Three nuns in the squared shank billiard
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Three nuns in the squared shank billiard
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Half way through this bowl of P&W Nut Brown Burley in a 1984 medium bend black grain etched Savinelli Non Pareil 9310 poker with a horn ferrule and a black vulcanite stem. Going to take a forum break over the weekend to take care of business. See you folks later.
Another bowl of Penzance. Man, this stuff is so good I feel guilty smoking it :)
H&H Victorian Stroll.
Nice light English.
narrowly avoided nic overdose with a bowl of picayune last night. gonna brave the remainder of it this morning.
Puffing Capstan Medium, the best durned tobacco that Mac Baren ever made. Sipping dark-roast arabica coffee.
Darn. Just spilled some ashes on my jeans. Shouldn't post while puffing a just-filled pipe. No matter – I always have my pocket knife handy and neatly scraped it all up.
What's the trick to smoking this blend? I've had a few bowls of it; starts out sweet but then turns to cigarettes and black pepper. I've never made it past 15 minutes before it got so nasty I had to dump it out. The reviews all say how wonderfully tasty and complex it is. Well I'm not getting that. But then I've not had much luck with shag cut blends in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I'm going to dry out some S.G. Chocolate flake for later. Trouble is, I can't remember if I usually rub this one out or fold and stuff... oh the hell with it, where's my jar of 1792...
For me it didn't start out sweet whenever I've had it-- always an intense, borderline painful pepper burn, with a bit of the heavy nauseating dark burley following it up. Moisturizing it probably helps a bit, and I talked to one guy who has aged some and says it cuts down on the "bite" (I assume meaning the insane pepper burn). Complex would not be a word I would use to describe it, but then again some of these guys who had a palate for heavy perique and dark burley can probably ascertain more things than I beyond it, I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
I just got a pound of it for posterity, since it was like 17 bucks with coupons. It's useful when you need massive amounts of nicotine. in my case, I am such a light smoker that I don't use it for cravings, but for medicinal purposes. Tobacco prevents/arrests development of canker sores in my mouth, which was a revelation when I made the connection since I suffered with them for years quite severely.
Very interesting! I just googled:
"canker sores" smoking
And see that other folks report the same. Thanks for posting. I learn something every day.
Smoking my first bowl of a Daughters & Ryan blend tonight, Ryback Gold. It says it is pipe tobacco but it makes excellent cigarettes, as my visiting friend said after rolling a couple and smoking them. I'm smoking it in my medium-sized Hendon billiard and it is satisfying, but not complex in the least. Tastes like cigarette tobacco, but surprisingly good in a pipe.
Homemade English blend in a Comoy's bent bulldog
Dunhill Royal Yacht in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.
Same tobacco I'm smoking, but in a MM Marcus with a saddle stem, one of their newest models.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
H&H Anniversary Kake in a Peterson Killarney 408 with a vulcanite p-lip stem that's beginning to look a bit nasty. Time to clean it up a bit and hit it with Obsidian oil.
Dunhill Nightcap in a figural meer. Yummy !!
Having some Royal Yacht for the second night in a row.
This time in a cob.
Great start to a day of working on the car, Captain Black original in my Friar.
C&D Exclusive in a Country Gent. A lot of spice from the Perique, will be a good occasional smoke for sure.
Puffing Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug. The best durned tobacco that F&T makes. Soft smoking with a light tasty topping. Sipping a medium roast arabica-robusta espresso.
First smoke of the day is Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a bent stem MM General from a bag of seconds. Had the pipe for about a year before I first smoked it, thought it was just a gimmick and didn't think I'd like it. But I was wrong. With a 3" tall thick walled bowl, this thing is cool smoking and just great for a long relaxing smoke or to fill and take with me when I'm going to be away from the house for a few hours. I think I'll pick up a couple more, one for English blends and another for aromatics.
That would be "General", as in General Macarther, I suspect. He smoked a large cob.
This is the Macarthur: MacArthur Classic Corn Cob PipeQuote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
This is the General: General Corn Cob Pipe | General Pipe | General Smoking Pipe
I've yet to try a MacArthur, maybe someday.
I have one of those beasts. I bought it from someone on here, replete with authentic Forever Stem. I took it turkey hunting and puffed on one bowl of Red Raparree, off and on the entire day.
Rinse and repeat...Captain Black original in my Friar.
Having my favorite tobacco, SG St James Flake in an unfinished Series III Savinelli.
Now about to light up another SG blend, Navy Flake. Same pipe.
Yeah I know, back to back bowls in a briar aren't good. Don't judge me. ;)
I'll let her rest for a few days before the next go around.
Frog Morton's Cellar in a Redonian army-mount billiard
Had a briarful of John Bull while casting bullets with a hunting buddy earlier this p.m.
Laid off the cigars for a while until recently, and the pipe for even longer, until now...picked out my small no-name discount basket mini church-warden that I had bought a year ago in a business trip to Philly but never smoked. Stuffed it full of the last of Esoterica Tillbury that I got from a Newbie Piper thing at the old Puff site from Tim (can't remember his screen name, but he was awesome). Wonderful afternoon smoke on the back deck, beautiful fall weather. I think I got me a little bit of tongue bite....but it was worth it!
This evening I am having a bowl of Dunhill's My Mixture BB1938 in my extra large Savinelli 606.:pipe: I picked up this tobacco last month and after smoking 5 bowls of it I have decided that I really like this tobacco.:wave: I definitely wish that Dunhill would offer this in bulk. BB1938 is delicious this evening and I am topping it off with an ice cold mug of "Guinness Draught" brew; the evening is young.:beerchug:
Puffing Solani 633, Virginia with Perique -- my favorite VaPer. Sipping dark-roast arabica coffee. And thinking about lunch, which will feature four eggs, over easy.
MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian in a MM Legend, for a mid-morning snack.
Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture with an extra pinch of Perique added to it, in a MM Country Gentleman. Quite tasty.
Some Sugar Lands honey in my nose warmer......
Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake in a IL Monaco......
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A bowl of LL ready rubbed. I appreciate the codger burley style more now than I used to, especially after smoking really strong blends for several days. This satisfies nicely, but doesn't leave me queasy. I prefer to err on the side of mild nic hit, than having to stop because I feel like I'm gonna hurl, which happens when I'm not careful with my favored C&D burleys etc.
McClelland Dark Star in a Comoys bent bulldog
You know, I just can't get into burleys much. I just don't care for the flavor... or lack thereof. Once in a while I'll get a craving for a bowl or two of PA or Velvet or PS cube cut, but then I'm good for 6 months or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I'm going for the mild nic-hit myself with a bowl of Sam Gawith; Chocolate Flake. When I feel like cheating death I head for the Va based ropes and twists :p :p :pipe: Funny how we all gravitate toward something different...
SG Chocolate Flake is on my list to try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
How does it compare to Bob's Chocolate Flake? Is it similar at all?
Right now I'm smoking Eliabethan Mixture. It's my 2nd bowl today.
There was a bowl of Frog Morton Across the Pond between them.
It's nowhere close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
There's not much in the line of chocolate flavor, there's zero lakeland perfume, it's darker and it smells sort of fruity with a touch of vinegar in the jar. To me it tastes like a dark pressed virginia (like dark star) but with some mysterious, 'deeper' flavor; which I assume is the chocolate topping... although it doesn't really taste like chocolate to me. At first light and for the first little bit of the bowl it has a bit of a tart flavor that I really like. Lately I've been rubbing it out a bit but leaving it rather chunky.