Almost finished smoking G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.
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Almost finished smoking G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.
Fire Storm in a 2002 medium bend smooth straight grain Karl Erik freehand with a pointy bottom.
Captain Black white in mm ozark
Couple minutes away from smoking Watch City Flake #558 in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315.
Frog Morton's Cellar in a WDC Wellington Jumbo
Watch City Americano in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer. Have enough left for one more bowl.
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Orlik Golden Mixture in a Wally Frank Bulldog
My penultimate bowl of Escudo Navy De Luxe. I doubt I'll buy it again, as I like Stokkebye's Luxury Bullseye Flake better, and frankly as VaPers go, Hearth & Home Anniversary Kake really knocks my socks off. I still have a large jar of Sutliff's Elizabethan match too, so I see no good reason to throw down so much money for such a measly portion of Escudo.
Just finished smoking Mapleton Match in a smooth straight late 1970s Tinderbox Selected Grecian Briar Dublin.
Now smoking Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a medium bend grain etched undated Preben Holm Ben Wade Prominence B freehand. I've enough for one or two more bowls.
Chatham Manor in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.
2009 Rattray's Red Rapparree in a late 1950s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood Straight Grain taper billiard.
Up early, couldn't sleep, still a hard chill in the air. Still digging into the pipe archives.
Update: I hit ENTER and it started snowing. I'm chanting, "Mother Nature doesn't need to be fair."
2015 Gawith Hoggarth Scotch Flake Scented in a 1961 Barling's Make #7574 smooth canadian.
Snow stopped and is melting off but there's still snow remaining from January. We've taken bets on the date when all of it will be gone. I look like a lock at April 3rd, barring, of course, another helping..
Enjoyed a bowl of Dark Star in a GBD Prehistoric billiard before. Lovely stuff that reminds me of Butera's Dark Stoved, another favorite.
2014 Gawith Hoggarth Broken Scotch Flake in a pre-WWII Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EL smooth saddle billiard.
I'm on the beach under a blue sky and bright sunlight while kids frolic in the edge of the surf. A beautiful woman approaches me so I hold up my hand to shield the sun only I can't feel my hand, nor my fingers. They're numb from cold! I'm cold. It's freezing here, where the hell am I?
Oh, it's my porch. I should've kept dreaming. Under the circumstances, this bowl is a reasonable compromise.
Starting off my smoking day with Peterson’s Sherlock Holmes in a 1987 Peterson first series Sherlock Holmes full bend with a silver band.
2015 Gawith Hoggarth Brown Flake in a 1983 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato taper billiard.
It snowed this am and now the sun is out and it's climbing through the 40s.
2010 Sutlif 507-C Virginia Slices in a 2003 straight grain Karl Erik Ekstravagant A medium bend freehand sitter.
St. James Flake in a rusticated Savinelli 920 ks.
Old Dark Fired in a smooth briar calabash shape 1984 Fero Danese made in Italy.
Part way through this bowl of MacBaren HH Bold Kentucky in a small 1982 three quarter bend meer with a smiling turbaned Turk's head.
Rattray's Hal O The Wynd in a Hickok Premiere bulldog
Louisiana Red in a straight Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420.
Just finished:
2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood #1376 smooth taper billiard.
Just starting:
2014 Gawith Hoggarth Broken Scotch Flake in a WWII era Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EXEXEL #251 smooth saddle billiard.
Barling 251 is my favorite shape and I call them The Machine. This is the best of the three that I have but I haven't smoked it in over ten years since I noticed a tiny hairline crack on the top of the bowl. The crack hasn't gotten any worse so it's time to use it. Feels wonderful in the mouth. This all started when @Branzig shamed me into a review of GH Mixture #12 (forthcoming) and I wanted to use a wider spectrum of pipes for the task. Thanks Brandon.
Jim,Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
This #420 Charatan is a bit of a badass billiard. How does it smoke?
Burning up some homemade flake (VA/Burley/Cavendish, peach topping) in an adorable little mini meer I just picked up.
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Pictured next to a full-size meer for comparison porpoises.
Great! I have always smoked VaPers in it, and I noticed long ago that they seemed a little smoother and sweeter in this pipe. About two years ago, I decided this would be a Louisiana Red or Virginia Spice pipe, depending on which was open at the time. The only regret is that the bowl is wide enough to drop most coin cuts in without bending or folding them, so it's perfect for that. I believe it was made in the 1960s, but I can't prove it. Paid $50 for it in 2001 and sure have gotten my money's worth.Quote:
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SPC Mississippi River in a MM Cob, my first bowl and I'm liking it
Samuel Gawith Navy Flake in my Savinelli Chocolat 320ks.
Mmmmmmm...
Thank you @Emperor Zurg for the tobacco! This was the last of it.
Just finished smoking GQ Classic English in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg.
Half a bowl of Watch City Americano in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer. This will finish the stash.
Listing this early so I can concentrate on work for a while: Fire Storm in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.
Holiday Mixture match in a Grabow
F&K Lancer's Slices in a Grabow
Night Cap in an MM cob
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Peretti’s #333 in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09).
Flensburger Fjord - my blend of VaBur, DFK, and a splash of cavendish. Pretty damned pleased with this.
Having a short smoke: Vincent Manil La Brumeuse Semois in a 2013 MM straight Legend.
Enjoyed some Dunhill Ultra Mild in a XX Pebble Grain billiard. Nothing like sitting outside basking in the warm sun puffing on some nice baccy.
I forgot how much I missed spring.