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BryGuySC

10-25-2017, 09:56 AM

2000 Rattray's Black Mallory in a Comoy Extraordinaire sandblast saddle billiard with spring water and a touch of Gekkikan Sake.

Gekkikan is cheap sake and my choice for cleaning between smokes but sometimes, cuz sake's so good, I sample it to make sure it hasn't turned into vinegar. :)

@EmperorZurg and @BrySCGuy, glad you're getting use out of those pipes and I owe you, haven't forgotten but need to let the personal paralysis ease, haven't sent anything to anyone in well over a year.

Don't stress about that! I'm just glad to see you back!

NeverBend

10-25-2017, 02:25 PM

Don't stress about that! I'm just glad to see you back!

Hi Bryan,

Not a stress but I remember as well as your collective kindness before and during that I'll not forget. There are some special people on this forum, some I haven't seen yet (since I returned) and I hope that they are still active here.

The Diet Ginger Ale was a different class of soft drink altogether. When I'm ready to resume blending I hope to fill the tracking book with the excellent pen, both given by a friend.

This morning;
2014 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1984 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato taper squat billiard with an inscribed silver and gold band. Very bad-ass pipe. Can't believe that it's over 33 years old but I guess that means that I now have deep history. My just married daughter was 4 months old when I was given this pipe. Wow.

Emperor Zurg

10-25-2017, 09:04 PM

Emperor Zurg

10-26-2017, 07:14 AM

@EmperorZurg and @BrySCGuy, glad you're getting use out of those pipes and I owe you, haven't forgotten but need to let the personal paralysis ease, haven't sent anything to anyone in well over a year.

I don't think you 'owe' me anything, Pete. That being said, I would shamelessly accept any pipe you sent :D :D The pipes you've sent are the best smokers I have. I wish I could buy new pipes that smoke as well.

BryGuySC

10-26-2017, 07:44 AM

I don't think you 'owe' me anything, Pete. That being said, I would shamelessly accept any pipe you sent :D :D The pipes you've sent are the best smokers I have. I wish I could buy new pipes that smoke as well.

Zurg always says it better than I do, so I'll just stand behind him saying, "Yeah! What he said!"

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/what_he_said_hobbit.gif

Pipe Smoker

10-26-2017, 03:08 PM

Puffing Solani ABF. This stuff is a singular tobacco, and no mistake.

Bruck

10-26-2017, 03:50 PM

Chillin out on a sunny, cool p.m. (took the day off today :)) with a cobful of Russ' Snow Drift. I don't usually smoke aros, but this is part of Tobias' sell-off so it was a bargain.

AlanS

10-26-2017, 04:15 PM

Chillin out on a sunny, cool p.m. (took the day off today :)) with a cobful of Russ' Snow Drift. I don't usually smoke aros, but this is part of Tobias' sell-off so it was a bargain.

Tobias who? Aint seen him in ages

NeverBend

10-26-2017, 04:46 PM

I'm not smoking anything because it's too cold out and I don't feel like dressing for it right now... however, I'm sipping a mojito that tastes like it would have been excellent with a bowl of Full Virginia Flake

I thought the FVF guarantee was that its good with EVERYTHING!

Early this afternoon;

2000 Rattray's Red Rapparee in a Ser Jacopo Renaissance #306 sandblast taper billiard with Spring water.

Need to clean some pipes, not keeping up so well.

BryGuySC

10-26-2017, 08:07 PM

Enjoyed a nice bowl of Dunbar in a Grabow Starfire billiard while running a few evening errands.

Bruck

10-27-2017, 08:39 PM

Tobias who? Aint seen him in ages

He said he was just stepping out for a smoke. That was six months ago. He had his suitcase with him. I should have known :(

Pipe Smoker

10-28-2017, 12:33 PM

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia in my sweet little Luciano squat bulldog. This tobacco is rather misnamed -- it's actually a vaper of red Virginia and Perique. Very tasty!

Cool Breeze

10-28-2017, 03:05 PM

Full Virginia Flake in my Savinelli Sherwood Rock Briar Canadian shape.
FVF never disappoints.

Lostmason

10-28-2017, 03:44 PM

P&W #524 (Aro-English) in my Dunhill Canted Dublin.
so far I'm on my third bowl,,,thinking another will follow.

Bruck

10-28-2017, 06:22 PM

The other day I tried some Russ' Monthly Blend Snow Drift for the first time. I didn't move me, which surprised me, as Russ' blends are usually pretty good. It tasted a bit bland and wet, so I left the jar open for a couple days to dry it out, and had another bowl this p.m. Tasted better, but it lost even more of its flavor. My next trick will be adding bacon bits (latakia) to it. This usually rescues a struggling aro :)

BTW, y'all might be interested in a video I'm watching on blending:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o79g_D9kL1A

A little weak on production, but he's got some pretty good advice.

Lostmason

10-28-2017, 10:18 PM

Acouple bowls of Captain Black Royal,first in my DG Savoy
the second in a figural meer.Tomorrow I have to start
organizing a barn/garage.So I taking a cob and about 8 oz
of mystery mix,I'll need the encouragement

Cool Breeze

10-29-2017, 11:22 AM

On the balcony on a pretty chilly Sunday morning with some coffee and some Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in an unfinished Savinelli Series III bent apple.

Cool Breeze

10-29-2017, 08:47 PM

Well, now it is a chilly Sunday evening and I'm outside with a bowl of McClelland Beacon, a really nice Vaper flake. Smoking it in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

Lostmason

10-30-2017, 10:30 PM

Now on my third bowl of Oriental Blend.This one in
my Yello-Bole Nova Brylon bulldog.Bot sure if this is
a house blend or one of Sutliff's, but it is sure hitting
the spot for me today.

BryGuySC

10-31-2017, 05:48 AM

One more round with C&D Temple Bar. This time, nearly crispy. Still not for me. I'll stick with McClelland.

Lostmason

10-31-2017, 05:09 PM

Just finished P&W #524 in my Swiss BBK.
Decided I wanted EGR in my Brigham Brandy pot.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....I've got SCOTCH !!!

coffeecup

10-31-2017, 10:06 PM

This evening I am smoking a bowl of Ashton's "Artisan's Blend" in my Savinelli 606EX.:pipe: I have not smoked this tobacco in more than a year and it is delicious.:wave: I do have a blend of "Artisan's Blend" combined with Dunhill's "NightCap" which I smoke on a regular basis but not the one alone. I am topping off this smoke with a small glass of no name "Honey Brandy" that my wife purchased at the store and dang-it; it is pretty good. I am beginning to relax and enjoy this smoke.:thumb:

Lostmason

11-01-2017, 11:56 AM

Started my pipe day with H&H Classic Burley Kake in a no-name
briar.So in the words of my generation "Can you Dig It?"

Lostmason

11-01-2017, 12:00 PM

Started my pipe day with H&H Classic Burley Kake in a no-name
briar.So in the words of my generation "Can you Dig It?"
:dude:

Emperor Zurg

11-01-2017, 02:20 PM

Got a miserable cold so in the off chance that I feel up to a smoke tonight, it will be something over the top flavorful like a lat heavy English or a G&H twist of some sort paired with a finger of dark rum.

Lostmason

11-01-2017, 08:40 PM

Let's see if I do this in one postthis time,,,,,,,,,,,:dunce:

Dunhill Nightcap in my 1950 Monterrey.

Emperor Zurg

11-01-2017, 09:07 PM

It worked! I feel and can breathe a lot better actually. A little Bacardi black and a bowl of Sweet Rum Twist helped do the trick. A forced snork thru a plugged nose set up a sneezing fit that left me less congested in the end... I shoulda been a folk doctor...

Tony78

11-02-2017, 10:25 AM

Hello all... LONG time. Some Royal Yacht in a meer this morning while I sit in my garage on calls. Cheers!

Pipe Smoker

11-02-2017, 11:40 AM

Puffing Solani ABF. It's going exceptionally well on this San Diego morning. The tin is nearly empty though. What to open next? I'm thinking Dunhill Flake...

Haebar

11-02-2017, 11:52 AM

I've got a cold and came home from work this morning so I wouldn't spread it. I'm thinking I might try a bowl of SWRA to wack at some of those rhinoviruses.

Haebar

11-02-2017, 11:55 AM

Hello all... LONG time. Some Royal Yacht in a meer this morning while I sit in my garage on calls. Cheers!

Where have you been? It's good to have you back!

Tony78

11-02-2017, 12:03 PM

Where have you been? It's good to have you back!

Thank you kind sir. Wife’s cancer came back in 2015 but recent good news after many rounds of chemo it’s gone (and hopefully will stay away this time). Sprinkle in 5 & 6 year old boys who have discovered travel sports + other activities and my free time went to 0.

It’s good to be back.

Pugsley

11-02-2017, 11:02 PM

It's been many months since I've picked up a pipe. Tonight I had the house to myself for several hours and decided to make myself a strong cup of Twining's Irish breakfast tea and relax on the deck for a while, but as I waited for my tea to cool I sensed something missing, a pipe. So I went to my room and chose an old friend from the rack, a John Bessai Special X squashed tomato and a tin of Dunhill "Ye Olde Signe". It was the perfect match for the tea. A very relaxing 40 minutes. I should spend more time with old friends.

Pipe Smoker

11-03-2017, 11:43 AM

Just popped open a tin of Dunhill Flake with nearly 3 years of age on it. Just plain good tobacco.

Emperor Zurg

11-03-2017, 08:06 PM

Peter Stokkybye, Navy Flake in a bent sandblast with silver band from NeverBend
Tall mojito made according to a recipe by Mr. Moo (the Moo-jito)

This is nice...

Lostmason

11-03-2017, 09:14 PM

Hello all... LONG time. Some Royal Yacht in a meer this morning while I sit in my garage on calls. Cheers!

Great to see Ya Tony !!

Thank you kind sir. Wife’s cancer came back in 2015 but recent good news after many rounds of chemo it’s gone (and hopefully will stay away this time). Sprinkle in 5 & 6 year old boys who have discovered travel sports + other activities and my free time went to 0.

It’s good to be back.

Hope the Mrs continues to improve.

It's been many months since I've picked up a pipe. Tonight I had the house to myself for several hours and decided to make myself a strong cup of Twining's Irish breakfast tea and relax on the deck for a while, but as I waited for my tea to cool I sensed something missing, a pipe. So I went to my room and chose an old friend from the rack, a John Bessai Special X squashed tomato and a tin of Dunhill "Ye Olde Signe". It was the perfect match for the tea. A very relaxing 40 minutes. I should spend more time with old friends.

Hey Warren,Really glad to see your post tonight.Always wondering about you and Pete and Tobias.
Really good to hear from you.

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Smoking a blend by The Country Squire called "Hunting Creek" in a
straight Middeltonian billiard. Now I,m lucky in that my wife enjoys
the room note from my pipes (mostly).So tonight I'm puffing away
and I stuck my mug right under hers reading what she had up on the
laptop.Well,she gives out a little cough and a gag,so I pulled back
and said to her,"I thought you liked this blend?"She said,"I do but
not right under my face where I'm getting the full cloud".

I told her yer not supposed to inhale........Got kicked,,,,again :(

Cool Breeze

11-03-2017, 09:17 PM

Thank you kind sir. Wife’s cancer came back in 2015 but recent good news after many rounds of chemo it’s gone (and hopefully will stay away this time). Sprinkle in 5 & 6 year old boys who have discovered travel sports + other activities and my free time went to 0.

It’s good to be back.

Man, I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you posting on here. And very, very happy to hear that your wife is on the road to recovery.

For those who do not know, Tony is the one who got me started on the piping road a couple years ago in the Newbie Sampler Trade. Two and a half years later, I am enjoying the pipe more than ever, thanks to Tony. Several of the blends he introduced me to are in my regular rotation now.

Damn it's good to see you back man.

Pugsley

11-04-2017, 01:27 AM

I did something tonight that I never do, smoked the same pipe with the same tobacco as the night before. Now, I own a lot of pipes, and I've smoked a lot of pipes that I no longer own. Some of them were cheap machine made pipes turned out by the hundreds, some were fine handcrafted examples of the best of the pipe maker's art. None of them, however, have given me the pleasures that I experience with this one. John Bessai's pipes are notoriously difficult to date but indications are that this one was crafted in the late thirties when the storm clouds of war were gathering over Europe. He worked alone in his shop in Cleveland, carving pipes between customers. Most of them were marked simply with his name on the shank and his initials on the stem. Some that he was particularly pleased with would bear the the mark "Special", and the best of those would be "Special X." I am lucky enough to own a Special X. It's not a physically attractive pipe and has noticeable fills and when smoking it I often wonder what he knew that I don't. I wonder if, as he turned the finished pipe over in his hands, he ever thought that here is a pipe someone will still be enjoying 80 years from now. I wish I could tell him of the pleasure his pipe has given me.

Pipe Smoker

11-04-2017, 12:46 PM

Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my newish Luciano squat bulldog (which is pretty well broken-in now). This HV is a fine tobacco indeed -- mild and tasty.

Tony78

11-04-2017, 12:52 PM

Man, I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you posting on here. And very, very happy to hear that your wife is on the road to recovery.

For those who do not know, Tony is the one who got me started on the piping road a couple years ago in the Newbie Sampler Trade. Two and a half years later, I am enjoying the pipe more than ever, thanks to Tony. Several of the blends he introduced me to are in my regular rotation now.

Damn it's good to see you back man.

I’m glad you stuck with it. I’ve started watching your YouTube videos. The one with the 5# of aromatic tobacco cracked me up.

I haven’t popped any tins in a really long time b/c I had so much in jars. I’m going to go look up the tin you sent me in that trade. It’s been aging since I got it - I’ll send you half and we can smoke it together.

Edit - I still have the original message exchange in my inbox. Looks like you sent me a Frog Morton Cellar. I KNOW that hasn’t been opened. Do you still live at the same address?

Cool Breeze

11-04-2017, 05:03 PM

I’m glad you stuck with it. I’ve started watching your YouTube videos. The one with the 5# of aromatic tobacco cracked me up.

Edit - I still have the original message exchange in my inbox. Looks like you sent me a Frog Morton Cellar. I KNOW that hasn’t been opened. Do you still live at the same address?

Man that's awesome. Yeah, that 5# of aromatic tobacco is still in jars. The way I smoke aromatics (hardly ever), it will last a lifetime.

I do still live at the same addy. That would be very cool.

Lostmason

11-04-2017, 09:29 PM

Peterson's Sunset Breeze in an Ol-Vic.

The cabins I work at there is a young man (25-30) who is interested
pipes.The other day his wife bought him a pipe from a local "Smoke
Shop".it's a $10 chineese job with a metal insert in the bowl.I certainly
don't want to discourage him,so I've put together a few samples to take him.
Trying to decide if I should take him another pipe.I have a spare cob and could
find a DG hiding around here.I want him to learn before he fires off with a true
"Legacy" briar.That and I'ld be pissed to find out the pipe was just taking space
in a drawer.What's your opinions,please.

Emperor Zurg

11-04-2017, 10:19 PM

The cabins I work at there is a young man (25-30) who is interested
pipes.The other day his wife bought him a pipe from a local "Smoke
Shop".it's a $10 chineese job with a metal insert in the bowl.I certainly
don't want to discourage him,so I've put together a few samples to take him.
Trying to decide if I should take him another pipe.I have a spare cob and could
find a DG hiding around here.I want him to learn before he fires off with a true
"Legacy" briar.That and I'ld be pissed to find out the pipe was just taking space
in a drawer.What's your opinions,please.
I would bring him a few tobacco samples if he's up for it but I'd let him flounder along with the cheap pipe his wife got him unless or until he starts bitching about how it smokes. If he's serious about pipe smoking, he'll start asking questions if he can't get it right. If he's not serious about it, he'll give up soon anyway and toss the pipe in a drawer even if it's a Dunhill. I make it a habit not to offer my help to relative strangers unless they ask for it.

Solani 656 ABF in a bent sandblast. This is pretty good for a burley but burleys are generally not my thing. Unless I'm REALLY in the mood (which tonight I'm not apparently) they all taste like they contain a percentage of old cardboard. Mmmmmm... cardboard

Lostmason

11-05-2017, 08:09 AM

I would bring him a few tobacco samples if he's up for it but I'd let him flounder along with the cheap pipe his wife got him unless or until he starts bitching about how it smokes. If he's serious about pipe smoking, he'll start asking questions if he can't get it right. If he's not serious about it, he'll give up soon anyway and toss the pipe in a drawer even if it's a Dunhill. I make it a habit not to offer my help to relative strangers unless they ask for it.

That's kinda where I'm at.This kid is one of those "yuppie"lil go getters that ya just wana slap.
But he's interested in the pipe and that may open others to keeping our hobby going.So,I've some
aro samples to take him,and a Va/Bur.Nothing fancy but an introduction.I have to work around
him,otherwise I'ld just ignore the lil snip.Ah well,my son has learned the art and he's alot like
me in that he pulls out his pipe and baccy and that's his "Me" time.

Starting the day with CB original in my DG Savoy.

NeverBend

11-05-2017, 09:06 AM

Emperor Zurg

11-05-2017, 09:10 AM

That's kinda where I'm at.This kid is one of those "yuppie"lil go getters that ya just wana slap.

Wait a minute... yuppie? Pipe? Irrepressible urge to slap??? Are you dealing with a hipster here?!?

NeverBend

11-05-2017, 09:20 AM

That's kinda where I'm at.This kid is one of those "yuppie"lil go getters that ya just wana slap.
But he's interested in the pipe and that may open others to keeping our hobby going.So,I've some
aro samples to take him,and a Va/Bur.Nothing fancy but an introduction.I have to work around
him,otherwise I'ld just ignore the lil snip.Ah well,my son has learned the art and he's alot like
me in that he pulls out his pipe and baccy and that's his "Me" time.

Starting the day with CB original in my DG Savoy.

Hi Matt,

You and @Emperorzurg seem to have sussed it out. Rather than give him a pipe perhaps let him know that if he enjoys his pipe then he might really enjoy a better pipe.

This way you don't need to slap him twice if he puts your pipe in a drawer. :)

I'm supposed to vacuum the McClelland VA flakes from P&C that someone kindly alerted regarding their excellent sale last month but I keep making excuses (to myself) about needing to sample more before I store it. Same old inner-dialogue. Much easier to bag and forget the ones that don't taste good.

Have loaded and will smoke (when my cigar is done) on a mild but overcast morning

McClelland #2010 in a 1940s Barling #251 Ye Olde Wood smooth taper billiard. Today's a 2-cup coffee day.

Lostmason

11-05-2017, 09:47 AM

Wait a minute... yuppie? Pipe? Irrepressible urge to slap??? Are you dealing with a hipster here?!?

Yup,one of them Dips that make ya wish they would grow long hair so you pick em out easier.

Hi Matt,

You and @Emperorzurg seem to have sussed it out. Rather than give him a pipe perhaps let him know that if he enjoys his pipe then he might really enjoy a better pipe.

This way you don't need to slap him twice if he puts your pipe in a drawer. :)

I'm supposed to vacuum the McClelland VA flakes from P&C that someone kindly alerted regarding their excellent sale last month but I keep making excuses (to myself) about needing to sample more before I store it. Same old inner-dialogue. Much easier to bag and forget the ones that don't taste good.

Have loaded and will smoke (when my cigar is done) on a mild but overcast morning

McClelland #2010 in a 1940s Barling #251 Ye Olde Wood smooth taper billiard. Today's a 2-cup coffee day.

Well,I might SLAP him twice just for fun,,,,,,,,,,,,:devilgrin:
If you're needing help with that McClelland just let now,,,always glad to help decrease inventory.(I have been kicked out of so many
Bakeries)

Emperor Zurg

11-05-2017, 10:13 AM

Yup,one of them Dips that make ya wish they would grow long hair so you pick em out easier.

Well,I might SLAP him twice just for fun,,,,,,,,,,,,:devilgrin:

By all means do. And slap him for me too.
A pipe isn't a smoking accessory to a hipster, it's a fashion accessory. He's playing dressup. Chances are your boy there doesn't want to smoke a pipe, he just wants the 'pipe look'. Maybe you should get him a new chrome axe so he can occasionally dress up as a lumbersexual.

Cool Breeze

11-05-2017, 10:15 AM

Frog Morton Across the Pond in a cob.

Cool Breeze

11-05-2017, 11:10 PM

Desertlifter

11-05-2017, 11:38 PM

Had a couple bowls of McClelland 40th Anniversary earlier.

Ending the day with some Brown Bogie in my pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock (mainly because it's my smallest bowled pipe).
Tastes good, but damn......

Man I love Brown Bogie!

I had a milder baccy weekend. Opened Friday with Longbottom Leaf, then Saturday with JKP.

Cool Breeze

11-06-2017, 12:24 AM

Man I love Brown Bogie!

I do enjoy the flavor of it. It is something I have to be in the mood for though.
Most of the time when you hear of a tobacco that is super strong, it is mostly hyperbole, but Brown Bogie lives up to the reputation. It is certainly full/strong in every sense of the word. I find it is one of the few pipe tobaccos that stands up good to a glass of Scotch or Bourbon.

coffeecup

11-06-2017, 01:59 AM

This evening I am having a bowl of Dunhill's "Aperitif" in my no name extra large Sherlock Holmes #1.:pipe: I had already smoked 3 tins of this tobacco from last years Pipes and Cigars end if the summer sale and I am now working on this years end of the summer sale. I seem to really like this tobacco because I keep coming back to it frequently.:leprechaun: I am topping off this smoke with a small glass of "Honey Brandy", and I am beginning to feel very relaxed after a busy day.:wave:

Tony78

11-06-2017, 05:30 PM

Dunhill 965 in a Savenelli Duca Carlo while getting the snowblower ready for the coming winter.

Lostmason

11-06-2017, 11:55 PM

By all means do. And slap him for me too.
A pipe isn't a smoking accessory to a hipster, it's a fashion accessory. He's playing dressup. Chances are your boy there doesn't want to smoke a pipe, he just wants the 'pipe look'. Maybe you should get him a new chrome axe so he can occasionally dress up as a lumbersexual.

I think I sucked down about half a bowl of Captain Black after reading that.I'm telling you,that stuff doesn't taste
real good burning it's way thru your oral tissues.I'm convolasing with some PS Black Coffee and Captain Morgan's
Spiced Rum.

Emperor Zurg

11-07-2017, 05:17 PM

I think I sucked down about half a bowl of Captain Black after reading that.I'm telling you,that stuff doesn't taste
real good burning it's way thru your oral tissues.

Well... at least you were smoking a pipe BEFORE it was cool :p :p :p http://i65.tinypic.com/263hmk2.jpg

Trying to bring myself to smoke a freebie, Acid Blonde. Nothing I would have ever bought but I got a free 5er with another order... something tells me they need more rest. Way more rest...

---edit---

Well I did it... talked myself into trying one 'fresh'. Mini 'review' to follow...
Acid Blondie Belicoso
The first half would have made for a decent, albeit very mild, smoke were it not for the sickening sweet goop they slopped on the tip. Figured I'd just take a blade and cut the tip off but the goop goes down for at least a good 1 1/2" if not more. (If I don't just give these things away, I'll try smoking the next one backwards as there didn't seem to be any sweet goop on the foot) Other than that, the artificial flavoring (though not appreciated) wasn't overdone although I doubt the actual leaf would have had any flavor at all without it. This cigar actually seemed to have a pleasant room note from what I could notice while smoking it. From about the halfway point on, the thing got progressively more nasty as I went along. The reviews I read mention 'sandalwood'. Well if that's what I'm tasting, suffice to say I don't like sandalwood; I think it would be best left for making sandals as my feet lack the ability to taste and smell. I think I'll go cleanse my palate with a small bowl of Sweet Rum Twist.

Tony78

11-07-2017, 05:46 PM

Trying a new tobacco today. Went to Iwan Ries and picked up some Dr. Bradley Mixture & tasting it in a meer. So far so good....

jhedrick83

11-08-2017, 04:00 PM

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GWBowman

11-09-2017, 05:44 AM

H&H Marquee El Nino in a meer

Pipe Smoker

11-09-2017, 05:10 PM

My tin of Dunhill Flake was nearly empty, so I added enough Hamborger Veermaster for a complete fill. About a 50-50 mixture. Dang, it's good -- tastes like a completely different tobacco! Gonna have to remember this.

Pipe Smoker

11-10-2017, 03:42 PM

Just popped open a tin of Capstan Medium (blue tin label) with 3+ years of age on it. I was going to stop ordering this stuff, simply because I have other straight Virginia flakes that I like -- would simplify my inventory. But this stuff is going down so nicely that I might have to reconsider. IMO, Capstan Medium is the best tobacco that Mac Baren ever made.

GWBowman

11-10-2017, 09:03 PM

Classic Burley Kake in a MM Cob Patriot
I'm probably going to reload the same when this ends

bluenoser

11-10-2017, 10:15 PM

Bruck

11-11-2017, 07:33 PM

Vermont meat candy in the Meerschaum lined pipe. Bit warmer tonight but still huddled up with a heater and blanket. Going to be a long winter, it's just starting and I'm already minding the cold.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171111/ae7a48ff71368e3a1fb657972e4f19ba.jpg

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I see you're watching the man in the high castle. Mrs. Bruck and I watched thru that series a while ago. Very interesting and thought-provoking, but it didn't really end, it just sort of petered out. Other than that, I won't spoil it for you :)

And for the topic at hand, just finished off a bowl of Tambolaka, thinking about firing up another.

bluenoser

11-11-2017, 09:10 PM

Just started it on Amazon's prime video. Been hooked. A couple episodes into the second season now.

GWBowman

11-12-2017, 01:42 AM

Elizabethan Mixture in a smooth, bent Dr. Grabow

Emperor Zurg

11-12-2017, 08:51 AM

Yesterday I slowly incinerated a bit of old leaf I've had lying around. First, I had a bowl of Erinmore flake in a cob. The tin is years old and I don't really care for the blend but it was fairly dry and I didn't have time to dry out anything else. Then, at the campfire, I remembered a cigar tube containing a few bone dry coins of G&H Black Cherry Twist that have been rattling around in my glove box like a pouch of Mixture 79 for close to 2 years. Those went into the cob and met their demise with little fanfare or flavor. Surprisingly, there was still the same hint of cherry flavor this blend always has but little in the way of anything else.

Cool Breeze

11-12-2017, 10:52 AM

Having some Dunhill Royal Yacht in a cob this morning with a cup of coffee (It's Starbucks 2017 Holiday Blend and it tastes great. Don't judge me.) :)

Cool Breeze

11-12-2017, 06:48 PM

GL Pease Quiet Nights in a cob.

coffeecup

11-12-2017, 11:11 PM

This evening I am having a bowl of Orkik "Dark Strong Kentucky" in my extra large Savinelli 606.:pipe: As usual I went digging thru my stash to find something to smoke and I could not come up with what I craved and then I remembered this "Dark Strong Kentucky" that I had gotten in Pipes and Cigars end of the summer sale.:wave: so I went to my jarred tobacco cabinet and found it. This tobacco is just what "the doctor ordered" and it is delicious.:peaceful: I am topping this smoke off with a small glass of brandy and I am totally relaxed.:santa:

Alligator Gar

11-13-2017, 02:50 PM

[I]some I haven't seen yet (since I returned) and I hope that they are still active here.[I]

Pete, empty your inbox so I can send you a note!

NeverBend

bluenoser

11-13-2017, 09:39 PM

Molto Dolce in the the custom cobhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171114/fb3ccf8e6c1c5131aff600e27ea84169.jpg

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NeverBend

11-15-2017, 12:32 PM

[I]some I haven't seen yet (since I returned) and I hope that they are still active here.[I]

Pete, empty your inbox so I can send you a note!

@NeverBend (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/members/neverbend.html)

Hi Jim,

Good to see you, cleared some space in the box.

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1963 Barling 6584 oval shank taper billiard with coffee light.

Pipe Smoker

11-15-2017, 06:01 PM

Puffing F&T Special Brown Flake from a just-opened tin with 2+ years of age on it. This is an interesting tobacco. SmokingPipes says that it's rum flavored. It certainly generates tasty smoke, but I doubt that I'd've guessed rum if I hadn't read the blurb.

The flakes are very neatly stacked in the tin, but they've the most fragile flakes I've ever seen. That's in contrast to Solani ABF flakes, which are durable enough for light construction.

Scott W.

11-15-2017, 09:10 PM

Dark strong Kentucky in a baraccini poker. Enjoying it

Desertlifter

11-15-2017, 11:58 PM

GL Pease Quiet Nights in a cob.

That stuff is SOOOOOOO good!

More JKP for me.

Cool Breeze

11-16-2017, 12:26 AM

That stuff is SOOOOOOO good!

Yeah, I don't care for many Pease blends, but that one is a sure winner.

Haebar

11-17-2017, 08:37 AM

I've been smoking some of the new Cornell & Diehl Red Virginia Flake. I didn't buy any tins while it was available but a friend in the Knoxville Pipe Club gave me some. At the club meeting Wednesday night, I opened a tin of Ashton's Consummate Gentleman and everyone liked it.

Haebar

11-17-2017, 08:44 AM

Hi Jim,

Good to see you, cleared some space in the box.

2014 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1963 Barling 6584 oval shank taper billiard with coffee light.

That's one of my favorite tobaccos. Just ordered some more from P&C this morning.

Smoking a bowl of Ashton Consummate Gentleman in an old Group 4 Dunhill Bruyere straight billiard.

Lostmason

11-19-2017, 02:56 PM

Lane's 125th Anniversary in my Claw Foot clay

BryGuySC

11-20-2017, 02:03 PM

Managed to get a pipe in before work today. Dunbar in an old Grabow Starfire.

Desertlifter

11-21-2017, 12:42 AM

Monday rainy commute day commemorated with Irish Flake in my Stanwell silver band.

coffeecup

11-21-2017, 11:39 PM

This evening I had decided to dig through my old bag of stash and came across this tiny free sample bag of "Harvest Moon" tobacco that is more than 10 years old; I decided to try it in my corncob.:pipe: I don't have any memory of where I got it, but it has definitely been sitting there for more than 10 years. This tobacco was still moist after all this time. After lighting it, I found that it was a very sweet aromatic, flavorful, ran hot and was not to my liking; after smoking half a bowl I dumped it out.:sick: I am now having a bowl of SG FVF in my Savinelli 606EX and am enjoying it.:santa: I am topping off this smoke with a small glass of brandy and the train is "back on the track".:wave:

Emperor Zurg

11-22-2017, 07:42 AM

Last night I burned a bowl of Sweet Rum Twist in a gourd calabash.

This pipe is perfect for these strong blends; smallish bowl size and it really mellows the smoke.

NeverBend

11-23-2017, 04:42 AM

Happy Thanksgiving Bums!

May your cigars be delicious and burn perfect

and

best wishes for the happiest of holidays to you and your family.

Aguineapig

11-23-2017, 10:12 AM

Happy Thanksgiving Bums!

May your cigars be delicious and burn perfect

and

best wishes for the happiest of holidays to you and your family.

To you as well. I was traveling thru the middle of nowhere the last 2 months and missed your return but would like to welcome you back to the forum.

Emperor Zurg

11-23-2017, 11:12 AM

Happy Thanksgiving Bums!

May your cigars be delicious and burn perfect

and

best wishes for the happiest of holidays to you and your family.

Thanks Pete! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well :)

Pipe Smoker

11-23-2017, 12:39 PM

I just opened a tin of Escudo with good age on it. Old reliable.

Emperor Zurg

11-24-2017, 08:58 AM

G&H Rum Flake in a big ol' MM General with bamboo shank, cherrywood heel and knock-off forever stem.

Next day: Mac Baren Virginia #1 in the same pipe.

Aguineapig

11-25-2017, 01:23 PM

Half a bowl of fresh haunted bookshop in my oldest Legend. Haven't smoked in a couple weeks, but I wanted to try some of this since C&D has changed the cut of their ribbon blends. Tastes the same as any fresh HB I've had, pretty much. good.

Lostmason

11-25-2017, 02:34 PM

I went to my son's for Thanksgiving dinner,and took
a tin of Out Of Office Gone Fishing with me.The blend
is a caramel topped aro. I've never tried a caramel
topped blend, and my son had not had a "new" tin
before. So after having a bit of a laugh watching
him try to open it, I then educated him and we
proceeded to smoke a little over half the tin before
getting yelled at for not socializing.It's a good after
dinner smoke,kind of sweet.Great with a strong
black coffee.

To day though, I'm on a "diet", EGR in my
Bulldogs.And of course more COFFEE .

Cool Breeze

11-25-2017, 05:29 PM

Had some McClelland 40th Anniversary in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

Pipe Smoker

11-26-2017, 11:47 AM

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia, an excellent ready rubbed VaPer. And sipping Nespresso Ristretto, a dark roast blend of Arabica & Robusta. Life is good!

Haebar

11-26-2017, 04:42 PM

Smoking a bowl of Daughters & Ryan Ramback in a Colossals billiard that I got on Ebay; it just came in the mail yesterday. It was pretty dirty; took almost a dozen pipe cleaners to get the airway clean. Then I reamed it and had to sand down the tenon a little bit because it wasn't the original stem and fit too tightly (was afraid I'd crack the shank). Also took out the metal condenser that was restricting the air flow.

BryGuySC

11-27-2017, 01:30 PM

You guessed it, more Dunbar! This tin is getting low, so I'll soon switch to something else. I just can't think of anything else I'd rather smoke right now.
I need to up my efforts to get a bag (or 3) of this, at some point.

Pipe Smoker

11-27-2017, 04:21 PM

Just opened another tin of F&T Blackjack, my favorite ready rubbed straight Virginia. This stuff has good citrus.

Desertlifter

11-27-2017, 10:05 PM

Longbottom leaf in my homemade pipe.

If you've not made your own pipe yet, the predrilled kits are cheap and smoke fine.

Emperor Zurg

11-28-2017, 09:02 PM

Enjoying a bowl of G&H Sweet Rum Twist in an old Grabow alongside a Cheboygan Blueberry Cream Ale.

Cool Breeze

11-29-2017, 02:34 PM

After going a couple months without any, I had to open a tin of McClelland Red and Black on my lunch break.

My goodness, I remember now why I like it so much. This stuff is wonderful.

Emperor Zurg

11-29-2017, 09:06 PM

Having another bowl of Sweet Rum Twist, this time with a half-finger of Bacardi Black to accompany

Lostmason

11-29-2017, 10:56 PM

Started my evening with LL 125th Anniversary in my Klean-Draft apple pot
Followed up with Warhorse Green in my DG Savoy,might just have to repeat this one.:yes!::pipe:

Emperor Zurg

12-01-2017, 10:36 AM

...Followed up with Warhorse Green...

My Warhorse Bar finally came in. Been wanting to try it since I'm partial to plugs & ropes for some reason. I'm hoping it's a real plug made with leaves and not one of those 'crumble plugs' made with bits and pieces. Ever try to chew a crumble plug? Doesn't go so well. Regardless, I figure, given the manufacturer, I'm going to find a crumble plug in the tin.

Lostmason

12-01-2017, 05:35 PM

My Warhorse Bar finally came in. Been wanting to try it since I'm partial to plugs & ropes for some reason. I'm hoping it's a real plug made with leaves and not one of those 'crumble plugs' made with bits and pieces. Ever try to chew a crumble plug? Doesn't go so well. Regardless, I figure, given the manufacturer, I'm going to find a crumble plug in the tin.

This is a ribbon cut pressed into a plug.Fairly dense and moist,like a brownie.
Don't know how it woulg be as a chaw.The topping on this is anniece,anise,
something like that.Heavy licorice aroma.The somke has a evergreen taste
though.

Hardheaded

12-01-2017, 08:55 PM

It has been too long since posting on the pipe side of things, or in general really. Some ODF in a cob this evening.

Lostmason

12-01-2017, 09:14 PM

I took my pouch of CB original and a cob to work with today,this
evening I'm sharing my Warhorse Green with my son .
Starting to smell a bit like Christmas ! :santagrin:

Haebar

12-02-2017, 08:57 AM

A couple of bowls of Peter Stokkebye's Amsterdam in a little "The 3/4 Oz." pot.
https://s25.postimg.org/ydlac2ii7/The_3_4_oz_pipe_2.jpg

Pipe Smoker

12-02-2017, 12:57 PM

Just opened a tin of F&T Vintage. The prettiest flake that I've ever seen -- variegated with lighter and darker flecks of tobacco. Delightful tin note, and, I've been advised, a nice room note too.

Lostmason

12-02-2017, 05:32 PM

Smoking some LL Dark Red in my YB Bulldog !!
This blend is quite close to Cult BRM and a bit easier
on the wallet.

Haebar

12-02-2017, 06:59 PM

Preparing to smoke a bowl of SG Kendal Plug in a MM Country Gentleman.
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Lostmason

12-03-2017, 12:41 PM

First bowl of the day, LL 125th Anniversary in a Brigham Brandy Pot

Haebar

12-03-2017, 04:25 PM

Smoked two bowls of Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam in two different Dr. Grabows, both billiards. Been drinking Red Rose iced tea.

bluenoser

12-03-2017, 09:40 PM

Wife did the tree and house decorations today. Brought the kids to see Camo Santa at Cabelas, seems fitting to have some 2015 mcclelland holiday spirit in the cob. Just so happens we're getting a bit of a cold snap and snow tonight. And my little heater just quit so the pipe better keep me warm.

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Pipe Smoker

12-04-2017, 12:59 PM

Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. Savory!

It's a beautiful day here in San Diego -- Sunny and warm, with the lightest of breezes. A perfect day for a pipe out of doors. And I just finished my Christmas shopping. Thank you, Amazon! The Amazon app for my iPhone is awesomely good.

Lostmason

12-05-2017, 01:30 PM

Capstan Blue in my Dunhill canted dublin

Haebar

12-05-2017, 05:05 PM

I know I'm boring but I'm smoking another bowl of PS Amsterdam in a Sunrise billiard with an amber colored stem.

Emperor Zurg

12-06-2017, 02:30 PM

McClelland 2015 Va Flake w/ Perique in a Barling Canadian.
This is another stellar bulk blend from Mickey C's. I already like it almost as much as St. James after only 1 bowl.

Haebar

12-06-2017, 03:25 PM

Smoking my last bowl of Tambolaka in a MM Country Gentleman with a Forever stem. Won't be ordering any of this tobacco to replace what I was given; there are too many other choices in twists, plugs and flakes that pack just as much punch and give more flavor. And besides that, Tambolaka is very expensive to buy here in the US.

Emperor Zurg

12-06-2017, 03:57 PM

Tambolaka is very expensive to buy here in the US.

I don't think it's even available anymore.

I was given some at one time. I tried one bowl... it wasn't without its charm. It was very earthy as I recall.
I went to smoke another bowl some time later but it had molded on me :(
AFAIK, it's a pure burley. Burley not being my thing I won't miss it much.

Haebar

12-06-2017, 05:48 PM

I don't think it's even available anymore.

I was given some at one time. I tried one bowl... it wasn't without its charm. It was very earthy as I recall.
I went to smoke another bowl some time later but it had molded on me :(
AFAIK, it's a pure burley. Burley not being my thing I won't miss it much.

You're correct. I wouldn't know where to buy it if I wanted it. 4 Noggins had it earlier this year but now they don't anymore.

Scott W.

12-07-2017, 10:44 PM

Two bowls so far:
A Viking bent brandy with some 2012 Margate
Baraccini poker with some OGS

Enjoyed a saint-emilion grand cru from 2012 with it, great evening

Pipe Smoker

12-08-2017, 12:29 PM

I just opened a tin of F&T Cut Virginia Plug,nearly two years old. This stuff has a very rich and savory flavor. Two neat stacks of flakes in the small rectangular 50g tin.

F&T annoyed me by changing to a round Escudo-size tin -- takes more storage space. But I have 50+ small rectangular tins of CVP on hand, so it'll be awhile before I need more. :)

Haebar

12-08-2017, 04:38 PM

Smoking a little bowl of Tambolaka in the Hendon billiard this afternoon. Had an interview for a management position this morning and am winding down.

https://s25.postimg.org/6o9vrt9bj/Hendon_Billiard.jpg

Scott W.

12-08-2017, 06:55 PM

Haebar

12-08-2017, 07:38 PM

How’d the interview go?

It went really well, thanks for asking! I'm pretty sure they like me or else they are very good actors. I won't know if I got the job until next Friday.

About to light up some of a mystery blend that I got from P&C earlier this fall. They sent me what was supposed to be 8 oz of McClelland No. 2020 Matured Cake, but that wasn't what was in the bag. It was a ribbon-cut blend that smells slightly aromatic. P&C didn't know what it was since it was mislabeled. They told me to keep it and sent out a replacement order. This will be my first time smoking it and the pipe will be a Savinelli Silver billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/ol8nioohb/Savinelli_Silver.jpg

Hardheaded

12-08-2017, 08:00 PM

It went really well, thanks for asking! I'm pretty sure they like me or else they are very good actors. I won't know if I got the job until next Friday.

About to light up some of a mystery blend that I got from P&C earlier this fall. They sent me what was supposed to be 8 oz of McClelland No. 2020 Matured Cake, but that wasn't what was in the bag. It was a ribbon-cut blend that smells slightly aromatic. P&C didn't know what it was since it was mislabeled. They told me to keep it and sent out a replacement order. This will be my first time smoking it and the pipe will be a Savinelli Silver billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/ol8nioohb/Savinelli_Silver.jpg

What are those containers in the background? I have not seen someone store tobacco in those before.

Haebar

12-08-2017, 08:27 PM

What are those containers in the background? I have not seen someone store tobacco in those before.

They are little 4 oz. polystyrene jars that a friend gave me; his wife works for a big environmental laboratory and they were throwing them out, she got them before they went in the dumpster (or the recycling bin).

Scott W.

12-08-2017, 08:49 PM

It went really well, thanks for asking! I'm pretty sure they like me or else they are very good actors. I won't know if I got the job until next Friday.

About to light up some of a mystery blend that I got from P&C earlier this fall. They sent me what was supposed to be 8 oz of McClelland No. 2020 Matured Cake, but that wasn't what was in the bag. It was a ribbon-cut blend that smells slightly aromatic. P&C didn't know what it was since it was mislabeled. They told me to keep it and sent out a replacement order. This will be my first time smoking it and the pipe will be a Savinelli Silver billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/ol8nioohb/Savinelli_Silver.jpg
Keep us posted, I’d like to smoke a great bowl or cigar to toast your new gig!

Tony78

12-08-2017, 09:25 PM

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Hardheaded

12-08-2017, 11:19 PM

PS LBF just kinda crammed into a cob. I forgot I bought this and some LTF a few months back.

Pipe Smoker

12-09-2017, 01:31 PM

Puffing F&T Blackjack in my Luciano squat bulldog. The least expensive conventional briar I own, but the sweetest smoking.

I generally prefer tapered bits for bulldogs, but the saddle bit looks just right on my squat bulldog.

Aguineapig

12-09-2017, 02:05 PM

Going to have a bowl of C&D three friars this afternoon.

Pipe Smoker

12-09-2017, 04:09 PM

I just opened another tin of Hamborger Veermaster. As usual, the flakes are welded together to form a solid plug. I had to dig some free with my thumbnail. The tobacco is sufficiently good that I won't complain though. :)

Emperor Zurg

12-09-2017, 04:43 PM

Some of the sweeter G&H flakes do that. Glengarry flake is one in particular. That's when I use a razor blade to slice a few 3/16 thick loaves off the end of the chunk and then crumble those up into a cube cut. I like cube cuts anyway.

Lostmason

12-09-2017, 09:42 PM

Let the dogs out tonight, my Medico Guardsman and Yello-Bole bulldogs.Smoking
LL Dark Red.Had a bowl of LL Butternut Burley in my Lunar dublin.

Haebar

12-10-2017, 09:16 AM

Last night I had a bowl of Smoker's Pride Rich Taste in my old beat-up MM Country Gentleman with a Forever stem. I'm really pleased with this no-frills Burley/Virginia blend and I got it for $8 a pound. I imagine it will be good for blending as well.

Haebar

12-11-2017, 06:20 AM

Smoking a bowl of 1/2 PS Amsterdam and 1/2 D&R Ramback in a Sunrise Amber Grain Dublin.
https://s25.postimg.org/oz2tchrhr/Sunrise_Dublin.jpg

Emperor Zurg

12-11-2017, 09:03 AM

Puffed an old Grabow off and on while doing some wood workery yesterday afternoon. War Horse ready rubbed was the weed. This is a decent blend but it doesn't really turn my crank. There's none of that cardboard burly taste and it doesn't bite so that part I enjoy, however there's no citrus to speak of either and I don't taste the alleged anise topping at all. P&C sent me this in error - I had ordered he WH Bar but figured I'd give it a try. It might grow on me. Still haven't tried the Bar...

Pipe Smoker

12-11-2017, 04:14 PM

If you like citrus, try F&T Blackjack. It's a ready rubbed Virginia. No need for drying -- it's good to go right out of the tin.

Pipe Smoker

12-11-2017, 04:26 PM

Puffing an after-lunch fill of Hamborger Veermaster. Going down exceptionally well!

My after lunch desert was two slices of garlic ciabatta toast, drizzled with California Olive Ranch Arbequina EVOO. That went down exceptionally well too. I just don't have a sweet tooth -- prefer good bread to any cake.

Emperor Zurg

12-11-2017, 05:12 PM

If you like citrus, try F&T Blackjack. It's a ready rubbed Virginia. No need for drying -- it's good to go right out of the tin.
Thanks, I'll have to try it. I also like English blends with a decidedly citrus cast. I have several on hand like that.

Desertlifter

12-11-2017, 10:33 PM

Irish Flake in my Sav silver band was....glorious. As it always is.

Pipe Smoker

12-12-2017, 04:42 PM

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia. Dunhill Navy Rolls and Solani 633 are my favorite VaPers, but this VaPer is pretty darned close. And it has the ready-rubbed convenience, and is less expensive to boot. It's good stuff.

Scott W.

12-12-2017, 09:17 PM

Had a wonderful bowl of OGS in my Ehrlich lovat pope. Haven’t smoked this pipe in over a year, I missed it.

Now some 2012 mixture 965 blended with 2012 nightcap and a pinch of 2012 holiday blend by C&D. Nice combo in my Viling Bent.

Haebar

12-13-2017, 06:19 AM

First smoke of the day is PS Amsterdam in a grp 4 Dunhill Bruyere billiard with an oval shank. Drinking Maxwell House Colombian coffee and getting ready to go to work.

Aguineapig

12-13-2017, 03:16 PM

First time trying Smokers pride mellow, which is not bad at all for 7.99 a pound on special. pretty OTC flavor profile but with much more bright virginia (more than any OTC I can think of). low nicotine which is nice as these days I do not maintain a high nicotine tolerance at all. I smoked it in a briar and suspect it would be better in a cob. Very cheap long term tobacco security, I now have 3 pounds of the rich taste and 3 of the mellow taste.

Scott W.

12-13-2017, 05:51 PM

Some Solan’s black and white in my Wiebe custom pipe. Good

Haebar

12-13-2017, 06:43 PM

Smoking some Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman tobacco in an Ascorti billiard after dinner.

https://s25.postimg.org/pil1rf46n/Nording_and_Ascorti_billiards_005.jpg

Haebar

12-14-2017, 05:55 AM

Waking up with a bowl of PS Amsterdam in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke.
https://s25.postimg.org/tnjgd7blb/Dr_Grabow_Grand_Duke.jpg

Pipe Smoker

12-14-2017, 11:54 AM

Just opened another tin of Solani 633, Virginia with Perique. This, and Dunhill Navy Rolls, are my favorite vapers. The two are entirely different though -- can't name one as best. Glad I have both.

Scott W.

12-14-2017, 09:04 PM

Coyote classic in my biking bent
Tsuge raijlin in my Wiebe
Nightcap in my ehrlich lovat

Scott W.

12-15-2017, 12:04 AM

A bowl of nightcap in my meer then a bowl of penzance in my baraccini Rhodesian

Pipe Smoker

12-15-2017, 11:55 AM

Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. This mild Virginia goes very nicely with Nespresso Roma, a medium-roast Arabica-Robusta blend.

Haebar

12-15-2017, 11:56 AM

Smoking a little bowl of MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian in a Sunrise Featherweight apple. The shank cracked on this pipe and I sent it in to Norwood's and he said that the band that fit it was the smallest size band made for pipes.
https://s25.postimg.org/m24hg67n3/Sunrise_Featherweight_apple_001.jpg

Aguineapig

12-15-2017, 01:58 PM

Smoking some Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman tobacco in an Ascorti billiard after dinner.

https://s25.postimg.org/pil1rf46n/Nording_and_Ascorti_billiards_005.jpg

nice pipe. How does it compare size-wize with that Kaywoodie/H&H billiard?

Haebar

12-15-2017, 02:34 PM

nice pipe. How does it compare size-wize with that Kaywoodie/H&H billiard?

The bowl is about the same size as the H&H billiard but the shank/stem is shorter.

Emperor Zurg

12-15-2017, 06:49 PM

Scott W.

12-15-2017, 08:08 PM

Old dark fired in my new stanwell billiard, good smoke

Scott W.

12-15-2017, 09:52 PM

2012 Ashton Artisan Blend in the Viking

Pipe Smoker

12-16-2017, 11:51 AM

Rather a gloomy day here in San Diego. Trying to brighten it up with the Solani 633 vaper in my Luciano squat bulldog. It helps.

Pipe Smoker

12-16-2017, 12:04 PM

After a deliciously filling, quick "meal" of sardines in Tabasco sauce, greek yogurt, tortilla chips, peanut butter, milk and cookies, I'm thinking fondly of a dark beer or two and a big bowl of Sweet Rum Twist

King Oscar "Tiny Tots" bristling sardines will be part of my lunch today. I put a tin of them on two slices of baked-in-Germany Westphalian pumpernickel, then add mustard & LOTS of black pepper.

Emperor Zurg

12-16-2017, 12:45 PM

King Oscar "Tiny Tots" bristling sardines will be part of my lunch today. I put a tin of them on two slices of baked-in-Germany Westphalian pumpernickel, then add mustard & LOTS of black pepper.

Ha! King Oscar are the ones I had too. Nice and firm and not too fishy smelling (tho the cat goes nuts when I crack a tin). I had the Mediterranean seasoned sardines in olive oil. I doused them with Tabasco and ate them from the tin. I also like them over a layer of cream cheese on a big slice of dark rye, also smothered in Tabasco... or, to shake things up, sometimes I'll whip up a couple tablespoons of hot Chinese mustard and cut the Tabasco back to just a drop here and there for flavor.

Going to dry out a serving of PS Navy Flake. Great blend once it ages a bit. Not so great fresh imo...

Lostmason

12-16-2017, 09:59 PM

Started earlier with Capstan Blue in my Dunhill Dublin
Now smoking LL Dark Red.I'm on my sixth bowl for the day,I think.
Might be seventh,but I can't count that high.

GWBowman

12-17-2017, 09:17 AM

Frog Morton on the Town (sent to me by Tobias Lutz ) in a MM Patriot, and Maxwell House with Whisper Creek

Haebar

12-17-2017, 09:24 AM

Just finished a bowl of MacBaren Vintage Syrian in an old grp. 4 Dunhill billiard.

Pipe Smoker

12-17-2017, 12:03 PM

Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. Love this mild Virginia flake. But of the half dozen tins that I've opened, only one had flakes that could be separated. The rest had a plug of flakes welded together. Had to gouge some out with my thumbnail.

Check out this Christmas photo of a girl smoking a pipe (at the top of the page):

Smokingpipes.com | Tobacco Pipes - Pipe Tobacco (http://www.smokingpipes.com)

Lostmason

12-17-2017, 03:26 PM

Cloudy cold gloomy afternoon.Just fired up Pipes&Wilke #524 (aro-english)
in my Brigham Brandy Pot

Emperor Zurg

12-17-2017, 08:10 PM

Had a LADC MA Churchill in my hand but couldn't bring myself to light it. Opted instead for a bowl of Sweet Rum Twist in an old Grabow. Cheboygan brewing, Blueberry Cream Ale is going well with it. Wish I had a few crumbles of roquefort to go with it as well.

Pipe Smoker

12-19-2017, 12:56 PM

Just opened another tin of Solani 656, ABF. As satisfying as meat and potatoes.

Aguineapig

12-19-2017, 01:22 PM

P&C union leader match in a dublin. trying to build some carbon cake in this thing.... with my smoking frequency it will take a while.

Cool Breeze

12-19-2017, 06:34 PM

On the balcony on a wet rainy afternoon (and thankful because we sure need the rain), enjoying a bowl of McClelland Red and Black in an unfinished Savinelli Series III.

Haebar

12-19-2017, 07:04 PM

Smoked a bowl of Solani Aged Burley flake in a Hendon billiard.

https://s25.postimg.org/6o9vrt9bj/Hendon_Billiard.jpg

droy1958

12-19-2017, 07:35 PM

LJ Peretti Yuletide in an old leather clad Ambassador.....
6937

Scott W.

12-19-2017, 07:47 PM

Back from a mini vacation with the family.

Larry’s blend in my stanwell billiard

Emperor Zurg

12-19-2017, 07:47 PM

Last evening I again went with Sweet Rum Twist and Cheboygan, Blueberry Cream Ale.
SRT is such a nice blend... but the little Grabow needs a rest

Tonight, we'll go with War Horse Ready Rubbed and Blueberry Cream Ale

Haebar

12-19-2017, 08:38 PM

Smoking some McClelland 900 Refined Tennessee Ribbon in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke.

https://s25.postimg.org/tnjgd7blb/Dr_Grabow_Grand_Duke.jpg

Scott W.

12-19-2017, 10:49 PM

OGS in a stanwell freehand

Haebar

12-20-2017, 05:43 AM

Starting off the day with a bowl of McClelland 900 - Refined Tennessee Ribbon in a Captain Black billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/lgjvpyc1b/Captain_Black_billiard.jpg

droy1958

12-20-2017, 06:32 PM

In a Kaywoodie 95B......
6938
With thanks to @Tobius Lutz

Haebar

12-20-2017, 10:35 PM

coffeecup

12-21-2017, 04:02 AM

This evening I had a bowl of Ashton's "Artisan's Blend" in my extra large Savinelli 606.:pipe: It has been awhile since I smoked this tobacco straight; I usually combine it with Dunhill's "Nightcap". I am again aware of this tobacco's delicious taste.:thumb: Earlier in the month I found that I had to re-hydrate this tin; it was dry as dust. Looking at several of my tin tobaccos I realize that I need to re-hydrate several more. I don't have this problem with my jarred tobaccos that I transfer to my plastic baggies, but the tins do have a tendency to dry out. :crazy: I topped off this smoke with an ice cold mug of "Guinness Draught" brew and I am enjoying this evening.:beerchug:

Pipe Smoker

12-21-2017, 11:56 AM

Solani ABF is going exceptionally well today. Just lit my third fill of it. Happy!

Pipe Smoker

12-21-2017, 02:07 PM

I'm not a big fan of English mixtures, but I always have a jar of Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture at hand for an occasional fill. After 3 bowls of ABF that occasion arose. It's pretty darned good.

droy1958

12-21-2017, 04:12 PM

LJ Peretti Yuletide in an old Forrester or Forecaster (hard to read), and EMP in an old Willard......
69396940

Lostmason

12-21-2017, 07:52 PM

First bowl in my new Stanwell brushed brown bent dublin #140,Capstan Blue ready rubbed

droy1958

12-21-2017, 08:31 PM

We had the Knoxville pipe club meeting tonight. Before anyone else got there I had a bowl of D&R Rimboche SJ in a Sunrise Amber Grain Dublin. Later had a bowl of 7 year old Low Country Waccamaw in an old Dunhill billiard and a bowl of 9 year old McClelland's Samovar in a Comoy's Guildhall billiard.

What do you think about the D&R Rimboche SJ? I have a pound of it that I haven't busted open yet. Wasn't sure whether to sell it or bust it open....
6945

droy1958

12-21-2017, 08:34 PM

Aguineapig

12-21-2017, 08:53 PM

What do you think about the D&R Rimboche SJ? I have a pound of it that I haven't busted open yet. Wasn't sure whether to sell it or bust it open....
6945

I like it, and reselling it wouldn't be very lucrative. It's different than a lot of VaPers, especially if you are used to stuff like stokkebye, mcclelland, escudo, navy rolls, etc. This is just ribbon cut VA and perique, dry, no casings or toppings. the VA isn't as sweet as any of the aforementioned. More like some C&D virginias.

Haebar

12-21-2017, 08:58 PM

What do you think about the D&R Rimboche SJ? I have a pound of it that I haven't busted open yet. Wasn't sure whether to sell it or bust it open....
6945

It was my first bowl of it and it was enjoyable, but I haven't smoked enough of it to review it. Can't smoke any of it now to give you a quick review because I came down with a cold.

Scott W.

12-21-2017, 09:02 PM

Ashton artisan blend in my new stanwell bent bulldog, finally arrived

droy1958

12-21-2017, 10:05 PM

I like it, and reselling it wouldn't be very lucrative. It's different than a lot of VaPers, especially if you are used to stuff like stokkebye, mcclelland, escudo, navy rolls, etc. This is just ribbon cut VA and perique, dry, no casings or toppings. the VA isn't as sweet as any of the aforementioned. More like some C&D virginias.

Thank you very much for the info and opinion sir. Wasn't really trying to make money on it, but I just remembered having a pound sack and didn't know if I really needed it after looking over my meager stockpile of pipe tobacco.....

- - - Updated - - -

It was my first bowl of it and it was enjoyable, but I haven't smoked enough of it to review it. Can't smoke any of it now to give you a quick review because I came down with a cold.

Thank you mate! I hope you get over your cold or what have you and come out bright and shiny for the Christmas holidays!.....

Pipe Smoker

12-22-2017, 12:27 AM

Chris0673

12-22-2017, 05:49 PM

Some LTF in a no name pipe. Really good on those days when the cold just seeps into your bones.

Cool Breeze

12-22-2017, 10:20 PM

Having some Dunhill Aperitief in an English Ben Wade.

It's my first tin of it. It's okay. I don't hate it, but I'll likely not buy more.

Chris0673

12-22-2017, 10:27 PM

Had a lovely bowl of Penzance in my clay Tavern Pipe. Only a quick 10 minute smoke but then one needs to preserve the Penzance since it's damn near impossible to get it.

Scott W.

12-23-2017, 07:43 AM

Penzance as well in a stanwell bulldog

Haebar

12-23-2017, 08:07 AM

Starting off the day with some McClelland's 5100 Red Cake in a Savinelli bamboo bent billiard.

https://s25.postimg.org/ndsbixmpr/Cigar_Bum_Photos_002_zpsphvucw4m.jpg

Emperor Zurg

12-23-2017, 08:26 AM

Starting off the day with some McClelland's 5100 Red Cake in a Savinelli bamboo bent billiard.

https://s25.postimg.org/ndsbixmpr/Cigar_Bum_Photos_002_zpsphvucw4m.jpg

Nice! I generally don't like bents or bamboo but that strikes me as a nice looking pipe. How does it smoke?

penna stogey

12-23-2017, 08:27 AM

Starting off the day with some McClelland's 5100 Red Cake in a Savinelli bamboo bent billiard.

https://s25.postimg.org/ndsbixmpr/Cigar_Bum_Photos_002_zpsphvucw4m.jpg

Very Noice pipe.....Did I say that???? Happy holidays

Haebar

12-23-2017, 08:57 AM

Nice! I generally don't like bents or bamboo but that strikes me as a nice looking pipe. How does it smoke?

This one smokes very good, doesn't gurgle and passes a pipe cleaner. When I got it on Ebay, it looked like it had been stored in someone's toolbox and was pretty beat-up. I sent it to Bobby Owens in Norman Park, Georgia and he restored it for me for free. I had purchased a pipe from him on Ebay earlier and he had a note in the box that he repaired and restored pipes and that he would restore the first pipe for free. I have used him for numerous repair jobs since then and am always happy with the work he does.

Pipe Smoker

12-23-2017, 11:54 AM

Had a lovely bowl of Penzance in my clay Tavern Pipe. Only a quick 10 minute smoke but then one needs to preserve the Penzance since it's damn near impossible to get it.

Have you tried Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture? $11.99 / 50g @ SmokingPipes. Not cheap, but has the advantage of being usually available.

I'm puffing a fill of 779 right now, in my Luciano squat bulldog. Very savory!

Haebar

12-23-2017, 02:38 PM

Pipe Smoker

12-23-2017, 03:54 PM

BTW – Many folks think that Herr Will attempted to clone the legendary Balkan Sobranie 759 when he created Solani 779. Besides the similar name, the original tin was similar too. I've never smoked that Sobranie, so don't have an opinion on the matter. But if anyone could succeed at that effort, it would be Herr Will.

Now enjoying my second fill of 779. It's certainly good stuff, and I ordered five more tins to come with my just-purchased Ropp squat bulldog.

NeverBend

12-24-2017, 01:04 PM

Merry Christmas (if you celebrate it)

and

Happy Holidays

to all you

Bums and your families!

NeverBend

12-24-2017, 03:11 PM

Smoking some McClelland 5100 in a Dunhill Bruyere that I had restored by Walker Pipe Repair a couple of years ago. It had a crack in the shank and Mike put a silver band on it.
https://s25.postimg.org/3lzcaxv0f/Dunhill_Canadian.jpg

Hi Tab,

Great looking stick with elegant lines. Can you list the nomenclature (patent, model & year as they exist)? Looks like it was cut on a single chuck in the mid 1950s to 60s with a nicely refined shoulder and a good repair.

Pete

Haebar

12-24-2017, 08:12 PM

Hi Tab,

Great looking stick with elegant lines. Can you list the nomenclature (patent, model & year as they exist)? Looks like it was cut on a single chuck in the mid 1950s to 60s with a nicely refined shoulder and a good repair.

Pete

Here you go Pete:

https://s25.postimg.org/bbo7giv1b/Dunhill_Canadian_002.jpg
https://s25.postimg.org/iew2w4sr3/Dunhill_Canadian_006.jpg

Thanks!

Haebar

12-24-2017, 08:15 PM

Merry Christmas (if you celebrate it)

and

Happy Holidays

to all you

Bums and your families!

Merry Christmas to you and your family Pete!

And to all you other brothers of the leaf!

NeverBend

12-24-2017, 09:57 PM

Here you go Pete:

https://s25.postimg.org/bbo7giv1b/Dunhill_Canadian_002.jpg
https://s25.postimg.org/iew2w4sr3/Dunhill_Canadian_006.jpg

Thanks!

Thanks Tab,

1962 EC. Group 4 Bruyere. For those who aren't familiar with Dunhill nomenclature, little '2' is added to 1960 for the year, 4 in circle is the group, "A" is Bruyere.

I used to know what "EC" actually stood for but it was used on pipes with longer shanks than normally found in their groups range (and thus more desirable). The bowl was made with a single chuck replicator that Dunhill did better than anyone (similar to 1930s Sasieni). Don't know the names of the craftsmen who did the single chucks but these guys could orient the block (in the chuck) to bring out the most grain and best part of the wood. I assume that Frank Lincoln and Ken Lowe did some of these and perhaps Bernie Knighton too but Bill Taylor was probably too young to have done much with the single chucks.

Bit work is periodic, flatter bite with somewhat less refined button. Excellent shoulder as noted before. While technically a machine made bowl, the single chucks were the best machined bowls I've encountered. Since the blocks were initially phrased in the cutting mills many single chucks feature cross grains on the outer and inner spines (front/back of the bowls and up the top and bottom of the shank. How does it smoke?

Haebar

12-24-2017, 10:04 PM

Thanks Tab,

1962 EC. Group 4 Bruyere. For those who aren't familiar with Dunhill nomenclature, little '2' is added to 1960 for the year, 4 in circle is the group, "A" is Bruyere.

I used to know what "EC" actually stood for but it was used on pipes with longer shanks than normally found in their groups range (and thus more desirable). The bowl was made with a single chuck replicator that Dunhill did better than anyone (similar to 1930s Sasieni). Don't know the names of the craftsmen who did the single chucks but these guys could orient the block (in the chuck) to bring out the most grain and best part of the wood. I assume that Frank Lincoln and Ken Lowe did some of these and perhaps Bernie Knighton too but Bill Taylor was probably too young to have done much with the single chucks.

Bit work is periodic, flatter bite with somewhat less refined button. Excellent shoulder as noted before. While technically a machine made bowl, the single chucks were the best machined bowls I've encountered. Since the blocks were initially phrased in the cutting mills many single chucks feature cross grains on the outer and inner spines (front/back of the bowls and up the top and bottom of the shank. How does it smoke?

Pete,

Thanks for the information about the pipe!
It smokes great! Doesn't have much of a cake to speak of, but smokes cool nonetheless. I had Mike give it the ozone treatment when he had it in for the repair; it was only a couple of dollars more.
Right now I'm smoking some Gawith & Hoggarth Sweet Rum Twist in a Charatan second.
https://s25.postimg.org/gyw5d68kv/Charatan_second.jpg

Branzig

12-25-2017, 01:09 AM

It's a frigid 8 degrees right now, so my traditional Christmas eve pipe is going to have to be a little cob tonight filled with Star Of The East.

Soon I'll play Santa and off to sleep.

Merry Christmas eve friends.

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Pipe Smoker

12-25-2017, 10:12 AM

Just filled my pipe with Hamborger Veermaster. A cheery tobacco for Christmas Day. Hope all of you are having a wonderful Christmas!

AlanS

12-25-2017, 12:45 PM

McClelland Holiday Spirit 2012 in a Stanwell
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-12/20171225_092507_zpsyn6tm9dd.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-12/20171225_092507_zpsyn6tm9dd.jpg.html)

bluenoser

12-25-2017, 12:57 PM

Me and Luca are breaking in the Mr Brog Churchwarden gift from the kids with some H&H eggnog. Probably going to be cut short though, we're currently in an extreme cold warning with wind chill/ feel like temps in the -40c to -45c range. Don't want this thing to heat up too much.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171225/17ee0bf991b80e8ce953f1b2afcae9f4.jpg

Emperor Zurg

12-25-2017, 04:00 PM

Bowl of G&H Sweet Rum Twist in a little old Grabow.

Merry Christmas to all you Bums!

Pipe Smoker

12-26-2017, 09:35 AM

I opened s tin of 3 yo Dunhill Flake yesterday. Now puffing that in my newish Luciano squat bulldog. First time these two have met. They're playing together very nicely.

Glad that my classical music stations are back to regular programming. A Mozart Divertimento right now.

greige matter

12-26-2017, 02:22 PM

Enjoying a Liga T-52.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171226/0ee2a24a1f778ed0c9cbdcaecc277263.jpg

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greige matter

12-26-2017, 02:28 PM

Sorry guy wrong spot for this.

Emperor Zurg

12-26-2017, 03:56 PM

Sorry guy wrong spot for this.

Cram that thing in a cob pipe and repost! :p :p

Chris0673

12-26-2017, 07:02 PM

Have you tried Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture? $11.99 / 50g @ SmokingPipes. Not cheap, but has the advantage of being usually available.

I'm puffing a fill of 779 right now, in my Luciano squat bulldog. Very savory!

I have not. I'll have to try that!

Lostmason

12-27-2017, 09:19 PM

Virginia Gold Black and Gold in my Eagle Clawfoot Clay
with two fingers of Johnny Walker Red on the side

Haebar

12-27-2017, 09:36 PM

Scott W.

12-27-2017, 10:16 PM

Dark English in my newly found Nording freehand

Emperor Zurg

12-27-2017, 10:22 PM

G&H whiskey twist, first in a briar but halfway down or so it got too wet so I dumped the charge out onto a paper plate, let it dry for a bit on top of the wood stove, then transferred it to my gourd calabash to finish it out. Was a little nasty at first light in the calabash but now it has settled down and is smoking nicely again. I hate wasting G&H ropes!

LandonColby

12-28-2017, 11:21 AM

Having a bowl of homemade Peach Latakia flake that Bruck sent me about two years ago. Smoking it in a Lepeltier clay pipe, bent white billiard that LandonColby sent in my secret pipe Santa gift in 2014. Drinking Red Rose Iced Tea and listening to a Pipes Magazine Radio Show podcast.Glad that pipe is still seeing use! I never got around to buying one for myself though... hmm. Late Christmas gift to myself? [emoji16]

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Pipe Smoker

12-28-2017, 11:50 AM

Puffing my second fill of 3 yo Dunhill Flake in my Kirsten Mariner. It's going down exceptionally well today.

Pipe Smoker

12-28-2017, 01:23 PM

Just lit a fill of Hamborger Veermaster. Very glad that I made the acquaintance of this mild and tasty Virginia. It's one of the few tobaccos I smoke that isn't made by STG.

Scott W.

12-28-2017, 06:29 PM

Some Dark english in the Nording, so happy I found this pipe. Smokes amazing

GWBowman

12-28-2017, 08:18 PM

Peter Stokkebye 701 Virginia in a smooth bent Dr. G, while making simple syrup (plain and rosemary)

Scott W.

12-28-2017, 08:26 PM

Tsuge Rainjin in my Savenelli billiard. Some 19 Crimes the Uprising red wine to chase it

Scott W.

12-29-2017, 12:51 AM

2 more bowls tonight

c & d holiday blend in my brog scoot
Orlik Kentucky in my baraccini poker

Lostmason

12-29-2017, 01:26 PM

Started with Captain Black original in a Stanwell #140 dublin
Following with Warhorse Green in my Brigham Brandy pot

Scott W.

12-29-2017, 05:23 PM

Trying drug store blends I got on sale

Velvet in my bench made pipe- not too bad
Lane limited ready rubbed in my stanwell billiard- tasty
Carter hall in my baraccini Rhodesian- great smell, underwhelming taste

All in all, I got a couple of good tobaccos here that I won’t mind smoking often. The yard gars of the pipe world

Scott W.

12-29-2017, 10:42 PM

More carter hall in my erlich lovat pipe. Nice smoke

Lostmason

12-30-2017, 12:51 AM

A couple bowls of LL Dark Red in my Grabows and
a quick bowl of mystery mix in a cob and I'm
feeling real good right about now.

You guys remember to go vote for NeverBend or Ol Smokey in the BOTM
http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/bum-of-the-month/january-2018-bum-month-8398.html#post171906

Pipe Smoker

12-30-2017, 10:10 AM

I started the day with Dunhill Flake. Now it's Hamborger Veermaster. Both in my Luciano squat bulldog. I have to say that the HV tops the DF. The HV is mild, and just plain tasty.

GWBowman

12-30-2017, 07:28 PM

C&D Five O'Clock Shadow in a smooth, bent Irish Second, accompanied by a Moscow Mule

Emperor Zurg

12-30-2017, 07:40 PM

McClelland 2015 in a French made Canadian.

Lostmason

12-30-2017, 09:58 PM

Today I thought I would start off with a nice English blend.Not wanting a heavy
lat to encumber my taste buds,I chose Pipes&Wilke #524. An Aro-English.
I'm guessing that with the colder weather,windows being sealed and pumping
humidity into the air to aid with heating.The room note was somewhat harsher
than I figured on.I got in a bit of trouble and had to switch to more acceptable
blends for the remainder of my day.

So a couple bowls of LL Dark Red in my new Stanwell pipes followed by
three bowls of PS Lux Navy Flake in my Dunhill canted dublin.