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H&H Anni Kake in a pipe I rarely smoke because of it's size. The pipe is a GBD Collector model 1689 bent apple with a broad rectangular shank and a rather unusual hand cut saddle type vulcanite stem with a brass rondelle set in the top of the stem. The Collector was one of their three plus size lines with the Colossus being the largest and the Collector second followed by Conquest. GBD pipes are notoriously difficult to date, but I believe this one to be from the late 60's.
[QUOTE=Pugsley;143487]About to have my first smoke in a new Mastro De Paja Classica sandblast straight billiard with Carter Hall, (The cake builder).[/QUOTE
I purchased the taper stem billiard a couple of hours ago! Thanks for the suggestion.
Do you think that is a stout tobacco blend? I haven't tried it yet but have heard it has some N factor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pugsley
I find it to be pretty mild, a good choice for a morning smoke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
By the way, you're going to love that pipe. I was surprised to see that it's handmade because it doesn't say on the site, and I figured at that price it had to be machine made. One thing about this pipe though, like every Mastro De Paja I've had, the bowl tends to heat up quickly until you get a fair thickness of cake built up. If it's like the others it will take 5 or 6 bowls of Carter Hall to build the insulation I want in it. Just be patient and take it slow and you'll be rewarded with a fine smoker.
Drucquer & Sons Levant Mixture in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat with a black acrylic stem.
Sutliff Medium English in a cheap briar, drink is Warsteiner.
Hearth & Home Porch Swing in a BBB Superfine lovat
Needed to switch genres, so it's Sir Walter Raleigh in a smooth three quarter bend 1979 made in Israel pipe with a black vulcanite stem.
A couple minutes away from smoking STCoP Dobie’s Four Square Virginia in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem.
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.
Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a smooth 1976 Canadian GBD Seventy Six 256 with a black vulcanite stem.
Drucquer & Sons Blairgowrie in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl with a silver band and a pearl brown acrylic stem.
Sutliff R-blend in a 1930s Kaywoodie Drinkless.
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Day two of cake building with Carter Hall in my new Mastro De Paja Classica billiard.
Just finishing this bowl of Jim’s C Blend in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band and a black acrylic stem.
Now smoking Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band with a black vulcanite p-lip stem. A bottle of Grape Nehi made with pure cane sugar is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo.
I'd say that Royal Yacht has more than average nicotine content, but not excessive. About the same as Dunhill Flake (which I'm contentedly puffing right now).Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
Okay, I'll bite. Is that a mixture of leftovers from the bottom of different tins?Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
One more bowl of Carter Hall in the new Mastro De Paja, then I'll let it rest a few days. Once it's broken in I think this will be my new "fold n' stuff" flake pipe. Perfect size for it.
Half way through this bowl of 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. Just posted my reviews of the new Drucquer & Sons blends at TR.
Salty Dogs in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, Wooly Mammoth horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.
No, it's my own blending. From time to time, I tweak it which is why it's always evolving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pugsley
Now smoking 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. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.
Drucquer & Sons Prince’s Blend in a 1982 smooth slight bend straight grain Ben Wade Martinique freehand sitter with a wide top with a black vulcanite stem.
Escudo drying and should be ready at game time. I only hope Fenway Park, where it's currently raining, is dry enough to get the game in.
C&D Burley Flake #3 in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe with a black vulcanite p-lip stem.
Having a bowl of Samuel Gawith Best Brown #4 in a Sunrise Amber Grain Dublin
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Aged Hal O’ the Wynd in a smooth three quarter bend 1970s Charatan Belvedere 4211DC with a black vulcanite double comfort stem.
Some left overs jar in the brindisi briar
SPC Mississippi River in a Mastro De Paja Pesaro Media OC straight rusticated brandy with a Cumberland stem. Probably my last pipe of the day.
Condor Ready Rubbed in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.
Mac Baren Mixture Scottish Blend in a Grabow pot
C&D Haunted Bookshop in a Schiffsmakler Jurgensen.....
Half a bowl of Year 1975 Dunhill Ye Olde Signe in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair and a black vulcanite stem. This will finish the sample.
Pirates Kake in a Kaywoodie Flame Grain.....
Drucquer & Sons Inns of Court in a 1975 three quarter bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.
Kaywoodie White Briar 95B with a dose of H&H Marquee Blackhouse....
This evening I am having a bowl of SG Kendal Cream Flake in my extra large no name Freehand.:piper: Several weeks ago I was digging thru my stash and thought of Kendal Cream Flake and after looking thru all of my baggies and Jars I was shocked to find that I had no Kendal Flake.:shocked: I ordered immediately and finally received my Kendal Flake. This evening I dried out my tobacco for an hour and now I am enjoying this delicious smoke.:wave: I am topping off this smoke with an ice cold mug of "Guinness Draught" brew and life again is in proper balance.:beerchug:
STCoP Dobie’s Four Square Virginia in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and amber tortoise saddle stem.
Old Colonial in a medium bend beater 1979 Aalborg natural freehand made by Nording with a black vulcanite stem.