I don't even want to know how you pulled a muscle and seperated a rib by smoking a pipe and I don't want to try whatever blend you were smoking at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
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I don't even want to know how you pulled a muscle and seperated a rib by smoking a pipe and I don't want to try whatever blend you were smoking at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
Wow man, hope you get on the mend and back to 100% soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
I depleted my rotational jar of Old Dark Fired ( though I have about 1 & 1/2 Lbs in my cellar ) So I had to pop a new tin to replace it. Went back and forth between Escudo and Solani Aged Burley Flake, the Solani won, so I have a nice dark flake ready to go as soon as I am done with this Curley Head Deluxe.
If any of you like burley and haven't tried the Aged Flake by Solani, I suggest you give it a try, some really yummy baccy!
I don't even like burley most of the time but ABF is pretty tasty.Quote:
Originally Posted by LazyLightning
Had some McClelland Red and Black in my pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock.
Also some McClelland No. 24 Matured Virginia in my Ben Wade Freehand.
Both at my local shop around the table of knowledge.
The injury happened while crimping fittings on 3/4 pex plumbing, I wish I had a blend that strong... :flamethrower:Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Getting there,,, a bit of that solanie sounds good, think I've a tin stashed here somewhereQuote:
Originally Posted by LazyLightning
I went through that rib stuff a couple months ago and it's not pleasant....Good luck healing up!...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
PS Luxury Bullseye flake in a Kaywoodie White Briar......
Dunno what all I have out here to smoke but a session of calabashery is coming, I can feel it
Probably a bowl of Katerini Classic or Classic Samsun
G.L. Pease Quiet Nights in a GBD Country Club.....
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Sutliff Revelation match in a MM cob
After a long walk with my dog, I'm enjoying a bowl of G&H Ennerdale flake in a group 5 Shell Dunhill bent billiard with a replacement stem. Drinking a Coke and heating up some leftovers in the oven.
Same with me. ABF is the only burley I like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Puffing Dunhill Navy Rolls. Doesn't seem to be quite as good as De Luxe Navy Rolls. Maybe because the tin only has five months of age on it. I hope that they haven't changed the formulation.
Just back from Kaiserhof restaurant, where I had the excellent sauerbraten, and my pistol range, where I shot my .22 LR Beretta 87 Target.
@Lostmason glad you are on the mend. Hope you're 100% soon.
due to a most excellent suggestion from @Emperor Zurg
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a bowl of 1792 and two...ok, a few fingers of 1792
Newminster #84 Oriental Pipe Cut in a Redonian army-mount billiard
Errrr.....Self-explanatory picture....
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Well it's been a little over a week and I can at least breath without crying, I know I'm a wuss. Anywho, today's been filled with butternut BurleyQuote:
Originally Posted by GWBowman
and oriental blend and yes I had to get some CB original all in a no-name briar with lots of black coffee. Figure in a few more day I will chance
a shot or two of scotch and mayhap dig into some Nightcap.
Glad to see that I'm not the only person that puts his tobacco on a plate.Quote:
Originally Posted by GWBowman
A mix of C&D blending burley and VA in a rusticated French brandy that I'm building a cake in. break in is going pretty nicely.
H&H White Knight in an old Sportsman pipe.....
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That old Sportsman looks to be in pretty good shape. Nice pipe.Quote:
Originally Posted by droy1958
Why thank you sir. It has some rough edges, but all in all it's in not too bad a shape...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
Tsuge Winter's Embrace in a Brewster.....
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Puffing a fill of Dunhill NR, as opposed to DLNR. It's tasting better to me today. The jury's still out as to whether or not it's as good as DLNR.
C&D Pirate Kake in a Howal......
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Turned bitter cold today again, so only got 3 smokes in:
Orlik Golden Sliced
FMCellar
H&H Anniv. Kake
A bowl of Wessex Gold Brick, continuing break in of rusticated French Brandy. Tasty stuff, though a touch on the plain side for 14 bucks per brick. Not bad at all though.
How many oz/g in the aforementioned brick ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
3.5 ounce/100g. Cheaper than I remember it being a few years back, about 18 or 19 a brick I think. This coming from a fella who don't like to spend "full price" on bulk blends, meaning 30 bucks a pound for C&D. Most of my cellar is stuff like D&R purchased during sales (15-20 a pound), some Stokkebye from sales (20-25 ish a pound), and my "luxury" stuff like C&D for around 27-30. Plus plenty of bargain stuff like Smokers pride rich taste, and a crap ton of Lane ready rubbed I practically purloined from P&C for a buck an ounce.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
So, I am cheap, basically. :loco:
Haha! I guess you are! 7 bucks for 50g isn't bad at all for tinned tobak... ya cheapskate! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
My bulk purchases are usually Gawith Hoggarth or Sam Gawith; usually over (or well over) $50 per pound. (However, Peter Stokkebye and Newminster both make Va flakes that are delicious with a little age on them so I'll swing to the cheaper end if it's good.)
Digressing here but the way I see it, tobacco (as well as things like beer, bacon, corned beef hash, sausage, etc) are at best, unnecessary and really aren't even good for you. Therefore if I'm going to enjoy them I'll make sure I REALLY enjoy them. (and usually in moderation if only because of the price) I don't buy lousy bacon, I don't buy mediocre tobacco, and I don't drink Budweiser... :D
I'm mostly with you. Except I've had McClelland blends that cost 50 a pound that I thought kind of sucked. G&H is great and I have a small stash. I just like simple. I only do 2-3 bowls a week these days so simple appeals to me. I don't smoke or keep anything I don't enjoy. Just blessed with a "simple palate", same with food.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
although I don't know about that "not good for you" bit.... Lot of those centenarians swear by bacon, endless cups of black coffee, and a wee nip of the ol' bottle. and a bit of tobacco. Most of our grand parents faring better than us, dear grammy was never without a pall mall and a coffee for years, and then quit and developed extreme anxiety/paranoia, locking the doors during the day and all that =P
Oh I hear you. Just because it's $50 or $60 a pound certainly doesn't mean it's good. IMO anything with more than a passing whiff of that awful rose geranium is unsmokable. I don't care if it is G&H, in fact they're the worst offenders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I had grandparents too, ones that smoked and ones that did not. The smokers both died in their 70's, nonsmokers: mid 90's. I remember the packs of Raleigh cigarettes they smoked with the little brown paper coupons under the cellophane. Of course they smoked like trains. I hardly think a little tobacco or for that matter, a little nip or a little of anything is going to hurt anyone. I fact, I'm thinking I'll go light up a little bowl of G&H Rum Flake in the calabash right now... and probably drink a glass of stout along with it.
PeterStokkebyeTwistFlakeInAKaywoodie.....
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vermont meat candy in the freehand pickaxe
Half way through March Meer Madness, so all my smokes are in my Emin Brothers Sitting Apple.
Had five nice smokes today, even with the temp in the 30's.
Solani-Aged Burley Flake
GLP-Quiet Nights
H&H-Anniv. Kake
MB HH-Vintage Syrian
GLP-Triple Play
Puffing Dunhill Navy Rolls in my Il Duca Rhodesian. Going down good. And thinking about lunch, which will include genuine baked-in-Germany Pumpernickel. Radically different from, and much better than, any US pumpernickel that I've ever had. This stuff was the first purchase with my new Amazon Prime account -- free two-day delivery.
Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in an old banded Dr. Grabow on my lunch break.
I've had a bad cold and this is my first bowl this week. It really hit the spot.
Home from work on the balcony with a bowl of McClelland's Red and Black and Wild Turkey 101 on the rocks.
Some Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in an old 1930's Ber-Briar pipe......
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C&D Engine #99 in a MM cob