your pipe
2) Use a single edge razor blade to cut segments off the length of the flake, to approximate the depth of your preferred fill
3) Use the razor blade to cut the segments with the grain into 'sticks' of your preferred size
4) Put the sticks on a small paper - like a page of a note pad, then set the project out in a warm place to dry out like a cork
5) Once dry, carefully gather the dry sticks up and slide them into your pipe. They're a bit fragile at this point; the note pad paper helps with handling them.

There will always be a few small pieces left over from sticks that broke. I use those on the top to get the fire going.

[Branzig]

Well as a connoisseur of anhydrous flake, I've found a way to smoke them dry as a cork but still as flake. I hate it when they crumble to powder.

1) Select a flake of appropriate size to fill your pipe
2) Use a single edge razor blade to cut segments off the length of the flake, to approximate the depth of your preferred fill
3) Use the razor blade to cut the segments with the grain into 'sticks' of your preferred size
4) Put the sticks on a small paper - like a page of a note pad, then set the project out in a warm place to dry out like a cork
5) Once dry, carefully gather the dry sticks up and slide them into your pipe. They're a bit fragile at this point; the note pad paper helps with handling them.

There will always be a few small pieces left over from sticks that broke. I use those on the top to get the fire going.
That's a lot of work lol.

I'll stick with broken gun-powder.

Some D bag on ebay is selling off his Custombilt collection....all at great prices right now....ugggghhhh...must resist the urge to bid!

I can't even smoke right now, with wind chill it's -5 this morning....

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[Pipe Smoker]

Having my first bowl of Dunhill's reissue of Ye Olde Signe, a ribbon cut pure Virginia. The tin note is very subdued with hints of tea and dried hay. Minimal drying was required and could easily be smoked straight from the tin. Lighting was done with a single match and being wary of bite I started smoking slowly, but as the sweetness of the tobacco began to come through I found myself smoking faster, but absolutely no bite. Dunhill calls this an aged Virginia, and it behaves like one. Sweet, smooth, and thoroughly enjoyable from first light to the bottom of the bowl. If you're a fan of aged straight Virginia, as I am, but wish you could find the Holy Grail of tobaccos that you could enjoy straight from the tin without waiting 3 years or more, this may be the one. Highly recommended.

Edit: I was enjoying this so much I neglected to mention the pipe used. It was a MM Country Gentleman with a stubby Forever stem.
How does it compare to aged Dunhill Flake?

[Lostmason]

Started the swmoking day with CB original in a Wiley rodesian
moving on to oriental in a cob

Nice seeing you around AndyCAYP

[Pugsley]

How does it compare to aged Dunhill Flake?


I don't smoke a lot of flake, mainly because I'm too impatient to wait for it to dry properly, and it's been quite some time since I've had Dunhill Flake. It's been my experience that the flavors in most flakes are more concentrated. This ribbon cut burned much faster than flake and was done far sooner than I wished it to be, (which is why I followed it up with a second bowl.) So, the answer is that I don't have an answer, but I sure enjoyed this tobacco.

[Pugsley]

First pipe of the day is Dunhill's reissue of Dark Flake. The tin note is a combination of molasses and stewed plums, the flakes moist but difficult to remove in a single complete piece, somewhat crumbly. After drying for about 45 minutes I used the fold and stuff method to load the bowl of a MM Country Gentleman. After a two match light it burned well, slowly but evenly. The emphasis here is truly on the dark Virginia with Perique well in the background. It really hit it's stride about a quarter of the way down with a spiciness that was hard to identify, perhaps ginger but not what I'd expect from Perique. There was absolutely no bite and it burned well to the bottom of the bowl. As a Va/Per this fell kind of flat for me, but if dark Kentucky is your cup of meat you may enjoy this. I didn't dislike this but was a bit disappointed. I expect more from Dunhill.

[Haebar]

Gentlemen! I hope everyone is well, and season's greetings!

After a bit of prodding by Haebar and WNYTONY I figured it was worth popping in to play catchup. I have been busy; busier than I ever could have imagined. Smoking has taken a backseat to raising my now 7-month-old daughter, and dealing with a back injury hasn't helped, but I did manage to spend some time a few weeks ago in the smoking lounge/library of the club I belong to... I took my Parker Super Bruyere and a Polish-made beauty I picked up on eBay a year or so back and enjoyed some 1998 Capstan and 2003 Hamborger Veermaster.

I'm hosting a dinner party on New Year's Eve. My wife and daughter will be passed out by 9:30PM so I told my buddies that we'll head over to the club to end the evening with a smoke. Since we'll be full of roast lamb and egg nog (which has already been resting in the beer fridge for four weeks) I figure I'll need something like Royal Yacht to serve as dessert. I'll probably pull out the Stanwell HCA for the trip.

So, after leaving the tobacco business and after putting a cease-and-desist on new acquisitions due to a cellar already overflowing with more tobacco than I know what to do with, I haven't really paid attention to new blends. The bug, of course, is biting me and I probably won't be able to make it much beyond Spring before placing an order (hopefully by then I'll have more time to empty out a few more tins). I was hoping to get opinions on the following:

Dunhill Dark Flake
War Horse Bar
War Horse Green
GL Pease Regents Flake
Drucquer & Sons Blairgowrie

Good to hear from you! Happy Christmas to you and your family!

I've got my eye on that War Horse Bar and Green. Thinking of ordering a few tins while they have the bar in stock.

[Bruck]

Where is Tobias at these days?
He hasn't returned a single email I've sent him in months


Maybe he's mad at you :)

He checks in here occasionally, but he says he's been busy with a lot of stuff lately.

[Bruck]

Having a nice cobful of Penzance. Was traveling the past couple days, been a long week, nice to get my medication :)

[Branzig]

Maybe he's mad at you :)

He checks in here occasionally, but he says he's been busy with a lot of stuff lately.
He could be! Lord knows I have a way of pissing people off without really trying lol.

Still to damn cold to smoke. With wind I'm looking at -7 or so right now out there. Guess my pipes will be resting for a long while.

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[Pugsley]

Another bowl of Dunhill Ye Olde Signe in a Mark Tinsky rusticated 6 panel apple. I really, really like this tobacco.

[FireTom]

Stanwell Vanilla to start this snowy morning off in my one and only MM Eaton cob. Seems to smoke pretty decent for a three dollar pipe.

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[Emperor Zurg]

Another bowl of Dunhill Ye Olde Signe in a Mark Tinsky rusticated 6 panel apple. I really, really like this tobacco.

Stop it! Stop it I say!! Now you with your Olde Signe and Pipe Smoker with his Solani 656!
MUST... NOT... PLACE... ORDER...

I don't NEED any more tobacco blends to cellar!!!!!

No time to smoke a bowl today (I shouldn't even be stopping to post) but took a supplement because the weekend is likely to be baccy free as well; tucked a coin of Sweet Rum Twist 'twixt the cheek and gum.


Stanwell Vanilla to start this snowy morning off in my one and only MM Eaton cob. Seems to smoke pretty decent for a three dollar pipe.


That's the beauty of Missouri Meerschaum; the cheapest cob smokes as good as any $100 briar. Another nice thing is that a fifty cent fill smokes as long and as satisfying as any +$8.00 cigar IMO. I guess YMMV on that though... but it works for me.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Peterson 314

[Bruck]

... Another nice thing is that a fifty cent fill smokes as long and as satisfying as any +$8.00 cigar IMO. I guess YMMV on that though... but it works for me.

You're definitely onto something there, Emperor. Even the most pricey pipe tobacco is still cheaper than smoking an average cigar a day. I still love my cigars though :)

[FireTom]

A bowl of Davidoff Scottish to finish out my night.

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[Desertlifter]

OJK in my Tsuge pot, and Lane Andullo in my Sav bully.

[BryGuySC]

Managed to have small bowls of Bryan's Shelf English, and then McClelland Holiday Spirit.

[Lostmason]

Loaded my Bruce Peters with Great Outdoors since I aint going outside unless ya pull me out there !
Looking at a bowl of Proper English in a Brigham brand pot to follow.

[Aguineapig]

Pegasus in a MM cob with lucite stem. My favorite burley, so darn tasty and just right all round...

[droy1958]

FINALLY had time to hit the pipe! Hopefully tomorrow, I'll get a cigar in after a few weeks.......

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[BryGuySC]

Some McClelland Blackwoods Flake in a Grabow Starfire billiard.

[droy1958]

C&D Billy Budd in a Jost Supreme....

[Branzig]

Solani 656

You actually do need this one. Trust me.

It isn't something you necessarily have to cellar becuase I kind of think of it as a "treat" tobacco myself. But it is the best of the best when it comes to burley IMO.

About to go shovel again. It's a blazing hot 20 degrees out right now so I'm pretty excited. I can actually light up a pipe! Think I'm going to go with OJK in a MM General. I may pass out from the vitamin N, but this time of year I gotta smoke what I can when I can!


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[Bruck]

Had a few cobfuls of 5 Brothers while splitting some wood this p.m.

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Voodoo Queen in a MM cob

[FireTom]

Had a few cobfuls of 5 Brothers while splitting some wood this p.m.
Every time I hear about someone splitting wood it makes my back hurt and makes me glad I have a pellet stove.

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[Lostmason]

Had a few cobfuls of 5 Brothers while splitting some wood this p.m.


Every time I hear about someone splitting wood it makes my back hurt and makes me glad I have a pellet stove.

Sent from here.

Anymore, if you catch me splitting wood, it's because I'm pissed and that's a good way to burn aggression.
On the other hand I don't get Po'd often but when annoyed or happy I'll light up a bowl and play a game
of chess against the computer.

[FireTom]

EITC Officer's Club to end my night.

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[Branzig]

Shoveling snow again. This time another cob but loaded with HH Egg Nog.

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[Lostmason]

Fixing shelves and rearrainging furtiture, Swiss BBK loaded with SPS Sunrise.

[AndyCAYP]

Had to clean the garage, adjust things so that the snowblower was easy to get to in case the snow gets any deeper, park the car for the season/bring out the Jeep for the season, and do a light surface shoveling of the back steps, so I enjoyed a bowl of cherry a la Bruck from a nice package he sent me a few months back, in the MM cob, and then a bowl of Carter Hall in the Tim West.

And that's how you smoke with a 7 month old in your life. Just fit it in while you're outside in blowing 20 degree weather. My feet are still cold.

[cpmcdill]

Lane BL/WB in a Peterson 314

[Desertlifter]

21 degrees this morning, which calls for vitamin L.

So in the Sav bully went a generous helping of Pembroke.

[droy1958]

Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a Dr. Grabow White Briar......

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing the last fill from my tin of Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. Such an awesome tobacco!

And still savoring yesterday's lunch-- a big plate of tender, tasty sauerbraten at Kaiserhof, my favorite San Diego restaurant.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing the first fill from my just-opened tin of Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug. This light brown flake, lightly topped, is soft-smoking, with a rich, tasty flavor. After years of experience with it, it's my favorite topped Virginia.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Mazatec in a Marxman straight billiard

[Emperor Zurg]

Drying out a a bowl's worth of 'stick cut' Bright CR Flake.

I was jarring up 1/2 kg of this the other day and the last few flakes wouldn't fit in the jar so they got transferred to a temporary jar to be destroyed by fire in the near future. Today is the near future. Didn't like this flake much when I first tried a sample but that's no surprise; I find I generally don't like any blend the first time I try it... takes half a dozen bowls or so before I can render a judgement. However, it showed promise so I bought a box from Smokingpipes to cellar. This will be bowl #2 of Bright CR Flake. This one will be 'bone cracking dry' as Branzig put it.
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Still not a fan of this flake. Tastes like dry hay or straw with a little pepper here and there and an annoying floral note from the painfully obvious Lakeland topping. Some of the reviews I've looked up mention fruityness. I don't taste anything fruity at all; if I did, I'd probably like it more. That's what I look for in a Virginia; sweet, fruity and/or citrusy. So far this blend reminds me of cigarettes minus the taste of burning paper.

Going to crack a Briney Melon Gose and see if the pairing helps bring out something positive in this weed.

-edit again-

well so far the pairing hasn't done anything for the smoke but it sure has brought out some nice flavor in the beer

[Aguineapig]

A bowl of Smoker's pride Rich Taste that I bought recently with a free gift card from Cigar.com. Read Jimink's review of it and thought I'd give it a go. I think it's great, and you can find it for 10 dollars a pound or less. Arrived dry which I like as 1. it means more tobacco and 2. no/very little PG/humectant presence.

[droy1958]

Sugarlands Honey in a leather clad French Ambassador pipe....

[Branzig]

...and an annoying floral note from the painfully obvious Lakeland topping. Some of the reviews I've looked up mention fruityness. I don't taste anything fruity at all; if I did, I'd probably like it more. That's what I look for in a Virginia; sweet, fruity and/or citrusy.

It's funny, becuase I sometimes feel like a bit of Lakeland Snot actually amplifies fruity notes...with that being said, if you're smoking beef jerky (I'm looking at you ropes and dark flake) then no amount of Lakeland will bring fruit tones out. Just flowery beef jerky.

Of course, I've yet to smoke a Lakeland Snot I haven't liked yet... so maybe my taste buds are just tainted.

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[Emperor Zurg]

It's funny, becuase I sometimes feel like a bit of Lakeland Snot actually amplifies fruity notes...with that being said, if you're smoking beef jerky (I'm looking at you ropes and dark flake) then no amount of Lakeland will bring fruit tones out. Just flowery beef jerky.

Of course, I've yet to smoke a Lakeland Snot I haven't liked yet... so maybe my taste buds are just tainted.

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I like the stuff Samuel Gawith calls 'Lakeland', the stuff Gawith Hoggarth uses... not so much.

However, it seems some folks enjoy that Geranium Rose or whatever it is and some don't. I'm definitely in the "don't" category on that. I've never liked the smell of rose scented things either, be it perfume, air freshener, candles, incense or whatever. I don't really even like the smell of actual roses all that much.

[droy1958]

Anymore, if you catch me splitting wood, it's because I'm pissed and that's a good way to burn aggression.
On the other hand I don't get Po'd often but when annoyed or happy I'll light up a bowl and play a game
of chess against the computer.

I like playing with chests.....errrr.....chess while getting wood. And that's all I'm going to say about that!......

[cpmcdill]

Half & Half in a MM cob

[Aguineapig]

Still not a fan of this flake. Tastes like dry hay or straw with a little pepper here and there and an annoying floral note from the painfully obvious Lakeland topping. Some of the reviews I've looked up mention fruityness. I don't taste anything fruity at all; if I did, I'd probably like it more. That's what I look for in a Virginia; sweet, fruity and/or citrusy. So far this blend reminds me of cigarettes minus the taste of burning paper.

I loved the stuff but told myself "NO" to a box purchase since I'm on a budget.... Wish I had something to trade ya for some to lighten your, ahem, "investment" in said blend ;)

[Emperor Zurg]

I loved the stuff but told myself "NO" to a box purchase since I'm on a budget.... Wish I had something to trade ya for some to lighten your, ahem, "investment" in said blend ;)

Haha! Yes, my 'investment' indeed :D
I haven't given up on it quite yet. Next time I try it, I'll rub it out to a ribbon and leave it more moist. Maybe that will perk it up. Ought to at least carry the Va sweetness (if there is any to be carried) a little better.

[Aguineapig]

my favorite way to smoke it was to musketball it in a country gent, with enough moisture to musketball without it breaking all apart. Since it's mostly bright, I didn't get any kind of deep, earthy fruitiness I expect from the reds and etc. sugary, a bit acidic, and a touch cigarette like when not sipped.

If you do give up, I've got some mcclelland stuff that I have given up on if you like McC =P

[Emperor Zurg]

Not feeling adventurous nor open minded tonight. I just want something good so it's going to be St James Flake in a Barling 5574 (pipe courtesy of Neverbend... wherever he is)

[BryGuySC]

McClelland Frog Morton with some meat pizza and two points of Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout.
This is a blissful evening.

[BryGuySC]

Not feeling adventurous nor open minded tonight. I just want something good so it's going to be St James Flake in a Barling 5574 (pipe courtesy of Neverbend... wherever he is)

Man, I miss Pete. I hope he is well.

[Emperor Zurg]

Man, I miss Pete. I hope he is well.

Ya, me too. I wonder what the deal is. I even tried the phone to no avail.

[coffeecup]

This evening I am having a bowl of Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in my extra large Savinelli 606.:piper: I got several tins of this tobacco that was on backorder and this is my second bowl. I really enjoyed my first bowl and this second is even better.:yes!: After smoking my first bowl of "Strong Kentucky" my wife surprised me telling me how good it smelled; I asked her "are you sure" and she replied absolutely.:shocked: I will say no more. I am topping off this smoke with an ice cold mug of "Guinness Draught" and life is good!:beerchug:

[Tombstone]

Last night I light up some Fire Storm. Great blend. Sweet and spicy. First pipe I had in months.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Dunhill Flake. This stuff is so tasty -- nothing fancy, just straight-ahead excellent tobacco.

[AlanS]

McClellands Holiday Spirit 2013 out in the snow on an unscheduled day off! Yum
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[BryGuySC]

McClellands Holiday Spirit 2013 out in the snow on an unscheduled day off! Yum
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Great stuff, and a cool pipe!

[AlanS]

Thank's. Its a Stanwell HCA

[AlanS]

Just had another bowl of McClellands Holiday Spirit in my Stanwell Hans Christian Andersen Churchwarden Smooth Briar Pipe.

[cpmcdill]

Barking Dog match in a Peterson 314

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug.

And woohoo! SmokingPipes just got more CVP in. I ordered 25 tins to add to my stash. It'll soon be "Currently out of stock" again. A 25-tin order gets a 10% discount and free shipping.

[Emperor Zurg]

Reiner 71 Long Golden Flake in a Barling TVF. (guess where this pipe came from)

Another highly rated blend that I just don't care for. I don't like burley adulterating my VaPers. It kills the taste.
Tried this blend a few years back and didn't like it. Still don't like it today. Good thing I've only got a small sample; can't wait to get rid of it and put something good in this mason jar. IMO Stokkebye LNF with a couple years on it is 100x better than this and MUCH cheaper as well.

-Exception-
One VaPer with burley that I do enjoy from time to time is C&D Night Train... better, but I wouldn't make a habit of that one either.

[Lostmason]

Oriental Blend in a MM cob, Getting ready for some Autumn weather. Tomorrow they tell me
it will get down to 5 degrees before the wind chill. Think I'll go skinny dipping, who's with me ?!!:fish2:

[cpmcdill]

Dunhill Royal Yacht in a Marxman straight bulldog

[pdq_wizzard]

It tis the session

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In a bier

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[Branzig]

Getting ready for a long painful day of shopping. A quick bowl of red rap with my coffee to get going...

-7 right now outside. My heater in the garage isn't really keeping up lol

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[Lostmason]

Captain Black Gold in a Bruce Peters pot, I think I can still feel my toes so I'm gonna get some
Proper English out with my Brigham brandy pot and a shot of scotch to get my blood going.

[Cool Breeze]

Had some Drew Estate Meat Pie in a Savinelli Punto Oro Mr G.
Then later some Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a Savinelli Bing's Favorite.

[Emperor Zurg]

Peterson Irish Flake in a Grabow Royal (?) Duke.

Interesting flake this is. I get many of the same nuances I pick up in G&H Black Irish X. Amazing I know, right? Since they're both 'irish' whatever that means. This flake is certainly way more spicy than BIX but has a similar oily, earthy character and underlying flavor. I'm guessing there's a lot of DFK in this... heading over to TR to find out.

[Lostmason]

A bowl of C&D Virginia Gentleman in a 3/4 bent Tally Ho.
Back to a coffee chaser but thinking real hard about another scotch, winds blowing and it sounds cold.

[Haebar]

It tis the session

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In a bier

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We smoked almost a whole tin of that at our pipe club meeting and everyone loved it!

[Emperor Zurg]

A bowl of C&D Virginia Gentleman in a 3/4 bent Tally Ho.
Back to a coffee chaser but thinking real hard about another scotch, winds blowing and it sounds cold.

I'd go with the scotch. It would be a shame if the coffee kept you up all night. :D

The Irish flake sure has a nice after taste, I'll give it that! Very long burning too. Nonetheless, I'm sipping some Rum Chata. Yeah I know it's a women's drink. Shut up.

[AlanS]

Burning an Opus X at the lounge today and had some photo ops to share...
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[Lostmason]

I'd go with the scotch. It would be a shame if the coffee kept you up all night. :D

The Irish flake sure has a nice after taste, I'll give it that! Very long burning too. Nonetheless, I'm sipping some Rum Chata. Yeah I know it's a women's drink. Shut up.

I must be a dumbsh*t, What's a Rum Chata ?

FWIW, Coffee doesn't keep me up, I've taken a cup to bed with me for over 30 yrs
so I had a drink handy if I woke up early. On the other hand the scotch does more to warm
my old bones. Tried rum but it just didn't quite do it.

[Haebar]

Having my first bowl of this homemade Navy flake that Bruck made. It smokes great; very full bodied smoke that satisfies! Smoking it in my medium-sized Hendon billiard.

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[Emperor Zurg]

I must be a dumbsh*t, What's a Rum Chata ?

FWIW, Coffee doesn't keep me up, I've taken a cup to bed with me for over 30 yrs
so I had a drink handy if I woke up early. On the other hand the scotch does more to warm
my old bones. Tried rum but it just didn't quite do it.

Rum Chata is a sweet cream liquor similar to Bailey's Irish Cream. I don't care for Bailey's but a little Rum Chata is tasty.

I just drank a mug of hot green tea with a cat sleeping on my lap. I'm all warm and toasty and it's only 64 in the house. Maybe you need a cat. :p

[FireTom]

Rum Chata is a sweet cream liquor similar to Bailey's Irish Cream. I don't care for Bailey's but a little Rum Chata is tasty.

I just drank a mug of hot green tea with a cat sleeping on my lap. I'm all warm and toasty and it's only 64 in the house. Maybe you need a cat. :p
My dad swears that Rum Chata chased with Loopy vodka is like grown-up fruit loops cereal in milk.

Oh, and I'm staring down some Stanwell Vanilla tonight waiting for it to dry just a bit more.

Sent from here.

[Pipe Smoker]

Alternating fills of Escudo and Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug. I'm smoking my Dunhill 2110 (group 2 Liverpool) today. This one:

Dunhill Bruyere (2110) (2010) | Buy Dunhill Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/dunhill/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=102238)

I bought it several years ago when SmokingPipes offered a discount on Dunhill pipes. The Liverpool is basically a billiard with a longer shank and shorter bit -- more briar, and less vulcanite to keep polished. It has much better grain than most Dunhills with the Bruyere finish. It's a great little flake pipe!

[Emperor Zurg]

Burning an Opus X at the lounge today and had some photo ops to share...
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What is that black pipe with the brown rim toward the right of the pic? I'm usually not into bents but that one looks like a decent pipe and it's not bent enough (imo) to be rejected.

I only ask because the generous part of me would like to buy the pipe-smoking part of me a new pipe for Christmas. I'm pretty cool like that. And the humble part of me is just awesome.
:p

[Lostmason]

with a cat sleeping on my lap. I'm all warm and toasty and it's only 64 in the house. Maybe you need a cat. :p

I have 3 cats and 3 dogs, the dogs squirm too much and the cats are stuck up. My cat Trilla
does enjoy when I'm smoking an English blend though.

Any who today's been a slow lazy day, one bowl of PS Black Coffee.

[Emperor Zurg]

I have 3 cats and 3 dogs, the dogs squirm too much and the cats are stuck up. My cat Trilla
does enjoy when I'm smoking an English blend though.

I don't smoke in the house but my cat won't come anywhere near me if I'm smoking anything. She's afraid of smoke. But then when she's outside she's very skittish. Probably why she's still alive.

More Irish Flake in the Grabow.

[Pugsley]

Haven't checked in for a while. Sorry, was recovering from the shock of finding out that the family voted Christmas dinner would be at my house this year and I would be doing the cooking. I was the only one to vote no, so I'll be cooking for some 30 odd people, and I do mean odd. The first thing I did was order an assortment of wines for the dinner and a bottle of bourbon for me, then two legs of lamb and a ham. Now I have to settle on a really offensive smelling pipe tobacco to smoke so they'll leave me alone on the patio. Any suggestions welcome. In the meantime I'm enjoying a bowl of Dunhill's Ye Olde Signe in a virgin MM Country Gentleman apple. I love that first smoke in a fresh cob.

[Lostmason]

Haven't checked in for a while. Sorry, was recovering from the shock of finding out that the family voted Christmas dinner would be at my house this year and I would be doing the cooking. I was the only one to vote no, so I'll be cooking for some 30 odd people, and I do mean odd. The first thing I did was order an assortment of wines for the dinner and a bottle of bourbon for me, then two legs of lamb and a ham. Now I have to settle on a really offensive smelling pipe tobacco to smoke so they'll leave me alone on the patio. Any suggestions welcome. In the meantime I'm enjoying a bowl of Dunhill's Ye Olde Signe in a virgin MM Country Gentleman apple. I love that first smoke in a fresh cob.

We must be related if yours are as "odd" as mine ! And I will bring my own snifter, I LOVE OP bourbon.
I would suggest Alexander Bridge, when it's fresh the room note reminds me of a nursing home.
However if you dry it a bit it's pretty tame and acceptable.

[Lostmason]

I'm enjoying an unplanned day off, started with Cult BRM in a DG (?).
Moving on with Virginia Gold Black and Gold in a DG Savoy.

[Emperor Zurg]

Now I have to settle on a really offensive smelling pipe tobacco to smoke so they'll leave me alone on the patio. Any suggestions welcome.

1792 Flake stinks to high heaven. IMO so does Happy Bogie and Black Irish X. This Peterson Irish Flake I've been smoking seems like it would have a pretty bad room note but after a charring light then a trip to the house to fetch a couple beers, it actually smelled pretty good back in the barn. However, in sufficiently strong doses I'd bet the Irish Flake would end up driving most people from the room... as well as peeling the paint off the walls...

Oh, and Merry Christmas! :D

[Lostmason]

Just finished a load of Samuel Gawith's Golden Glow in the Dunhill Canted Dublin that Pugsley gifted me (Both pipe and tobacco)
A first sampling of this mixture and I must say YUMMY ! The tin says broken virginia flakes no toppings and no other types of
tobacco. Just a clean virginia smoke and well worth it. Thanks Warren for a real enjoyable eye opener !

[cpmcdill]

Frog Morton's Cellar in a MM cob

[Pipe Smoker]

Just finished a load of Samuel Gawith's Golden Glow in the Dunhill Canted Dublin that Pugsley gifted me (Both pipe and tobacco)
A first sampling of this mixture and I must say YUMMY ! The tin says broken virginia flakes no toppings and no other types of
tobacco. Just a clean virginia smoke and well worth it. Thanks Warren for a real enjoyable eye opener !

How does the Golden Glow compare to Dunhill Flake, Matthew?

[Lostmason]

How does the Golden Glow compare to Dunhill Flake, Matthew?

It is a bit more flavorful,the mouth feel isn't as thick but the taste is fuller,sweeter,and earthier.
I still like the DF, GG is just more of a treat, if that makes sense.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing the first fill from a just-opened tin of Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. There's a definite chocolate flavor component. Perhaps it's not just a coincidence that the tin label has a chocolate brown color.

[BryGuySC]

2014 McClelland Holiday Spirit in a cob

[Emperor Zurg]

Solani 656 in a brand new Rossi Lumberman.

Nasty, nasty, nasty smoke! I keep getting some awful, chemical taste, especially on the relights. No doubt it's from stain and whatever else the pipe is finished with dribbled down into the bowl and then covered up with that black artificial cake goop they use nowadays. I wish they wouldn't do that. My first thought was to take a reaming tool and scrape all that stuff off but I thought better of it and didn't... prolly should have. Give me a restored estate pipe any day! (Unless it was previously used for Ennerdale)

The ABF sure shows promise though. Doesn't bite AT ALL and burns well even a little wet. Has a nice, smooth flavor when I'm not being poisoned by the curing chemical compounds in the bowl.

[Emperor Zurg]

Well the ABF got too polluted and I had to dump it out.

Now smoking some evil tasting St James flake in this new pipe. Still tasting pretty bad but the chemical stench seems to be waning.

I feel like I'm taking one for the team.

[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Black Mallory in a Marxman straight billiard

[Cool Breeze]

About done with a bowl of GL Pease Sixpence in my Savinelli Series III.
I think I'll have some Balkan Blue before heading inside.

Oh and Scotch. I'm also having Scotch.

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[BryGuySC]

Been puffing on a lot of McClelland 5110, thanks to Haebar.
There will definitely be at least 8oz in my next tobacco order.

[AndyCAYP]

Happy Holidays everyone! Snuck in a small bowl of Grousemoor the other evening while outside - just can't deal with the cold long enough to have a proper bowl.

So, being inside has kept me on nasal snuff. Lots of Morlaix and Crumbs of Comfort.

[Emperor Zurg]

Hey Andy! Nice to see you stop in!

Trying to decide what decent tobacco to pervert in this nasty tasting pipe at lunch time... going to have to be a partial bowl because I don't have enough time at lunch today to properly "enjoy" a full bowl...That's alright though because half a bowl is about as much as I can stand. Looking for something cheap and non aromatic... Can't find my jar of Prince Albert so it looks like PS #41 Cube cut is going to do the dirty work for today. That is unless I think of something that actually pairs nicely with burning lacquer and curing chimney cement...

--edit--

Hey! We're making progress! The PS 41 wasn't too bad; almost enjoyable even. Had a bit of that nasty taste but it's almost tolerable now.

[BryGuySC]

Hi, Andy!

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[Bruck]

Happy Holidays everyone! Snuck in a small bowl of Grousemoor the other evening while outside - just can't deal with the cold long enough to have a proper bowl.

So, being inside has kept me on nasal snuff. Lots of Morlaix and Crumbs of Comfort.

Nasal snuff, ~~shudder~~ :)

[Pugsley]

Enjoying a tall bowl of Dunhill Ye Olde Signe in a MM General with a bourbon and water on the side.

[AlanS]

Milan Christmas Blend from our friend Tobaccos Lotz in my Stanwell HCA, along with a seasonal winter ale from Ninkasi
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[Haebar]

Last night I smoked a bowl of McCranie's Red Ribbon in a Dunhill Bruyere Canadian.

[FireTom]

A bowl of Davidoff Blue on the way in this morning.

Sent from here.

[FireTom]

And...a bowl of Drew Estate Central Park Stroll on the drive home.

Sent from here.

[Pipe Smoker]

I had a great lunch today at Bristol Farms' buffet. Off-the-bird roast turkey, and two sides -- beef pot roast and BBQ pork. I like a balanced meal with all of the major food groups!

Now puffing Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. This tin has only 8 months of age on it, but it's mild and very flavorful. And the flavor is unique -- radically different from any other tobacco in my experience. The tin note is also very distinctive.

[Lostmason]

First pipe in a few days, Captain Black Gold in a 1951 Monterrey. Thinking about
getting some work done around the house,,,,,,,,,,,Naaaa, I'm gonna smoke another
bowl and complain about the weather.

[Lostmason]

Kicking back with a bowl of Golden Glow in my Friar.
Got two fingers of scotch and momma's sipping a rum coco concoction.

[Cool Breeze]

Enjoying a bowl of Rattray's Hal o the Wynd on this fine Christmas morning.
I've got a few hours before heading across town to the parents house for Christmas dinner, so I'll spend it out here with a few pipes and some good baccy.

[Pipe Smoker]

Merry Christmas to all of you fine folks!

After my once-a-week fill of long-aged FVF, I'm now enjoying Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. And sipping a medium-roast arabica-robusta espresso.

[AlanS]

Peterson's 2014 Holiday Blend in my Stanwell HCA..
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[cpmcdill]

Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake in a MM cob

[Haebar]

Samuel Gawith Navy Flake from Cool Breeze in a Dunhill bent brandy 5102.

[FireTom]

Wessex Campaign in the cob tonight.

Sent from here.

[Haebar]

Having a bowl of well-aged Prince Albert from Bruck in a MM Country Gentleman.

[Pipe Smoker]

Wessex Campaign in the cob tonight.

Sent from here.

I smoke that stuff too. Very similar to FVF.

- - - Updated - - -

My tin of Escudo had only a partial coin remaining, so I added enough Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake, for a complete fill. About a 50-50 blend, and very tasty, it was.

[Haebar]

Just started up a bowl of 2011 Stonehaven from Desertlifter in a Savinelli Silver straight billiard.

[Emperor Zurg]

My tin of Escudo had only a partial coin remaining, so I added enough Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake, for a complete fill. About a 50-50 blend, and very tasty, it was.

I do that too with leftovers. In fact, that's usually the deciding factor as to what to smoke next; whatever I think might go well with the partial bowl in hand.

No need for such antics this time around though. Puffing a full bowl of year old G&H Rum Flake in the new Canadian. The Rum Flake (stored in a mason jar with an upside down disk) has lost almost all of its flowery Lakeland stench and the new pipe has lost almost all of its awful chemical stench. Seems their loss is my gain because this is shaping up to be a nice, tasty smoke so far.
:pipe:

[Pipe Smoker]

Just opened another tin of Solani 633, Virginia with Perique. Both components are superb. This tobacco isn't topped, but it generates delicious smoke with a prominent citrus flavor. Less Perique than Escudo, but more than Golden Sliced. 633 is my favorite VaPer.

[Lostmason]

Today is Captain Black original Day, So I've got my Doctor Grabows lined up and ready to fill.
Coffee, scotch, and rum are all in the rotation for getting me cooked !

[FireTom]

Earlier a bowl of CAO Black in the cob, tonight Dunhill Flake in my new briar. A gift from a buddy at work who made a brief appearance here as Thehobbyist78.

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Sent from here.

[Desertlifter]

Just started up a bowl of 2011 Stonehaven from Desertlifter in a Savinelli Silver straight billiard.

Rather lovely, isn't it?

Been on a bit of a binge with the Lane Andullo of late - I quite like it.

Something with a bit more umph sounds good tomorrow. Think I will either prep some Brown Bogie or grab some PPP.

[Haebar]

Rather lovely, isn't it?

Been on a bit of a binge with the Lane Andullo of late - I quite like it.

Something with a bit more umph sounds good tomorrow. Think I will either prep some Brown Bogie or grab some PPP.

Yes, it was very good! Thank you!

I had never heard of Andullo since you mentioned it; sounds interesting. How long has it been out?

[Emperor Zurg]

Earlier a bowl of CAO Black in the cob, tonight Dunhill Flake in my new briar. A gift from a buddy at work who made a brief appearance here as Thehobbyist78.[/IMG]


A briar already? You're sliding downhill fast! :D :D I think I smoked cobs for 2 years before I got a briar, and that one was given to me by NeverBend. (And still that Barling puts most other pipes I own to shame) I still refuse to consider a meer though...

what do you think of the Virginia flakes you've tried?

-edit-

Almost forgot: last night it was a partial, bottom-of-the-jar load of Sam Gawith, Chocolate Flake with a little MacBaren Vanilla Cream Flake to make up the difference. Amazingly enough my non-discerning palate could pick up elements of both blends. Pretty tasty.

[Haebar]

Having a morning bowl of H&H Ambassador's Blend from my secret pipe Santa, Tombstone. Smoking it in a LePeltier bent clay pipe from my 2014 secret pipe Santa, @Landon Colby.

[Bruck]

Enjoying a nice "Christmas is over, back home now, taking a few days off of work, can finally relax" bowl of Tewksbury Celtic Blend :)

[Pipe Smoker]

I'm smoking my group 2 Dunhill Liverpool today, alternating two Solani tobaccos: 633, Virginia with Perique, and 656, Aged Burley Flake.

The 633 is crisp and citrusy, while the 656 is rich and meaty. Love 'em both.

[FireTom]

A briar already? You're sliding downhill fast! :D :D I think I smoked cobs for 2 years before I got a briar, and that one was given to me by NeverBend. (And still that Barling puts most other pipes I own to shame) I still refuse to consider a meer though...

what do you think of the Virginia flakes you've tried?

-edit-

Almost forgot: last night it was a partial, bottom-of-the-jar load of Sam Gawith, Chocolate Flake with a little MacBaren Vanilla Cream Flake to make up the difference. Amazingly enough my non-discerning palate could pick up elements of both blends. Pretty tasty.


I was quite content with my cobs, but he thought I needed a briar (who am I to argue). I haven't really smoked anything that I haven't liked yet. I enjoy the obvious differences in all of the pipe tobaccos, so much more variety of flavor than with the cigars. My palette isn't good at figuring out the flavors but I can definitely tell that they are different.

[bluenoser]

H&H eggnog in the freehand pickaxe

[cpmcdill]

Milan Tobacconists Black Forest in a MM cob

[Bruck]

Having a cobful of McClelland 2013 Christmas Blend, from our friend Tobias Lutz. It doesn't taste "Christmas-ey," not sure it's supposed to. It's just a really nice VA flake.

[FireTom]

Davidoff Scottish tonight in the briar.

Sent from here.

[droy1958]

A bowl of Sugarlands Honey in a Grabow Duke......

[Emperor Zurg]

I was quite content with my cobs, but he thought I needed a briar (who am I to argue).

This 'Hobbiest78' sounds like an enabler. He belongs back on this forum! :pipe: :D

[FireTom]

This 'Hobbiest78' sounds like an enabler. He belongs back on this forum! :pipe: :D
Let's just say that he's not a very social guy and decided that this wasn't his thing.

Oh, as long as I'm here, rounding out the night with some CAO Black in the MM cob.

Sent from here.

[cpmcdill]

Milan Tobacconists Black Forest in a MM cob

[Pugsley]

First pipe since Christmas Eve, (been smoking too many damn cigarettes), Balkan Sasieni in a MM Legend. I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I had the entire extended family at my house for dinner on Christmas day. We have a number of religions represented in the family, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Atheists. Dietary laws were ignored for the day and we all had a great time eating and drinking and talking loudly so the hearing impaired, of which I am one, were included in the conversations. It was an enjoyable, but exhausting, day.

[Lostmason]

Last night I had a bowl of Nightcap. It will have to suffice for a while. I'm
hanging sheet rock today, ceiling, so a pipe will have to wait until my
arms recover.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing marvelously good Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake, in my Il Duca Rhodesian. This one:

Il Duca Smooth Rhodesian (D) | Buy Il Duca Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/duca/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=124051)

I prefer the taste of smoke from tobacco that hasn't filtered too much smoke, so I like shallow, broad, chambers. And, since I'm a holder, I like thick bowl walls that don't get hot. This pipe satisfies both points.

It also has the best grain of any pipe I own. Lots of straight grain, and perfect bilateral symmetry.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burning about a 50/50 mixture of Solani 656 and McClelland 2011 Christmas Cheer in the little Savinelli; two small piles of paper plate leavings from a couple of earlier smokes. I usually avoid Va-Bur blends but this mix ain't bad at all.

[droy1958]

In my Kaywoodie Relief Grain.......
6393

[GWBowman]

H&H Classic Burley Kake in a Peterson Shannon with a Moscow Mule

[droy1958]

SPC in an old Kaywoodie Super Grain......
6394

[Pugsley]

H&H Anniversary Kake in one of my favorite pipes, a John Bessai squashed tomato. Great tobacco, great pipe, and a cup of decaf Irish breakfast tea, the perfect way to end my day.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Capstan Medium in my trusty Kirsten Mariner. This fill has more than two years of age on it, and it's superbly mellow. Sipping Nespresso medium roast coffee.

I took my 9mm SIG P226 X-Five to the pistol range this afternoon and shot four targets. The first two weren't so hot, but last two were pretty darned good. It makes me happy when I finish strong.

[Aguineapig]

A little puff of approx. 50/50 three sails and 5 Bros this evening. not bad!

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Fusilier's Ration in a BBB Superfine lovat

[Bruck]

A mix of Lane 1Q and Latakia - about 60/40. We likey.

[Lostmason]

Arggggg,,,Yep, thar's a pirate around here. Oh wait....wrong thread, and forum for that crap.
Any who, Had me a load of Golden Glow in a Meer and now I'm feeling silly, might be the rum and
coke though,,,,,

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 633, Virginia with Perique, in my elegant little group 2 Dunhill Liverpool with Bruyere finish. This tobacco has so much citrus that I think I'm getting my minimum daily requirement of vitamin C!

[cpmcdill]

Sutliff Trafalgar in a BBB Superfine lovat

[Lostmason]

Been working on my stash of CB regular all day
For tonight I'm popping a tin of EGR in a Canted Dublin by Dunhill
and follow that with My first Cuban cigar that has been resting since
last Feb.

Happy New Year Cigar Bums

[FireTom]

H&H Fusilier's Ration in the briar tonight.

Sent from here.

[Bruck]

Had some more of my mixture of Lane 1Q and Latakia in a cob earlier today. Having a cigar now, as 2016 circles the drain.

[Pipe Smoker]

First smoke of 2017 -- Solani 633, Virginia with Perique, in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. Such a good way to start the new year.

Happy New Year to all of you folks!

[AndyCAYP]

Happy New Year to all! The temps on NYE ended up reaching the 40s so I had a very nice and not-planned pre-dinner bowl of Ennerdale. We then dug into dinner and I had a change of heart re: the evening; instead of taking a pipe to the club with the fellas I grabbed a 2005 Cohiba Siglo IV which ended up being one of the most enjoyable cigars of my life. I was home before the ball dropped to celebrate with my wife and daughter but as expected they were in bed and comatose by about 9:30PM, so at midnight I whispered "Happy New Year" to them both and then went on the porch with, fittingly, a small bowl of Ten to Midnight and a glass of the last dregs from the bottle of Hancock's President's Reserve we almost emptied at dinner.

Here's to the Bum BOTLs and SOTLs having a wonderful 2017!

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Capstan Medium in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. 2+ years of age on the tobacco. The Kirsten was made in the late 40's or early 50's. Its aluminum stem is polished -- contemporary Kirstens have anodized stems.

So glad that my two classical music FM stations have finally quit playing Christmas music!

[AlanS]

What is that black pipe with the brown rim toward the right of the pic? I'm usually not into bents but that one looks like a decent pipe and it's not bent enough (imo) to be rejected.

I only ask because the generous part of me would like to buy the pipe-smoking part of me a new pipe for Christmas. I'm pretty cool like that. And the humble part of me is just awesome.
:p

That pipe is $69.99 its a German pipe.

[cpmcdill]

Half&Half in a MM cob

[droy1958]

SPC in an old Kaywoodie Super Grain......
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Ditto again......

[Pipe Smoker]

Half&Half in a MM cob

I have a pouch of Half&Half that's been open for close to two years. It's still moist. :) Ethylene glycol, I think. And, by George, I just put a fill of it into my Kirsten! It's going down quite well. A nice change-up from my usual fare.

My uncle smoked Half&Half. I always thought that its aroma was wonderful.

[Haebar]

I have a pouch of Half&Half that's been open for close to two years. It's still moist. :) Ethylene glycol, I think. And, by George, I just put a fill of it into my Kirsten! It's going down quite well. A nice change-up from my usual fare.

My uncle smoked Half&Half. I always thought that its aroma was wonderful.

My dad smoked Sir Walter Raleigh exclusively. At a certain period of my younger life I had the notion that one should stick to one tobacco that they liked; I chose Half & Half as my tobacco because it was easily obtainable, had good tobacco flavor, and packed a moderate N content. I still smoke it every now and then, but it is not the same as it was in the late 70's. Not saying that it's bad, just different. Another codger blend that I smoked occasionally back then was Granger.

To get back on topic, I'm enjoying a bowl of G&H Louisiana Perique Flake from Tombstone in an an unmarked African meerschaum straight apple pipe. Love this stuff.

[droy1958]

Going to attempt to smoke a bowl of Quiet Nights in the Bari Pearl. I took a dive off the ladder Saturday afternoon and must have hit everything three foot each side of the ladder. I have a hell of a black eye, bruised ribs, elbows and asses. I say asses because it has two cracks in it now. I can't get Photofockit to work anymore.......
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[Haebar]

Going to attempt to smoke a bowl of Quiet Nights in the Bari Pearl. I took a dive off the ladder Saturday afternoon and must have hit everything three foot each side of the ladder. I have a hell of a black eye, bruised ribs, elbows and asses. I say asses because it has two cracks in it now. I can't get Photofockit to work anymore.......
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Dang man, did you see a doctor? Hope you didn't break anything.

[droy1958]

Dang man, did you see a doctor? Hope you didn't break anything.

I seen stars, then I seen a doctor this morning. Looks like some deep bruising and maybe a little cartilage tear. He gave me a dose of painkillers, muscle relaxers and steroids. It hurts like hell, but I just don't care anymore.......

The ol boy that has the 320 acres north of us smokes a pipe. He came by Friday with pipe in hand. We ended up doing a swap. He gave me a mix of Capt. Black 50/50 mix of Blue and Gold. It's not too bad.......

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[AndyCAYP]

My dad smoked Sir Walter Raleigh exclusively. At a certain period of my younger life I had the notion that one should stick to one tobacco that they liked; I chose Half & Half as my tobacco because it was easily obtainable, had good tobacco flavor, and packed a moderate N content. I still smoke it every now and then, but it is not the same as it was in the late 70's. Not saying that it's bad, just different. Another codger blend that I smoked occasionally back then was Granger.

I always keep some Carter Hall around. I rarely want it, and when I smoke it I typically daydream about other tobaccos, but I still reach for it now & then, you know?

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Porch Swing in a Grabow pot

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Escudo from a just-opened tin. I love the aroma from the tin that's due, I think, to the Perique.

[Emperor Zurg]

Tried a free sample of C&D Bourbon Bleu last evening. Not bad but there are better VaPers out there. This one is supposedly a VaPerKy (a genre I'm not partial to either - keep ALL your burleys out of my VaPers!) but with the first bowl ever, I didn't pick up any DFK and barely any perique... I also didn't pick up any bourbon, which it's supposedly topped with. All of which would have been fine I guess but it also seems to be mostly yellow Va with smatterings of other leaf. I'm no blender mind you but I think I would have liked more tangy, red Va in it. That and it's a crumble kake, which is one of my least favorite cuts... reminds me of compressed floor tobacco sweepings. I don't think I'll be buying any to cellar... not that it's bad but I already have more tobacco than I'll ever smoke. If I'm going to cellar a stash of something new it will be to replace something 'meh' so it had better be freaking awesome.

[cpmcdill]

Revelation match in a Grabow pot

[Emperor Zurg]

Chewing a small bit of 1792 flake this morning. Does that count?
Don't know why, I never smoke in the morning but for some reason a small dip sounded good today.

[BryGuySC]

A bowl of:
70% McClelland 5110
15% McClelland Red Cake
15% Shortcut to Mushrooms

Not bad. Definitely more interesting.

[BryGuySC]

My dad smoked Sir Walter Raleigh exclusively. At a certain period of my younger life I had the notion that one should stick to one tobacco that they liked; I chose Half & Half as my tobacco because it was easily obtainable, had good tobacco flavor, and packed a moderate N content. I still smoke it every now and then, but it is not the same as it was in the late 70's. Not saying that it's bad, just different. Another codger blend that I smoked occasionally back then was Granger.

To get back on topic, I'm enjoying a bowl of G&H Louisiana Perique Flake from Tombstone in an an unmarked African meerschaum straight apple pipe. Love this stuff.

I never saw any of my family smoking when I was growing up, nor pics of it; but there were a LOT of the big Sir Walter Raleigh tins lining the shelves of my grandad's workshop.

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Going to attempt to smoke a bowl of Quiet Nights in the Bari Pearl. I took a dive off the ladder Saturday afternoon and must have hit everything three foot each side of the ladder. I have a hell of a black eye, bruised ribs, elbows and asses. I say asses because it has two cracks in it now. I can't get Photofockit to work anymore.......
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Glad you are (relatively) okay.

[AlanS]

Going to attempt to smoke a bowl of Quiet Nights in the Bari Pearl. I took a dive off the ladder Saturday afternoon and must have hit everything three foot each side of the ladder. I have a hell of a black eye, bruised ribs, elbows and asses. I say asses because it has two cracks in it now. I can't get Photofockit to work anymore.......
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Very clever these Chinese... well most of the time! I had a ladder slide out from under me years ago, snapped both bones in my right wrist clean through and had a nasty concussion too. Only bones I've ever broken. Get well friend, we're getting to old for this sh!t.

[Desertlifter]

Yes, it was very good! Thank you!

I had never heard of Andullo since you mentioned it; sounds interesting. How long has it been out?

It is pretty new - within the last couple of months, I think. Lane is trying to get into the tinned stuff instead of being primarily bulk, or so it seems.

I would like a bit more Lat in the blend, but I'm a bit of a fiend for the stuff. Either way, it smokes dry and cool and has a lovely - not treacly to me - taste. Reminds me vaguely of carob.

[Emperor Zurg]

Samuel Gawith "Sam's Flake" in another new, inexpensive pipe: a Baraccini Ole Shenandoah Sandblast, Copper Stack Poker. It almost looks like a bent gavel... if there is such a thing. P&C had Old Shenandoah pipes on sale last week pretty cheap so I picked one up. Not a bad looking pipe at all; it just has to get more black around the rim and some dirt in the pores so it doesn't look so... lumbersexual.

Sam's Flake smells great in the tin; like some kind of apple fritters being baked... didn't care much for the taste first bowl but it holds promise so I'm sure it'll grow on me. Don't think it'll unseat the Mayor's Chocolate Flake though. At least this pipe doesn't exude the wretched chemical taste that the Rossi had. It's got that black, furnace cement gunk in the chamber but I don't get any nasty flavor coming off this one... I thought that Rossi pipe was going to kill me.

[/rambling]

It's similar to the foremost pipe in the pic
http://img.pipesandcigars.com/l/300/pm/p/pm-pbroscop-q.png

[droy1958]

Very clever these Chinese... well most of the time! I had a ladder slide out from under me years ago, snapped both bones in my right wrist clean through and had a nasty concussion too. Only bones I've ever broken. Get well friend, we're getting to old for this sh!t.

Yessir, it's been several uncomfortable nights trying to sleep. I can't lay on either side nor my back or belly right now. Been trying to sleep sitting up in the recliner the best I can. I've been getting 3 to 4 hours of broken sleep or mini naps each night. I kind of feel like I have a dose of the "grumpy sleepy baby" syndrome........
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My eye.......

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[Cool Breeze]

Had some PS Luxury Twist Flake in a small cob on my balcony in the snow.
We got a few snowflakes so Arkansas came to a screeching halt.

[droy1958]

Had some PS Luxury Twist Flake in a small cob on my balcony in the snow.
We got a few snowflakes so Arkansas came to a screeching halt.

We have .5" of snow. The main roads are good, but the neighborhoods are still snow slick. I live on a corner/half circle and most people cut the corner (see F1 or Nascar Racing) to not use the circle. My neighbor is just perfect for someone to lose it and knock their mailbox down. I seen it go down once when a car tapped it with it's rear end today. It was just knocked off the post. I seen another dude come at it too fast and just locked it up to pile it into the curb. He tried to drive off a couple of times and got back out scratchin' his @$$ to look at his right front tire/wheel/fender assembly as it was one of those "Speck" style cars that doesn't have the clearance to run over a Walmart bag without issues. He eventually had to turn around and go back the way he came from. I assume to get it home before it fell apart.....

[Bruck]

Yessir, it's been several uncomfortable nights trying to sleep. I can't lay on either side nor my back or belly right now. Been trying to sleep sitting up in the recliner the best I can. I've been getting 3 to 4 hours of broken sleep or mini naps each night. I kind of feel like I have a dose of the "grumpy sleepy baby" syndrome........
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My eye.......

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Hope you feel better soon! Mrs. Bruck took a spill off of a ladder in October and is still recovering.

I'll put some Nic. Rustica in the mail for you this weekend :)

And for the record, I'm having some Five Brothers by a crackling fire and two beers - Mrs. wife opened up one for me and then one for herself, but it was one she didn't like, so now I have two :)

[droy1958]

Hope you feel better soon! Mrs. Bruck took a spill off of a ladder in October and is still recovering.

I'll put some Nic. Rustica in the mail for you this weekend :)

And for the record, I'm having some Five Brothers by a crackling fire and two beers - Mrs. wife opened up one for me and then one for herself, but it was one she didn't like, so now I have two :)

I hope Mrs. Bruck gets to feeling better soon. I just don't seem to heal up as fast as I used to. 25-30 years ago, I would've been laughing about it for a spell and have been healed up in 2 days. I laughed about it for around 2 minutes after it happened, poured 4 fingers of Buchanan's 18 year old scotch and decided it was getting awful late. I was talked into staying up until midnight to celebrate the new year. YeeeeHawwwww..... I appreciate it Bruce!

[cpmcdill]

Daughters & Ryan Rimboche SJ in a mm cob

[Desertlifter]

-1 this morning for my commute. This called for some warmth, so some well aged Pelican in my Sav bully happened.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Capstan Medium, with 2+ years of age on it, in my Kirsten Mariner. Thinking of lunch… I'll have some of the Colin Street Bakery fruitcake that my brother and SIL send me at Christmas. Very tasty, it is. Especially after I dribble some Bushmills Black Bush Irish whiskey over it. They're Baptist, so I don't tell 'em about the whiskey.

[FireTom]

Ole Shenandoah Barrel #76 this morning on the early drive to work.

Sent from here.

[Haebar]

-1 this morning for my commute. This called for some warmth, so some well aged Pelican in my Sav bully happened.

Where did you find Pelican? That is an Unobtainium element.

[Pipe Smoker]

Ole Shenandoah Barrel #76 this morning on the early drive to work.

Sent from here.

Congrats on 700 posts!

[Desertlifter]

Where did you find Pelican? That is an Unobtainium element.
I have a tin and about an ounce loose kicking around in my cellar. IIRC I picked it up with some Edgeworth from the 80s a couple of years ago from someone. The stuff is amazing.

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[GWBowman]

Stonehaven in a smooth, straight Irish Second

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of my VaPer kake #1 in a straight, smooth Sunrise Dublin.

[FireTom]

Congrats on 700 posts!
Wow, time flies when you're having fun!

[BryGuySC]

2014 McClelland Holiday Spirit with a pinch of 5110.

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Smoking a bowl of my VaPer kake #1 in a straight, smooth Sunrise Dublin.

What are your thoughts?

[Haebar]

2014 McClelland Holiday Spirit with a pinch of 5110.

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What are your thoughts?

It is the most robust and rich VaPer I have ever smoked, not that that's a good thing or to be bragging. What I mean is that it has a lot of body; you have to sip it or else be overwhelmed by the weight of the smoke. Not sure if it doesn't have too much Perique in it or if it is a factor with the two Virginia components that were from whole leaf. I enjoyed it and didn't get too addled by nicotine, but it is a really full-bodied blend.

[Haebar]

I have a tin and about an ounce loose kicking around in my cellar. IIRC I picked it up with some Edgeworth from the 80s a couple of years ago from someone. The stuff is amazing.

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I was lucky to nab a tin of Pelican in an Ebay buy a couple of months ago. It was in a lot of tins and I spotted it up in the far corner of the picture and asked her if they had been opened and she said no. Also got some older unopened Dunhill tins in the deal too. I'm hanging on to mine for a special occasion.

[Pugsley]

It's been raining here for 48 hours straight and is suppose to continue through Thursday. Normally, when I want a pipe, I'll grab my laptop and sit on the deck, but with all the rain I'm breaking my rule and smoking in my bedroom with a window open and a fan blowing out. A couple of coins of Escudo folded and stuffed into a Il Ceppo straight sandblasted Dublin. Escudo never disappoints.

[pdq_wizzard]

Plum Pudding in a bier

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[droy1958]

I filled this bowl up Friday evening and am just now getting around to smoking it. I don't have a clue what I even stuffed it with. Ignorance is bliss baby!......
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[droy1958]

It's been raining here for 48 hours straight and is suppose to continue through Thursday. Normally, when I want a pipe, I'll grab my laptop and sit on the deck, but with all the rain I'm breaking my rule and smoking in my bedroom with a window open and a fan blowing out. A couple of coins of Escudo folded and stuffed into a Il Ceppo straight sandblasted Dublin. Escudo never disappoints.

Weather is nuts! It was 2 degrees yesterday morning and I was shaking like a dog trying to pass a peach seed. It looks like it'll be in the sixties for a high most of the week.....Just nutz......

Bowl didn't get too heated up, so I set it down for a spell and loaded the IL Monaco up with some SPC Mississippi River along with a splash of Crown Royal Black to keep the pie hole lubricated enough to consume such said tobacco.....

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[BryGuySC]

Shortcut to Mushrooms in a cob while cutting a bit of firewood before heading off to work.

[Pipe Smoker]

Alternating fills of Escudo and Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake, in my Il Duca Rhodesian. Both tobaccos are going great today -- a big improvement from yesterday, when both tasted a bit sour. I get that "sour" effect occasionally. No idea why -- can't correlate it to anything.

The Duke is the heaviest pipe I own, and my only bent pipe, but it's just barely bent…

Il Duca Smooth Rhodesian (D) | Buy Il Duca Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/duca/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=124051)

[Aguineapig]

decided to break 10 day tobacco fast with a Mark Twain Churchill. bad idea. I thought "pfahh, it's a connie, loose roll, it'll burn quick". eyes were bigger than stomach. Almost pulled it off, felt a touch queasy at 1 1/2" remaining and tossed it. 5 minutes later I was crapping my brains out and dry heaving. My nicotine tolerance is the worst! should have had a tiny bowl of three sails or Rimboche SJ or something. Live and learn (and puke).

[BET]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170110/2d68ffb0ca4b825e012b6f2a7d5fb741.jpg
Cold night in the garage with a Padilla Series 68 Golden Bear. So far a nice smoke on a chilly eve...bout 20 degrees.... kinda a heat wave here right now!


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[Scott W.]

Soldani white and black out of my new Rhodesian pipe

[bluenoser]

PS luxury navy flake in the no name pear wood

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[cpmcdill]

Rattray's Black Mallory in a Grabow rusticated pot

[droy1958]

Having a bowl of SPC Plum Pudding in a no name bent.......

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[BryGuySC]

Small bowl of McClelland Blackwoods Flake, and a small bowl of H&H Virginia Spice.

[droy1958]

Some Orlik Golden Sliced in an old Jarl Denmark #70.....
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[Pugsley]

It's still raining here, 4th day in a row, so once again I'm smoking beside an open window with a fan blowing out. H&H Anni Kake in a rusticated Mark Tinsky bent bulldog. There's a rumor going around that we may see the sun again on Friday. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Lostmason]

I'm rebelling with a cigarette and Folgers coffee, just haven't been in the right mood to light a pipe.
We're expecting a record high tomorrow. But come Friday morning we're looking at an ice storm that
could go thru till Sunday. I've been hanging sheet rock again and I can honestly say digging foxholes
was more fun.

[Cool Breeze]

Had some MATCH Elizabethan in a cob.
Also had some Dunhill Three Year Matured Virginia in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

[Pipe Smoker]

Savoring rich flavored Solani 656 in my Kirsten. I don't know how long Solani ages "Aged Burley Flake", but I've put an additional 7 months on it.

[Scott W.]

Last night was 3 nuns in my new poker and a bowl of Penzance in the new rhodesian

[droy1958]

PS Luxury Twist Flake in an English Chillemi's.....
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[BryGuySC]

Had some MATCH Elizabethan in a cob.
Also had some Dunhill Three Year Matured Virginia in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

Have you done a comparison of the Dunhill and the match? What are your thoughts?