What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[cpmcdill]

Revelation match blend in a Grabow pot

[JimInks]

Peretti’s DD in a 1979 straight smooth Dr. Grabow Grand Duke 45 pot.

[NeverBend]

That much RY should put hair on your chest.

Hi Nachman,

Haven't tried the Royal Yacht in it yet, but that would be a later evening smoke to be sure. I wrote earlier that this incarnation of RY is quite good, well done.

earlier...
2015 Gawith Hoggarth in a 1950s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EXEXEL #251, smooth taper billiard with water, no ice.

My favorite shaped pipe of all. I once had 8 of these and they looked very much the same until viewed together where the individual characteristics were apparent. I know the difficulty in replicating shape in handmade pipes, Barling was the master of this to the extent that they numbered them and the look and feel is the same except when seen together. I 'lost' 5 of these and I don't smoke them enough.

[NeverBend]

I'm interested to hear your take on it dried. I dry it quite a bit though, usually breaking it into stuffable sticks while it's still moist, then laying those out on a sheet of paper and letting them dry for a few hours (or a half hour in the sun) before dropping a bundle of them into the pipe. It certainly does taste different than it does wet

Hi Bill,

I don't like it as well dryer. I can say that about all the flakes that I've smoked, I like them somewhat moist and I don't dry them. It takes a little longer to light but for me it's the way to go.

You are affected by the Lakeland essence. GH Best Brown has too much Lakeland for me, but most of theirs don't, so I assume that it's a threshold of tolerance. Most important, for me, is a loose pack at the bottom, especially with large, coarse flakes like Louisiana.

Pete

[JimInks]

The last of this sample of Dunhill Ready Rubbed in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem.

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking Weybridge in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair and a black vulcanite stem. Haven't had this blend in quite a while.

[JimInks]

A couple of minutes or so away from smoking Stokkebye Natural Dutch Cavendish in a 1977 straight black rusticated Sir Brent billiard with a silver band repair and a brown pearl grey acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

Nearly finished with this bowl of Full Virginia Flake in a much cherished smooth straight grain three quarter bend 1979 Becker M 4 heart brandy with a black acrylic stem.

[Branzig]

First pipe in a while.

Haddo's Delight in a old beat up cob with Seattle Dark Roast

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite stem. Have enough for one more bowl.