What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Bruck]

The pipe was made right over in Royal Oak. Being a local boy google Malaga pipes. I have a few of them and while I really like the way this one looks, it is the worst smoker of the lot.

The smoke effect is easy. Take the picture in the dark using a flash.

Yes, I remember that store from my childhood - didn't make the connection till you mentioned it - thought it was just a tobacco store, didn't know he made pipes. The father of a friend of mine used to get his pipe tobacco there. My father would get a cigar there once in a while. When we were kids we'd poke in sometimes when we were bumming around downtown, way before Royal Oak was cool. Of course we weren't able to buy anything Last time I was there was in the late 90's - some kid was managing it. Went out of business shortly thereafter.

[Alligator Gar]

SG Balkan Flake in a Dr. G Westbrook Canadian I restored. It has an extremely long shank and I haven't found any pictures of it on the interwebs.



I followed that with sone SPC Plum Pudding in a GBD Clubhouse. I retrospect I should have smoked the Balkan Flake last.

[Pugsley]

That's quite a lot of perique! I bet Uncle Nick came to the party. Any topping/flavoring?

It may look like a lot of perique, but it's really not, compared to some blends out there today. The nicotine content is quite light and there are no toppings, just pure tobacco the way I like it.

[JimInks]

MacBaren Navy Flake in a 1980s Peterson 314 Full Bend black Sandblast system pipe.

[JimInks]

A minute or two away from smoking Tilbury in a 1983 medium bend, mostly smooth, bottom rusticated Butz-Choquin Maitre Pipier 3 Fait Main.

[Cool Breeze]

St. James Flake in a MM cob.

[JimInks]

C&D Founding Fathers in a 2003 IMP horn Meer. This will finish the sample.

[JimInks]

Peretti’s #333 in a 2003 black sandblasted medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant blowfish.

[JimInks]

2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

[freestoke]

A ways back, I cleaned up the coffee table in the living room, removing piles of detritus and three cobs that I used with the Forever stem. Cleaning up the top of my dresser, removing piles of detritus I uncovered three cobs and the Forever stem. After a delicious bowl of RY in the CG Forever, it's on to a Dip Forever with more RY. The cobs are back in the game!