What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[bluenoser]

Enjoying a bowl of Vermont Meat Candy in the homemade squared shank billiard

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[Emperor Zurg]

Bowl of SG Navy Flake in the Rattrays Cherrywood tonight. This blend is always excellent - can hardly go wrong.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing The Mallard (Dan Tobacco) in my old Kirsten. This mild Virginia is soooo good. My cellar is pretty well stocked with it.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia in my Tinsky Brandy. Earlier, I smoked a fill of 3 yo Dunhill Navy Rolls, but the Wessex is a better VaPer IMO. I like its form (mostly rubbed out) better than the NR “coins” too.

[restomod]

Lane 1-q in a Challenge pipe


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[Cool Breeze]

Having a bowl of PS Proper English in a Savinelli Rock Briar Canadian.

[Emperor Zurg]

Stokkebye, Bullseyeless flake and a glass of chardonnay last night. Pressed for time, had to abandon it a little earlier than I'd have liked.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a very tasty blend — a 50/50 mixture of Solani 660, Silver Flake and The Mallard (Dan Tobacco). 660 is a flavorful, slightly spicy, Virginia. TM is a flavorful mild Virginia. The combination is excellent in my Kirsten Mariner!

[Pipe Smoker]

I just saw a very unusual Dunhill pipe on SmokingPipes:

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/dunhill/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=328745

It’s said to be Rhodesian. Hm.. Dunhill also says that my 3117 squat bulldog is a Rhodesian — Whatever.

[restomod]

Lane BCA in the Stanwell, breaking in nicely and smoking a lot better.

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

[Emperor Zurg]

DeBullseyed Flake in a French Canadian with a glass of chardonnay

[Bruck]

Currently smoking 2 briskets and 2 pork shoulders.

...and a cobful of Penzance :) Good morning y'all!

[Cool Breeze]

Having some MacBaren Virginia No. 1 in my Savinelli Series III bent apple.

[bluenoser]

Haunted bookshop in the handmade pick axe. Keep coming back to try it but for some reason I always find this stuff has a harshness to it I just can’t seem to get past. Hoping with age it will get better...

[sparky426]

Haunted bookshop in the handmade pick axe. Keep coming back to try it but for some reason I always find this stuff has a harshness to it I just can’t seem to get past. Hoping with age it will get better...

How old is it?


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[sparky426]

Do people still smoke from pipes here or what


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[bluenoser]

I think I’ve had it a couple years (maybe 3). I keep coming back to it and getting the same results. Thinking maybe I’ll try mixing it with something else, maybe make something of it that I’ll enjoy.

[Emperor Zurg]

Had a small bowl of Bullseye Flake last evening with a half glass of chardonnay. Pressed for time, early morning ahead, only had about half an hour before bed. Woke up an hour later to an excited ruckus ouside. Coon in the chicken coop, looking for a chicken dinner... promptly shot it with a 12 gage (in my underwear) and went back to bed. Thus endeth the ruckus but now wide awake... tired this morning...

[restomod]

Cracked the Orlik tin today from bluenoser in the Xmas trade I believe. First go at this one in the Dr. Plumbhttps://i.imgur.com/gsOOwuD.jpg

[sparky426]

Cracked the Orlik tin today from bluenoser in the Xmas trade I believe. First go at this one in the Dr. Plumbhttps://i.imgur.com/gsOOwuD.jpg

The boom is a beast. I have 3 I put in party mode around the house


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[restomod]

The boom is a beast. I have 3 I put in party mode around the house


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Dang wish I had more but I spend all my money on cigars and tobacco. I use it all day long in my office and it's great. I do wish I bought the giant one instead however; maybe next time.

[bluenoser]

Watching a passing thunderstorm with a bowl of 4Noggins double fantasy in the homemade square shank

[Emperor Zurg]

Burning a nice, unrushed bowl of Sam Gawith, Navy flake.
Drinking a glass of chardonnay.
Getting occasional hints of root beer of all things. So good. :pipe:

[bluenoser]

Sutliff Maple street in a bamboo shanked MM cob

[Branzig]

Been trying to get over a spring cold...took about 10 puffs of Dark Birdseye...set it down and walled away.

Maybe I'll try again in a week or so.

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[Emperor Zurg]

...set it down and walled away.


Mr. Branzig, Tear Down That Wall!

...and you're supposed to smoke a yellow virginia to combat a cold. Try a bowl of FVF next time.

Burned a bowl and a half of Bullseye flake on the river yesterday. Would have been 2 bowls but my Zippo ran out midway thru the second bowl :( Apparently I'd misplaced my can of Zippo fluid because it was nowhere to be found so I had filled it the first time by dunking the end of the insert in the boat gas tank (it's a 2 cycle btw... makes relights taste pretty funny). Should have filled it better the first time because by the time it ran out again I could no longer reach the fuel in the tank without fear of dropping the whole works into the gas tank :p. Ahh, adventures in pipe smoking :pipe:

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 660, Silver Flake, in my Tinsky billiard. Darned good pipe tobacco.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a small bowl of G&H dark plug last evening. (A small bowl of DP is all I can handle)
Very nice tobacco when cut into match stick sized pieces and smoked slowly.
This stuff is STRONG. I think it's stronger than the ropes and twists. Surprised you don't need a prescription to buy this.
Had plenty munchies and a glass of red wine on the side. This stuff is great but not for an empty stomach.
I don't think I've ever smoked a more full-flavored blend. Might go for another bowl tonight if I have the time. Even a small bowl lasts well over an hour.

[restomod]

Dunhill Royal Yacht in my Stanwell

Got this in a win from a other forum. Been smoking a lot of aros and even though it says in descriptions is slightly plum flavored it's def not an aro. Anyone else had this before?
https://i.imgur.com/QsvFRPy.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

Dunhill Royal Yacht in my Stanwell

Got this in a win from a other forum. Been smoking a lot of aros and even though it says in descriptions is slightly plum flavored it's def not an aro. Anyone else had this before?

I have. I have a few tins of it around somewhere. It's been a long time since I smoked it though.
I don't care much for aros but a good tobacco blend with a subtle case I really enjoy. The English do a lot of them like that. Maybe I should hunt up some RY. Been a while since I burned a Dunhill blend.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Gordon Pym (Dan Tobacco) in my Kirsten. This unusual English mixture is quite tasty. Also a bit fluffy — 1.7g is the most that’ll comfortably fit into my Kirsten, compared to 2.1g for most tobaccos.

[Bruck]

Soo Blend in a cheap briar.

"Soo" is short for Sault Ste. Marie, in northeastern Michigan. It's sold by Austin's, which is a furniture/consignment/flea market/anything to make a buck in a small town store which has a humidor and reasonable selection of pipe tobaccos in back.

Soo Blend is your basic whiskey cavendish aro, nothing special. I just got it bcs of the name :)

[bluenoser]

Enjoying some Molto Dolce in the Mr Brog churchwarden

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[Cool Breeze]

Having some Peterson Irish Flake in my new Peterson Rocky Donegal.

https://i.imgur.com/g8mhxUl.jpg?1

[restomod]

Hilands Pete's Moss in the Grabow Color Duke

https://i.imgur.com/jSH4QiS.jpg

[Pipe Smoker]

I opened a 4 yo tin of F&T Vintage a couple of days ago — puffing that now in my Radice Rhodesian. For some reason this pipe leaves pipe cleaners significantly cleaner than any of my other conventional briars. Don’t need any pipe cleaners at all while smoking my metal-stem Kirsten.

Lunch featured King Oscar “Tiny Tots” bristling sardines on German-baked pumpernickel, with Thumann’s “Düsseldorf” mustard, raw onion, and lots of black pepper. And tomato basil soup. All good!

[Pipe Smoker]

I received ten 100g tins of Solani 660, Silver Flake from SmokingPipes yesterday. I now have 18 unopened tins in stock, and a little bit more in a jar. I’m well provisioned! Puffing 660 now in my Tinsky billiard. Superb tobacco.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake in my Kirsten. I don’t smoke a lot of ABF, but sometimes I just crave it. Lots of flavor, and a radically different flavor than my Virginias.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a 50/50 mixture of two F&T tobaccos: Blackjack and Vintage. The unflavored BJ counters the strongly flavored Vintage, and the mild Vintage counters the zippy BJ. A successful experiment.

[Emperor Zurg]

I received ten 100g tins of Solani 660, Silver Flake from SmokingPipes yesterday.

I ordered a tin of this to try; no burley (other than the DFK) and no cavendish... I might even like it.

I also ordered about the last thing I need... a pipe.
Been wanting a spigot for a while but most of them are just way too ugly IMO. And then there are the ones like Savinelli and Stanwell that only 'look like' a spigot but really are just a conventional tenon with some gaudy silver decoration. But I saw an unsmoked, Peterson estate for a reasonable price so I grabbed it. Hopefully it's a real spigot or it's going back.

I don't care for Petes really. I don't like the 'system' or the 'p-lip', the heavily lacquered finishes or the big blocky look. Plus, I've read on several sites that Petes have a tendency to smoke wet. Well this one isn't a 'system' (if it is, it wasn't mentioned in the ad) it's a fishtail and it doesn't look too blocky IMO. It looks utilitarian, which is just fine by me. Hopefully it smokes ok. If not, you might just see it up for sale.

-edit-

Well the pipe arrived and it is a real spigot. :thumb: That's pretty much what made me decide to buy it; I don't think Peterson makes fake spigots.
I have a bit of Solani 660 airing out to try in it. Expecting it to taste terrible like most things do in a new pipe. Should just break out the ol' PA and be done with it but I digress... I'll have to try the 660 this weekend in a well seasoned Barling in order to get an honest opinion of it... but that will be hard to do since I have a new toy...
:pipe:

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[restomod]

Hilands Snow Flake in the plumb

https://i.imgur.com/Yba8OZ3l.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

SG Navy flake in the new Peterson. Mmmmmmm... I'm getting sweet, tangy virginia and smoky bbq with notes of melting polyethylene. I will say this for Peterson so far: the melting plastic taste is far less than other pipes I've broken in. Others have been like burning polystyrene with occasional notes of tobacco.

[Emperor Zurg]

Peter Stokkebye, Aromatic Dutch Sliced in the new Peterson: a burly blend I don't usually like. I don't like it now but I'm trying to build some cake in the heel of this thing. Burned to ash tho with no moisture in the bowl. Burleys are good for that. Drinking iced coffee. I should go load another bowl.

[BryGuySC]

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[BryGuySC]

Recently opened a bag of Esoterica Brighton; my first time trying it.
It is a nice mild Virginia, with hints of anise and flowers.
I don't think it fits in the aromatic category, but it certainly isn't straight Virginia.
I like it. It is interesting!

[Pipe Smoker]

I opened a 3 yo tin of Escudo yesterday — puffing that now in my Mark Tinsky brandy:

Mark Tinsky Sandblasted Brandy (4) | Buy Mark Tinsky Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/mark-tinsky/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=262439)

This stout little pipe doesn’t have the grace of my Tinsky billiard, but it smokes good and feels good in hand.

[Pipe Smoker]

Emperor Zurg: “I have a bit of Solani 660 airing out to try in it.”

You must like your tobacco really dry. I smoke 660 straight out of a new tin with no problems. I REALLY like the 660. I now have 18 unopened 100g tins in stock, plus some in a Weck jar. Curious to know how well you like it.

[Emperor Zurg]

Emperor Zurg: “I have a bit of Solani 660 airing out to try in it.”

You must like your tobacco really dry. I smoke 660 straight out of a new tin with no problems. I REALLY like the 660. I now have 18 unopened 100g tins in stock, plus some in a Weck jar. Curious to know how well you like it.

How do you store unopened, 100g Solani tins? They're not sealed in the least.

I haven't given the 660 an honest try yet. Haven't had any pipe moments lately. Maybe tonight.

[Pipe Smoker]

^^^^^^^^
The tins aren’t sealed, but I’m hoping that the mylar bag will keep the tobacco fresh. You’d probably prefer to see it go as dry as a bone. :)

Edit: I really like your new spigot mount pipe. I’m generally not a Peterson fan, but yours is a keeper.

[Emperor Zurg]

^^^^^^^^
The tins aren’t sealed, but I’m hoping that the mylar bag will keep the tobacco fresh. You’d probably prefer to see it go as dry as a bone. :)

Edit: I really like your new spigot mount pipe. I’m generally not a Peterson fan, but yours is a keeper.

Thanks. As I said before, I'm not a big Pete fan either, but I like this pipe.

Smoking a fill of Solani 660 in a Barling Canadian. So far it's only okay but no matter, I seldom like a new blend right away. Right now, the DFK seems to mute the Va too much and I find myself looking for the perique which of course, isn't there. I do like my tobacco pretty dry but not 'dry as a bone'. Especially not stored dry as a bone, that seems to deplete the flavor. I think this 660 will grow on me. I need to smoke a few more bowls.

[restomod]

In NYC at the NYC Pipe Club monthly meeting. Super nice group of guys and different tobacco's are flying around faster than I can smoke them.

[Emperor Zurg]

PS Aromatic Dutched Sliced in the Pete again. More cakebuilding exercises.
Got a nice plate of braunschweiger & cheese crackers going tho and a glass of Spanish red wine.

[Cool Breeze]

Dunhill Navy Rolls in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

[Lostmason]

Enjoying a bowl of Haunted Bookshop in my 100 year old KB&B Bent Bulldog.

[restomod]

I have been slacking in the pipe smoking department lately. I can't smoke inside and it's been to hot to just sit outside in the afternoon. So I only smoke on the golf course so I have been on cigars lately. I have realized I am more of a fall/spring pipe smoker? Is that a thing?

Borkum Skiff Bourbon Whiskey in old an old school Grabow Color Duke.

https://i.imgur.com/9C1v2j3l.jpg

[AlanS]

I have been slacking in the pipe smoking department lately. I can't smoke inside and it's been to hot to just sit outside in the afternoon. So I only smoke on the golf course so I have been on cigars lately. I have realized I am more of a fall/spring pipe smoker? Is that a thing?

Borkum Skiff Bourbon Whiskey in old an old school Grabow Color Duke.

https://i.imgur.com/9C1v2j3l.jpg

I seem to enjoy my pipes in the fall most, dont know why just always have.

[bluenoser]

33c and the kids wanted a bonfire, guess I’ll have one of my own too. Amphora red in the pear wood

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[bluenoser]

DE harvest on Hudson in the bamboo shanked MM

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[Emperor Zurg]

Had a bowl of PS Bullseye flake in a Rattray's Cherrywood
Spanish red and branschweiger alongside.
Also a bit of Sapphire gin for a change of pace. Interesting pairing, the VaPer and the gin...

[BryGuySC]

Been working through some Eso. Brighton every couple days or so.
Interesting stuff.

[Emperor Zurg]

PS Lux Twist Flake in a MM cob.

Don't like this as much as the bullseye. Too mild, mostly grassy / not fruity with some creamy, sweetish topping that I don't like. I didn't care for it fresh and a few years in a jar hasn't helped. I'll have to dry it more for the next bowl and see if that concentrates the flavor at all. If not, it's going down to age for a few more years.

[Emperor Zurg]

Small bowl of what I'm calling G&H Brown Flake Vanilla in a Savinelli prince
Red wine, cheese, meat and olives too ;)

Where are all you pipe guys?

Bueller? Bueller?

[Pipe Smoker]

I’m not an aro guy, but about a year ago I bought five Solani ready rubbed aros to try. I had previously tried three of them:

113, Sweet Mystery
127, Green Label
131, Red Label

I didn’t much like any of those. Today I opened the fourth: 333, Festival. SmokingPipes says of it:

“Virginias, black Cavendish, Burley and a touch of plum come together to form this delightful blend, Festival from Solani.”

Smoking a fill now, in my old Kirsten. And, by golly, I think I like it. Mild and tasty. One fill isn’t enough for a “buy more” decision, but it’s certainly better than the first three that I tried.

[Emperor Zurg]

“Virginias, black Cavendish, Burley and a touch of plum come together to form this delightful blend, Festival from Solani.”


Black cavendish AND burley?? Can't say I'll be trying that one. Glad you found something you like tho. It's always nice to find something new you enjoy.

Smoked a bowl of PS, Bullseye flake last night with the cavendish bullseyes removed and discarded.
Spanish red wine and Castelvetrano olives too.

[bluenoser]

Some Erinmore flake in the me brog churchwarden

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[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 333, Festival, in my old Kirsten. After a dozen fills I’m still liking this tobacco — a lot! The first aro I’ve found that I like at all. Mild, but not too mild, with plenty of good tobacco flavor in addition to its plum flavoring. Such a welcome change-up from my usual Virginias.

Now I’m getting anxious to try Solani 369, the fifth of the five Solani ready-rubbed aros that I bought a year ago.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a bowl of Hearth & Home, AJ's VaPer tonight in my Peterson Spigot.
Been a long time since I had this blend. Very enjoyable.
Sapphire gin and tonic kept in company.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Half and Half (Burley and Bright) from a pouch that’s been open for at least two years. Still pliable, thanks to the magic of ethylene glycol.

Kind of a nostalgia trip that takes me back to long ago college days when this and Middleton's Cherry Blend were my most frequently smoked pipe tobaccos. Both available at every drugstore, and inexpensive. Important for a college kid on a tight budget. And, by George, I’m enjoying it!

[Emperor Zurg]

Moar AJ's VaPer. This time in a Stanwell Rhodesian.
Got some red wine and some cheese going too.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing F&T Special Brown Flake from a 4 yo tin. The darker Virginia is good, and the lightly-applied rum flavoring is tasty. Like all F&T flakes, two neat side-by-side rectangular stacks. The most fragile flakes that I know of – easily rubbed out.

[Pipe Smoker]

I just opened a 1 yo tin of Patriot Flake (Dan Tobacco, Germany). A blend of domestic and tropically grown Virginias that have been press fermented. No added flavoring, but LOTS of good tobacco flavor.

Like all Dan Tobacco flakes that I know of, there’s a single stack of somewhat irregular rectangular flakes that tend to be hard to separate — sometimes impossible. In the latter case, I just gouge a hunk out with my thumbnail and cut it up.

[restomod]

SPC Narrow Bridge on a Tuesday morning just because I can while on vaca.

https://i.imgur.com/RgSI2Sml.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

SG Navy Flake in a Savinelli prince.
This has got to be one of the nicest blends I've ever smoked.

[Cool Breeze]

Escudo in an old Kaywoodie Supergrain bulldog.

[Emperor Zurg]

Peter Stokkebye, Navy Flake in a Barling Canadian.
This has got some age on it now and it's mellowing nicely. Starting to taste like candy :)
I find it a bit on the sharp side when fresh.

[Emperor Zurg]

MOAR PS Navy Flake from 2013. This time in the Peterson spigot. Good stuff fo sho.
Thinking of a small pour of Sapphire gin to see if it pairs at all...

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Dunhill Navy Rolls with some age on it in my Tinsky billiard. This is good tobacco.

[Pipe Smoker]

I added a little bit of Solani 639, Tropical Mango Flake, to my fill of Dunhill Navy Rolls. TMF is too intensely aromatic for me to enjoy straight, but 20% in the DNR makes for a tasty smoke.

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of GH Bosun Cut Plug in a Savinelli Champagne billiard. Cooking some fish in the oven.

[bluenoser]

Smokin ‘n’ smokin. Meatloaf on the grill and Peterson Wild Atlantic in the cob

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[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Dunhill Navy Rolls mixed with 20% Solani ABF in my old Kirsten. Quite good!

And I just ordered some Wessex Classic Virginia from SmokingPipes. It’s been out of stock for months. The last two times it was in stock, orders were limited to two 50g tins per day, and it was out of stock again the next day. Same this time. :( But I also ordered five 100g tins of Solani 660, Silver Flake, to get free shipping.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a small sample of G&H Brown Flake Vanilla in a Savinelli prince last night.
Nice size pipe for when you don't want to sit there very long.

[bluenoser]

Couple years old PS luxury bullseye flake in the homemade pickaxe

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[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia with a couple of years on it in my old Kirsten. This red Virginia VaPer is just excellent. Mostly rubbed out, with a few clumps. Hard to find in stock though.

Getting ready for Kaiserhof German restaurant. Hoping that stuffed peppers, a Saturday evening offering, will still be available. My waitress usually saves an order for me. Covered with melted cheese and drenched with delish sauce. Good!

[Emperor Zurg]

Couple years old PS luxury bullseye flake in the homemade pickaxe


How was it? I like it better without the cav plug in the center. That's like the toilet paper core, you toss that.

[bluenoser]

I really enjoyed the stuff rott but it seems to have sweetened/smoothed out some more with jar time. Just a week shy of 2 years in the jar. Just rubbed it out and stuffed it, thinking about trying to master fold and stuff with it to see what difference that will make

[bluenoser]

Enjoying a bowl of C&D chocolate cavendish in a brindisi briar

[Emperor Zurg]

I really enjoyed the stuff rott but it seems to have sweetened/smoothed out some more with jar time. Just a week shy of 2 years in the jar. Just rubbed it out and stuffed it, thinking about trying to master fold and stuff with it to see what difference that will make

I always shuck the cav plug out of the center, then fold the disks in half, straighten the strands somewhat and slide them into a pipe. If it's a short pipe, like a prince, 2 coins will do it easily but I have to fold them in half twice.

I like Bullseye much better with a little age on it. Mine is around 5 yrs old. I have PS Navy flake of the same age. That's really nice with age on it too, and not very good fresh IMO. It's now starting to taste like candy.
:pipe:

[Pipe Smoker]

I’m not an aro guy, but about a year ago I bought five Solani ready-rubbed aros to try:

113 - Sweet Mystery
127 - Green Label
131 - Red Label
333 - Festival
369 - Blue Label

I tried them in numerical order. I didn’t like the first three, so was loathe to open the fourth, 333. But I finally did, and, by George, I liked it — the first aro that I’ve ever liked. Its “aro” component wasn’t too strong, and it had real tobacco flavor.

And yesterday, I opened the fifth, 369, and I like it too! SmokingPipes says of it:

“Solani Blue Label is a smooth, sweet, and natural blend with bright and red Virginias, burley, mellow black Cavendish, and Perique. Wild Cut.”

Smoking some now in my Tinsky billiard. It’s zippier than the 333. I’ll certainly be buying more, but haven’t yet decided if it’ll be 333 or 369. Or both.

[Emperor Zurg]

Smoking a bowl of over-dried Bulkseye flake mixed with an equal amount of Sam Gawith, Navy flake while it rains on the clothes I just hung out to dry. This mixture sucks and my clothes are getting soaked. The only thing good are these castelvetrano olives I'm eating.

[restomod]

Weather is starting to chill here in Upstate NY so my cigar output decreases and pipe output increases. Scotty's Butternut Burley in the Stanwell.

https://i.imgur.com/WNL6CoMl.jpg

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a 50/50 mixture of F&T Blackjack and The Mallard (Dan Tobacco) in my old Kirsten. Both are tasty Virginias. Blackjack is rather zippy, while TM is very mild. A nice blend.

[Pipe Smoker]

I opened a 5 yo tin of Capstan Medium (blue tin label) yesterday. Puffing that now in my old Kirsten. Good stuff, and fairly zippy for a dark Virginia.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Patriot Flake (Dan Tobacco) in my old Kirsten. A blend of tropical and US Virginias that have been press fermented. Perique is also press fermented, but uses a variety of Burley.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 660, Silver Flake, in my Mark Tinsky billiard. I discovered the 660 a few months ago, and regret that I didn’t discover it years ago. I guess that it’s the “dark fired Kentucky” that sets it apart. I now have quite a stash of it on hand.

BTW – here’s a very unusual Dunhill bulldog — I’ve never seen the like of it before:

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/dunhill/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=335889

It ought to be cool in hand.

[Cool Breeze]

Had some Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in a cob earlier today.

Now enjoying a bowl of SG Full Virginia Flake in a Peterson Donegal Rocky.

[Emperor Zurg]

Dunhill Nightcap in briars the last couple evenings. Haven't had this in a long time. My open tin went empty and I didn't want to open a new one. Finally caved and opened one... now to jar it up...

[Emperor Zurg]

Mmmmm... MOAR Nightcap. So buttery and rich...

[Pipe Smoker]

I just received five 50g tins of Solani 333, Festival. Puffing a fill of it now in my Tinsky billiard. Festival is the only aromatic I’ve found that I really like. Good tobacco, and the flavoring isn’t too intense. At first I thought that I liked Solani 369, Blue Label, too, but changed my mind.

I also received five 100g tins of Solani 660, Silver Flake. Maybe my favorite tobacco, ever. Surprising that such a good tobacco is usually in stock. I suspect that the fact that it’s only available in 100g tins puts people off. That put me off for a long time.

[AlanS]

Smoke, smoke, smoke my pipe has no bottom, enjoy your weekend!

[Emperor Zurg]

McClelland 2015 in a Barling Canadian.
I like this pipe for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it's a sitter. It's just a plain Canadian with a flat on the bottom... which makes it sit upright, as a pipe should, instead of tipping over and dumping ash all over the place the minute you set it down. I've a good mind to take all my other straight pipes to the belt sander to make them behave nicely on a flat surface like this one does. I like pokers and cherrywoods too. Because they sit. What kind of a damn fool designs a pipe that dumps over when you set it down anyway?!? Yep, think I will. I'll get a garnet belt and make every pipe a sitter.

[Cool Breeze]

Hand some H&H Chatham Manor in a London made Ben Wade apple earlier today.

Now on the patio enjoying some Esoterica Dorchester in an old banded Dr. Grabow billiard.

[restomod]

Officially a Stanwell whore, breaking in another one with some Watch City Simply Red.https://i.imgur.com/xhsuNRsl.jpg

[Pipe Smoker]

Officially a Stanwell whore, breaking in another one with some Watch City Simply Red.https://i.imgur.com/xhsuNRsl.jpg

I like the pipe AND the lighter. I have several JetLine Pipe-G lighters in my drawer. They don’t last forever, but neither do the expensive electric lighters. The JetLine Pipe-G lighters are inexpensive, and ergonomic.

Pipe-G — Jetline Lighters (http://www.jetlinelighter.com/shop/pipe-g)

[restomod]

I like the pipe AND the lighter. I have several JetLine Pipe-G lighters in my drawer. They don’t last forever, but neither do the expensive electric lighters. The JetLine Pipe-G lighters are inexpensive, and ergonomic.

Pipe-G — Jetline Lighters (http://www.jetlinelighter.com/shop/pipe-g)

Yeah I really like it too! It's my go to now because the tamper is built in, I didn't realize I would like that part as much as I do.

[Emperor Zurg]

Yeah I really like it too! It's my go to now because the tamper is built in, I didn't realize I would like that part as much as I do.

I think I have the same pipe. Not totally sure, I'll have to look but I think it's a Stanwell Rhodesian with brushed finish.

Whatcha need a tamper for? You got fat pinkeys or something? Chapstick tube works too.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 333, Festival, in my ancient Mariner. The only aromatic I’ve found that I like. And I like it a lot. Plenty of good tobacco flavor, and the lightly applied plum flavoring is tasty.

[Brimy]

Weather is starting to chill here in Upstate NY so my cigar output decreases and pipe output increases. Scotty's Butternut Burley in the Stanwell.

https://i.imgur.com/WNL6CoMl.jpg

That is a very handsome pipe!

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 660, Silver Flake, in my Tinsky billiard. I LOVE this tobacco! Maybe it’s the “dark-fired Kentucky”. I didn’t know what “dark-fired” meant, so I asked Kay at SmokingPipes, who directed me to this info:

“Kentucky fire-cured tobacco is Stalk-Cured under controlled humidity in barns with a series of gentle smoldering hardwood fires throughout. Considerable care is taken to achieve proper yellowing; firing requires considerable skill so as not to "burn" the tobacco or cause tobacco rot through too high humidity. The resulting tobacco possesses a powerful smoky note reminiscent of smoked meats and provides a rich "smoky & sweet note" in tobacco products. Fire-Cured Tobacco is much less pungent than Latakia, a sun-cured & smoke-cured tobacco produced in the mid-east with a unique fuel source.”

I’m not a big fan of Latakia, but I sure like dark-fired Kentucky.

[Bruck]

Good morning y'all, happy Saturday. Haven't had a pipe in a while so I thought I'd fire one up as I work up the motivation to do Saturday things, which is to say honey-dos mainly :)

Enough of that - working on 2nd cobful of Penzance.

[restomod]

WO Larsen Signature in the Plumb

https://i.imgur.com/03SQ26pl.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

Thoroughly enjoying some G&H, Brown Twist Sliced in a gourd calabash while drinking gin and soda around a campfire. I don't often have a desire for this blend because it is quite strong and can be harsh if not dried and sipped just so... but when I do it is SO very nice to burn a bowl of this stuff.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Prince Albert in my Viking Classic Pot. I can remember when Prince Albert could be purchased at virtually every drugstore in America. And many other stores too. Came in a flat-ish tin that would slip into a jacket pocket.

[Emperor Zurg]

Another bowl of Brown Twist Sliced in the gourd: my Emotional Support Pipe.
BTS was just too good for just one visit.

Hey, maybe I can use the Emotional Support angle to force other people to breathe my second hand smoke! And after registering as a non-smoker to boot ;)

[Cool Breeze]

Having some Full Virginia Flake in my Peterson Rocky Donegal.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Price Albert in my old Kirsten. Quite enjoyable — very mild, and a nice change of pace. Here’s what SmokingPipes says of it:

“An ultra-classic blend of Burley and Cavendish, with just a hint of cocoa and molasses, Prince Albert is the sort of blend your father or grandfather might have smoked.”

If there’s Cavendish, it’s certainly not the dark variety typically found in aromatic blends.

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H something or other flake in a Peterson spigot billiard.
Need to get a few samples to find out what this stuff really is...

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Brown Twist Sliced in the gourd.
This will be it until the weekend.

[restomod]

Still working in this new Stanwell, one small bowl at a time. Some Lane 1q this time.

https://i.imgur.com/zu82qeOl.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

Still working in this new Stanwell, one small bowl at a time. Some Lane 1q this time.


Why do you persecute it so?

McClelland 2015 in the brother to that pipe.
Mine is brown though...

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Gordon Pym (Dan Tobacco) in my old Kirsten Mariner. It’s the only English mixture that I really like. Pricey, but very tasty! The Latikia is applied with a light hand. Or perhaps it’s a less virulent form of it.

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Cherry Cream Flake in a little Savinelli prince

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Gordon Pym (Dan Tobacco) in my old Kirsten. Not only is this the only English mixture that I like, I actually like it quite a lot. Here’s what Tobacco Reviews says of it:

“This blend contains golden Virginia, Maryland and a little dark fired Virginia that gives this blend a profound flavor. Precious Oriental tobacco gives a soft tangy flavor that is complimented by Syrian latakia. Broad-cut with a slow, even burn, especially in bigger bowls.”

So besides the moderate Latakia, perhaps it’s the “dark fired Virginia” that appeals to me. Solani 660, Silver Flake, is possibly my favorite tobacco, and it has dark fired Kentucky.

[Emperor Zurg]

Couple coins of PS Bullseye Flake in a dirty ol' cob while standing around the fire pit after a day's work outside.
So nice. Atmosphere is everything.

Oh, and gin and soda to refresh the palate. That helped too :D :D

[BryGuySC]

Recently popped a tin of 2016 S.G. Bothy Flake.
Good stuff!

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 656, Aged Burly Flake, in my Luciano squat bulldog. I don’t smoke a lot of ABF, but get a hankering for it from time to time, and enjoy it.

I bought the Luciano, unsmoked ,for a modest price from the Italian Estates section of SmokingPipes. It smokes nicely, and I like its looks. Very cool in hand too.

Italian Estates Luciano Smooth Bulldog (289) (B) (2013) | Buy Italian Estates Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=246536)

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Rum Flake in my glass bottom cob. Almost gone now...
Moving on soon to PS Bullseye Flake in my oldest, dirtiest, but sweet smoking MM Legend.

[Emperor Zurg]

SG Navy Flake in a balsa-bottomed cob.
Such a great blend. I never tire of it.

[Emperor Zurg]

Smoked the leftover 1/3 of a bowl of G&H Louisiana Flake that I started yesterday. Let's see you try that with a cigar. Started out very peppery but settled down and got sweet and fruity. Smoked it right to the bottom.

[Cool Breeze]

McClelland 40th Anniversary in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 656, ABF, in my Luciano Squat Bulldog.

Italian Estates Luciano Smooth Bulldog (289) (B) (2013) | Buy Italian Estates Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=246536)

My Virginias weren’t going all that well today, so switched to Burley, which is going better. I generally prefer tapered bits on bulldogs, but the saddle bit looks just right on this one.

[Emperor Zurg]

Lots of pipes this weekend. Too many blends to mention. All in cobs.
A weekend of armed smoking and coffee drinking purporting to be deer hunting.

[coffeecup]

This evening I am enjoying a bowl of SG FVF in my Savinelli 606 ex while listening to "Cortege" by the "Modern Jazz Quartet".:pipe: Earlier today I had a busy time with the family and am now relaxing. I noted that for last two weeks I have been smoking a lot of SG tobaccos and this evening's smoke is delicious.:wave: I am topping off this smoke with a mug of ice cold "Kirkland Craft Brewed Brown Ale" which is absolutely delicious.:beerchug: Costco's Ale is a seasonal
item and I was happy to pick up two cases. The next few days will be a busy time with Thanksgiving, but right now I am "kicked back" enjoying life.:thumb:

[Emperor Zurg]

Puffing Solani 660, Silver Flake, in my Tinsky billiard. I LOVE this tobacco! Maybe it’s the “dark-fired Kentucky”.

I had a bowl of this a couple nights ago. Funny how you LOVE this blend while I do like it but am not too crazy about it. It's probably the DFK. I find I don't like burley - in any form - in my virginias. I wish I could talk you into picking up a tin of Samuel Gawith Navy Flake iin your next order, smoking a few bowls and posting your opinion. I think SGNF has got to be the most consistently tasty blend I've ever smoked. Other blends come and go and I enjoy those too but this is one I never tire of. I imagine your review would probably be something like: "well, it's okay... but I'm not too crazy about it"
:p. :pipe:

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Whiskey Twist in a glass bottom County Gentleman

[BryGuySC]

Hi guys!
I've missed you!
Hot 6 months at my new job. It is a lot of work and keeps me from a lot of my previous online activities.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Gordon Pym in my dear old Kirsten. Wonderfully flavorful. The only English mixture that I’ve ever liked — a singular blend.

Made my special bacon, peanut butter, and Marmite sandwich for lunch today. On German-baked pumpernickel toast. So good!

[coffeecup]

This evening I had a bowl of SG Golden Glow in my extra large Sherlock Holmes # 2 pipe.:pipe: I had jars and jars of SG Medium Virginia Flake dating back to the year 2000 but over the years my supply began to get low. I began my search about a year ago to re-supply my stash of this tobacco, but I could not find it; I believed that SG had scrapped this blend.:bawling: Six months ago I finally had my last bowl of this tobacco. Last month I was scanning SG tobaccos on the Four Noggins site and saw Golden glow which I had not heard of and after some investigation I found out that this was my same Medium Virginia Flake under a new name. Fortunately I was able to snag three boxes of this tobacco.:chicken: Dang-it! I really missed this blend. This evenings my smoke was delicious and I now know that everything is right in the world again. I topped off this smoke with a ice cold mug of "Kirkland's Craft Brewed India Pale Ale", and I am totally relaxed.:beerchug:

[Branzig]

Rattled through my mason jars for the first time in months....the winter chill and holiday feels has me craving a proper pipe.

Devils Holiday in my Green Peterson should hit the spot.

Hope all the pipers here are well.

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[bluenoser]

Frosty day, figured a bowl of sutliff frosty mint in the mr brog church warden. So minty, on a cool day like today it practically takes your breath away.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191208/3b1a06dd532476b4e952538ae50273ad.jpg


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[Pipe Smoker]

I just opened a two yo tin of Wessex Classic Virginia — puffing a fill of it in my Caminetto Pot with silver spigot mount. CV is a red Virginia with a bit of Perique. A savory blend, but very hard to find in-stock.

[Pipe Smoker]

I had a bowl of this a couple nights ago. Funny how you LOVE this blend while I do like it but am not too crazy about it. It's probably the DFK. I find I don't like burley - in any form - in my virginias. I wish I could talk you into picking up a tin of Samuel Gawith Navy Flake iin your next order, smoking a few bowls and posting your opinion. I think SGNF has got to be the most consistently tasty blend I've ever smoked. Other blends come and go and I enjoy those too but this is one I never tire of. I imagine your review would probably be something like: "well, it's okay... but I'm not too crazy about it"
:p. :pipe:
I probably would like it. But I’ve got so much Virginia, of so many varieties (including Samuel Gawith FVF), in stock that I kind of dread the thought of finding another one that I like. :(

Even so, I might try one tin. Sigh.

[Emperor Zurg]

I probably would like it. But I’ve got so much Virginia, of so many varieties (including Samuel Gawith FVF), in stock that I kind of dread the thought of finding another one that I like. :(

Even so, I might try one tin. Sigh.

Haha! I know exactly what you mean. I've got more tobacco stockpiled than I'll ever smoke.
I'm going to have to start hanging around elementary schools and giving away tobacco samplers to the kids. :D

Srsly tho, I have a lot of blends that just sit there and a lot of blends in tins that I'm hoarding (coff coff... McClelland) and then I probably have half a dozen favorites. SGNF is the only blend that gives me the occasional rootbeer (or should I say sassafras) note. It's very nice (as are most SG blends IMO)

[Emperor Zurg]

SPC Mississippi River in a no-name bent billiard.
Sure don't like this blend as much as I used to. Sorta weak and boring. Needs a coin of Happy Bogie mixed in or something. Maybe it'll wake up a little further down the bowl.

[Emperor Zurg]

The SPC Mississippi River never did wake up. Also couldn't find my jar of Happy Bogie to try and give it a boost so I gave up, dumped it out and went to bed. Tonight I'm looking to G&H Louisiana Flake to make up for last night's failure.

-edit-

Much better! Gawith tobaccos have flavor. You may or may not like the flavor, depending on your tastes but at least they HAVE flavor.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Gordon Pym (Dan Tobacco) in my old Kirsten. This is the only English mixture that I like, but I like it a lot. Mild and tasty. I don’t plan to look further for other English mixtures — this is the one for me.

[Cool Breeze]

Peterson Elizabethan in a Savinelli 114 KS billiard.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a 50/50 mixture of Hamborger Veermaster and Gordon Pym (both by Dan Tobacco). Both are mild and tasty. The HV is a straight Virginia, the Pym is an English mixture. A successful experiment.

Merry Christmas, all!

[Emperor Zurg]

First bowl in almost 2 weeks. Haven't had time for it.
G&H Cherry Cream Flake in a Rattray's cherrywood

[restomod]

Xmas day pipe in my Stanwell. With a bowl of watch city Rouxgaroux.

https://i.imgur.com/LmH84MUl.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

Xmas day pipe in my Stanwell. With a bowl of watch city Rouxgaroux.

How was it? The online description sounded good, and I'm always up for a decent VaPer

[restomod]

How was it? The online description sounded good, and I'm always up for a decent VaPer

It was great, just smooth and good flavor. I was given just less than an ounce on another board but it seems to always be out on their website.

[Emperor Zurg]

It was great, just smooth and good flavor. I was given just less than an ounce on another board but it seems to always be out on their website.

I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Sounds tasty :pipe:

[Emperor Zurg]

Speaking of VaPers, burning a bowl of PS, Bullseye Flake in an un-named French Canadian.

[BryGuySC]

Happy New Years, fellas!

Anyone opening anything special?

[Emperor Zurg]

Happy New Years, fellas!

Anyone opening anything special?

Nope, not even planning on smoking for that matter.
That and ALL my tobaccos are special. I don't smoke non-special tobacco :p :pipe:
Non-special tobacco is bad for you!

Happy new year to you too
http://bestanimations.com/Holidays/Fireworks/fireworks/colorful-fan-firework-gif.gif

[Branzig]

Medium sized bowl of Briar Fox in a Capitello.

I got a new pipe for xmas but I'm afraid to try it....pretty sure it's a Chinese cheapo....I've heard horror stories of them. Looks great though lol.

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[Emperor Zurg]

Bowl of Ennerdale last evening in (what else but) a corncob.



I got a new pipe for xmas but I'm afraid to try it....pretty sure it's a Chinese cheapo....I've heard horror stories of them. Looks great though lol.


Oh smoke it ya wuss! Someone spent a long time in a dollar store picking that out for you. How bad can it be? :puke:

[Branzig]

Bowl of Ennerdale last evening in (what else but) a corncob.



Oh some it ya wuss! Someone spent a long time in a dollar store picking that out for you. How bad can it be? :puke:MmmmmMmmmm Ennerdale.

And I'll post a pic and see what you guys think later. I'm pretty sure it's from Amazon.... lol

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[Emperor Zurg]

MmmmmMmmmm Ennerdale.

And I'll post a pic and see what you guys think later. I'm pretty sure it's from Amazon.... lol

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I suggest reaming it down to wood before first smoke if it's got any of that black coating inside the bowl.

Check out this bad boy, Branzig.
SS01DS75 - BriarWorks Signature Mag-Top Calabash - Dark Smooth - Briarworks (http://briarworksusa.com/ss01ds75-briarworks-signature-mag-top-calabash-dark-smooth/)
It's a gourd calabash in form and function but made from briar.

WANT!!!

(Wouldn't dare defile that one with Ennerdale tho...)

[Emperor Zurg]

Last night smoked a very small portion of G&H Brown Flake Vanilla (I think)
... in a little Savinelli prince.

[Branzig]

I suggest reaming it down to wood before first smoke if it's got any of that black coating inside the bowl.

Check out this bad boy, Branzig.
SS01DS75 - BriarWorks Signature Mag-Top Calabash - Dark Smooth - Briarworks (http://briarworksusa.com/ss01ds75-briarworks-signature-mag-top-calabash-dark-smooth/)
It's a gourd calabash in form and function but made from briar.

WANT!!!

(Wouldn't dare defile that one with Ennerdale tho...)Cool looking pipe no doubt.

I'd probably break it though lol.

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[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Patriot Flake (Dan Tobaco) in my dear old Kirsten Mariner. And I have ten more 50g tins of PF coming today.

US and tropical Virginias that have been press fermented. No topping, but the fermentation gives it a distinctive flavor. Very mild.

[Cool Breeze]

Had a bowl of Peterson Elizabethan Mixture in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.
Then a bowl of Sam Gawith Brown No. 4 in an old banded Dr. Grabow.

[Branzig]

Kendal Cream Flake with dark roast coffee this morning. Smoking in an old Custombilt.

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[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing 7 yo Wessex Dark Flake from a just-opened tin in my old Kirsten. This stuff is a clone of FVF, both in taste and appearance — long, dark, irregular flakes.

[Branzig]

Been a bit.

This is gonna happen as soon as I get my youngest to bed.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200208/83fd9b04be84d1545d2d23a08c9023ea.jpg

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[Emperor Zurg]

Burning a bowl of Happy Bogie in a gourd calabash
Gin and soda as a refresher

[Emperor Zurg]

Had a bit of dried Happy Bogie left over from last night. Burning that now in a little Savinelli prince.
A Spanish red wine this time. Goes surprisingly well.

[Emperor Zurg]

Cool looking pipe no doubt.

I'd probably break it though lol.

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Well how about this one then? Even has 'mammoth'. If that don't make it smoke fine I don't know what will! :p
I figure I'll call them and see if I can whittle them down to an even 7k out the door...

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/denmark/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=334791

[Branzig]

Well how about this one then? Even has 'mammoth'. If that don't make it smoke fine I don't know what will! [emoji14]
I figure I'll call them and see if I can whittle them down to an even 7k out the door...

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/denmark/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=334791Load that bad boy up with some bogie and pass out from the spins lol

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[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a 50-50 mixture of F&T Blackjack and Solani 656 Aged Burley Flake. The Blackjack (a Virginia) is zippier than I like but the ABF mellows it out. This mixture has good flavor.

[Cool Breeze]

Had a bowl of Peterson Elizabethan Mixture this morning and a bowl of McClelland 40th Anniversary this afternoon.

[Cool Breeze]

I'm about 2/3 of the way through a bowl of Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a London made Ben wade apple.

[Branzig]

Happy smokes guys.

Mystery lat blend in a custombilt.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200222/19aabec1f090740918f976289913c1e5.jpg

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[josh lucky 13]

Finished my cigar and didn't have time for another brought out my pipe for a go. Molto dolce is what I have open. Been a long time and still not great at smoking a pipe

[bluenoser]

bit of a mild night (couple degrees below freezing) Decided a small bowl of amphora brown in the MM ozark mountain

[Cool Breeze]

Been on a burley kick the last week or so.

Had a bowl of Solani Aged Burley Flake in a Nording Canadian earlier today.
Now enjoying a bowl of Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a short stubby Rogers Rarity.

[Pipe Smoker]

I just opened a 5 yo tin of F&T Vintage, a Virginia. Puffing that now in my old Kirsten.

This is the prettiest flake tobacco that I know of. Variegated, with a broad range of hues. Tasty, too. Mild with a light topping of some sort.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/760x570q90/922/bP2N12.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

I just opened a 5 yo tin of F&T Vintage, a Virginia. Puffing that now in my old Kirsten.

This is the prettiest flake tobacco that I know of. Variegated, with a broad range of hues. Tasty, too. Mild with a light topping of some sort.

Hey, where have you been, 'Sheltering in place' or something?
I've been taking a break for a while, letting some dental work heal.
Bought a new pipe and haven't even smoked it.
:pipe:

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of Five Brothers in a Savinelli Silver straight sandblast billiard. Been holed up for 2+ weeks now and it's not all bad.

[Cool Breeze]

Having some MacBaren Plumcake in my Peterson Rocky Donegal.

[Pipe Smoker]

Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there's none so rare, as can compare,
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

I don’t have any fiddlers (except Internet music), but I have some very fine pipes. Here’s my Caminetto Pot with silver spigot mount, just loaded with Patriot Flake (Dan Tobacco, Germany).

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/570x760q90/924/NbHwax.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

Having some G&H Dark Birdseye in a MM Cobbit. Pretty strong stuff, but tasty.

[restomod]

Weather is getting better here. Finished off a jar of Narrow Bridge in my Dr. Plumb. Cleaning up a few pipes including the Falcon I found at an antique shop with early markings. Going to give the bag of C&D Carolina Red Flake a go in that in a bit

https://i.imgur.com/QeoL3Lrl.jpg

- - - Updated - - -


Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there's none so rare, as can compare,
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

I don’t have any fiddlers (except Internet music), but I have some very fine pipes. Here’s my Caminetto Pot with silver spigot mount, just loaded with Patriot Flake (Dan Tobacco, Germany).

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/570x760q90/924/NbHwax.jpg

Also Doug that pipe is gorgeous, never heard of it. Off to the googles to research.

[Cool Breeze]

Had a bowl of Orlik DSK in a Savinelli 114KS earlier.

Now enjoying a bowl of McClelland Anniversary from 2005 in a London made Ben Wade apple shape.

[Cool Breeze]

Orlik Golden Sliced in a Savinelli Series III bent apple.
This was the first pipe tobacco that I actually enjoyed. It's what got me hooked on the hobby.
While there are tobaccos that I like more now, I still go back to it sometimes, and still enjoy it a lot.

https://i.imgur.com/kgNfrU9.jpg?1

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a couple small bowls of PS bullseye in my little Savinelli Prince
Haven't been smoking lately much at all.

[restomod]

Cracked this tin of MacBaren that was given to me, while working on my son's electric dirt bike. Never had this and it's really good, it's a ever so slightly aro and not one that just overpowers you with Cavendish. Just a subtle vanilla flavor in a good Virginia that looks really light out of the tin.

https://i.imgur.com/ab6iVvjl.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

A Savinelli prince containing a bullseye flake... minus the worthless, Cavendish bullseye. I refuse to smoke pointless tobacco. I hate black Cavendish; just seems to water down everything good and tasty. Jury is still out on golden, Virginia Cavendish, mostly because it's hard to find a blend that has it.

[Cool Breeze]

Started off cobb Tuesday with some PA.

https://i.imgur.com/thgIgiE.jpg?1

Then I had a bowl of Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in a bent Peterson Kildare.
Now I'm having a bowl of Orlik Golden Sliced in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

[restomod]

Breaking in a new garage only pipe with some Lane RL-6

https://i.imgur.com/6XFR5L6l.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

Having a bowl of HH Old Dark Fired in a carved RealBriar pipe.


We have recently had to rearrange a lot of stuff in our house. I lost my office (got turned into a bedroom) and had to relocate my pipe stuff.
In moving it all, I found a box of pipes. It is cheap stuff I bought when I first started the piping hobby and I had forgotten about them.

Most are crap and not good smokers, but I found this one in the box. I forgot just how good this thing smokes. It is fantastic. It's the only pipe I have that was made in France, and I think it looks cool too.

https://i.imgur.com/596JW1q.jpg?1

[Emperor Zurg]

Breaking in a new garage only pipe with some Lane RL-6
Garage-only pipe? Is there such a thing?
Do yourself a favor and get a forever stem for that pipe and pitch the filter. If you're attached to the filter concept tho, the best ones IMO are the 6mm Savinelli. It's just a little triangle piece of balsa wood. They smoke pretty true, I.e. they don't alter or sap the flavor.

Smoked a bowl of Ennerdale on a walk yesterday. Smoked it in an old grubby cob with a forever stem.
Probably going to go on another walk today. Got some G&H Brown Flake Vanilla (I think) drying out to smoke in my freshly ghosted cob.

[Emperor Zurg]

Having a bowl of HH Old Dark Fired in a carved RealBriar pipe...I found this one in the box. I forgot just how good this thing smokes. It is fantastic. It's the only pipe I have that was made in France, and I think it looks cool too.

Looks like a sitter too. Sitters are great IMO. So practical.
Good tobacco too. Haven't burned any ODF in ages. I need to hunt down my jar of it.

[Cool Breeze]

Having a bowl of C&D Carolina Red Flake with Perique in a Savinelli straight billiard (A Roma maybe? I forget the model).

Anyway, this tobacco is great.
It was a limited run of 10k tins. Smokingpipes still has some if anybody wants it.
I had never had it before so I only grabbed 2 tins. After having a couple bowls, I may snag a couple more to put away.

[Emperor Zurg]

Having a bowl of C&D Carolina Red Flake with Perique in a Savinelli straight billiard (A Roma maybe? I forget the model).

Anyway, this tobacco is great.
It was a limited run of 10k tins. Smokingpipes still has some if anybody wants it.
I had never had it before so I only grabbed 2 tins. After having a couple bowls, I may snag a couple more to put away.

I picked up 5 tins of it. It's not here yet. Figure I'll mason jar one of them and stash the other 4 away to age. What I really want now is some of the Carolina flake without perique so I can compare the two but alas, that one was sold out. Also picked up a little of that Bayou Morning flake to see what that one is all about. Sometimes I like stinky, pungent and strong. Keeps the bugs at bay.

[Cool Breeze]

I bought a couple ounces of Bayou Morning a couple years ago. I smoked a couple bowls and put the rests away. It's a Perique bomb, but you already knew that.

I should dig it out and see if a couple years has mellowed it any.

[Emperor Zurg]

I bought a couple ounces of Bayou Morning a couple years ago. I smoked a couple bowls and put the rests away. It's a Perique bomb, but you already knew that.

I should dig it out and see if a couple years has mellowed it any.

Yep. Sometimes I'm just looking to change things up. Sometimes a perique bomb is just the thing. SOMETIMES I'll even smoke burley!

[Cool Breeze]

I get that.
I'm not in the mood for burley often, but a few weeks ago I opened a tin of Solani Aged Burley Flake and went through it in 2 weeks. That's quick for me because I usually have a dozen things opened at once.

[bluenoser]

Afternoon spent reclaiming the yard. OGS in the handmade to celebrate.

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[Emperor Zurg]

Small bowl of Bayou Morning Flake last night in a Savinelli prince.
It's interesting. Lots of dry hay and pepper with a touch of dried fruit. That's my first bowl impression anyway. The nose burn on retro reminded me of a fine, freshly prepared horseradish; so good... but of course I wouldn't want it every meal.
I imagine the room note is probably awful :D
This bowl was dried quite a while. Want to try a bowl with a little more moisture soon.
Overall I like it for what I bought it for: an interesting change of pace.

[Emperor Zurg]

Trying a small bowl of this Carolina Red Flake w/ Perique, just to see what it's about.

Pretty similar to the Bayou Morning Flake, actually. Very dry, grassy taste with a good amount of pepper. Not as much as the Bayou Morning tho by a long shot and not as earthy. I smoked this pretty moist. Need to let some dry out more and give that a shot. TBH, so far I like my stand-by VaPer better: PS Lux Bullseye with a few years on it and with the Cavendish centers removed. I'm always amazed how good that blend is, especially for the price. I think the Bullseye must be topped with a touch of vanilla, either that or it bleeds from the Cavendish center into the outer wraps. Whatever the case, the topping compliments the tobacco rather nicely. Need to burn a few more bowls of this Carolina Red. I'll call it 'research'.

Edit...

Tried a little more but dried it out more first. It's better IMO; more pronounced flavors with some dried fruit in the background. Pretty similar to the Bayou Morning actually but quite a bit ligter on the perique it would seem.

[Cool Breeze]

Having some HH Old Dark Fired in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.
Been smoking a lot of this lately.

[Emperor Zurg]

Little Bayou Morning Flake in a Savinelli prince.

Then a little Boswells Christmas Cookie in the same pipe since it was still dry. Blech. American aromatics, not my thing. I think it's picking up a little pepper toward the bottom here... but maybe that's just tongue bite.

[restomod]

Penny Farthing in the Stanwell Black Diamond. First I have had and it's great, have to sip it though or it will lash out.

https://i.imgur.com/2yr161ll.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

Penny Farthing in the Stanwell Black Diamond. First I have had and it's great, have to sip it though or it will lash out.

A GL Pease VaPer? That's got to be pretty good I'd think. Reviews say it's shag cut tho.
Not a bug fan of shag cuts. Probably why it wants to misbehave; they just burn too darn fast.
I wonder if they have something similar in flake.

[restomod]

A GL Pease VaPer? That's got to be pretty good I'd think. Reviews say it's shag cut tho.
Not a bug fan of shag cuts. Probably why it wants to misbehave; they just burn too darn fast.
I wonder if they have something similar in flake.

Not sure about the flake but I can't believe they don't have something similar. I kind of don't mind the shag once in awhile, especially with the kids and time constraints the faster burn isn't a horrible idea for me. It really was good though, just a good change of pace for once.

[Cool Breeze]

Capstan Blue in a Peterson Donegal Rocky.

https://i.imgur.com/9M2DYop.jpg?1

[Emperor Zurg]

Bayou Morning Flake in a glass bottomed, Country Gentleman with a churchwarden, Forever stem.

Red Rapparee in a Savelli prince.

Sipping a rum toddy

[Emperor Zurg]

Mmmmm... PS Lux Bullseye (less) flake in a Peterson spigot.
My version should be called Luxury Doughnut flake...

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a mixture of two Solani tobaccos in my venerable Kirsten Mariner.

656, ABF, brightened up with a bit of 333, Festival, an aromatic. A successful experiment.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a fill of Carter Hall in my old Kirsten. Going down quite nicely.

[Emperor Zurg]

A mother's day bowl of Solani 660 in a Ser Jacopo cherrywood with a side of coffee

[restomod]

Cracked a tin of this today, original run of 2016 and the cans were numbered.

https://i.imgur.com/DYRD2usl.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

Enjoying a MM Legend on cob Tuesday.
Having some Autumn Evening on this cool Spring morning.

[Pipe Smoker]

Cracked a tin of this today, original run of 2016 and the cans were numbered.

https://i.imgur.com/DYRD2usl.jpg

A good looking pipe! A brandy? I like pipes with easy-to-clean smooth rims.

[Pipe Smoker]

A mother's day bowl of Solani 660 in a Ser Jacopo cherrywood with a side of coffee

I thought you didn’t like Solani 660.

[Emperor Zurg]

I thought you didn’t like Solani 660.

I didn't much like the first bowl but that is a given. I never like the first bowl of a new tobacco.

It's 656 - ABF that I generally don't like. 660 is pretty good. I'm not a huge fan of burley in my virginia - and that includes DFK. But the 660 doesn't seem to have much of that musty, wet cardboard taste that I usually get from burley and the spicyness (that must come) from the firing presents more like perique - at least to me anyway. I also enjoy the occasional bowl of Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky from time to time which, IMO anyway, is a similar blend albeit a little adulterated with toppings etc.

[restomod]

A good looking pipe! A brandy? I like pipes with easy-to-clean smooth rims.

The 401 Stanwell is Rhodesian I think by label. I did not get it here but this link is the best one I see that has the specs in the details: https://www.cigarbid.com/a/stanwell-brushed-black-pipes/3125678/

I like it too, as you can see however I don't do a good job of cleaning said rim after I use it even if it is easy.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture, in my old Kirsten.

Herr Will crafted this blend to recreate the legendary Balkan Sobranie 759. I’ve never smoked the Sobranie, so don’t know how close it is, but it can’t be an exact match nowadays because Syrian Latakia is no longer available. But it’s an excellent mild smoke in any case.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Gordon Pym (Dan Tobacco) in my Kirsten Mariner. My favorite English mixture.

And gazing at my new Ardor Urano Rhodesian:

https://www.cigarbum.com/forum/general-pipe-discussion/pipe-purchase-149-72.html#post203909

[Emperor Zurg]

Small bowl (Sav prince) of Solani 660 this morning while shooting cowbirds off the bird feeder with my pellet rifle. Got 4 of the rotten things before heading in to work. Got a couple yesterday too.

rodwha did you know that cowbirds are a notorious brood parasite of the Eastern Phoebe? They lay an egg in a phoebe nest and when it hatches, the cowbird chick demands so much of the feeding that the phoebe chicks starve to death. Winged rats that don't even bother to feed or raise their own young, I have no use for them.

[rodwha]

Small bowl (Sav prince) of Solani 660 this morning while shooting cowbirds off the bird feeder with my pellet rifle. Got 4 of the rotten things before heading in to work. Got a couple yesterday too.

rodwha did you know that cowbirds are a notorious brood parasite of the Eastern Phoebe? They lay an egg in a phoebe nest and when it hatches, the cowbird chick demands so much of the feeding that the phoebe chicks starve to death. Winged rats that don't even bother to feed or raise their own young, I have no use for them.

I did not! Been thinking about a Hatsan .22 for a bit...

[Emperor Zurg]

I did not! Been thinking about a Hatsan .22 for a bit...

Sounds like fun!
I'm shooting a Beeman R1 in .177
Haven't seen one for sale in a long time. Used to be a popular airgun

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Gordon Pym “for a cool and gentle smoke” in my Tinsky brandy. Very good tobacco.

[restomod]

SG Bracken Flake from 2010 from another BOTL elsewhere.

https://i.imgur.com/1MuXeCNl.jpg

[Pipe Smoker]

I just opened a 5 yo tin of F&T Special Brown Flake. Puffing that now in my Kirsten. SBF is said to be rum flavored. I sense it as a light butterscotch taste.

Like all F&T flakes, there are two neat side-by-side rectangular stacks. The tin note is oddly tart, but that doesn’t come through in the smoke.

[Emperor Zurg]

Probably going to be the last chance I get for a while so even though it was getting late I burned a small bowl of PS Lux Bullseye flake in a Sav prince last night.

In other news, I just shot 2 starlings with the pellet rifle.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing The Mallard (Dan Tobacco) in my Tinsky Brandy.

And thinking about lunch, which will feature an instance of an egg dish I invented: an open-face cheese omelette. Three jumbo eggs with salt, fresh ground black pepper (lots), and Cholula Green Pepper hot sauce beaten in with my old egg beater. Topped with 7 slices (4 ounces) of Laura Chenel Garlic & Chive Goat Cheese.

It’s the tastiest egg dish that I’ve ever eaten, anywhere:
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[Emperor Zurg]

It’s the tastiest egg dish that I’ve ever eaten, anywhere

Sounds tasty. I was hoping you weren't going to say those white blobs were marshmallows. :puke:

Burned a cobload of G&H Cherry Cream Flake last night by the campfire

[BryGuySC]

Sounds like fun!
I'm shooting a Beeman R1 in .177
Haven't seen one for sale in a long time. Used to be a popular airgun

My grandad used a Beeman R1 for little critters around the yard back on the farm, when the 22 would have been too loud and bothered my granny. (Even though the Beeman is by no means silent)
I always loved it. Nice little air rifle!

[Cool Breeze]

Working from home still, sitting on the patio with a cup of coffee and a Savinelli Series III bent apple, full of McClelland 2015 Va/Perique Flake.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a cobload of Ennerdale flake on the river yesterday. Well, half a cobload... the pipe is still half full. Debating on whether to fire it back up today (if I make it out there) or dump it and reload afresh.

[BryGuySC]

Found a half jar of McClelland 5110 that I mixed with Latakia 3/4:1/4.
Loaded up a cob and it greatly improved cleaning up the yard!

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Liberty (Dan Tobacco), in my old Kirsten. A mild Virginia with a light cherry topping. Very tasty, and a nice change up. Here’s what SmokingPipes says of it:

“With both title and tin art making clear Liberty's inspiration, this is bright and sweet Virginia blend, flavored with a strong aromatic note that has been compared to a good cherry snuff.”

I disagree with the “strong aromatic note” statement. You want “strong aromatic note”? Try Solani Tropical Mango Flake!

[Emperor Zurg]

Puffing Liberty (Dan Tobacco), in my old Kirsten. A mild Virginia with a light cherry topping. Very tasty, and a nice change up.

It's hard to find a Dan blend that's no good, aromatic or otherwise. I enjoy their Sweet Vanilla Honeydew and Bill Baileys Balkan Blend. I have a tin of Devils Holiday and also one of Velvet that I need to try some day. Both were gifts as I usually shy away from tins if favor of bulk. Velvet is supposed to be flavored with champagne and Guinness. Dan Tobacco seems to shy away from the use of black Cavendish and burley. Probably why I usually like their blends.

Burned a fresh bowl of G&H Louisiana flake on the river yesterday. I also added a small amount of Solani Green Label for improved 'boat note'. The aro didn't do the Louisiana flake any favors but it still wasn't bad.

[Pipe Smoker]

^^^^^^^^
I’ve tried all of the Solani aros. The only one I like at all is 333, “Festival”. I don’t think that I’ll be buying any more of it though.

Currently puffing “Holmer Knudsen’s”, another good Dan Tobacco aro.

[restomod]

I bought this Black House a really long time ago, before I had any idea about anything piping. I just always remembered that it had black Cavendish. However reading it now its really mostly a lot of everything else, Latakia and perique based. Pretty happy its not sweet at all with the Cavendish in it as I was worried about it.

https://i.imgur.com/Un0mug7l.jpg

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a mixture in my old Kirsten. Hamborger Veermaster (Dan Tobacco), and a lesser amount of Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. Going down pretty well. The ABF provides body that the HV lacks.

[Cool Breeze]

Almost finished with a bowl of Peterson Elizabethan Mixture in a sandblasted Savinelli Bing's Favorite.

On deck is Peterson Irish Flake in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a few cobloads of various Gawith Hoggarth flakes on the river yesterday and the day before.

You know, I've been smoking therapeutic doses of pipe tobacco thru most of this coronavirus scare and so have a couples others I know. And guess what?!?!! Not a single pipe smoker I know has come down with covid19! Clearly, pipe tobacco is 100% effective against coronavirus / covid19. Thank you and good night.

[Pipe Smoker]

^^^^^^^^
I’ve read several news articles saying that smokers have a significantly lower incidence of Covid-19. The articles then state that smokers that do get Covid-19 have a higher death rate. But I suspect that pipe smokers, who don’t inhale, don’t have that higher death rate. 99% of smokers these days are cigarette smokers.

Puffing Carter Hall in my Tinsky brandy. Going down pretty good — has a light topping of some sort. I can remember when Carter Hall was offered for about 35¢ per pouch at most drugstores.

[allusred]

^^^^^^^^
I’ve read several news articles saying that smokers have a significantly lower incidence of Covid-19. The articles then state that smokers that do get Covid-19 have a higher death rate. But I suspect that pipe smokers, who don’t inhale, don’t have that higher death rate. 99% of smokers these days are cigarette smokers.

Puffing Carter Hall in my Tinsky brandy. Going down pretty good — has a light topping of some sort. I can remember when Carter Hall was offered for about 35¢ per pouch at most drugstores.

Read that same article a while ago. It does make sense tho no zero sense trying to convince the anti smoking brigade. Heck they want erase any photo or movie that shows someone smoking. If cigar or pipe smoking was so deadly then how the hell are they alive, when their forebears should've been turning toes up at early ages. Or did the anti smoking fanatic have no male grandparents?

[Emperor Zurg]

Going outside for a small bowl of a VaPer of some kind. Looking for a decent chardonnay around here...

Started a cob-mod project today. Can't wait to burn a few break-in bowls in one once they are done.
https://www.cigarbum.com/forum/the-do-it-yourselfer-discussion/missouri-meerschaum-dagner-poker-mod-10644.html

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of GH Kendal Kentucky in a Albert John billiard/apple. Just walked the dogs and took a shower and feeling good after a good work week.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Patriot Flake (Dan Tobacco) in my Luciano squat bulldog. One of my favorite tobaccos. Quite mild, it’s been extensively press fermented, which gives it a distinctive flavor. Good stuff.

I like its tin art work too. A Minute Man holding his rifle. He’s alert and expecting action, but is unafraid.

https://boswellpipes.com/product/dan-tobacco-patriot-flake-50g/

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Patriot Flake (Dan Tobacco) in my Ardor Rhodesian:

Italian Estates Ardor Urano Rhodesian with Boxwood (DR) (2019) | Buy Italian Estates Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=362903)

As said in the SmokingPipes blurb, it’s a palm-filler. At 3.2 ounces there’s a lot of briar in this baby. It’s a solid sitter too.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a couple bowls of Solani Green Label in my newly built Dagner poker. Working on breaking it in.

https://i.imgur.com/38neKIv.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

Burned a bowl of SG Louisiana flake in the Dagner while rolling on Fribbos.
(Fribbos: holiday friday when you shouldn't be working)