Tobias who? Aint seen him in agesQuote:
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Tobias who? Aint seen him in agesQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
I thought the FVF guarantee was that its good with EVERYTHING!Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Early this afternoon;
2000 Rattray's Red Rapparee in a Ser Jacopo Renaissance #306 sandblast taper billiard with Spring water.
Need to clean some pipes, not keeping up so well.
Enjoyed a nice bowl of Dunbar in a Grabow Starfire billiard while running a few evening errands.
He said he was just stepping out for a smoke. That was six months ago. He had his suitcase with him. I should have known :(Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanS
Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia in my sweet little Luciano squat bulldog. This tobacco is rather misnamed -- it's actually a vaper of red Virginia and Perique. Very tasty!
Full Virginia Flake in my Savinelli Sherwood Rock Briar Canadian shape.
FVF never disappoints.
P&W #524 (Aro-English) in my Dunhill Canted Dublin.
so far I'm on my third bowl,,,thinking another will follow.
The other day I tried some Russ' Monthly Blend Snow Drift for the first time. I didn't move me, which surprised me, as Russ' blends are usually pretty good. It tasted a bit bland and wet, so I left the jar open for a couple days to dry it out, and had another bowl this p.m. Tasted better, but it lost even more of its flavor. My next trick will be adding bacon bits (latakia) to it. This usually rescues a struggling aro :)
BTW, y'all might be interested in a video I'm watching on blending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o79g_D9kL1A
A little weak on production, but he's got some pretty good advice.
Acouple bowls of Captain Black Royal,first in my DG Savoy
the second in a figural meer.Tomorrow I have to start
organizing a barn/garage.So I taking a cob and about 8 oz
of mystery mix,I'll need the encouragement
On the balcony on a pretty chilly Sunday morning with some coffee and some Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in an unfinished Savinelli Series III bent apple.
Well, now it is a chilly Sunday evening and I'm outside with a bowl of McClelland Beacon, a really nice Vaper flake. Smoking it in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.
Now on my third bowl of Oriental Blend.This one in
my Yello-Bole Nova Brylon bulldog.Bot sure if this is
a house blend or one of Sutliff's, but it is sure hitting
the spot for me today.
One more round with C&D Temple Bar. This time, nearly crispy. Still not for me. I'll stick with McClelland.
Just finished P&W #524 in my Swiss BBK.
Decided I wanted EGR in my Brigham Brandy pot.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....I've got SCOTCH !!!
This evening I am smoking a bowl of Ashton's "Artisan's Blend" in my Savinelli 606EX.:pipe: I have not smoked this tobacco in more than a year and it is delicious.:wave: I do have a blend of "Artisan's Blend" combined with Dunhill's "NightCap" which I smoke on a regular basis but not the one alone. I am topping off this smoke with a small glass of no name "Honey Brandy" that my wife purchased at the store and dang-it; it is pretty good. I am beginning to relax and enjoy this smoke.:thumb:
Started my pipe day with H&H Classic Burley Kake in a no-name
briar.So in the words of my generation "Can you Dig It?"
Started my pipe day with H&H Classic Burley Kake in a no-name
briar.So in the words of my generation "Can you Dig It?"
:dude:
Got a miserable cold so in the off chance that I feel up to a smoke tonight, it will be something over the top flavorful like a lat heavy English or a G&H twist of some sort paired with a finger of dark rum.
Let's see if I do this in one postthis time,,,,,,,,,,,:dunce:
Dunhill Nightcap in my 1950 Monterrey.
It worked! I feel and can breathe a lot better actually. A little Bacardi black and a bowl of Sweet Rum Twist helped do the trick. A forced snork thru a plugged nose set up a sneezing fit that left me less congested in the end... I shoulda been a folk doctor...
Hello all... LONG time. Some Royal Yacht in a meer this morning while I sit in my garage on calls. Cheers!
Puffing Solani ABF. It's going exceptionally well on this San Diego morning. The tin is nearly empty though. What to open next? I'm thinking Dunhill Flake...
I've got a cold and came home from work this morning so I wouldn't spread it. I'm thinking I might try a bowl of SWRA to wack at some of those rhinoviruses.
Where have you been? It's good to have you back!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony78
Thank you kind sir. Wife’s cancer came back in 2015 but recent good news after many rounds of chemo it’s gone (and hopefully will stay away this time). Sprinkle in 5 & 6 year old boys who have discovered travel sports + other activities and my free time went to 0.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
It’s good to be back.
It's been many months since I've picked up a pipe. Tonight I had the house to myself for several hours and decided to make myself a strong cup of Twining's Irish breakfast tea and relax on the deck for a while, but as I waited for my tea to cool I sensed something missing, a pipe. So I went to my room and chose an old friend from the rack, a John Bessai Special X squashed tomato and a tin of Dunhill "Ye Olde Signe". It was the perfect match for the tea. A very relaxing 40 minutes. I should spend more time with old friends.
Just popped open a tin of Dunhill Flake with nearly 3 years of age on it. Just plain good tobacco.
Peter Stokkybye, Navy Flake in a bent sandblast with silver band from @NeverBend
Tall mojito made according to a recipe by Mr. Moo (the Moo-jito)
This is nice...
Great to see Ya Tony !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony78
Hope the Mrs continues to improve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony78
Hey Warren,Really glad to see your post tonight.Always wondering about you and Pete and Tobias.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pugsley
Really good to hear from you.
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Smoking a blend by The Country Squire called "Hunting Creek" in a
straight Middeltonian billiard. Now I,m lucky in that my wife enjoys
the room note from my pipes (mostly).So tonight I'm puffing away
and I stuck my mug right under hers reading what she had up on the
laptop.Well,she gives out a little cough and a gag,so I pulled back
and said to her,"I thought you liked this blend?"She said,"I do but
not right under my face where I'm getting the full cloud".
I told her yer not supposed to inhale........Got kicked,,,,again :(
Man, I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you posting on here. And very, very happy to hear that your wife is on the road to recovery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony78
For those who do not know, Tony is the one who got me started on the piping road a couple years ago in the Newbie Sampler Trade. Two and a half years later, I am enjoying the pipe more than ever, thanks to Tony. Several of the blends he introduced me to are in my regular rotation now.
Damn it's good to see you back man.
I did something tonight that I never do, smoked the same pipe with the same tobacco as the night before. Now, I own a lot of pipes, and I've smoked a lot of pipes that I no longer own. Some of them were cheap machine made pipes turned out by the hundreds, some were fine handcrafted examples of the best of the pipe maker's art. None of them, however, have given me the pleasures that I experience with this one. John Bessai's pipes are notoriously difficult to date but indications are that this one was crafted in the late thirties when the storm clouds of war were gathering over Europe. He worked alone in his shop in Cleveland, carving pipes between customers. Most of them were marked simply with his name on the shank and his initials on the stem. Some that he was particularly pleased with would bear the the mark "Special", and the best of those would be "Special X." I am lucky enough to own a Special X. It's not a physically attractive pipe and has noticeable fills and when smoking it I often wonder what he knew that I don't. I wonder if, as he turned the finished pipe over in his hands, he ever thought that here is a pipe someone will still be enjoying 80 years from now. I wish I could tell him of the pleasure his pipe has given me.
Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my newish Luciano squat bulldog (which is pretty well broken-in now). This HV is a fine tobacco indeed -- mild and tasty.
I’m glad you stuck with it. I’ve started watching your YouTube videos. The one with the 5# of aromatic tobacco cracked me up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
I haven’t popped any tins in a really long time b/c I had so much in jars. I’m going to go look up the tin you sent me in that trade. It’s been aging since I got it - I’ll send you half and we can smoke it together.
Edit - I still have the original message exchange in my inbox. Looks like you sent me a Frog Morton Cellar. I KNOW that hasn’t been opened. Do you still live at the same address?
Man that's awesome. Yeah, that 5# of aromatic tobacco is still in jars. The way I smoke aromatics (hardly ever), it will last a lifetime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony78
I do still live at the same addy. That would be very cool.
Peterson's Sunset Breeze in an Ol-Vic.
The cabins I work at there is a young man (25-30) who is interested
pipes.The other day his wife bought him a pipe from a local "Smoke
Shop".it's a $10 chineese job with a metal insert in the bowl.I certainly
don't want to discourage him,so I've put together a few samples to take him.
Trying to decide if I should take him another pipe.I have a spare cob and could
find a DG hiding around here.I want him to learn before he fires off with a true
"Legacy" briar.That and I'ld be pissed to find out the pipe was just taking space
in a drawer.What's your opinions,please.
I would bring him a few tobacco samples if he's up for it but I'd let him flounder along with the cheap pipe his wife got him unless or until he starts bitching about how it smokes. If he's serious about pipe smoking, he'll start asking questions if he can't get it right. If he's not serious about it, he'll give up soon anyway and toss the pipe in a drawer even if it's a Dunhill. I make it a habit not to offer my help to relative strangers unless they ask for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
Solani 656 ABF in a bent sandblast. This is pretty good for a burley but burleys are generally not my thing. Unless I'm REALLY in the mood (which tonight I'm not apparently) they all taste like they contain a percentage of old cardboard. Mmmmmm... cardboard
That's kinda where I'm at.This kid is one of those "yuppie"lil go getters that ya just wana slap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
But he's interested in the pipe and that may open others to keeping our hobby going.So,I've some
aro samples to take him,and a Va/Bur.Nothing fancy but an introduction.I have to work around
him,otherwise I'ld just ignore the lil snip.Ah well,my son has learned the art and he's alot like
me in that he pulls out his pipe and baccy and that's his "Me" time.
Starting the day with CB original in my DG Savoy.
Hi Tony,Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony78
Wishing your wife continued health and your family the best. Please convey my kudos to your missus for her strength.
Pete
Wait a minute... yuppie? Pipe? Irrepressible urge to slap??? Are you dealing with a hipster here?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
Hi Matt,Quote:
Originally Posted by Lostmason
You and @Emperorzurg seem to have sussed it out. Rather than give him a pipe perhaps let him know that if he enjoys his pipe then he might really enjoy a better pipe.
This way you don't need to slap him twice if he puts your pipe in a drawer. :)
I'm supposed to vacuum the McClelland VA flakes from P&C that someone kindly alerted regarding their excellent sale last month but I keep making excuses (to myself) about needing to sample more before I store it. Same old inner-dialogue. Much easier to bag and forget the ones that don't taste good.
Have loaded and will smoke (when my cigar is done) on a mild but overcast morning
McClelland #2010 in a 1940s Barling #251 Ye Olde Wood smooth taper billiard. Today's a 2-cup coffee day.