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It sure is. I have a 320 KS Gauis that I dedicated to FVF and it's a terrific looker and smoker. I got that on sale last year for $100, which was 50 bucks off the retail price. So I wanted another to smoke other blends in so I can smoke an author style pipe more often.Quote:
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Bowl of GLP Sixpence in my Tsuge pot. Love this stuff.
P&W Dummerston in my old reliable 1986 smooth Peterson Kildare 999 Rhodesian.
Erik Nording Retrieve in a cob
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Almost finished smoking FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.
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.
Just finished smoking Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 1978 smooth full bend Dr. Grabow Omega.
Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 2003 smooth three quarter bend Rinaldo Fiammata Odissea Titania 02 Silver Line 3 Straight Grain egg. Didn't have much perique today.
Flying Dutchman Match in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem.
Just finished smoking Angler's Dream in a 2003 paneled black grain relief medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant freehand sitter with a smooth rim.
Just finished smoking D&R William’s Delight in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band. A busy day here.
About a third of the way through this bowl of Jim’s B Blend in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49.
Marlin Flake in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.
Just finished...
2015 Cromwell in a 1970s Caminetto Business (rusticated) #104 saddle billiard. Diet Ginger Ale (Canada Dry for those keeping score).
just starting...
2015 Cromwell in a 1987 Capitello Ionico II (rusticated) taper billiard.
It was perhaps 1975 at Roosevelt Raceway (trotters and pacers) in Westbury NY. I bet a $20 exacta on Scotside (16-1) and Hermes Lobell (18-1) and $20 on the reverse of Hermes Lobell and Scotside. As the race started the tote board showed that this exacta was paying $552.00! That's an important number because it was a big payout but still below $600 (for a $2 bet) and that's the threshold where you are taxed on winnings (299-1).
These two longshots ran after each other, taking and relinquishing the lead, both times around the track but at the wire, Nappy Raider, the 3-5 favorite (from the 8 hole and in pacing, that's unusual), nosed out Hermes Lobell for second.
Had Nappy Raider a slightly smaller nose I'd have won ~$5500 dollars, a big chunk of tax free cash in 1975 (>$25,000 today), but it didn't happen, and now it's just another story but I bring it up because this version of Cromwell is leading all around the track and I can only hope that it holds on to be a winner.
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.
Relaxing after a wonderful spaghetti dinner with a bowl of Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog. Ice water chilled to the proper temperature with floaty li'l icebergs is my drink for the rest of the evening. Time for Mets -Dodgers.
Some tambolaka from our friend @Shemp Jizzle in a brand new unfinished briar. The tobacco's in the briar, not Shemp. Just thought I'd clarify.
First experience with tambo. Interesting flavor - deep tobacco flavor with some citrus and spicy or floral notes. It was a little dry but it burns well. I don't think I'll hydrate the rest of it. The needle on the nicotine meter snapped off.
The pipe is from a lot of unfinished no-brand pipes I picked up on the bay of E. Smokes pretty well. I'll leave this one unfinished just for the sake of variety.
P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.
2015 Cromwell in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #107 (rusticated) taper billiard. Diet Canada Dry Ginger Ale on a lovely evening.
Revelation match in a Grabow pot
2009 McClelland Beacon in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.
Pirate Kake in a Kaywoodie. First bowl in a while, reminded why I like it. Flavor bomb, and very manageable nic.
Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky.
I just got my first tin in today. Love it so far. I'm on my 2nd bowl already. Really nice.
2015 Cromwell in a 2015 MM Diplomat with Diet Ginger Ale (Seagrams). It's so nice outside that I many stay out all night.
MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author.
GH Rum Twist on tap for the morning. Would be Brown Bogie, but I'm too lazy to hack up a rope and the twist is all nice and prepped.
Lighting up a bowl of G L Pease Gaslight in a bier
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Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter.
Just finished smoking Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 1970s slight bend Caminetto business 134 poker with a gold acrylic stem.
Peter Stokkebye 308 Aromatic Dutch Slices in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.
Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.
A double dose of not feeling well AND being way too busy with work has kept me from smoking in the past 72 hours. That changes now.
Royal Yacht. As much Royal Yacht as I can pack into this McCarter. And tea.
Just finished smoking Jim’s A Blend in a 1980 three quarter bend long stem Ascorti New Dear KS egg.
Almost finished smoking Troost Slices in an egg shaped medium bend smooth Burgundy colored 1985 Caminetto.
About half way through this bowl of Newminster Superior Navy Flake in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe. Just got samples of two new, upcoming HU blends. Should be fun!
Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a smooth 1976 Canadian GBD Seventy Six 256.
Now smoking 2012 Rolando’s Own in a late '70s full bend straight grain rough top Savinelli Autograph 6 sitter with a cumberland stem.
Half a bowl of Haunted Bookshop (March, 2012) in a Jeantet Prince. About all I could handle, got a bit dizzy, ate a snack and then (carefully) finished the bowl.
Just finished smoking Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.