What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[cpmcdill]

Milan Tobacconists Black Forest in a MM cob

[Pugsley]

First pipe since Christmas Eve, (been smoking too many damn cigarettes), Balkan Sasieni in a MM Legend. I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I had the entire extended family at my house for dinner on Christmas day. We have a number of religions represented in the family, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Atheists. Dietary laws were ignored for the day and we all had a great time eating and drinking and talking loudly so the hearing impaired, of which I am one, were included in the conversations. It was an enjoyable, but exhausting, day.

[Lostmason]

Last night I had a bowl of Nightcap. It will have to suffice for a while. I'm
hanging sheet rock today, ceiling, so a pipe will have to wait until my
arms recover.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing marvelously good Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake, in my Il Duca Rhodesian. This one:

Il Duca Smooth Rhodesian (D) | Buy Il Duca Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes

I prefer the taste of smoke from tobacco that hasn't filtered too much smoke, so I like shallow, broad, chambers. And, since I'm a holder, I like thick bowl walls that don't get hot. This pipe satisfies both points.

It also has the best grain of any pipe I own. Lots of straight grain, and perfect bilateral symmetry.

[Emperor Zurg]

Burning about a 50/50 mixture of Solani 656 and McClelland 2011 Christmas Cheer in the little Savinelli; two small piles of paper plate leavings from a couple of earlier smokes. I usually avoid Va-Bur blends but this mix ain't bad at all.

[droy1958]

In my Kaywoodie Relief Grain.......
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[GWBowman]

H&H Classic Burley Kake in a Peterson Shannon with a Moscow Mule

[droy1958]

SPC in an old Kaywoodie Super Grain......
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[Pugsley]

H&H Anniversary Kake in one of my favorite pipes, a John Bessai squashed tomato. Great tobacco, great pipe, and a cup of decaf Irish breakfast tea, the perfect way to end my day.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Capstan Medium in my trusty Kirsten Mariner. This fill has more than two years of age on it, and it's superbly mellow. Sipping Nespresso medium roast coffee.

I took my 9mm SIG P226 X-Five to the pistol range this afternoon and shot four targets. The first two weren't so hot, but last two were pretty darned good. It makes me happy when I finish strong.