Half way through this bowl of a friend’s Blood Meridian in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer.
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Half way through this bowl of a friend’s Blood Meridian in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer.
Still don't have 100% of my taste back but this bowl of seriously crystalled-out SG Chocolate Flake is pretty good right now.
Jim's Va/Bur #1 in a 2003 smooth full bend, gold banded 3 Star Ferndown Tudor Root. Simply Apple is my drink.
SG Commonwealth in a Captain Black billiard.
Just finished smoking Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.
Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth straight thin shank and stem with an aluminum band Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica. M'lady bought me a pound of the DCC and a pound of Watch City Slices for my birthday, which is today!
Happy birthday Jim!Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
What a thoughtful and opulent present!
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Legend an cali med....
Jim's Test Blend in a 2014 smooth medium bend Basil Meadows egg with an aluminum band and a "root beer swirl" acrylic stem.
Autumns Day
G&H No. 7 Broken Flake in a Gatlinburlier house billiard :pipe:
Happy birthday, Jim! I'd tell you to have a smoke to celebrate but I'm pretty sure you don't wait around for special occasions!Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
A bowl of G&H Bright CR flake in the little Jeantet Prince (a great little flake smoker). Man that stuff is good, smoked slow slow slow and savored. Basically breath smoked the whole bowl.
I swindled a single flake of this from a friend I converted to the pipe, who had a big order of different tobacco and cob shipped to my place so I could make sure the C&D blends were optimal moisture for smoking, and to doctor up the cobs-- I always chisel out the portion of wood shank that extends into the bowl, and pipe mud em'. I also drilled out one of the MM Washingtons and put a hardwood plug in the bottom.
Wish money grew on trees, because I love me some G&H!!
Smoked a bowl of Velvet from 1993 courtesy of Bruck...
And a bowl of his homemade flake...
A taste of autumn
Just finished smoking Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania John Cotton’s No.s 1&2 Medium in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank.
As I've said about a thousand times here (in 250+ posts?), there's no doubt in my mind that GH&Co. are THE premier tobacco manufacturer. Beneath any added essences these are just damn tasty blends, expertly balanced and very fulfilling. And if you enjoy the added Lakelands? Whoo-boy, watch out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
Enjoying a cobful of Newminster Natural, which arrived today by ICBM from our friend @Tobias Lutz . A nice, simple VA/Cavendish with a light, sweet flavoring.
Almost half way through this bowl of 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight WW2 pre-republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a p-lip.
G&H Louisiana Flake in a Canterbury billiard
This evening I am having a bowl of Cornell and Diehl's "Briar Fox" in my extra large no name Pick Axe.:pipe: I have been thinking about having this tobacco for a couple of days and this evening I dug it out of my stash. I really do not know why I like this tobacco but every now and then I get a strong craving for it.:idunno: Previously I had purchased several tins of this tobacco to see if I liked it enough to buy in bulk, but I don't smoke it often and my use of it does not warrant getting it in bulk. When I smoke this tobacco I never want a second bowl as I do with some of the other blends, but this evening it is delicious.:facelick: Since it has been a little cold for California standards I am topping off this smoke with not one but two small glasses of brandy which goes so well with this tobacco.:thumb:
Gawith & Hoggarth Coniston Cut Plug in CG cob
thanks @Haebar
Just finished smoking Full Virginia Flake in a much cherished smooth straight grain three quarter bend 1979 Becker M 4 heart brandy.
MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.
A couple minutes away from smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter.
Almost finished smoking Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051.
2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2004 smooth long stem Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3.
Smoker’s Pride Mellow in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.
Trying to work through some open baggies of Lat blends so I packed up some McClelland Anniversary 77-10.
P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.
How's that pipe smoking Jim?Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
almost finished...
2015 Mixture "A" in a (date unknown) Ser Jacopo L1 lovat. 2nd smoke in this pipe - it's a keeper. "A" still too light and lacks proper nuance but making progress.
I agree and I consider Gawith Hoggarth at the head of the class but I understand (and know that you do too) that they're not for everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Some quick and poor (Virginia) tobacco metaphors inspired by Steven Stills' "Love The One You're With"
(Please skip the following if you would be offended by suggestive content and I hope that my admiration for the fairer sex is apparent.)
OK, I see that no one skipped :)
Samuel Gawith (as a lady)
She's an elegant beauty who moves in undulating waves. Sparse are her words but perpetual her affect. She can't be romanced but you must romance to win her. Slow to love, she loves in confidence and with the brush of her lip.
McClelland (as a lady)
She's sure that she's prettier but she's not always sure. Her flit turns to sway with the slightest glance. She flirts and is fickle, expensive to keep but she loves like a panther finding it's kill.
Gawith Hoggarth (as a lady)
She hugs when she meets and kisses to greet. Her figure is ample and her clothes a size tight. She laughs with gusto, drinks with bravado, is she too brazen. She keeps many lovers but when she is with you, there is only one.
@NeverBend : the pre-rep Pete is an awesome smoker. It's a good looker and clencher, too.
Gatlinburlier Pistachio Peak in a smooth Boston Erlich billiard :pipe:
Ennerdale and the Bright CR flake are the only ones I've tried, and I've loved both. Ennerdale I instantly loved, and though I am usually very good about keeping TAD in check, 500g of that is on the agenda for the near future. I am only a bowl a day smoker, so that will last me a good long time. But then I tried the CR flake, and thought "damn, I could go for a pound of this too, so light and pleasant!"Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
That's the way she goes with tobaccy...
Enjoying a bowl of Red Odessa in a Sav 320 this afternoon. Good thing I love C&D so much, 25 bucks a pound during the SP sales they run a few times a year!
MacBaren Symphony in a mid-70s slight bend black sandblasted English Rustic 120 billiard.
Jim’s C Blend in an early smooth Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend pipe with a bamboo-style carving on the shank.
2015 Cromwell in a 1986 Ser Jacopo R1 canadian.
I'll have what Pete's havingQuote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
(I can't be the only one remembering When Harry Met Sally)
Pete's blend E in a straight smooth Irish Second
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Part way through this bowl of Comoy’s Cask #4 in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author.
Wbat I'm having, Chico @Chico.Ortiz108) sent me. Maybe laced with some New Mexico desert plant? Tastes good.Quote:
Originally Posted by GWBowman
Cromwell (as before) in a 1970s Caminetto Business #104 saddle billiard. This is from an older batch that was pressed (4 days). Virginia has moved forward, more than anticipated, but it's rather interesting,
Edit:
George, @GWBowman ),
I didn't remember sending you "E" but the jar says "Ep" (that I think I sent to you)?