What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Pugsley]

H&H Anni Kake in a pipe I rarely smoke because of it's size. The pipe is a GBD Collector model 1689 bent apple with a broad rectangular shank and a rather unusual hand cut saddle type vulcanite stem with a brass rondelle set in the top of the stem. The Collector was one of their three plus size lines with the Colossus being the largest and the Collector second followed by Conquest. GBD pipes are notoriously difficult to date, but I believe this one to be from the late 60's.

[Haebar]

[QUOTE=Pugsley;143487]About to have my first smoke in a new Mastro De Paja Classica sandblast straight billiard with Carter Hall, (The cake builder).[/QUOTE

I purchased the taper stem billiard a couple of hours ago! Thanks for the suggestion.

[Haebar]

Dunhill Royal Yacht in a well used MM Diplomat nearing the end of it's useful life, and a big mug of coffee to start my day.

Do you think that is a stout tobacco blend? I haven't tried it yet but have heard it has some N factor.

[Pugsley]

Do you think that is a stout tobacco blend? I haven't tried it yet but have heard it has some N factor.

I find it to be pretty mild, a good choice for a morning smoke.

By the way, you're going to love that pipe. I was surprised to see that it's handmade because it doesn't say on the site, and I figured at that price it had to be machine made. One thing about this pipe though, like every Mastro De Paja I've had, the bowl tends to heat up quickly until you get a fair thickness of cake built up. If it's like the others it will take 5 or 6 bowls of Carter Hall to build the insulation I want in it. Just be patient and take it slow and you'll be rewarded with a fine smoker.

[JimInks]

Drucquer & Sons Levant Mixture in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat with a black acrylic stem.

[Bruck]

Sutliff Medium English in a cheap briar, drink is Warsteiner.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Porch Swing in a BBB Superfine lovat

[JimInks]

Needed to switch genres, so it's Sir Walter Raleigh in a smooth three quarter bend 1979 made in Israel pipe with a black vulcanite stem.

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking STCoP Dobie’s Four Square Virginia in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.