What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

Edward G Robinson's pipe blend in a Huck Finn cob. My briars are beginning to feel neglected

Short Smoke Theatre is playing a double feature: I'm half way through this bowl of Troost Aromatic in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

McClelland Blakeney’s Best Tawny Flake in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

Meridian and Odyssey mix in a Savinelli 114 ks. Just about done with this, then I'm gonna pop a fresh tin of Latakia Flake and see what all the fuss is about.

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Originally Posted by freestoke

And I'm sorry for the demise of tin art. I'd like to have seen the entire label, but clearly there is what I assume to be a warning label in Japanese slapped on it. I think it's time they started putting the tin art on the back, with the manufacturer's details on the lid with the warning label.

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Quoted you here cuz I liked what you said.

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Originally Posted by freestoke

Finished yesterday with ten bowls, about an average smoking day. I smoke pretty small bowls, though, cob-size or slightly larger, so it's not really much different from smoking ten cigarettes, only it takes longer. I also pack pretty light when I fill a pipe and most of the time roll musketballs, which are really only a little more than half a bowl.

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Keep going and I'll be convinced that you're not actually smoking at all.

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Originally Posted by freestoke

I think people who sit with those humongo pipes and puff along on a 5gr load for two plus hours actually smoke more tobacco than I do if they smoke even three bowls.

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I can be, although not at this moment, one of those guys who smokes large bowls. Five grams is a medium sized bowl for me. Hmmm...do the math, 5gr/3 = 1.67gr - is your bolus' that small? :)

Ever the contrarian, I submit my current selection of pipe and bolus:

2015 Gawith Hoggarth & Co., Glengarry Flake in a pre-WWII Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EL smooth saddle billiard (group 4 size and no more).

MacBaren HH Bold Kentucky in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.

Moonshine Pipe Co XXX in a MM Twain churchwarden

Louisiana Red in a 2002 smooth Rinaldo Silver Line 3 EGER 05 paneled horn.

2015 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake in a 1961 Barling's Make #5179 smooth saddle billiard.

Has a maple nose that comes through in the smoke but isn't too offensive, I can tolerate it in moderation.
Very interesting cut that makes the flake a little easier to pack. Typical of Stokkebye Flakes, not boldly flavorful, not heavily nuanced but well made, comfortable and enjoyable and affordable.

First bowl of Latakia Flake in a Big Ben dublin. This stuff is actually pretty tangy. Reminds me a lot of Old Dark Fired. Not what I was expecting.