Enjoying some DE Harvest on Hudson in the little homemade nosewarmer. A little hot apple cider accompanies it well.
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Enjoying some DE Harvest on Hudson in the little homemade nosewarmer. A little hot apple cider accompanies it well.
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C&D Exclusive in a MM Country Gentleman
SPC Plum Pudding in a MM Cob
GL Pease Sixpence in an old Dr Grabow Berwyck.
Been nursing on a bowl of SG navy flake here and there all day. Can't seem to finish it because I either keep getting interrupted or football keeps taking my attention away.
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Kentucky Club London Dock in a Missouri Pride
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Frog Morton's Cellar in a MM cob
Bowl of Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake in a Grabow Starfire billiard, while standing in the doorway watching the rain. (I'm tired of rain)
Samuel Gawith Chocolate Flake in a standing Savinelli 114KS.
Going with another Gawith blend. One of my favorite tobaccos period, St. James Flake in a Savinelli Punto Oro Mr. G.
A little Night Cap in my squared shank billiard
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Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake in a MM cob
EITC Officer's Club in a MM cob on the way to work this morning.
Snuck out at lunch for some Elizabethan Mixture. Plan on a bowl of Bombay Court or Oriental no.8 tonight.
Smoking a few bowls of Chatham Manor,,,, things are tasting a bit funny today, think I need some scotch.
Trying a bowl of SG Sam's Flake with a couple coins of G&H Sliced Brown Twist hidden in the stack to beef things up a bit.
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Can sure tell when it burns down into a coin of the twist. Flavor goes from 'whatever' to 'yeah baby!'
First day in a long while without rain and I celebrated by enjoying a bowl of Dunhill's Ye Olde Signe in a Sydney P. Ram straight bulldog out on the deck in the warm sun.
I had some Elizabethan in a small Ben Wade apple.
Also some McClelland Balkan Blue in an old Dr. Grabow.
Esoterica "And So to Bed" in a Grabow pot
Stokkebye Bullseye in a MM Rob Roy with a sav balsa filter thrown it. Giving it a DGT before I finish it with a cuppa tea.
SPC Plum Pudding in an Olde Classic.....
Hearth & Home Mazatec in a MM cob
C&D Chocolate Cavendish in the freehand
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Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in a London made Ben Wade apple.
Sweet sweet sun. I've missed it. Dunhill Durbar in a Pete.
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Smoking a bowl of English Navy Flake, my second attempt at making a flake. Smoking it in a little "The 3/4 oz. briar". It smokes pretty good, but the flakes don't stay together very well. Back to the drawing board.
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Are you using just a clamp press or something like that? I remember watching those C&D tour videos where they show off their hydraulic presses and stuff. I made few crumble cakes with a c-clamp press, but pretty much gave up until later in life when I can devote some more time to such things as messing around with whole leaf and presses etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
Lane LL-7 in a Grabow pot
SPS Maple Street in a figural Meer,,,,,, vegging out in front of the tube with coffee
Smoked another bowl of the English Navy flake I made in the Hendon billiard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I used two pieces of wood, some parchment paper and 2 c-clamps. Maybe I should have used 4.
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Brandon - I hope you don't mind my noticing the hole in the roof of your deck tent. When I had one of those, Mrs. Bruck and I would patch the holes with iron-on fabric patches. Worked great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Branzig
@Haebar - I don't think you'll be able to generate the pressures needed with just wood and clamps. However, if you want to stick with your current setup, I recommend (1) hydrating the leaves a little more, (2) applying as much pressure as your rig will sustain without damage, and (3) leaving the brick under pressure for a few weeks or more. That might work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
That would be a grommet hole, good sir [emoji1]Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
But if a true hole does happen to pop up, I shall heed that advice! It's a good life tip!
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Having a bowl of some Navy Cake in a Hendon billiard. This is my second batch of tobacco cake and it turned out good. Have learned that it is easier to press a cake than it is to press a flake with c-clamps. I'm either going to quit making flake or else start calling it something else. Could I call it Cavendish?
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Just finished a bowl of G.L. Pease Sixpence in an Ashton Canadian with a replacement stem.
I agree with you about the pressure topic; C-clamps just don't produce enough force the way I'm doing it. Don't really want to invest in building a hydraulic press right now, so I guess I'll just stick to making kakes for the time being. The brick was kept pressed for 2 weeks. I sprayed the whole leaves with Rum, brown sugar, and a dab of vinegar; even that didn't hold them together very well. One thing I was thinking about as I was building the leaf pile was how the Latakia chunks (from whole leaf) didn't lay down flat like the rest of the leaves. I wonder if that had anything to do with the delamination of the flakes? Or maybe the ulu that I am cutting the slices is too thick? I think it is just the pressure issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Ditto this today......Quote:
Originally Posted by droy1958
Enjoying a bowl of Vermont meat candy in the freehand pickaxe.
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Captain Black Cherry in a 3/4 bent Ol-Vic
SPS Molto Dolce in a DG Savoy, straight with a saddle bit
Captain Black Royal in my Casillero, straight with a saddle bit