Condor Long Cut in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem.
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Condor Long Cut in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem.
Just finished smoking D&R Ramback Regular in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera.
Now smoking Briar Boy’s English Legacy in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.
Put away a bowl of OR (NOV10) Meridian in the Alligator. Someone suggested it would substitute for Penzance, but the pepper and Oriental is a little forward compared to Penz. Not that I think Penzance is all that.
Currently smoking a cobful of C&D Burley Flake #4, part of a bomb from our friend @Alligator Gar . Rich & smooth, kind of an "English burley."
Just finished smoking Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051.
P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.
Mystery Blend in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem.
2012 Anniversary Kake in a straight Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420.
Taste Of Summer in a Cob.
A few minutes away from smoking Tilbury in a medium bend raw sienna toned early Radice sandblast egg with bamboo craving on the shank.
Synjeco Oxenfisl Twist in a 1980 Stanwell 668 medium bend with a ferrule, half black sandblasted, half brown smooth, rough top.
Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian. Bing's tobacco in a pipe similar to the kind he smoked.
I'm smoking some Vanilla pipe tobacco from Hyde Park Tobaccos, Cincinnati, OH. About 4 ounces of bulk was in a zip-loc bag inside a humidor that I picked up on Ebay. Judging by the condition of the label on the bag and the brittleness of the bag, I'm guessing that this stuff is decades old. At first, I figured it would be a good candidate for the mulch pile. But when I opened it, it seemed to be at optimum humidity for smoking. So I said what the heck and loaded up a bowl and it is good! The vanilla fragrance is pretty much gone; the bag aroma hints of fresh Play-doh. Smoking it in a Charatan second Dublin sandblast.
Not that far from finishing this bowl of Edward's Bishop Burley in a 1970s smooth straight grain Savinelli Oom Paul Non Pareil 9504 with a horn ferrule.
Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.
Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a smooth 1976 Canadian GBD Seventy Six 256.
Jim's Test VaPer in a 1987 Peterson first series Sherlock Holmes full bend with a silver band.
A third of the way though this bowl of Paul Olsen My Own Blend Three Nuns in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem. This is the Mystery Blend I've been smoking.
Smoking some @NeverBend blends, The Professor and Einstein.
Good stuff!
Now smoking the best durn tobacco made today: Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.
Now smoking the very delicious year 2009 St. James Plug in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer. The plug looked like a thick black brownie. I could smell the perique, too.
Part way through this bowl of Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania Bengal Slices in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog.
Currently burnin up some C&D #103, Big & Burley, part of a burley bomb from @Alligator Gar . Pretty strong, full-flavored :)
Einstien in my DG Grand Duke. Bad day, pulled a groin muscle moving air conditioners and then had to go to dinner with my MIL and my two Grandsons ages 4 and 5.Playing with the kids is funner when you don't wanna cry.
I smoked some Haunted Bookshop in a cob this morning. One of my favorite BurPers. I think you'll like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Gave up on some aged Full Virginia Flake in a Ben Wade Freehand. First time I've smoked anything besides Stonehaven in it. Gurgled, plugged, tarred, multiple cleaners, had to stir the bowl and retamp. Finally hung it up. Smoking a pipe isn't supposed to piss you off. Should have stayed with the 320 Author for FVF.
Ah, redemption. Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake in a Savinelli Author. Sweet, mild straight Virginia sans drama.
Old Dark Fired in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.
2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.
This evening I am having a bowl of H&H Acadian Perique in my extra large freehand Axe.:pipe: For the last month or so I had noted that my tobacco did not taste well so I cleaned my pipes and still did not like the taste of my tobacco; even Stonehaven, one of my favorites.:concern: My wife suggested that the change in taste may be due to the fact that I had begun making an afternoon hot tea of Cayenne pepper and Lemon. I checked this combination on the internet and read that this combination was suggested for people wanting to stop smoking and I said to myself that this will never do.:sorrow: I changed my schedule for this tea to a night tody before going to bed and amazingly I now really enjoy my tobacco as of my old days. I am topping off this smoke with a large mug of ice cold "Guinness Draught" brew and life is again beautiful.:beerchug:
whisperin walk
Just finished smoking FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.
2007 MacBaren Matured Virginia in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315.
Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.
Heine's Blend in the very first pipe I ever smoked (which was my father’s pipe), a late 1950s smooth with etched grooves straight Willard long stem adjustomatic Canadian.
MacBaren Symphony in a mid-70s slight bend black sandblasted English Rustic 120 billiard.
My "Bastards Blend" in a capped forester 3/4 bend.
Jim’s C Blend in an early smooth Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend pipe with a bamboo-style carving on the shank.
Fribourg & Treyer - Golden Mixture, courtesy of @NeverBend .
(Mini review)
This is a nice Virginia. It is a fine ribbon cut of yellow virginias.
I packed a pipe, and headed outside to to prep and paint my brake rotor.
As I worked, I soon discovered this is not a "puff while you work" blend. It started to bite a bit, but it teased me with hints of virginia deliciousness. So, as soon as I got the rotor primed, I set it aside, sat down, and focused on the smoke.
Once I slowed down, this turned into a delicious smoke. It burned quickly, but not too hot. My increased attention was rewarded with a mild, slight-lemony, tangy virginia.
There is not so much a nicotine hit, as it is a gentle wash.
I found this to be a perfect, light Sunday afternoon smoke.