Just in from the rain finishing a bowl of Captain Black Royal in an Old Vic 3/4 bent
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Just in from the rain finishing a bowl of Captain Black Royal in an Old Vic 3/4 bent
Puffing a second fill from a just-opened tin of Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. This stuff has such a rich, tasty flavor that I wonder if it contributes to my daily calorie intake. Definitely a chocolate component in that flavor.
It's good to be warm and dry inside when it's rainy and cold outside. And puffing a good fill with a cup of coffee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
Finally got on the other side of the cold I've been suffering and am back in the smoking car with a meerful of a mix of Lane 1Q and Latakia.
Happy to see you healthy and puffing again!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
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Cobful of Newminster 400 and a Briney Melon Gose
Didn't like this gose style beer at all at first but it sure pairs well with Virginia flake
If it's the harshness you don't like, I don't think you'd be enjoying the likes of Haunted bookshop, OJK, pegasus etc. I love em, but they are rough and aggressive, with lots of nicotine-- probably no 5 brothers level, but not too far behind. Aging them helps a little, but doesn't change them fundamentally. Not for everybody, for sure. Could be good to convert a strong cigar smoker I bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pugsley
Hearth & Home Porch Swing in a Medico straight billiard
Squadron Leader in a MM Cob
This evening I am having a bowl of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in my extra large Savinelli 606.:pipe: I am starting out early for me for my evening pipe and I spotted my Elizabethan Mixture which I had newly acquired.:wave: I have only smoked this blend a few times but really enjoyed it. I have to say that this evenings smoke is delicious and I am topping it off with an ice cold mug of "Becks" brew; how nicely relaxing it is.:beerchug:
H&H Larry's Blend in me glass-bottom, semi-churchwarden cob.
I love the initial sour blast of this blend when it first takes to the match. Soooo good! :pipe:
C&D Red Odessa in a MM cob
FVF in a 1930s Kaywoodie, hanging out with my bro-in-law (who had the Liga).
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That pic makes you look like a two fisted smoker :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BryGuySC
Puffing Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake. This stuff is the only straight burley that I like -- and I like it a lot. If I was forced to name my one favorite tobacco, 656 would be a strong contender. It's going especially well after my lunch.
Some of @OnePyroTec 's "My Mixture" in a cob......
Frog Morton's Cellar in a MM cob
Having a mini-meerful of Tewksbury Celtic Blend, enjoying a few moments of peace and quiet after attending Mrs. Bruck's office Christmas party. Had a good time, but it's nice to get away from the din :)
Started early, for me that is, with CB original in my Casillero
Poochies Pride in a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke. Thank you to @Tobias Lutz ......
Where is Tobias at these days? And anyone ever get a hold of Neverbend?Quote:
Originally Posted by droy1958
He hasn't returned a single email I've sent him in months
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Balkan Sasieni in a MM cob
@Branzig - yeah I wonder these things myself. It's always unsettling when familiar members of our community unexpectedly disappear for long stretches. Usually the reason is something not great but not the worst, like family or job crisis, a sudden displacement/relocation, personal health issues, deployment to the front, or secret agent mission. Often it's the latter because we pipe smokers are often called upon to save the world. I shall optimistically expect to see our friends again soon.
Defiling the little Savinelli with a bowl of 1792. I can almost hear the briar complain with every puff.
Don't know...Quote:
Originally Posted by Branzig
Stonehaven in the Imperial Two Point lovat that Neverbend sent me a while back.
I'd be lying if I said I could see a reason for all the hype about this blend. The Gawiths make some far tastier baccies IMO.
Having my first bowl of Dunhill's reissue of Ye Olde Signe, a ribbon cut pure Virginia. The tin note is very subdued with hints of tea and dried hay. Minimal drying was required and could easily be smoked straight from the tin. Lighting was done with a single match and being wary of bite I started smoking slowly, but as the sweetness of the tobacco began to come through I found myself smoking faster, but absolutely no bite. Dunhill calls this an aged Virginia, and it behaves like one. Sweet, smooth, and thoroughly enjoyable from first light to the bottom of the bowl. If you're a fan of aged straight Virginia, as I am, but wish you could find the Holy Grail of tobaccos that you could enjoy straight from the tin without waiting 3 years or more, this may be the one. Highly recommended.
Edit: I was enjoying this so much I neglected to mention the pipe used. It was a MM Country Gentleman with a stubby Forever stem.
Newminster #84 Oriental Pipe Cut in a Medico straight billiard
Smoke it dry. Like "bone, crackling apart, maybe I should throw this away" dry and see how you like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
For some reason it has only sung to me when it was overly dry. Otherwise I'm with you, it's meh.
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I'll try that. I had it dry but not that dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Branzig
Rubbed, broken or flake?
2 bowls of Gatlinburlier Sugarlands Honey in a BIG Italian Hercules 606 EX Bent.......Thanks @Tobias Lutz
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I know where those whirl pak bags come from... :D
My second bowl of Dunhill Ye Olde Signe, this one in a John Bessai squashed tomato, one of my favorite briars. I bought 2 tins of this but may pick up a few more as a Christmas gift to myself. I have, after all, been a good boy this year. This brings to mind an old Tonight Show episode when Ed MacMahon asked Johnny Carson what he'd say at the pearly gates when St. Peter asked him what in his life qualified him to be admitted into heaven. After a long pause he said "Well, I never kicked a dwarf." .... That's about how good I've been.
Puffing the first fill of a just-opened tin of two year old DF. Man, it's going down so good.
A music critic was asked which of Brahms symphonies was his favorite. "The one I heard last," he replied. Seems to be the same with my pipe tobaccos – right now, DF is my favorite.
Gentlemen! I hope everyone is well, and season's greetings!
After a bit of prodding by @Haebar and @WNYTONY I figured it was worth popping in to play catchup. I have been busy; busier than I ever could have imagined. Smoking has taken a backseat to raising my now 7-month-old daughter, and dealing with a back injury hasn't helped, but I did manage to spend some time a few weeks ago in the smoking lounge/library of the club I belong to... I took my Parker Super Bruyere and a Polish-made beauty I picked up on eBay a year or so back and enjoyed some 1998 Capstan and 2003 Hamborger Veermaster.
I'm hosting a dinner party on New Year's Eve. My wife and daughter will be passed out by 9:30PM so I told my buddies that we'll head over to the club to end the evening with a smoke. Since we'll be full of roast lamb and egg nog (which has already been resting in the beer fridge for four weeks) I figure I'll need something like Royal Yacht to serve as dessert. I'll probably pull out the Stanwell HCA for the trip.
So, after leaving the tobacco business and after putting a cease-and-desist on new acquisitions due to a cellar already overflowing with more tobacco than I know what to do with, I haven't really paid attention to new blends. The bug, of course, is biting me and I probably won't be able to make it much beyond Spring before placing an order (hopefully by then I'll have more time to empty out a few more tins). I was hoping to get opinions on the following:
Dunhill Dark Flake
War Horse Bar
War Horse Green
GL Pease Regents Flake
Drucquer & Sons Blairgowrie
It's so dry it kinda turns into a mix of dust and broken lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
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Well as a connoisseur of anhydrous flake, I've found a way to smoke them dry as a cork but still as flake. I hate it when they crumble to powder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Branzig
1) Select a flake of appropriate size to fill your pipe
2) Use a single edge razor blade to cut segments off the length of the flake, to approximate the depth of your preferred fill
3) Use the razor blade to cut the segments with the grain into 'sticks' of your preferred size
4) Put the sticks on a small paper - like a page of a note pad, then set the project out in a warm place to dry out like a cork
5) Once dry, carefully gather the dry sticks up and slide them into your pipe. They're a bit fragile at this point; the note pad paper helps with handling them.
There will always be a few small pieces left over from sticks that broke. I use those on the top to get the fire going.
That's a lot of work lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
I'll stick with broken gun-powder.
Some D bag on ebay is selling off his Custombilt collection....all at great prices right now....ugggghhhh...must resist the urge to bid!
I can't even smoke right now, with wind chill it's -5 this morning....
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How does it compare to aged Dunhill Flake?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pugsley
Started the swmoking day with CB original in a Wiley rodesian
moving on to oriental in a cob
Nice seeing you around @AndyCAYP
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
I don't smoke a lot of flake, mainly because I'm too impatient to wait for it to dry properly, and it's been quite some time since I've had Dunhill Flake. It's been my experience that the flavors in most flakes are more concentrated. This ribbon cut burned much faster than flake and was done far sooner than I wished it to be, (which is why I followed it up with a second bowl.) So, the answer is that I don't have an answer, but I sure enjoyed this tobacco.