Listing this a few minutes early: Synjeco Oxenfisl Twist in a 1980 Stanwell 668 medium bend with a ferrule, half black sandblasted, half brown smooth, rough top. Have enough left for another bowl or two.
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Listing this a few minutes early: Synjeco Oxenfisl Twist in a 1980 Stanwell 668 medium bend with a ferrule, half black sandblasted, half brown smooth, rough top. Have enough left for another bowl or two.
Not far from finishing this bowl of Sergeant Miller’s Inker’s Mixture in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted Comoy's Silver Cloud 624 sitter.
Having a bowl of PipesandCigars.com MATCH Baby's Bottom 1938 in a Missouri Meerschaum.
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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.
Hi Andy,Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Good tip on the search but the question would have been fine to ask.
The book is better than the tobacco, no matter how good it might ever get.
Pete
2015 (newest fresh) Blood Meridian in a 1940s Barling Ye Olde Wood #1372, long taper billiard with Diet Coke on a pleasant and still night after some heavy rain.
FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.
I'm sure it's very good! You yourself said that you hit a bit of a blender's streak anyway, so there's something positive happening with the blend. Always remember that you're your worst critic.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
No smoking for me right now. A few of our big pipe customers have consistently bugged me about Boswell's Christmas Cookie. Seems like every year around winter they want it, but Boswell's is about four hours away so it's not exactly a quick ride, especially in NW-Central-SE and then back PA snow.
So, as a surprise I've been putting together something I'm calling "Holiday Season-themed Chocolate Chip Biscuit" (the name is a work in progress). It's a kitchen sink blend containing multiple burleys, cavs, VAs, and a smidge of Maryland leaf, as well as dark and milk chocolate, a bit of Madagascar vanilla, and a touch of butterscotch because who doesn't love butterscotch?
My wife is a bit annoyed that I have, well, 14 pounds of tobacco poured out on the dining room table. The house smells quite nice, though.
This stuff needs a bit of drying out before it can be completely mixed. Then, of course, I have to get my hands dirty actually mixing it. Should be fun. My final taste-testing will be tomorrow while I'm in the workshop sawing down boards for a pipe cabinet I'm building. I can always add a touch more flavoring, so I've been pretty lighthanded with it... Too much and I can certainly cut it by adding more tobacco but then the blend is thrown out of whack and, other problems aside, the quantity of the blend grows and grows until I'm sitting on 40 pounds of something we'll never sell out of.
Ahem. Anyway.
I'm not big on aros but an afternoon spent tasting a few bowls won't hurt me.
Evening Andy,Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
If I'm blending for myself, then my opinion matters but otherwise I'm low palate on the totem pole.
I don't blend much with aros. My non-aro mixtures change in, sometimes pretty radically, over time and often aren't stable for a year.
Good luck with the tobacco on the table :).
Pete
2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in an early smooth Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend pipe with a bamboo-style carving on the shank.
HoW Revelation in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat.
Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a cob
Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur #1 in the first pipe Trever Talbot made when he went to France many years ago. It's a smooth straight Algerian briar Billiard bowl with a long Canadian stem, unbranded.
Tobacco Galleria Wild Cherry in a medium bend 2013 black John Barrett Rock Cob poker.
Just finishing up this bowl of Angler's Dream in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark.
About half way through this bowl of Marlin Flake in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.
Newminster No. 400 Superior Navy Flake
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Condor Ready Rubbed in an undated fancy designed tall, thin bowl medium bend Waren Zeichen Viennese Coffeehouse Bombay clay with a white acrylic stem.
Newminster Superior Navy Flake in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe.
Drew Estate Gatsby Luxury Flake in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.
I've been trying to kick a cold but couldn't stay away from my pipes any longer. Having a bowl of Peterson Irish Whiskey in a Brigham Chinook with rock maple filter.
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Glad that you're feeling better Jack.Quote:
Originally Posted by JustTroItIn
2015 (new) Blood Meridian in an April, 5th, 1983 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato taper billiard with silver/gold/silver band. Will be in the mid 40s tonight and it already feels that cold, brrrrrr. Diet Pepsi in a thermal cup accompanies. Amazing how quickly I went from ice cubes to the thermal cup.
Half way through this bowl of 2009 St. James Plug in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and military bit.
Got a few more puffs out of my Obsidian with my Dutch clay pipe.
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Just finished smoking D&R Ryback in a 1970s smooth medium bend Stanwell Rego 969-48 Design Choice 837 sitter with a vulcanite stem and ferrule.
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. You knew it was bound to happen today! :pipe:
Having a bowl of PipesandCigars.com's MATCH BB 1938 in a MM Country Gentleman.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
What do you think of the Obsidian? I assume that was the one in the black sleeve. I have the robustos and I really like them. If you draw slow and don't overheat them, they reward you with lots of chocolate - almost like smoking Bob's Chocolate Flake but without the soapy lakeland. Mine are over a year old. Some ppl consider them a dog rocket. They do get resinous and nasty if you puff too hard
When I have a cold, I can't taste the tobacco. I had a cold last weekend and regretted lighting a cigar because my nose was out of commission.Quote:
Originally Posted by JustTroItIn
Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.
Mine was about 3 years old; it came in a Pinar del Rio 5-pack sampler. It was a fairly good smoke; I wouldn't say it was a dog rocket. It did get hot and bitter when it was down to 1.5 inches; even the pipe didn't help that. I'd give it 2 out of 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple.
C&D Bayou Night in a Grabow pot
FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.
Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.
P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.
Almost finished smoking Flying Dutchman Match in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem.
MacBaren Burley London Blend in a 2001 black sandblasted three quarter bend Rinaldo Lithos YY bulldog with an amber colored stem.
Im going to throw a curveball with Nicaraguan Acid!
Jim’s A Blend in a 1980 three quarter bend long stem Ascorti New Dear KS egg.
That Irish Whiskey should help with the cold. :chug:Quote:
Originally Posted by JustTroItIn
HH Marquee El Nino in a MM Cob, smoking up a storm.