What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of 2004 GLP Renaissance in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg with a black acrylic stem.

[Branzig]

Had an afternoon bowl of Storm Front in a General with some dark roast Pirates Bay.

[JimInks]

GLP Renaissance Reserve in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank with a black acrylic stem. A bottle of Cheerwine is my drink.

[droy1958]

Last night had some Pirates Kake, 3 Sails and Ryback Gold in 3 different Kaywoodie White Briars....

[JimInks]

Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter with a black vulcanite stem.

[BryGuySC]

Some Anniversary Kake while waiting for my wife to pick me up from work.

[JimInks]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem.

[Branzig]

G&H Sweet Rum Twist in a little Savinelli Elegance 313.

I bought this pipe new during some P&C Savinelli sale a while back. Not knowing how small it was, I was pretty well disappointed when it showed up. Looks like something a lady would smoke... if I actually knew any women who smoke pipes. However, it smokes these strong baccies like a dream and doesn't hold enough in the bowl to get me sick. Now I find myself reaching for this thing most of the time. I enjoy the full flavor of these strong blends but I'm a bitof a Nic lightweight so it's become an excellent fit.

In general, I find smaller, compact bowl sizes make the best flake pipes.

Still on the fence on shape though, I think smaller billiards and bulldogs seem to get the job done right....but I also have a couple pot shapes that are smaller and make mean little flake smokers...

More research needed to find out I suppose.

[droy1958]

G&H Sweet Rum Twist in a little Savinelli Elegance 313.

I bought this pipe new during some P&C Savinelli sale a while back. Not knowing how small it was, I was pretty well disappointed when it showed up. Looks like something a lady would smoke... if I actually knew any women who smoke pipes. However, it smokes these strong baccies like a dream and doesn't hold enough in the bowl to get me sick. Now I find myself reaching for this thing most of the time. I enjoy the full flavor of these strong blends but I'm a bitof a Nic lightweight so it's become an excellent fit.

I bought 7 pre Berlin Wall pipes from Germany in an auction several months ago. 4 of those were German made Howal pipes. There's one in particular that I enjoy the most as it has a small bowl and it's great for a quick smoke. It's a very solid pipe with thick walls and now that I've smoked it many times, I would've paid the same for that pipe as I paid for the seven together. It's just a pipe that feels "like home".....

[Emperor Zurg]

There's one in particular that I enjoy the most as it has a small bowl and it's great for a quick smoke. It's a very solid pipe with thick walls and now that I've smoked it many times, I would've paid the same for that pipe as I paid for the seven together. It's just a pipe that feels "like home".....

This one is an apple or prince shape - not sure which - with a slight bend. The bowl is quite small - maybe 5/8" diameter and a little better than 3/4" deep (can't measure it, it's full of chunks of Black Cherry and Sweet Rum twist) but there's nothing quick about that little bowl full of G&H rope. I get an hour out of it easy.

In general, I find smaller, compact bowl sizes make the best flake pipes.

Still on the fence on shape though, I think smaller billiards and bulldogs seem to get the job done right....but I also have a couple pot shapes that are smaller and make mean little flake smokers...

More research needed to find out I suppose.

I was under the impression that chimney shapes were good for flakes.

I have the Imperial 2 Point from @NeverBend . It's got a tall, narrow bowl - little over 5/8" diameter x ~ 1 1/2" deep - and it's great for flake of medium strength or so but I think it would kill me to smoke that bowl full of rope



The little Sav is back in service again with a mixture of Sweet Rum and Black Cherry Twist