What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

Part way through this bowl of Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band with a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

St. James Flake in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and military bit.

MacBaren Old Dark Fired, rubbed out in an imperial 2 point. Good stuff! I haven't dipped into this blend in a long time. This is a flake I prefer rubbed out. Just not near enough flavor folded and stufified.

Back to HOTW, this time in a MM Diplomat with a short black and gray marble Forever stem. I wish these stems were still being produced, I'd like to have few more of these shorties.

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Originally Posted by Pugsley

Back to HOTW, this time in a MM Diplomat with a short black and gray marble Forever stem. I wish these stems were still being produced, I'd like to have few more of these shorties.

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As far as I know, they are.

Lucite Stems - Old Log Cabin Pipe Works

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

As far as I know, they are.

Lucite Stems - Old Log Cabin Pipe Works

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Thanks, last time I checked they hadn't produced any since April and didn't know when they would again. It appears they have them now.

edit: still can't place an order. I've sent them an email and will post the info I get from them.

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Originally Posted by Pugsley

edit: still can't place an order. I've sent them an email and will post the info I get from them.

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Last time I 'needed' (we all know pipe accessories are needs) a Forever stem, I called them and the guy on the phone told me what was available and I picked from that.

Salty Dogs in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, Wooly Mammoth horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

MacBaren Old Dark Fired, rubbed out in an imperial 2 point. Good stuff! I haven't dipped into this blend in a long time. This is a flake I prefer rubbed out. Just not near enough flavor folded and stufified.

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Have you tried the Ready Rubbed version? If so, what are your thoughts?

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Originally Posted by BryGuySC

Have you tried the Ready Rubbed version? If so, what are your thoughts?

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No I haven't. I'm not one for ready rubbed if I can get the same blend in flake... or better yet, plug. I always go for the biggest lump so I can monkey with it myself :D The exception of course is when the 'same blend' isn't really the same blend - like G&H Black Irish X and Black Twist Sliced; supposedly the 'same tobacco' according to a few retailers but the sliced is topped with something delicious and the rope is not.