Enjoying a nice "Christmas is over, back home now, taking a few days off of work, can finally relax" bowl of Tewksbury Celtic Blend :)
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Enjoying a nice "Christmas is over, back home now, taking a few days off of work, can finally relax" bowl of Tewksbury Celtic Blend :)
I'm smoking my group 2 Dunhill Liverpool today, alternating two Solani tobaccos: 633, Virginia with Perique, and 656, Aged Burley Flake.
The 633 is crisp and citrusy, while the 656 is rich and meaty. Love 'em both.
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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
I was quite content with my cobs, but he thought I needed a briar (who am I to argue). I haven't really smoked anything that I haven't liked yet. I enjoy the obvious differences in all of the pipe tobaccos, so much more variety of flavor than with the cigars. My palette isn't good at figuring out the flavors but I can definitely tell that they are different.
H&H eggnog in the freehand pickaxe
Milan Tobacconists Black Forest in a MM cob
Having a cobful of McClelland 2013 Christmas Blend, from our friend @Tobias Lutz . It doesn't taste "Christmas-ey," not sure it's supposed to. It's just a really nice VA flake.
Davidoff Scottish tonight in the briar.
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A bowl of Sugarlands Honey in a Grabow Duke......
This 'Hobbiest78' sounds like an enabler. He belongs back on this forum! :pipe: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by FireTom
Let's just say that he's not a very social guy and decided that this wasn't his thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Oh, as long as I'm here, rounding out the night with some CAO Black in the MM cob.
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Milan Tobacconists Black Forest in a MM cob
First pipe since Christmas Eve, (been smoking too many damn cigarettes), Balkan Sasieni in a MM Legend. I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I had the entire extended family at my house for dinner on Christmas day. We have a number of religions represented in the family, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Atheists. Dietary laws were ignored for the day and we all had a great time eating and drinking and talking loudly so the hearing impaired, of which I am one, were included in the conversations. It was an enjoyable, but exhausting, day.
Last night I had a bowl of Nightcap. It will have to suffice for a while. I'm
hanging sheet rock today, ceiling, so a pipe will have to wait until my
arms recover.
Puffing marvelously good Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake, in my Il Duca Rhodesian. This one:
Il Duca Smooth Rhodesian (D) | Buy Il Duca Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
I prefer the taste of smoke from tobacco that hasn't filtered too much smoke, so I like shallow, broad, chambers. And, since I'm a holder, I like thick bowl walls that don't get hot. This pipe satisfies both points.
It also has the best grain of any pipe I own. Lots of straight grain, and perfect bilateral symmetry.
Burning about a 50/50 mixture of Solani 656 and McClelland 2011 Christmas Cheer in the little Savinelli; two small piles of paper plate leavings from a couple of earlier smokes. I usually avoid Va-Bur blends but this mix ain't bad at all.
In my Kaywoodie Relief Grain.......
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H&H Classic Burley Kake in a Peterson Shannon with a Moscow Mule
SPC in an old Kaywoodie Super Grain......
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H&H Anniversary Kake in one of my favorite pipes, a John Bessai squashed tomato. Great tobacco, great pipe, and a cup of decaf Irish breakfast tea, the perfect way to end my day.
Puffing Capstan Medium in my trusty Kirsten Mariner. This fill has more than two years of age on it, and it's superbly mellow. Sipping Nespresso medium roast coffee.
I took my 9mm SIG P226 X-Five to the pistol range this afternoon and shot four targets. The first two weren't so hot, but last two were pretty darned good. It makes me happy when I finish strong.
A little puff of approx. 50/50 three sails and 5 Bros this evening. not bad!
Hearth & Home Fusilier's Ration in a BBB Superfine lovat
A mix of Lane 1Q and Latakia - about 60/40. We likey.
Arggggg,,,Yep, thar's a pirate around here. Oh wait....wrong thread, and forum for that crap.
Any who, Had me a load of Golden Glow in a Meer and now I'm feeling silly, might be the rum and
coke though,,,,,
Puffing Solani 633, Virginia with Perique, in my elegant little group 2 Dunhill Liverpool with Bruyere finish. This tobacco has so much citrus that I think I'm getting my minimum daily requirement of vitamin C!
Sutliff Trafalgar in a BBB Superfine lovat
Been working on my stash of CB regular all day
For tonight I'm popping a tin of EGR in a Canted Dublin by Dunhill
and follow that with My first Cuban cigar that has been resting since
last Feb.
Happy New Year Cigar Bums
H&H Fusilier's Ration in the briar tonight.
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Had some more of my mixture of Lane 1Q and Latakia in a cob earlier today. Having a cigar now, as 2016 circles the drain.
First smoke of 2017 -- Solani 633, Virginia with Perique, in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. Such a good way to start the new year.
Happy New Year to all of you folks!
Happy New Year to all! The temps on NYE ended up reaching the 40s so I had a very nice and not-planned pre-dinner bowl of Ennerdale. We then dug into dinner and I had a change of heart re: the evening; instead of taking a pipe to the club with the fellas I grabbed a 2005 Cohiba Siglo IV which ended up being one of the most enjoyable cigars of my life. I was home before the ball dropped to celebrate with my wife and daughter but as expected they were in bed and comatose by about 9:30PM, so at midnight I whispered "Happy New Year" to them both and then went on the porch with, fittingly, a small bowl of Ten to Midnight and a glass of the last dregs from the bottle of Hancock's President's Reserve we almost emptied at dinner.
Here's to the Bum BOTLs and SOTLs having a wonderful 2017!
Puffing Capstan Medium in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. 2+ years of age on the tobacco. The Kirsten was made in the late 40's or early 50's. Its aluminum stem is polished -- contemporary Kirstens have anodized stems.
So glad that my two classical music FM stations have finally quit playing Christmas music!
That pipe is $69.99 its a German pipe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Half&Half in a MM cob
Ditto again......Quote:
Originally Posted by droy1958
I have a pouch of Half&Half that's been open for close to two years. It's still moist. :) Ethylene glycol, I think. And, by George, I just put a fill of it into my Kirsten! It's going down quite well. A nice change-up from my usual fare.Quote:
Originally Posted by cpmcdill
My uncle smoked Half&Half. I always thought that its aroma was wonderful.
My dad smoked Sir Walter Raleigh exclusively. At a certain period of my younger life I had the notion that one should stick to one tobacco that they liked; I chose Half & Half as my tobacco because it was easily obtainable, had good tobacco flavor, and packed a moderate N content. I still smoke it every now and then, but it is not the same as it was in the late 70's. Not saying that it's bad, just different. Another codger blend that I smoked occasionally back then was Granger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
To get back on topic, I'm enjoying a bowl of G&H Louisiana Perique Flake from @Tombstone in an an unmarked African meerschaum straight apple pipe. Love this stuff.
Going to attempt to smoke a bowl of Quiet Nights in the Bari Pearl. I took a dive off the ladder Saturday afternoon and must have hit everything three foot each side of the ladder. I have a hell of a black eye, bruised ribs, elbows and asses. I say asses because it has two cracks in it now. I can't get Photofockit to work anymore.......
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Dang man, did you see a doctor? Hope you didn't break anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by droy1958
I seen stars, then I seen a doctor this morning. Looks like some deep bruising and maybe a little cartilage tear. He gave me a dose of painkillers, muscle relaxers and steroids. It hurts like hell, but I just don't care anymore.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
The ol boy that has the 320 acres north of us smokes a pipe. He came by Friday with pipe in hand. We ended up doing a swap. He gave me a mix of Capt. Black 50/50 mix of Blue and Gold. It's not too bad.......
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