Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.
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Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.
Now smoking Svendborg: Danish Mixture in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer with a black vulcanite stem. A bottle of 7-Up is my drink. Listening to the Mets-Nationals game as I clean a few pipes.
Glad that it was better BillQuote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
I fill/pack pretty loose (and tamp a little tighter as needed). It is a very fruity tobacco :).
Late last night...
2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1930s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood pencil shank, smooth, taper billiard with a dash of cheap sake (but all sake is good!).
Lynn just discovered most of the guys he went to high school with were pipers!
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About a third of a bowl to go of Sutliff Hot Chocolate in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.
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 C&D Kickin’ Chicken in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129 with a black vulcanite stem.
C&D Bijou in a 1984 three quarter bend medium brown Ascorti KS Business Dublin with a black acrylic stem. A bottle of Cheerwine is my drink.
Smoking a bowl of Milan Lucky Leaf in a Sunrise Dublin with a saddle stem.
2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1984 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #306, sandblasted taper billiard. With coffee light.
Just received this pipe today from Smoking Pipes after @SirMotoyoshi alerted me that it was for sale and it was bought in seconds. Than you Andrew!
Big billiard, beautiful balance and easy in the mouth. Even with a loose stuff it took about 7-8 grms of tobacco and I've been smokng it for almost 3 hours with no end in sight.
I rarely smoke flakes in anything other than thick walled smooth pipes that retain a little more heat than rough surface pipes. The retained heat warms the VA flakes, bringing out the sugars and making them smoke sweeter. This pipe has the dimensions to be a flake smoker but the sandblasting disburses the heat slightly faster and that mutes the sweetness and increases the 'nuttiness'. I will smoke more flakes in this one, it's smoking superbly, but I'll stick with the smooths for most of my VA smokes. This pipe might well pair well with Royal Yacht, so that will be next for this bruiser.
P&W No. 005 in a 2003 URAL full bend big bowl egg shaped Lattice meer with a black acrylic stem.
I'm smoking my first bowl ever of Mississippi River and not sure what to think about it so far.
Now I did crack the tin and immediately pack a bowl so maybe I should have let it breath a while. I'm going to lay out some and let it dry for an hour or so and try again.
Milan Tobacconists Irresistible Chocolate in a cob. Review here:
http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/pipe-r...iews-6324.html
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 with a black acrylic stem. Listening to Vin Scully.
I just finished a bowl of Milan Hazelnut, and now I need to exorcise the aftertaste with a Lat-bomb. So C&D Star of the East in a Grabow Savoy is next.
Butter berry (Milan Tobacconists) in DG Lark
Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania War Horse Ready Cut in a 2015 smooth unfinished Savinelli 320KS author with a black vulcanite stem.
My first bowl of Milan Celebration.
I think I'll review this one first.
So far, not too shabby.
Just finished smoking Jim's Half Va., Half Burley with dark fired Kentucky in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, black ebonite stem with an aluminum band.
Now smoking MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem. Have enough left for one more bowl.
Almost a third of the way through this bowl of MacBaren Navy Flake in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem.
Not far from finishing this bowl of Angler's Dream in a 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant A medium bend with a pointy bottom and a wide top.
Half way through this bowl of McClelland Chocolate Silk in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.
Just finished smoking MacBaren Burley London Blend in a 2015 three quarter bend two tone Chacom UPO Rouge squashed tomato with a black acrylic stem and shank.
Now smoking the soon to be released C&D Small Batch Carolina Red Flake in a 1970s smooth straight rough top Charatan's Make (Lane) Perfection Deluxe Extra Large with a black double comfort vulcanite stem. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.
2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #1372R, smooth, taper billiard with coffee light.
I've loaded this pipe to smoke it after a Pinar del Rio Seleccione, let it dry some and see if I like it that way.
Somehow, I got the last 2 fish in the pond transfer, these are a pair of ultra-wary fish but I think that they'll like their new home.
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Just received this pipe today from Smoking Pipes after @SirMotoyoshi alerted me that it was for sale and it was bought in seconds. Than you Andrew!
Big billiard, beautiful balance and easy in the mouth. Even with a loose stuff it took about 7-8 grms of tobacco and I've been smokng it for almost 3 hours with no end in sight.
I rarely smoke flakes in anything other than thick walled smooth pipes that retain a little more heat than rough surface pipes. The retained heat warms the VA flakes, bringing out the sugars and making them smoke sweeter. This pipe has the dimensions to be a flake smoker but the sandblasting disburses the heat slightly faster and that mutes the sweetness and increases the 'nuttiness'. I will smoke more flakes in this one, it's smoking superbly, but I'll stick with the smooths for most of my VA smokes. This pipe might well pair well with Royal Yacht, so that will be next for this bruiser.[/QUOTE]
That much RY should put hair on your chest.
Pics! We want pics!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nachman
Pics or it didn't happen!
Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.
C&D Bourbon Bleu in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.
Presbyterian Mixture in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat and a black acrylic stem.
Part way through this bowl of FVF in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author.
I'm interested to hear your take on it dried. I dry it quite a bit though, usually breaking it into stuffable sticks while it's still moist, then laying those out on a sheet of paper and letting them dry for a few hours (or a half hour in the sun) before dropping a bundle of them into the pipe. It certainly does taste different than it does wetQuote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
Sutliff Virginia Slices in a Grabow Savoy
Hamborger Veermaster in a poker nosewarmer
Just finished smoking St. James Flake in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and military bit.
Reiner’s Long Golden Flake in a 2014 smooth quarter bend Basil Meadows horn with a cumberland stem and p-lip.
Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter with a black vulcanite stem.
Circa 1950 Half & Half in a tan etched medium bend 2001 Rinaldo Sahara 2 Acorn round at the shank, pointy at the opposite top with a black acrylic stem.
Neopolitan (Milan Tobacconists version) in a DG Savoy