I doing a flashback to the 50's,still smoking CB original in
my reconditioned DG. Think I might smoke my way out of
this "funk" mood by March.
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I doing a flashback to the 50's,still smoking CB original in
my reconditioned DG. Think I might smoke my way out of
this "funk" mood by March.
Know what might help? A classy new pipe! :poke:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
I would gladly take a classy new pipe, but I would still have to face the tax man.
Might move to Colorado for the mood enhancing enviroment..................:thud:
Well that would take an entirely different kind of pipe... :p :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
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Ok, I dig. Sounds like you could use a rotary wire brush treatment :) (I mean the pipe, not you!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Half&Half in a MM cob
Having my first smoke in my new meerschaum pipe.
Dunhill DeLuxe Navy Rolls.
Red Rap in the new (to me) calabash, alongside a cherry stout. Been doing a little woodworkery lately.
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Dunhill early morning in a bier
Late at night [emoji41]
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Some people just want to watch the world burn. SMH :pipe:Quote:
Originally Posted by pdq_wizzard
I was able to fit in a bowl of McClelland Blackwoods Flake before work today.
Things are starting off well!
Gawith Hoggarth, Louisiana Flake in the gourd tonight.
Paired it with New Holland, Cabin Fever.
Esoterica ...And So To Bed in a Canterbury lovat
Erin Go Bragh in an old Forester.....One of the 3 for a dollar tobaccos. It's not bad....
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C'est La Vie in a Yello Bole....
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Puffing DLNR. This tobacco produces more smoke than most Virginias. I can blow fairly dense smoke rings with it.
We had the Knoxville Pipe Club Meeting last night. I smoked two bowls:
*My homemade Navy cake in a group 5 Dunhill Root billiard
*A friend's homemade VaPer blend that he made with his C&D Small Batch Blending kit in a group 4 Dunhill Bruyere Canadian
A Group 5 billiard and a Group 4 Canadian. That's a lot of smoking!Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
In the process of inventorying and organizing my tobacco cabinet (see this colorful thread), I discovered that I have several jars containing only about one bowl worth of tobacco. So I plan to knock these off one by one, making room in the cabinet and liberating some jars in the process. Tonight I'm having my last bowl of Newminster Superior Navy Flake, which is indeed superior to some undefined comparator :)
Revelation match in a MM Twain cobwarden.
Bryan's Shelf Vaper in a The Pipe.
SG 1792 in a bier
Yummy [emoji7]
Oh and that's your fault @Emperor Zurg
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Yep, I hit the pipe quite hard on club night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
Guilty as charged!Quote:
Originally Posted by pdq_wizzard
1792 gets both love and hate it seems.
I particularly enjoy it folded and stuffed alongside a cup or 3 of hot coffee. It goes so nice with coffee.
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Forgot: last night was a bowl of McC, Smyrna #1 in the gourd. This is a fun pipe, it changes the nature of every blend I smoke in it. Not totally but enough to notice. The smyrna was sweeter and less earthy than the last time I smoked it in a briar. Excellent blend tho. I may have to stock up on some of this if it's available... even tho the last thing I need is moar tobakko...
Puffing Old Reliable -- DF (with 2+ years of age on it). In my venerable aluminum stem Kirsten Mariner (with 70 years of age on it). Life is good!
I've had a couple of bowls today.
Had some McClelland No. 24 matured Virginia in an old banded Dr. Grabow.
Also some P&C MATCH Elizabethan in a cheap Yello Bolle I carry in the truck.
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I have tried it a couple of times and it really hasn't been my cup of tea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
I have heard that after a few years it mellows out the tonquin flavor quite a bit.
Having not paid attention, I almost missed out on Tobias's sale. Managed to get in
on the end of it. Tobias said he had some scraps left that he wasn't sure what was
what since he sent his list off to some one else. Well,,,,, I jumped on it. Some I've
now got about 3-5 lbs of Mystery smokes, :yes!: !! Loaded a bowl in my Ol-Vic with
"sample" #9. Nice wood smoke aroma but light on flavor. Burned well and still
a pleasant smoke.
Some folks really don't like the stuff. Some can even taste it in the pipe months later and try everything to get rid of the ghost. It does ghost a pipe but seeing as I enjoy the flavor I don't mind and it goes away after a few smokes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
Try it folded and stuffed. Keep the flakes as intact as possible and dry the tobacco out good. I find 1792 a little too harsh for my taste rubbed out, and it doesn't rub out good either - just turns to dust and splinters no matter if it's wet or dry when I try. Folded and stuffed tho, it's far more mellow and creamy. Still doesn't like to burn. Bring lots of matches.
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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
I'm of the opinion that all flakes should be kept as in tact as possible.
I realize the Gawith stuff needs substantially more drying time than others in order to accomplish this.
If I want it rubbed out, I'll just buy a ribbon cut.
But, to each his own.
As you say, to each his own. I cut all of my flake tobacco into smallish squares. Larger squares for my conventional briars (so the tobacco doesn't get sucked into my mouth). Smaller squares for my Kirsten (impossible for that to happen with that pipe).
Enjoying a bowl of Dunhill standard mixture in the un named pearwood
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I have tried the cube cut method and like it better than rubbing it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
The SG Full Virginia Flake I'm smoking right now is actually cube cut. Several months ago when I was experimenting with the method I cube cut an entire tin of FVF and jarred it up. I'm about halfway through it.
I may slightly prefer it prepared differently now, but it is one of my favorite tobaccos and it is still being enjoyed thoroughly.
And I would certainly never tell another man how to enjoy his tobacco. :pipe:
+1 for cube cuts. I often cube up a flake to fit in my little Sav. The bowl is really too small for a decent fold n stuff and cube cutting yields similar results.
Sample #7 today in a Brigham brandy pot. Pouch note reminds me
of chocolate covered raisins. Just a guess, I think this is one of the
plum varieties.
Puffing Dunhill Flake in my venerable Kirsten. This stuff rises up on first light more than any other tobacco that I know of. Fill your pipe a little bit too much and it'll climb right out of the pipe and into your lap!
SG Top Black Cherry in a MM Twain cobwarden
Louisiana Perique in a cob. Don't know what brand it is, but I'm pretty sure it's not Louisiana.
Had some McClelland 2015 Virginia Flake with Perique earlier today in a sandblast Savinelli Bing's Favorite.
Finished the evening off with some SG Navy Flake in an old banded Dr. Grabow.