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I too absolutely love the stuff. I'm rationing the 1 oz I have left. I need to get more, but finances and life come first so more TAD has to wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
I burned a bowl of ERR match this morning, and then a half bowl of some nice 3 year old Star of the East this afternoon. a good day!
I love Lady Ennerdale!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
I'm working through a fresh square can of University Flake. Practically no good regular smoke left in my cache, with nothing but scads of nasty aromatics and Latakia blends. Well...there's still some Reiner LGF and a few hefty ropes. I have got to get rid of some of these aromatics! When I think of a decent contest, I'll be back!
MacBaren Symphony in a mid-70s slight bend black sandblasted English Rustic 120 billiard.
Gah, I don't like the sounds of this. Jim is too good of a BOTL to be left picking through aros.Quote:
Originally Posted by freestoke
Packages certainly can't be address to freestoke c/o Rome, NY so we'll need a bit more info. Someone? Anyone?
You boyz crack me up,I wasn't dissing Ennerdale,I have yet to try it.I'm sitting on about 14 oz of Virginia Gold Black and Gold trying to find my way into about two more pounds to get me thru the winter.I've found the best smoke,is the smoke that warms me hands in the dead of winter.
Just finished a bowl of Pete's Sample "D" in my DG Savoy.
Five Brothers in a mini meer.
St. James Flake in a small slight bend black sandblast 2000 D.R. Ardor Urano Ninfea Fatta A Mano author with a silver spigot military bit.
Thought one more bowl in my DG Savoy wouldn't hurt so I loaded up some Captain Black original.Turns out I was right !
It is H&H's copy of Middleton's Walnut, and tastes like a light English blend. Quite a pleasant all-day kind of smoke. Very well balanced and easy burning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
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Hearth & Home Ten to Midnight in a Grabow pot
Listing this early so that I can concentrate on work for a while: Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica. Thought I'd take another go at breaking in my new pipe.
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Did I ever mention I was a student bus driver my senior year of High School?Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Just sayin'...
I was speaking to @JimInks today about the continued high quality of the Gawith companies (Samuel and Hoggarth) products but if I had to choose my favorite tobacco manufacturer, it would be Gawith Hoggarth. I'm almost immune to the aroma of their top sauce until it hits a threshold where it's too much for me and Ennerdale and Best Brown fit into that category, so I smoke them rarely, but I admire the quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Gawith Hoggarth, Louisiana Flake, might well be my desert island flake (currently manufactured tobaccos). The differences over time (35 years in my experience) in the quality of the GH products is negligible, great then and now. Given the difficulty in sourcing quality leaf in an age of shrinking tobacco crops (and cigarette giants buying it all up), I am humbled at their feet (and thankful) for their skill and the exquisite pleasure of their tobaccos. (:sniffle:)
A friend who ordered some Balkan Sobranie White from Andy's (@AndyCayp) store website, received it today and is very happy with product, price and service. Andy, I forgot the URL, so please re-list it for the Bums with this testimonial.
Been smoking my blends to see what's what and made my notes in the Blending Experiment thread.
Earlier I smoked:
2015 Cromwell (last of an old batch) in a 1986 Ser Jacopo R1 Maxima canadian
2015 Cromwell (sampling batch) in a 1970s Caminetto Business #104 saddle billiard.
2015 Brave New World (sampling batch) in a 1986 Ser Jacopo S2 taper apple (should smoke this guy more).
now smoking...
2015 Blood Meridian from the first batch in a 1961 Barling's Make #5719 saddle billiard.
She's a looker!Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
Enjoying a bowl of
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sent from my bag phone
Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a smooth 1977 Medley (GBD second) medium bend billiard with a flat underside.
Thank you, Andy. I've always wanted one, and now I have one. I'm on my second bowl and it already tastes like it's broken in. In fact, two people on another forum saw this pipe and what I had to say about it, and Basil Meadows got two orders for Bing pipes today. Isn't that something? Check out his website to see his other pipes. reddog.com I own five of Basil's pipes and I find them to be great smokers at very reasonable prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
A couple minutes away from smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter.
Part way through this bowl of Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.
Morning JIm,Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
Just to correct the URL, Reddog Pipes - Home. The URL that you listed however, Browser Fail: Icehouse is best looking error page that I've ever seen - you think it has to be a real site and keep clicking on it, wanting it to work.
I didn't get to see your beautiful Basil Meadows until this morning because when I was posting last night, CigarBum withheld the post from me. May it give you years of enjoyment.
You hit the nail on the head, Pete. I've only been abusing (like a drug) Ennerdale for a few years but it is of the utmost quality, as is every other tobacco - pipe and nasal snuff - that I've tried from the House of G&H. By far my favorite producer - by far, as in miles ahead - which means nothing to anyone not named Andy, but considering my love affair with Germain and Sam Gawith and Pease it's something, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
On that note, I had a big bowl of Ennerdale today during a two hour conference call. Stuffed my trusty and E-dedicated Hackert cob to the brim, a thoughtful gift from @Mister Moo a few years back, and puffed away. This pipe has served me well, very well, and every time I break it out I'm reminded of the NC-based bovine who sent it to me.
Ogden’s Walnut in a 2002 medium bend smooth Rinaldo EGEA 03 Silver line spigot 10. Have enough for one more bowl.
Thanks for the info, Pete.
Comoy’s Cask #4 in a 2003 straight grain Karl Erik Ekstravagant A medium bend freehand sitter.
today its court of saint James
Started earlier with PS Viginia #701 in my Old-Vic
Just finishing this bowl of Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051.
Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band. Have enough left for one more bowl.
Just finished smoking MacBaren Symphony in a very ugly reddish color 1980 medium bend Lorenzo Leganza Sigma 8635 etched rough top. Time for pizza!
Jim's Va/Bur #1 in an early ’40s smooth straight pre-republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a p-lip. First time smoking this new to me pipe.
Nothing burning right now, but @Alligator Gar 's post in the Blending Experiment thread got me thinking, and this thread gets the most play...
He certainly makes Star of the East sound like a great blend. I've been hoping to find a bulk Oriental-forward that I could keep around to save some $$$. Something very incense-y, tea-like, musty, bright but hearty, etc. etc. etc. An "exotic" blend that brings a variety that's missing from my rotation. That said, it looks like SofE is 50% Lat which would lead me to believe it's not what I want. I have more heavy Lats than I'll probably ever smoke.
Anyone have any suggestions?
These are common ones you might not have thought of: SG Skiff Mixture, Black House, HH Balkan Sobranie Match.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Yay for pictures! Thanks Jim.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
I love his stem work.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
Oddly enough, the question of how much is too much Lat goes unanswered in SoTE. The lat in that blend is not annoying (bearing in mind my tin was three YO.) The Star is the Oriental(s). You hit it on the head. Musty and incens-y. That "must" is what sold me. I'd share some but I smoked it all and gave my replacement tin to a buddy. I think I'm going to smoke a bowl of the Skiff you gave me to celebrate taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
@Nachman mentioned Skiff. I'll have to try a bowl again because while I found it very good - it's actually a great "old fashioned" English blend to my tastebuds - it didn't have quite enough ooomph to push it to 4 stars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alligator Gar
Seems like that's what I'll take to work tomorrow to give it another go!
Penzance in a no-name unfinished briar.
Started the evening with a GOF Serie B 2011 edition and then eased into a bowl of Nightcap. Next up is Skiff Mixture for the actual nightcap. My son is taking a full ride from the USAF at UCF and all they want in return is his Dad to show up on time for his induction ceremony. Early night. Pax vobiscum.
2015 Blood Meridian (last of an old batch) in a 1961 Barling's Make #6584 canadian.
Just finished smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1980s smooth slight bend Wally Frank Dublin.
2012 Rolando’s Own in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.
Revelation match in a Redonian army-mount billiard