What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Scott W.]

Had some lane limited rr in a stanwell billiard. Not sure if I’m getting a cold but I could barely taste or smell it.

[Pipe Smoker]

Starting the new year in style! Just opened a tin of Dunhill DLNR with 5+ years of age on it. And yes, it has "De Luxe Navy Rolls" on the tin label, rather than just "Navy Rolls". This stuff is regal tobacco.

Happy New Year everyone!

[Emperor Zurg]

Had some lane limited rr in a stanwell billiard. Not sure if I’m getting a cold but I could barely taste or smell it.

That's why I don't smoke aromatics. I can barely taste or smell any of them.

Warhorse Bar in my "Acadian" billiard. :p

[Scott W.]

That's why I don't smoke aromatics. I can barely taste or smell any of them.

Warhorse Bar in my "Acadian" billiard. :p

I just started smoking this and I think I’m going back to my English blends

[Emperor Zurg]

I just started smoking this and I think I’m going back to my English blends

Try some of the McClelland Grand Orientals. Very nice IMO and a nice change of pace. Sometimes I get tired of latakia and want something that doesn't contain it but still has lots of good flavor and no burley. This Warhorse Bar supposedly contains burley but I don't taste it - at least not that carfboardy flavor I detest. Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky and MacBaren Old Dark Fired are good too. This is just some 'what I like' offered FYI in case you're looking for a little variety.

[Scott W.]

Try some of the McClelland Grand Orientals. Very nice IMO and a nice change of pace. Sometimes I get tired of latakia and want something that doesn't contain it but still has lots of good flavor and no burley. This Warhorse Bar supposedly contains burley but I don't taste it - at least not that carfboardy flavor I detest. Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky and MacBaren Old Dark Fired are good too. This is just some 'what I like' offered FYI in case you're looking for a little variety.

Thank you sir. I do have the ODF and orlik Kentucky and enjoy them both very much.

[Lostmason]

I still have a sweet tooth going,I still enjoy my aromatics.
But,the Orlik blends are HIGH on my Favorites list.Right now
I'm finishing another bowl of LL Dark Red.

[Bruck]

This doesn't count as "today" but I'm just getting around to signing back in.

Had a bowl of Tewksberry Celtic Blend and another of C&D Pirate Kake with my pipe-smoking and hunting buddy while we were carrying guns around in the woods the other day.

I always bring two pipes in my portable pipe satchel and I'm glad I did - and I learned a lesson. Don't bring meers out in the cold! I knew that but had a brain cramp that day (I also forgot my blaze orange as well, so I was prepared to defend myself on religious grounds should I encounter a ranger). Anyway the bowl just broke right off of it. Fortunately it was one of those cheap, pressed mini-meers so no great loss.

[Emperor Zurg]

...Anyway the bowl just broke right off of it...

Oh no! Where is the 'don't like' button?!?

I almost always carry cobs as pocket pipes while hunting. It's hard to find a pipe that will stand up to more abuse than a corn cob.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Dunhill De Luxe Navy Rolls in my Luciano squat bulldog. It's a fairly small pipe, but its wide bowl makes it very comfortable to hold.

[Emperor Zurg]

Smoking C&D Billy Budd in a cheap little Baraccini stack poker (they call it a poker anyway, looks like a cherrywood to me). This is not a blend I would normally smoke as I don't care for burley or cigar leaf but I was looking for a change of pace and this fit the bill nicely. The latakia is very nice; smoky of course but with a lot of subtle spice and even hints of rosemary/evergreen. There's a subtle sweetness that appears once in a while then disappears completely. It's rather creamy which I (perhaps incorrectly) attribute to the cigar leaf. It's also a bit peppery which must also be the work of the cigar leaf because according to TR, there's no perique in it. No cardboard burley flavor at all... in fact I don't notice any burley although TR says it's in there. I notice it scorches easier than most on relights so the flame has to be applied lightly.
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[Scott W.]

Orlik dark strong in a Nording
ODF in my stanwell bulldog

[Lostmason]

Oi !
At last ! time for a smoke.....:yes!:
Peterson's Sunset Breeze in my Tally-Ho

[Pipe Smoker]

Earlier today I had a fill of Dunhill Navy Rolls, then a fill of Hamborger Veermaster. I usually find both of these to be excellent, but neither seemed quite right today. Now puffing Solani 763 (Black Cavendish, Syrian Latakia, Virginia), and that hit the spot. It's good to have a broad arsenal!

[Aguineapig]

Gotta pack something for the road tomorrow. Will be absent for a while,, heading to aroostook county for some winter logging work. everyone be good!

[Lostmason]

It's a Captain Black night here,I'm on my third bowl of CB Royal.
Doing it codger style,using one pipe.My DG Savoy

[Scott W.]

Last night after shoveling snow

Velvet in a no name tomato pipe
OGS in my stanwell bulldog
Mixture 965 from 2012 in my stanwell freehand
Nightcap from 2012 in my baraccini poker

Good night

[Scott W.]

Lane ready rubbed in the tomato pipe

[Pipe Smoker]

Yesterday, Dunhill Navy Rolls just wasn't going well for me. I'm happy to report that it's going great today. I smoked three fills this morning. Now puffing Wessex Classic Virginia, an excellent ready rubbed vaper.

[Lostmason]

Yoo !! Hoo !! The weekend !!!!
Already got my self kicked to the porch,,,,Alexander Bridge in my Brigham Brandy pot.
Digging out my lat blends for some sunny days. Weatherman promised at least
3 to 4 days of higher than normal temps,so I'm going to make use of them.

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of McClelland 5100 Red Cake in a Hendon billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/6o9vrt9bj/Hendon_Billiard.jpg

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of G.L. Pease Embarcadero (thanks to Aguineapig) in a Yello-Bole billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/4xvg42h67/Yello-_Bole_Bing_Crosby.jpg

[Scott W.]

Some Ashton artisan blend in a bent viking

[Scott W.]

Just finished a bowl of McClelland 5100 Red Cake in a Hendon billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/6o9vrt9bj/Hendon_Billiard.jpg
I love the red cake, too bad it’s no longer out there.

[Lostmason]

Smoking EGR in my Dunhill now,,Had a bowl of Warhorse Green in one of my Stanwell Dublins

[Haebar]

I love the red cake, too bad it’s no longer out there.

Yesterday I drove to a B&M in Knoxville and bought the last 3 pounds of it that they had. Put it up in some Ball Mason jars this morning. A big loss for the U.S. piping community.

[Scott W.]

Yesterday I drove to a B&M in Knoxville and bought the last 3 pounds of it that they had. Put it up in some Ball Mason jars this morning. A big loss for the U.S. piping community.
I’ve been looking too, nice score.
I bet it will be brilliant in a few years

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Velvet in my stanwell billiard while out running errands

[Pipe Smoker]

I smoked my new Ropp squat bulldog for the first time today, using Wessex Classic Virginia for the break-in tobacco (5 fills). Not great, but not too bad either — thankfully, there was no noxious coating in the chamber

I bought this little pipe from SmokingPipes:

Ropp Vintage Stout Smooth Squat Bulldog | Buy Ropp Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ropp/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=247313)

I was attracted to it because the squat bulldog is my favorite pipe shape. Lots of character, and I like pipes with broad, shallow bowls — I prefer the taste of smoke from tobacco that hasn’t filtered too much smoke.

This $72 pipe is undoubtedly machine made, rather than hand made. But I don’t care, because it’s well made. E. g., the shank and bit join together with no discernible discontinuity. The grain isn’t going to knock your socks off — kind of mottled, rather than bold streaks. But the mottling is uniform over the whole surface, and looks rather nice, in hand. At least, after I improved the luster of the finish by applying a thin coat of EVOO. And this modest little pipe has some nice features:

1. Horn bit. I didn’t know that pipes with horn bits were still available — I’d never seen any until I noticed that some Ropp pipes were offered with horn bits.

2. Delrin tenon. The best tenon material IMO — tough, elastic, and has a low coefficient of friction.

[Pipe Smoker]

Re: “I love the red cake, too bad it’s no longer out there.”

From Tobacco reviews:

“When it comes to straight red Virginia that's meant to be smoked instead of blended, there's not a lot of competition - for me it came down to McClelland's 5100 or Wessex Brigade Classic Virginia, and Wessex won.

It's ready-rubbed, easy to maintain, cool smoking, and less sweet. Rich, deep, complex, earthy flavors all the way through, it makes me want to bake bread.”

Wessex - Classic Virginia (Brigade) - Tobacco Reviews (http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/1274/wessex-classic-virginia)

I always have some of the Wessex Classic Virginia (actually a vaper), on hand.

[Scott W.]

Nice, thank you for the info!

[Chris0673]

My tires. I smoked my tires after getting stuck in a snowbank.:highly_amused:

[Cool Breeze]

Had a new offering from LFD at my local shop yesterday.
Fantastic cigar.

https://i.imgur.com/vOnbYrV.jpg

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of GL Pease Embarcadero in a McCranie billiard. Drinking Red Rose Iced Tea.
https://s25.postimg.org/4gbtw3han/Mc_Cranie_Pipe_002.jpg

[Bruck]

My report from yesterday - last day of deer season, didn't see a darned thing, but did have a couple bowls of Penzance while freezing my keester off on the mountain :)

[Scott W.]

2012 Nightcap in my Erlich Lovat
Velvet in the tomato

[Lostmason]

Smoking Edward G Robinson's blend in my Dunhill Dublin and my Lunar Dublin.
Switching back and forth for five bowls total. If this stuff didn't taste so good,
I might of opened another jar maybe an aro. But DANG, today was cloudy and a
bit windy.It called for a "Solid" smoke.

[Pipe Smoker]

I just opened a tin of Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture. Filled my pipe, then put the rest in a Weck canning jar. This is seriously good tobacco! Savory.

[Haebar]

I just opened a tin of Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture. Filled my pipe, then put the rest in a Weck canning jar. This is seriously good tobacco! Savory.

Where do you buy Weck canning jars? I've never seen them in stores here in Tennessee.

About to rub out some Wessex Gold Brick Virginia and smoke it in a McCranie billiard. Drinking Luzianne iced tea.

[Lostmason]

Carter Hall in a "Falcon" type straight billiard

[Scott W.]

Battling a sore throat, no pipes today or tonight most likely

[Emperor Zurg]

Battling a sore throat, no pipes today or tonight most likely

I had such a sore throat last winter I gargled (and swallowed) a teaspoon of Tabasco sauce for some relief. It works too: burns like heck but then as the burn fades, so does the sore throat. The relief lasts about an hour.

Speaking of burning, I'm burning a fill of Sweet Rum Twist in a new Stanwell Rhodesian. Wanted something strong to disguise the nasty flavor of a new pipe but so far this one isn't too bad. Just tastes like SRT for the most part.

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also burned a fill of D&R Picayune in the gourd calabash. Wanted a little pepper. Got pepper in spades.

[Scott W.]

Well I lied, wound up smoking some velvet in my tomato and then some Ashton artisan blend in my stanwell freehand. Throat hurts but I’m happy

[Pipe Smoker]

Where do you buy Weck canning jars? I've never seen them in stores here in Tennessee.
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I buy Weck jars at my Crate & Barrel B&M, but Amazon has them too. This one is just the right size for 50 grams of ready rubbed:

Amazon.com: Weck 976 Mini Mold Jar - Set of 12: Kitchen & Dining (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00N36UZEY/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1515535441&sr=8-9&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=weck+jars)

They stack nicely.

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My tin of Dunhill DLNR is nearly empty so I opened a tin of 3 yo F&T Vintage. Tasty and mild. Like all F&T flakes, it's cut into neat rectangles. Delectable tin note, and pretty, with a mix of lighter and darker leaf. Very relaxing for a rainy day here in San Diego. We really needed the rain!

[Pipe Smoker]

BTW, it's been my experience that if you go to a Crate & Barrel B&M, and they don't have this size of Weck jar in stock, they'll have them sent to your home with free shipping. Ask about shipping charge though.

[Emperor Zurg]

Just had a sardine and onion omelet for supper... trying to dream up something for dessert. Unfortunately my jar of G&H Dark Flake Unscented is not here because I think that would be superb right now. Maybe a bowl of some G&H rope will make a decent stand in.

[Scott W.]

Sardine and onion?
How was it?

[Emperor Zurg]

Sardine and onion?
How was it?

Delicious believe it or not. I used King Oscar Mediterranean sardines, diced sweet onion, cheddar cheese and doused it liberally with Tabasco sauce. Folded it and topped it with Pace picante sauce. I should open a breakfast joint :D

Ended up with a small bowl of War Horse Bar. That wasn't too bad either.

[allusred]

I had such a sore throat last winter I gargled (and swallowed) a teaspoon of Tabasco sauce for some relief. It works too: burns like heck but then as the burn fades, so does the sore throat. The relief lasts about an hour.

Speaking of burning, I'm burning a fill of Sweet Rum Twist in a new Stanwell Rhodesian. Wanted something strong to disguise the nasty flavor of a new pipe but so far this one isn't too bad. Just tastes like SRT for the most part.

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also burned a fill of D&R Picayune in the gourd calabash. Wanted a little pepper. Got pepper in spades.

Have you not tried eating a bit of Vicks Vapor rub?

[Emperor Zurg]

Have you not tried eating a bit of Vicks Vapor rub?

Nope. Didn't have any anyway. Is that supposed to work? Never heard of that.

[AlanS]

One pint of tequila straight, in the shower as hot as you can stand for a half hour. Cured

[Emperor Zurg]

One pint of tequila straight, in the shower as hot as you can stand for a half hour. Cured

Ah, alcohol!
The cause of...
And solution to...
ALL of life's problems!

[Pipe Smoker]

My tin of Dunhill DLNR was down to crumbs -- about half a fill. So I dug out enough Hamborger Veermaster for a complete fill. Quite a good blend. Wish that I'd done this while there was more DLNR in the tin.

I've recently discovered a new-to-me mushroom: the maitake, AKA hen of the woods. It's the most delicious mushroom that I've ever had, with the possible exception of morels. It's been so long since I've had fresh morels that I can't judge accurately. I'm going to sauté some maitakes for my supper this evening. Can hardly wait!

[Pipe Smoker]

Just filled my pipe with Wessex Classic Virginia. There's nothing about this ready rubbed red Virginia vaper that I don't like. Rich flavor, packs easily, stays lit.

[Scott W.]

C&D espresso in a bent Viking, not too bad

[Scott W.]

Velvet in the stanwell billiard

[Lostmason]

Been down with a bug,only thing smoking around here is my tea.
So Honey/Lemon with a spoon of sugar in a cream colored coffee cup.
Ugh! I wish my coffee tasted better.

[Emperor Zurg]

Been down with a bug,only thing smoking around here is my tea.
So Honey/Lemon with a spoon of sugar in a cream colored coffee cup.
Ugh! I wish my coffee tasted better.

Y'know, a bowl of Full Virginia Flake goes great with honey lemon tea... just sayin'...

[Scott W.]

I second that.

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Gonna do some lane 1 Q in my Viking for shits and giggles.

[Lostmason]

Y'know, a bowl of Full Virginia Flake goes great with honey lemon tea... just sayin'...

Thank you for the advice, I will try it out as soon as I can breath normally. That and I got to find where I stashed
the FVF. I'm sure I have some put away just have to dig thru the stash.

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of Captain Black Gold in a Dr. Grabow Royal Duke billiard.

This pipe, but not the tobacco pictured:
https://s25.postimg.org/iyk21eynj/Dr_Grabow_Royal_Duke.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

...not the tobacco pictured:


That flake looks to be a Gawith Hoggarth offering. Looks to be Louisiana Flake.
Mmmmmm... Louisiana flake...

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia in my Kirsten Mariner -- it's going great.

And fondling my new 5" Knipex pliers wrench. This is a NEAT little pliers -- German made, box joint design, tremendous mechanical advantage, and the flat jaws are always parallel.

Knipex makes many styles of pliers of various sizes. Check 'em out on Amazon.

[Haebar]

That flake looks to be a Gawith Hoggarth offering. Looks to be Louisiana Flake.
Mmmmmm... Louisiana flake...

That Louisiana Flake is one of my favorites, but it's not what's pictured. That is some of Bruck's homemade Peach Latakia Flake that he sent me over a year ago; still have some left. It is tasty.

[Scott W.]

C&D mocha in a billiard. Smoking in the house, want it to smell good

[Scott W.]

Now velvet in the viking

[Scott W.]

Velvet in the tomato pipe
Peterson’s Wild Atlantic ina stanwell bulldog

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Sweet Rum Twist in a Stanwell Rhodesian
Cheboygan Blueberry Cream Ale to wet my whistle. Good beer but a milk stout goes better with this weed.

[Haebar]

This morning I smoked a bowl of Lane Ready Rubbed in a Dr. Grabow Royal Duke Billiard. This evening I smoked a tiny bowl of Sutliff Coco Creme in a little Sunrise Featherweight Apple.

[Emperor Zurg]

Warhorse Bar in the Stanwell Rhodesian. Milkshake stout on the side... dangit, should have had the blueberry with this and the stout with yesterday's SRT.

[Scott W.]

Luxury Bullseye Flake in a chateau bruyere rusticated billiard. First time for the tobacco and the pipe. I love it

[Scott W.]

Velvet, stanwell billiard
C&D epiphany in the bruyere billiard

Find myself grabbing more straight pipes lately

[Pipe Smoker]

Just opened a tin of Escudo with good age on it. This is good tobacco, but I don't intend to buy any more of it. I like two other vapers better: Dunhill Navy Rolls and Solani 633.

[Emperor Zurg]

Sweet Rum Twist in a gourd calabash with a milk stout on the side.
Now THIS is a good combination

[Scott W.]

LBF in an erlich lovat

[Haebar]

Smoked a big bowl of Lane Ready Rubbed in a Comoy's Guildhall billiard last night.
https://s25.postimg.org/pfvm0k0rz/Comoy_s_Guildhall_billiard.jpg

[Scott W.]

Wild atlantic in the bruyere billiard.
Also some lane ready rubbed in my Brog scoot.

Gonna pack up some velvet in the tomato pipe for lunch

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of Iwan Ries China Black Fire Cured in an Albert John billiard. Drinking Diet Mountain Dew with a little Tito's vodka.

[Scott W.]

Velvet, tomato pipe
C&D Epiphany in the Stanwell freehand

[Pipe Smoker]

Smoked a big bowl of Lane Ready Rubbed in a Comoy's Guildhall billiard last night.
https://s25.postimg.org/pfvm0k0rz/Comoy_s_Guildhall_billiard.jpg

That's a good looking pipe! And a good looking pipe stand, too.

[Pipe Smoker]

Alternating fills of two vapers in my Kirsten Mariner: Escudo and Wessex Classic Virginia. Wessex for the win! More savory. Maybe the red Virginia is why.

[Emperor Zurg]

Alternating fills of two vapers in my Kirsten Mariner: Escudo and Wessex Classic Virginia. Wessex for the win! More savory. Maybe the red Virginia is why.

You should try a tin of Hearth & Home, Frenchy's Sunsabiches and also a tin of AJ's VaPer just for grins. At the very worst it'll give you even more of an appreciation for the higher end stuff. However, I like those two a lot.

[Haebar]

You should try a tin of Hearth & Home, Frenchy's Sunsabiches and also a tin of AJ's VaPer just for grins. At the very worst it'll give you even more of an appreciation for the higher end stuff. However, I like those two a lot.

I read on TR that Frenchy's Sunzabitches would burn your tongue; have you experienced that when you smoked it? I haven't tried it yet.

[Haebar]

Smoked a bowl of my first pressed blend concoction that I made almost exactly a year ago; it's a VaPer cake and it has mellowed out considerably. Smoked it in a "Personal Reserve" bent sandblast Dublin that I just got on Ebay. These pipes were made for Barry Levin who was a pioneer in estate pipe marketing in the late 80's and early 90's. He died unexpectedly in the mid 90's.

[Emperor Zurg]

I read on TR that Frenchy's Sunzabitches would burn your tongue; have you experienced that when you smoked it? I haven't tried it yet.

Any tobacco burns my tongue if I don't smoke it carefully - especially Va and VaPers. I usually stash them away for a year at least before I even try them. That seems to help a lot. I guess I wouldn't know fresh as I've never tried it that way. After a year or so it doesn't seem to bite any more than anything else.

One blend that bites me fresh is PS navy flake, I know that for sure. It also tastes... sharp -for lack of a better word. Only a year does wonders for that blend.

edit...
I may have misspoke. It might be the Louisiana Red I like. I'll need to go check my stash and see which one I have. Been on a rope and twist kick lately. Haven't been hitting the VaPers much at all.

[Haebar]

Smoking some Dunhill Royal Yacht in a straight Dublin meerschaum pipe. It's been a long time since I smoked a meerschaum and I'm really enjoying this. It's so light, clenching it is a breeze.

[Scott W.]

Some lane 1Q in a Nording churchwarden last night

[Pipe Smoker]

After filling my pipe with Hamborger Veermaster, I got a sizable crumb in my mouth on the pre-light test draw. It was quite tasty!

[Lostmason]

PS Lux Twist Flake in my Tally-Ho

[Bruck]

Enjoying an unseasonable warm January p.m. with an MM General filled to the brim with John Cotton's Mixture, a smooth burley. I believe it was part of a burley cluster bomb that our friend Haebar annhilated me with a couple years ago.

[Emperor Zurg]

After filling my pipe with Hamborger Veermaster, I got a sizable crumb in my mouth on the pre-light test draw. It was quite tasty!

See next thing you'll be reaching into your pipe tobacco tins for the occasional chaw...

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a third fill of Escudo in my Kirsten Mariner. Yesterday Escudo wasn't going so well, but today it's great. A puzzle, that.

[Cool Breeze]

Having some McClelland Beacon in my Savinelli Bing's Favorite.

[Cool Breeze]

Now having a small bowl of Drew Estate Meat Pie in a cob.

[Haebar]

Smoking some Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Sunrise Dublin. This is a good blend; better than the original blend that it was made to emulate, Walnut.
https://s25.postimg.org/tieewgd27/Sunrise_Dublin_2.jpg

[Lostmason]

Seems I got a bit carried away yesterday, I rubbed out enough PS LTF
for four bowls. So today I've been smoking my "mistake".:devilspin:

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing mild and tasty Hamborger Veermaster in my Kirsten Mariner. This Virginia is just good.

BTW -- I've always sautéed mushrooms in EVOO and/or herbed butter. But it occurred to me that tahini might be good with mushrooms, so yesterday I tried that.

5-1/4 oz of Hen of the Woods (AKA maitakes) mushrooms in EVOO and 1/2 oz tahini (which has a fair amount of oil). It was good! I'll do this again.

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Sweet Whiskey Twist in a gourd calabash along with Rochester Mills Red Velvet Ale.
This pairing is a match made in heaven if ever there was one :) The beer is very sweet and positively reeks of vanilla creme. It's a dessert beer if ever there was one and it pairs beautifully with this tobacco. I equate it to a fine cigar with root beer on the side... which I also enjoy very much from time to time.

[Lostmason]

First pipe in a few days.EGR in a Dunhill canted dublin.

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of H&H Chestnut in a Sunrise Amber Grain Dublin. Already looking forward to the weekend.

[Haebar]

Woke up with a bowl of H&H Chestnut in a Savinelli Silver billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/6ohscdhhb/Savinelli_Silver.jpg

[Scott W.]

1980 Velvet in a stanwell billiard
2012 Nightcap in Nording churchwarden

[Haebar]

Just got back from the Knoxville Pipe Club meeting. We had a new guy show up tonight that I had invited last month. Hope he keeps coming.
Tonight I smoked:
*35+ year old MacBaren's Virginia no. 1 > this was very good but very hard to keep lit for some reason.
*C&D Shandygaff > I enjoyed this blend; it was stronger than I expected in terms of nicotine.
*G&H Sweet Coconut Twist > always satisfying.

[Scott W.]

Just got back from the Knoxville Pipe Club meeting. We had a new guy show up tonight that I had invited last month. Hope he keeps coming.
Tonight I smoked:
*35+ year old MacBaren's Virginia no. 1 > this was very good but very hard to keep lit for some reason.
*C&D Shandygaff > I enjoyed this blend; it was stronger than I expected in terms of nicotine.
*G&H Sweet Coconut Twist > always satisfying.

Sounds like an excellent night my man!

[Haebar]

Sounds like an excellent night my man!

Yes, it was one of the more memorable meetings. Always nice to have new folks show up. Seth is a young fellow, just out of college, who is new to pipe smoking and looking for tips and knowledge about pipe smoking.

I'm finishing up the night with another bowl of this 35 year old MacBaren Virginia no.1 in a group 4 Dunhill Bruyere billiard and drinking diet Pepsi.

[Scott W.]

Velvet in tomato pipe
Wild atlantic in the Nording churchwarden
Nightcap in the bent Viking

[Haebar]

Earlier this afternoon I smoked a bowl of G&H Black Bogie in an old group 4 Dunhill Bruyere billiard. The new puppy has been put in remedial house-breaking class after a setback today.

[Scott W.]

Velvet in a bent Viking
LBF in a Nording freehand natural
C&D epiphany in a bruyere billiard

[Lostmason]

Starting this weekend with captain Black original in a Stanwell Brushed brown Dublin

[AlanS]

Starting this weekend with captain Black original in a Stanwell Brushed brown Dublin

In your birthday suit I assume.:censored:

[Scott W.]

My buddy Brad sent up a Brog Churchwarden for me to try. Just smoked some velvet out of it to break it in. Nice inexpensive pipe

[Emperor Zurg]

Had a couple bowls of McClelland 2015 over the past few days.
I see LBF mentioned a couple times lately. Haven't had that in ages... sounds good. I need to dig that out again. I have a sizable stash of it somewhere and I bet it has 2 or 3 years of age on it by now. I ordered 8oz from (I think) P&C many moons ago. Lo and behold, a full brick of the stuff arrived - something like 1.5 lbs. I notified them of the mistake before opening the pack but they said to just keep it :) so I have at least 2 qt mason jars crammed full of the stuff.

[Scott W.]

Velvet in the scoot pipe
Tsuge rajlin in a bent viking

[Scott W.]

Wild Atlantic in a poker

[Scott W.]

Solani black and white from 2012 in a Nording

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of some 35+ year old MacBaren's Virginia no.1 in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke billiard. There's something wrong with this pipe, the Dr. Grabow filters won't fit into it all the way. I tried deep cleaning the area where the filter is supposed to go but still couldn't get it to fit. I wouldn't smoke this tobacco with a filter anyway.
https://s25.postimg.org/tnjgd7blb/Dr_Grabow_Grand_Duke.jpg

[droy1958]

A local tobacco called Dubliner......
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6972

[droy1958]

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[droy1958]

One more bowl and I'm putting my narrow ass to bed.....
6975

[droy1958]

An old KW with some White Knight.....
6981

[Haebar]

I had a bowl of G&H Black Bogie last night and this morning. Smoked it in that same Dr. Grabow as last time.

[Scott W.]

Wild atlantic in a nording warden

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 633, Virginia with Perique, in my Kirsten Mariner.

I’ve been off the board for awhile. My ancient iPhone 5 went west — had to research, buy, and set up a new phone. Got an iPhone X — nice box!

[Scott W.]

PS LBF in a stanwell bent bulldog.

[Haebar]

Puffing Solani 633, Virginia with Perique, in my Kirsten Mariner.

I’ve been off the board for awhile. My ancient iPhone 5 went west — had to research, buy, and set up a new phone. Got an iPhone X — nice box!

Was wondering what happened to you.

Smoking H&H Chestnut in a new Dr. Grabow bulldog I got on Ebay.

[Pipe Smoker]

I just opened a tin of Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug with good age on it. This mild and tasty flake is my favorite F & T tobacco. All of the tins in my CVP horde are the compact rectangular ones, but they’ve now changed to the round Escudo-size tins. Annoys me, it does.

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of G&H Black Bogie in a Guildhall billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/evbmb9w4v/Comoy_s_Guildhall_billiard.jpg

[Scott W.]

Velvet in a $22 eBay churchwarden
Going for some LBF in a bent bulldog. Had the most enjoyable smoke of this the other night in this pipe. Been a rough day, I’m ready for this one

[Scott W.]

Just loaded some Old dark fired in an Erlich lovat. Will Fire it up in about 20 min

[Haebar]

Split bowl: Lower half is H&H Chestnut, top half is Black Bogie. Smoking it in a Sunrise billiard and drinking Maxwell House coffee. Trying to break in this pipe so it will smoke better.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing F&T Cut Virginia Plug. And sipping black coffee. Because when I opened a new bottle of cream (expiration date of Feb 9) it was as solid as cold butter. :(

[Emperor Zurg]

...when I opened a new bottle of cream (expiration date of Feb 9) it was as solid as cold butter. :(

Well it's still good then. Bust off a hunk and drop it in your coffee cup :p

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of 35 year-old MacBaren Virginia no.1 in a Sunrise billiard. Drinking Red Rose iced tea and listening to Country Squire Radio podcasts.

[coffeecup]

This evening I am having a bowl of Ashton's Artisan's Blend in my extra large Savinelli 606.:pipe: Early this afternoon I had been thinking of having Artisan's Blend for my evening smoke which is unusual because I have a habit of digging thru my stash and choosing based upon how I was feeling. This tobacco is exactly what I wanted at this particular time so "timing is everything".:handball: For me "Artisan's Blend" is a very special tobacco; you have the push and pull of the Latakia vs Perique. This tobacco is full flavored and has a unique flavor profile. I have found that Dunhill's "Nightcap" and "Artisan's Blend" are very similar but Nightcap's flavors seem to flow over each other whereas Artisan's Blend are very distinct so that you can taste the individual flavor inputs.:wave: I have about 7 or 8 tins in storage but I am concerned about Ashton's being able to continue making this same tobacco because they use Syrian Latakia and I do not think that Syria has been exporting their Latakia in several years because of political unrest.:mope: I am topping off this smoke with two small glasses of brandy and I am feeling very relaxed.:couch:

[Scott W.]

Last nights lineup:
Velvet in the tomato pipe
OGS in my erlich lovat
Dark strong Kentucky in the stanwell bulldog
LL RR in a churchwarden

[Scott W.]

Russ Oulette Yule Log in my eBay churchwarden

[Lostmason]

Peterson's Sunset Breeze in a Stanwell BB bent dublin

[Cool Breeze]

Had some Dunhill Elizabethan in a Peterson Kildare earlier.

Now enjoying a bowl of McClelland 40th Aniverssary in a bent Molina (not sure of the shape).

[coffeecup]

This evening I am having a bowl of Ashton's Artisan's Blend in my extra large Savinelli 606.:pipe: Early this afternoon I had been thinking of having Artisan's Blend for my evening smoke which is unusual because I have a habit of digging thru my stash and choosing based upon how I was feeling. This tobacco is exactly what I wanted at this particular time so "timing is everything".:handball: For me "Artisan's Blend" is a very special tobacco; you have the push and pull of the Latakia vs Perique. This tobacco is full flavored and has a unique flavor profile. I have found that Dunhill's "Nightcap" and "Artisan's Blend" are very similar but Nightcap's flavors seem to flow over each other whereas Artisan's Blend are very distinct so that you can taste the individual flavor inputs.:wave: I have about 7 or 8 tins in storage but I am concerned about Ashton's being able to continue making this same tobacco because they use Syrian Latakia and I do not think that Syria has been exporting their Latakia in several years because of political unrest.:mope: I am topping off this smoke with two small glasses of brandy and I am feeling very relaxed.:couch:

I checked P&C and Ashton no longer offer Syrian Latakia in this tobacco and I have not tried the changed blend.:idunno:

[Pipe Smoker]

Putting Solani 763, White and Black. Virginia, Cavendish, and Syrian Latakia. Despite the Cavendish, it’s certainly not an aromatic. Mild and mellow. TobaccoReviews says Syrian Latakia, but maybe not up-to-date.

[Emperor Zurg]

Sweet Rum Twist in my French Canadian

[Lostmason]

Kicken it with two fingers of Johnny Walker Red and
SPS Black Swan in a no-name briar.

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of H&H Chestnut in a Hendon billiard.

[Scott W.]

No pipe for me tonight, think I’m fighting something. Gonna turn in.

Night folks

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Hamborger Veermaster from a just-opened tin. This is the first tin in a long time that I can extract separate flakes. In most HV tins they’re welded into a solid block — I have to gouge some out with my thumbnail. But, in fact, the gouged-out tobacco is about as easy to deal with as separate flakes.

[Scott W.]

RO Yule Log in a stanwell freehand
LBF in a stanwell bent bulldog

Still fighting something, couldn’t taste either one. Gonna take tomorrow off from the pipe and drink some saffron tea all day

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing F&T Cut Virginia Plug in my Kirsten Mariner.

A music critic, when asked which of Brahms’ symphonies was his favorite, replied, “the one I heard last”.

That might partially explain why I’m thinking that CVP is the tastiest Virginia I’ve ever smoked.

[Haebar]

Had another bowl of H&H Prince Andrew last night in the Albert John billiard.

[Pipe Smoker]

Earlier today I opened a tin of Fribourg & Treyer Special Brown Flake, nearly 3 yo. Now enjoying my second fill. This mild Virginia is said to be flavored with rum. It certainly has a savory topping, but I’d’ve never guessed rum, if I hadn’t read of it.

Like every F&T flake offering that I know of, there are two neat rectangular stacks with no buckling or overlap (unlike DF). And the flakes separate easily (unlike Hamborger Veermaster). Despite the easy separation, it’s difficult to extract an intact flake — these are the most fragile flakes that I know of.

I’m certainly enjoying this stuff — I like savory!

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of Davidoff Royalty in a Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman. Drinking diet Mountain Dew and feeling good after a productive work week and a hot shower.
https://s25.postimg.org/4h3r8ufrj/MM_Country_Gentleman_with_crack.jpg

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of a legacy OTC blend called Tuxedo in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke billiard. I just opened the box last weekend and had to rehydrate it during the week. It has aged well and tastes like some very mellow Prince Albert.
https://s25.postimg.org/tnjgd7blb/Dr_Grabow_Grand_Duke.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

No smokery for the last few days but I did just make and eat a delicious sardine omelet. I might light up a bowl tomorrow evening... that last bowl of SRT tasted awful so I figured I'd give it a rest for a bit.

[Scott W.]

Smoked some Velvet from 1980 in my tomato pipe. I got a 100 ounce jar at Marshall’s and jarred my two 14 ounce tubs from 1980. Surprisingly, it was moist and smelled of dried figs. I put a boveda pack in the jar to try and reconstitute it a bit more but a very pleasant smoke.

[Pipe Smoker]

Now on my third fill of F&T Special Brown Flake. Such a great savory flavor! When these tins were young the tin note was quite tart (but the taste was fine). But with three years of age, the tin note is quite pleasant.

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of Smoker's Haven Exotique in a Dunhill Tanshell.
https://s25.postimg.org/mp7clpblb/Dunhill_Tanshell_Bamboo_001.jpg

[Scott W.]

Smoking a bowl of Smoker's Haven Exotique in a Dunhill Tanshell.
https://s25.postimg.org/mp7clpblb/Dunhill_Tanshell_Bamboo_001.jpg


Gorgeuous pipe bro, just beautiful

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Some orient express out of a billiard, forget the brand of it

[Emperor Zurg]

Had a bowl of Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake in a Barling Canadian last night. I haven't visited this blend for a long time but it's such a nice tasting tobacco. Unfortunately, it burned very wet last night. I had to dump the charge out and let it dry out again before transferring it to a smaller, dry pipe. I know that's about as unorthodox as it gets but I hate throwing away good tobacco and I still had half a beer left that needed a companion.

Today I'm planning on putting up a ceiling fan. I'll load up a bowl of McClelland 2015 to puff on once in a while as I work. This isn't really a yard gar type of pipe tobacco as it's just so good but life's too short and unpredictable to smoke crap tobacco.

[Lostmason]

Had a bowl of Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake in a Barling Canadian last night. I haven't visited this blend for a long time but it's such a nice tasting tobacco. Unfortunately, it burned very wet last night. I had to dump the charge out and let it dry out again before transferring it to a smaller, dry pipe. I know that's about as unorthodox as it gets but I hate throwing away good tobacco and I still had half a beer left that needed a companion.

Today I'm planning on putting up a ceiling fan. I'll load up a bowl of McClelland 2015 to puff on once in a while as I work. This isn't really a yard gar type of pipe tobacco as it's just so good but life's too short and unpredictable to smoke crap tobacco.

All I can say is AMEN to that.

Started off with P&W #524 in my DG Savoy and now smoking LL Dark Red in my Swiss BBK.

[Haebar]

Gorgeuous pipe bro, just beautiful

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Some orient express out of a billiard, forget the brand of it

Thanks Scott!

It was probably Cornell & Diehl; they make an "Orient Express".

I'm smoking a bowl of Hearth & Home Prince Andrew in a Captain Black billiard. Drinking Maxwell House coffee and listening to "Live from Here" on NPR.
https://s25.postimg.org/jkqkodbnj/Captain_Black_Refurb.jpg

[Scott W.]

Thanks Scott!

It was probably Cornell & Diehl; they make an "Orient Express".

I'm smoking a bowl of Hearth & Home Prince Andrew in a Captain Black billiard. Drinking Maxwell House coffee and listening to "Live from Here" on NPR.
https://s25.postimg.org/jkqkodbnj/Captain_Black_Refurb.jpg

Yes it is C&D, I meant I didn’t know the brand of pipe. Good smoke though

[Lostmason]

After reading a thread on another forum I had a hankering for some
Captain Black original.Smoked that in my Friar straight billiard.
Now smoking LL Dark Red in my Middeltonian straight billiard.

[Haebar]

Earlier today, smoked a bowl of Hearth & Home Prince Andrew in a Sunrise Dublin. I have found the optimum moisture content for smoking this blend, which is just to the point of not clumping, but not to the point of crumbling or breaking up into smaller pieces. If you've ever handled a 3.5 oz. brick of Semois, then this is a little bit more moist than some Semois blend right out of the bag.
https://s25.postimg.org/4hdlbton3/Sunrise_Dublin_w._Prince_Andrew_001.jpg

[Scott W.]

Been mostly a Velvet night.
Velvet in the:
Stanwell billiard
Brog scoot
No name alligator billiard

Then some RO Yule log in the Nording Churchwarden.

Had two strawberry manhattans too made with bird dog strawberry whisky

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia in my Kirsten Mariner. This ready rubbed tobacco of red Virginia & Perique is good stuff. Moderately priced, it’s an under-the-radar blend, I think.

[Lostmason]

Just set fire to my Ol-Vic filled with
Virginia Gold Black and Gold

[Scott W.]

LBF in a baraccini poker

[Pipe Smoker]

#1. F&T Special Brown Flake
#2. Hamborger Veermaster
#3. Wessex Classic Virginia

It’s tough work, but somebody’s got to do it...

[Haebar]

Came home for lunch and lit up a bowl of McClelland 5100 in a Personal Reserve bent Dublin.

[Scott W.]

Came home for lunch and lit up a bowl of McClelland 5100 in a Personal Reserve bent Dublin.

Jealaous, enjoy

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of G&H Dark Bird's Eye in a Personal Reserve bent Dublin.

[Scott W.]

Yule log in a Erlich lovat

[Scott W.]

LBF in a baraccini Rhodesian

[Cool Breeze]

Tried a couple of new to me blends today.

Had a bowl of C&D Haunted Bookshop. It was awful. I don't know what anyone sees in the stuff. Tasteless and harsh, just like Old Joe Krantz was.

Then had a bowl of Peterson University Flake for the first time. It was pretty good, but I don't think it will be a staple in my rotation any time soon.

Oh well. You love some and you hate some.

[Haebar]

Having a bowl of G&H Dark Bird's Eye in a Hendon billiard during my lunch hour.

[Lostmason]

Finally cracked a tin of Hamborger Veermaster
Using an inexpensive (read "cheap") Casillero.

About a month ago,I was taking the stem out to clean.
It broke.The stem is a saddle bit so I had been
careful to grip it above where it tapers.the break
came in the thickest part of the stem.Found out the
tenon is glued into the stem,not molded with it.
Little dab of glue and a couple days to cure and
it's in fine working order.

[Cool Breeze]

Had Carter Hall in a cob to and from school.

Now I'm on the balcony with a bowl of McClelland Red and Black in a London made Ben Wade apple and a glass of 12 year Glenfiddich. I don't think I'll ever tire of this stuff.

[Haebar]

Had an early morning bowl of G&H Dark Bird's Eye in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke. Drank some Maxwell House coffee. Going to work early at 6:00 this morning so I can leave early and take my puppy to the vet for some booster shots.
https://s25.postimg.org/tnjgd7blb/Dr_Grabow_Grand_Duke.jpg

[Pipe Smoker]

After some morning duties, happy to sit down with a cup of coffee, and light my pipe, filled with F&T Special Brown Flake.

[Scott W.]

Velvet in a Rhodesian

[Scott W.]

Got my Knotty lovat from an eBay purchase for $16. Reamed it and cleaned up the stem and smoking some velvet out of it

[Haebar]

Got my Knotty lovat from an eBay purchase for $16. Reamed it and cleaned up the stem and smoking some velvet out of it

Please post pics of this knotty lovat that you speak of!

[Scott W.]

Please post pics of this knotty lovat that you speak of!

I can’t post pictures but if you send me your cell number via private message I can send you a picture

[Scott W.]

1980 velvet in the new lovat

[Scott W.]

Old dark fired in a bent bulldog

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of G&H Dark Bird's Eye in a McCranie billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/4gbtw3han/Mc_Cranie_Pipe_002.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

Rattray's Old Gowrie in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.
First time having this blend. It's pretty darn good.

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of McClelland 5100 in an old Dunhill billiard.
https://s25.postimg.org/ssf4ukbxb/Dunhill_billiard_w_saddle_stem.jpg

[Pipe Smoker]

Wessex Classic Virginia in my Kirsten Mariner. A beautiful day for a pipe of tobacco out of doors here in San Diego.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia in my Kirsten Mariner. The more I smoke this stuff, the most I appreciate its goodness.

And thinking about lunch: King Oscar “Tiny Tots” sardines on baked-in-Germany Westphalian pumpernickel, with mustard & black pepper. And tomato soup. Then blueberries and cashews.

[Scott W.]

Velvet, knotty lovat
Have some LL rr for later when it snows. In a stanwell while shoveling

[Emperor Zurg]

And thinking about lunch: King Oscar “Tiny Tots” sardines on baked-in-Germany Westphalian pumpernickel, with mustard & black pepper. And tomato soup. Then blueberries and cashews.

Mmmmm sardines!

Just smoked a cob of Boswell's Christmas Cookie from a small sample I have on hand. Good, for an aromatic... as far as aromatics go anyway...

[Haebar]

I've been smoking either McClelland 5100 or Dark Bird's Eye since I posted last. Smoked the last bowl in a restored Savinelli.
https://s25.postimg.org/ndsbixmpr/Cigar_Bum_Photos_002_zpsphvucw4m.jpg

[Scott W.]

Mmmmm sardines!

Just smoked a cob of Boswell's Christmas Cookie from a small sample I have on hand. Good, for an aromatic... as far as aromatics go anyway...
Been thinking about getting some cookie. Do you recommend it?

[Emperor Zurg]

Been thinking about getting some cookie. Do you recommend it?

Well... I don't know. If you like aromatics maybe. It's a typical Cavendish blend; sweet, thin tasting, good smelling, no nicotine or tobacco flavor whatsoever... The topping is nice I guess. I'm just not too much into aros. I picked it for a walk in the woods with my daughter... wanted something nice smelling. It certainly fit the bill for that.

[Scott W.]

Well... I don't know. If you like aromatics maybe. It's a typical Cavendish blend; sweet, thin tasting, good smelling, no nicotine or tobacco flavor whatsoever... The topping is nice I guess. I'm just not too much into aros. I picked it for a walk in the woods with my daughter... wanted something nice smelling. It certainly fit the bill for that.

I’m not an aro guy but I am too looking for something nice smelling for when I sneak a bowl in the house or around the wife.

[Scott W.]

I smoked the lane ready rubbed last night and for the first time I could actually pick up all the flavors. Not too bad for and inexpensive blend, I picked up a lot of cocoa in it.

[Emperor Zurg]

I’m not an aro guy but I am too looking for something nice smelling for when I sneak a bowl in the house or around the wife.

If that's what you want out of it, it will do nicely. It does smell nice.

[Emperor Zurg]

Smoked the last bowl in a restored Savinelli.
https://s25.postimg.org/ndsbixmpr/Cigar_Bum_Photos_002_zpsphvucw4m.jpg
Nice looking pipe but it looks like the stem needs to be rebent. Have you ever done that?

[Haebar]

Nice looking pipe but it looks like the stem needs to be rebent. Have you ever done that?

I was taught how to do it back in the mid-nineties but haven't done it since. Don't you immerse the stem (to the point where you want to bend it) in boiling-hot water and then pull it out and bend it gently?

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of G&H Dark Bird's Eye in a Sunrise Amber Grain Dublin.

[Lostmason]

I was taught how to do it back in the mid-nineties but haven't done it since. Don't you immerse the stem (to the point where you want to bend it) in boiling-hot water and then pull it out and bend it gently?

Yes,Put a pipe cleaner in to keep the airway open.

[Pipe Smoker]

I opened another tin of Escudo earlier this morning. The coins were very neatly formed. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren’t.

Now puffing mild and tasty Hamborger Veermaster.

[Pipe Smoker]

Well... I don't know. If you like aromatics maybe. It's a typical Cavendish blend; sweet, thin tasting, good smelling, no nicotine or tobacco flavor whatsoever... The topping is nice I guess. I'm just not too much into aros. I picked it for a walk in the woods with my daughter... wanted something nice smelling. It certainly fit the bill for that.

You might try Fribourg & Treyer Vintage. A Virginia with lots of flavor and a pleasant room note. I’ve had many compliments from non smokers.

Edit: I used to smoke Vintage in the beer garden of Kaiserhof, my favorite San Diego restaurant. That’s where I got the compliments. Then a customer complained about the smell of somebody’s cigar, so the owner banned cigars AND PIPES! Not fair!

[Emperor Zurg]

I was taught how to do it back in the mid-nineties but haven't done it since. Don't you immerse the stem (to the point where you want to bend it) in boiling-hot water and then pull it out and bend it gently?

I couldn't get it to work with water. I used a heat gun on low heat and yes, cram a bunch of pipe cleaners down the stem to make sure it doesn't collapse whem you bend it.


You might try Fribourg & Treyer Vintage. A Virginia with lots of flavor and a pleasant room note. I’ve had many compliments from non smokers.

Edit: I used to smoke Vintage in the beer garden of Kaiserhof, my favorite San Diego restaurant. That’s where I got the compliments. Then a customer complained about the smell of somebody’s cigar, so the owner banned cigars AND PIPES! Not fair!

I'll have to add a tin on an order sometime.

They probably have to ban pipes along with cigarettes and cigars. Otherwise some jackass would just show up with a bowl of Nightcap or D&R Picayune which smells at least as bad as a cigarette, if not worse.

[Cool Breeze]

About to light a bowl of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in an old banded Dr. Grabow Berwyck.
I love this tobacco and this pipe.

[AlanS]

About to light a bowl of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in an old banded Dr. Grabow Berwyck.
I love this tobacco and this pipe.

Pretty sure I’ve met you before...
http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w366/awssr58/Mobile%20Uploads/2018-02/C65D014A-124A-4CB5-B6CF-0B0814F3F572_zpsavoh7jwk.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/awssr58/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2018-02/C65D014A-124A-4CB5-B6CF-0B0814F3F572_zpsavoh7jwk.jpg.html)

[Scott W.]

Velvet, stanwell billiard
HH Larry’s blend, Nording churchwarden
Carter Hall, cheap H.I.S. churchwarden

[Cool Breeze]

Got the day off today (one of the perks that come with working for a government agency) and am out on the balcony getting ready to study, smoking Sam Gawith Full Virginia Flake in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog and sipping a cup of coffee.
Life is good.

[Haebar]

Got off early this afternoon because of President's Day. Smoking a bowl of G&H Dark Bird's Eye in a Hendon billiard. Drinking diet Pepsi and relaxing.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Escudo in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. After finishing this fill I’m going to get out my bench “stone” to sharpen the edges of my Kirsten reamer. It’s milled from steel bar stock with six cutting edges, and has a beautifully knurled brass handle.

I put “stone” in quotes because it’s actually a slab of stainless steel, 11-1/2” x 2-1/2” x 3/8”, with 325 diamond grit on one 11-1/2” x 2-1/2” surface.

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Sweet Whiskey Twist in a gourd calabash.
I love these ropes... especially in this pipe. One day I'm going to spring for a brand new one.

[Scott W.]

Orlik golden in a bruyere square shank billiard
Velvet, tomato pipe

[Lostmason]

Been puffing away on Carter Hall and Captain Black.Threw in a
bowl of Edward G Robinson's just to keep it simple.

[Scott W.]

Old version of 3 nuns in a bent graboe. Gonna compare with the newer stuff I just got from June of 2017.

[Scott W.]

Dunhill Apertif in a Rhodesian. My gosh what an enjoyable smoke

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H, Sweet Whiskey Twist in the calabash again last night.
This is so enjoyable, I've decided to smoke it exclusively until I tire of it.

...which should be in about 1 or 2 more bowls. :p

[Scott W.]

Last night:

Velvet in the tomato
New version of 3 nuns in a grabow (not as good as old)
LBF in a bent bulldog
Dunhill Apertif in the Rhodesian
More velvet in a billiard

Lot of piping last night, weather was great.

[Emperor Zurg]

Last night:

Velvet in the tomato
New version of 3 nuns in a grabow (not as good as old)
LBF in a bent bulldog
Dunhill Apertif in the Rhodesian
More velvet in a billiard

Lot of piping last night, weather was great.
Good grief! If I smoked that much in one night my tongue would be fried for 2 weeks!

One last bowl of Sweet Whiskey Twist in the gourd calabash last night... and I am officially sick of this blend for a while. :pipe:

[Scott W.]

Good grief! If I smoked that much in one night my tongue would be fried for 2 weeks!

One last bowl of Sweet Whiskey Twist in the gourd calabash last night... and I am officially sick of this blend for a while. :pipe:

It was over the course of 5 hours or so.

[Emperor Zurg]

It was over the course of 5 hours or so.

My upper limit is 1 bowl per day, with the occasional 2 bowls per day on hunting trips etc. or my tongue hates me.
I usually aim for an average of 2 or 3 bowls per week; some weeks I'll have a bowl most evenings and then there are weeks I don't smoke at all. Never could endure more than a couple bowls in a day tho without regretting it, and even then not 1 day after the other... although during hunting trips I do it anyway :p :p

[Scott W.]

Going to light up some RO Yule log in a churchwarden

[Lostmason]

Been an aro day for me,Captain Black Cherry in my DG workpipe,
followed with Peach in a cob and LL Dark Red in a Stanwell BB bent dublin.

[Scott W.]

Dark strong Kentucky in a poker
Yule log in a lovat
Apertif in a lovat

[Emperor Zurg]

Got a little pile of Warhorse Bar sitting out to dry. I'll probably get to it later tonight or tomorrow sometime. Smells just like baby powder.

[Haebar]

Yesterday, I smoked some Frog Morton on the town in the Personal Reserve bent Dublin.

This afternoon I smoked some G&H Dark Bird's Eye in an estate Bari lovat that I got on Ebay a couple of weeks ago.

[Scott W.]

LBF in the Nording churchwarden

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my Kirsten Mariner.

At my local market today I asked the clerk to cut four slices of braunschweiger for me. “We only have liverwurst,” she said. I had her come to the glass-front display case to see sausage plainly marked “Braunschweiger” on its wrapping. “Well, we call it liverwurst,” she said.

Whatever. I bought four slices. My supper will feature two braunschweiger sandwiches on baked-in-Germany Westphalian pumpernickel, with mustard, raw onion, and black pepper. Can hardly wait!

[Haebar]

Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my Kirsten Mariner.

At my local market today I asked the clerk to cut four slices of braunschweiger for me. “We only have liverwurst,” she said. I had her come to the glass-front display case to see sausage plainly marked “Braunschweiger” on its wrapping. “Well, we call it liverwurst,” she said.

Whatever. I bought four slices. My supper will feature two braunschweiger sandwiches on baked-in-Germany Westphalian pumpernickel, with mustard, raw onion, and black pepper. Can hardly wait!

My girlfriends mother accidentally bought a big roll of braunschweiger a couple of weeks ago thinking it was bologna. She sliced it and tried to fry it before she realized that it wasn't bologna. So, I got the rest of it. Will make some sandwiches with it tomorrow.

About to light up a bowl of G&H Revor plug in a Sunrise Natural lumberman. Drinking Red Rose iced tea and a couple of fingers of Buffalo Trace bourbon.

[Emperor Zurg]

My girlfriends mother accidentally bought a big roll of braunschweiger a couple of weeks ago thinking it was bologna. She sliced it and tried to fry it before she realized that it wasn't bologna. So, I got the rest of it. Will make some sandwiches with it tomorrow.


Fyi, you can fry it just fine but it likes to fall apart if you're not careful. It's quite tasty fried. Browning it up on both sides in a little bacon grease makes it a little more durable. Fry some, then mix it in with some cube cut hash brown potatoes and chop up an over medium egg into the mix and it tastes just like hash and eggs

[Scott W.]

Not sure what to smoke tonight. Tempted to pop a tin of Dunhill ye olde signe

[Scott W.]

Smoked some Wild Atlantic in a grabow and getting ready for some ODF in a stanwell freehand

[Lostmason]

Fyi, you can fry it just fine but it likes to fall apart if you're not careful. It's quite tasty fried. Browning it up on both sides in a little bacon grease makes it a little more durable. Fry some, then mix it in with some cube cut hash brown potatoes and chop up an over medium egg into the mix and it tastes just like hash and eggs

Great advice ! I Love Braunschweiger,never tried it fried.

Smoking FMC in my clay Clawfoot

[Haebar]

Smoking a little bowl of Condor in a "3/4 oz." pipe.
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[Cool Breeze]

McClelland 40th Anniversary in a Savinelli Sherwood Rock Briar Canadian and a cup of coffee on a chilly morning on the balcony.
Life is good.

[Pipe Smoker]

I just did something that I rarely do: opened two 50g tins of tobacco. Both Fribourg & Treyer: Vintage and Blackjack.

Vintage is a mild Virginia flake with a prominent topping — sometimes too prominent.

Blackjack is a finely cut ready rubbed Virginia. No topping at all, and zippy — sometimes too zippy.

I figured that a 50/50 blend of these two would be good. And, by George, I was right! Oddly, the blend doesn’t taste like something halfway between the two components, but like an entirely different (and excellent) tobacco. I put both tobaccos into a jar to retain moistness,, as it’ll take me awhile to go though 100g.

[Haebar]

I won an auction on Ebay that included some tobaccos bought in England at a duty-free shop: St. Bruno flake, Revor plug and Condor. After rehydrating the Condor, I have been smoking it almost exclusively for the last few days and have enjoyed every bowl of it.

[LazyLightning]

Just got home from a Dr. appointment and had a quick bite to eat. No time to truly enjoy a cigar today, so I popped open a tin of Viprati and packed my PSF POY bent egg and am enjoying the heck out of it.

Have a great evening folks!

[Emperor Zurg]

I won an auction on Ebay that included some tobaccos bought in England at a duty-free shop: St. Bruno flake, Revor plug and Condor. After rehydrating the Condor, I have been smoking it almost exclusively for the last few days and have enjoyed every bowl of it.

Wait... what? So you won some collector tins on ebay. Don't you know that the tobacco inside is not for human consumption?

[Haebar]

Wait... what? So you won some collector tins on ebay. Don't you know that the tobacco inside is not for human consumption?

Lol. The seller had the listing titled "Savinelli Napa leather tobacco pouch" and had the pouches in the photo. That's how they sneaked it past Ebay's rules of not selling tobacco. But I see others selling tins regularly on Ebay, despite their latest rule which forbids it.

[Haebar]

This morning I am waking up with a bowl of Condor in a Hendon billiard. Just finished some Maxwell House coffee and getting ready for work.

[Cool Breeze]

Having a bowl of Rattray's Old Gowrie in a Savinelli Punto Oro Mr. G.

[Haebar]

Started my day off with a bowl of Condor in a Sunrise billiard.

[Haebar]

Smoking some McClelland 2015 Virginia Perique flake in a Guildhall billiard.
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[Haebar]

Condor again in a MM Country Gentleman. Drinking Myers Dark Rum in Vernor's Ginger Ale.
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[Scott W.]

This morning was a hodgepodge blend of Yule log, velvet, carter hall and LBF
This afternoon was Edgeworth ready rubbed Match while driving. I’m on my second bowl now and have another bowls worth drying a bit for a smoke a little later

[Cool Breeze]

Enjoying an adult beverage and a bowl of McClelland 40th Anniversary in a straight Savinelli billiard.

[Pipe Smoker]

Condor again in a MM Country Gentleman. Drinking Myers Dark Rum in Vernor's Ginger Ale.
https://s25.postimg.org/4h3r8ufrj/MM_Country_Gentleman_with_crack.jpg

I did a stint in Detroit as an engineering intern for Detroit Edison. At soda fountains where I grew up, most folks ordered Cokes with cherry/vanilla/chocolate flavoring. But in Detroit, Vernor’s was more common. And many of them put cream in it!

Puffing a blend of two F&T tobaccos: 75% Vintage, 25% Blackjack. Better than the 50/50 mixture that I started with.

[Cool Breeze]

Studying unconscionability in contracts, while puffing a bowl of McClelland's 40th Aniverssary in a Savinelli Canadian.

When I'm done with the tins I have open, I'm going to have to slow down on smoking McClelland stuff I guess.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture, in my Kirsten Mariner. Good stuff! Virginia, Oriental, and Syrian Latakia

[Cool Breeze]

Penzance in my pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock.

[Scott W.]

ERR in a knotty lovat