Having a lovely cob of @Haebar Navy Flake which I jarred in Feb, 2017 so it must be close to 2 years old. Great stuff! :)
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Having a lovely cob of @Haebar Navy Flake which I jarred in Feb, 2017 so it must be close to 2 years old. Great stuff! :)
I'm glad that it has improved with age. I haven't tried any recently. Need to get busy making some more. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Thanks for the reminder! I saw it in my cellar the other day, told myself to pull it out, but didn't. Now I have to root around and find it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
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On the way to work, smoking some 2015 Sixpence, in a mid-30s Kaywoodie Thorn Oom Paul, nestled in a slightly unkempt beard.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W...Z=w216-h165-no
Puffing Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake in my Luciano squat bulldog. This is a singular tobacco — I know of no other that’s remotely like it. I don’t smoke a lot of ABF, but sometimes I just crave it, so nearly always have some in a jar, ready to go.
Puffing Solani 131, Red Label in my old Kirsten Mariner. Here’s what SmokingPipes says of it.
“For Solani's Red Label, a touch of Single malt Scotch has been added to selected bright and red Virginias from the "Old Belt", ripe Burleys and mellow, sweet black Cavendish for a "Tropical Aroma--delicious. Wild Cut.”
131 is the third of the five Solani aromatics that I ordered some time ago. I liked the second, 127, Green Label, but I like this one even better. The topping of 127 was fruity whereas the topping of 131 is savory — and I like savory.
Got bored and cracked open a tin of McClelland No. 27 Matured Virginia.
I've been hoarding my McClelland stuff, but thought I'd enjoy one.
Life is short.
A while back I bought this Mark Tinsky brandy from the American Estates section of SmokingPipes:
https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/n...duct_id=262439
Its condition was “5/5, Unsmoked”. The light band with thin dark stripes is palm wood. This pipe suits me better than any Tinsky pipe I’ve seen: straight; standard pipe shape; right size. It’s a sitter, too. I was lucky to find it for a good price as an estate pipe. The link is for the original offering — not the one I purchased it from. I used that link because it it has the third (top) view.
I first smoked the Tinsky several weeks ago and found it had an issue: the draw was a bit tight, and if I drew in a crumb of tobacco it became REALLY tight, and was hard to clear with a pipe cleaner. I figured that I was going to have to widen the draft with a 1.5 mm round needle file. But I had other things to do, so didn’t start that project until last week. When I did, I discovered that some detritus was firmly lodged in the draft, near the end of the bit. I was able to push it out with a straightened paper clip, after which the draw was free and easy. Very glad about that!
Now puffing some Escudo in the Tinsky, and it’s going down very well. I like this pipe!
Solani 639, Tropical Mango Flake, is an unusual tobacco. There may be other aromatic flakes, but I don’t know of them. It’s too intensely aromatic for me to enjoy straight, but a little bit mixed with a straight Virginia or Vaper can be tasty — and a nice change up for me. Doing that now: 75% Escudo, 25% TMF, in my old Kirsten Mariner.
Enjoying a bowl of Stokkeby's 4th Generation 1931 in a cheap briar.
C&D Bijou in a small Dr. Grabow with a cup (or 3) of Folgers. Taste like sanity.
I just popped the lid of a 4 yo tin of Capstan Medium (blue tin label) — puffing that now in my Caminetto red pot with silver spigot mount:
Caminetto Smooth Red Pot with Silver Spigot | Buy Caminetto Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
BTW — I recently saw this Jess Chonowitsch pot for an eye watering $4,500 on SmokingPipes:
Jess Chonowitsch Sandblasted Pot with Horn | Buy Jess Chonowitsch Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
The Chonowitsch is certainly a beautiful pipe, but for smoking, I wouldn’t trade my Caminetto for it, even though it cost me about 10% as much as the Chonowitsch (some years ago). And the Chonowitsch isn’t very pot-like, IMO.
Some 2015 P.S. Lux. Bullseye Flake in a meer.
I've been smoking the heck out of some GH Sweet Whisky twist in the last 24 hours in several pipes. Chief among them is a no-name French billiard that is shaped like a Dunhill LB billiard. That's why I bought it for $8.50, because of the shape. When I was deep cleaning it, I discovered that the stem was glued to the shank! Fortunately it passes a pipe cleaner through to the bowl without any trouble so I'm going to add it to the pack.
Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my newish Mark Tinsky straight brandy. I’m really liking this pipe.
And feeling lucky that I scored 20 tins of HV a couple of months ago. Hard to find this tobacco in stock.
Hiked in the mountains today (White Oak Canyon for you northern Virgins) with Mrs. Bruck, and while doing so:
1) had a lovely time
2) smoked a few mini meerfuls of something from @Haebar , I think it was his VaPer, I could get up and look at the jar but I'm too lazy. Anyway it was excellent.
3) saw a rattlesnake. nearly stepped on it but Mrs. Bruck was at my six and saw it first and hollered at me to get back
4) had to cut the hike somewhat short bcs Mrs. Bruck's left boot and its sole became legally separated :)
I hate it when an otherwise good boot sells its sole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
I boated up river yesterday with my daughter and one of her friends. Burned a wallered out, MM Diplomat full of SG, Mayor's Chocolate Flake on the way. It's a small boat with a tiller engine. That places me at the stern so even the foulest smoke doesn't bother anyone... except in the event of a tailwind. Even then, chocolate flake smells really nice.
Puffing F&T Blackjack in my Caminetto straight pot. Blackjack is a light-red ready rubbed Virginia — no flavoring added, just good tobacco flavor. Kind of fluffy, it comes in a larger than usual 50g tin.
D&R Picayune - bracing! :)
Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my Luciano squat bulldog. I generally like tapered bits on bulldogs, but the saddle bit is just right for this one.
https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/e...duct_id=246536
Had a couple bowls of Prince Albert earlier today while behind the wheel.
Now I'm on the balcony with a bowl of Sam Gawith Cabbie's Mixture in an unfinished Savinelli Series III.
What a coincidence! I had my first bowl of Picayune yesterday and loved it. But halfway through my second bowl I started feeling a little weird and nauseous - the stuff is strong! Still I love the flavor and burning characteristics. Smoked it in an E.A. Carey straight billiard with the "Magic Inch" at work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Smoking a bowl of Red Ox Twist in a Comoy's Guildhall billiard. This is pretty good tobacco for smoking.
https://i.postimg.cc/Zn7VX5D3/Comoy_...l_billiard.jpg
Want!Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
Where do you get this Red Ox Twist?
We can buy it most any decent "tobacco store" here in East Tennessee. PM me your address and I'll send you some. Just so you know, it is marketed as chewing tobacco.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Puffing Patriot Flake (Dan Tobacco, Germany) in my Mark Tinsky straight brandy. Many years ago I smoked a ton of Patriot Flake, but when my B&M stopped carrying it I quit smoking it, because B&Ms were the only places I bought pipe tobacco in those pre-Internet days. I pretty much forgot about Patriot Flake.
But a couple of months ago I came upon an empty tin of Patriot Flake that I’d used to keep paper clips handy, and that brought the tobacco to mind. SmokingPipes listed it, but “out of stock”, of course. But ten days ago it was briefly available, and I snagged five 50g tins. They arrived yesterday, and I’m puffing PF now.
It’s good stuff — lots of flavor, all natural, no topping. Like Hamborger Veermaster, another Dan tobacco, there’s a single irregular stack of flakes that don’t separate easily. Here’s what SmokingPipes says of it:
“A Dan Tobacco tribute to the brave men and women, who fought for freedom, Patriot Flake features U.S. Virginia grades and Virginia tobaccos from Mysore with additional fermentation under pressure. It is press aged, sliced thin and kept in flake form. Easily rubbed out. This blend has an excellent cool burn with a satisfyingly rich, but smooth flavor. Medium Strength.”
https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-to...roduct_id/8997
BTW — my tins don’t have the ugly German tobacco warning on the bottom half of the tin label.
About to light up a bowl of Captain Black Cherry in this Country Gentleman.
https://i.postimg.cc/Xq2G7Y5t/MM_Country_Gentleman.jpg
a bowl of lane virginia slices for breakfast, and then a half bowl of newminster 400 for afternoon. comparing these two, the lane tastes more like OGS ad the newminster clearly a macbaren product. both are good. liked the lane better initially, but the newminster has grown on me a bit.
Interestingly enough, I just laid out a flake of Peter Stokkebye, Luxury Navy. Figured I'd have a glass of white wine and some Va tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
Penzance in a sandblasted Savinelli Bing's Favorite, along with a cup of coffee.
Just finished up a bowl of some homemade Virginia/Dark Fired rope in an Ashton Brindle billiard.
https://i.postimg.cc/vH0PnnyW/Ashton_Brindle.jpg
Drying out a bowls worth of McClelland 2015.
Got a glass of chardonnay waiting to accompany it...
Actually, I was hoping to score half a pound of it to squirrel away in a mason jar. That'd prolly last me 20 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
I've got nothing against a good chaw once in a while if it doesn't smoke well. I don't make a habit of it because oral cancer doesn't sound like fun to me, but time to time I'll chew a bit of a G&H rope.
Any idea where to get it online?
... or feel like being a straw buyer? :D
Just finished two bowls of Daughters & Ryan Rimboche A.B. in a Dr. Grabow Hillcrest.
https://i.postimg.cc/jdxJQfmN/Hillcrest_001.jpg
I couldn't find it online; I don't know if businesses ship chewing tobacco across state lines anymore. I can send you a package to see if you like it. Then if you want more, I can send you however much you want. This is old-fashioned twist tobacco without any sweeteners added.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Puffing Capstan Medium (blue tin label) in my old Kirsten. Quite decent tobacco, and it’s nearly always in stock at SmokingPipes. Unusual nowadays!
And sipping Nespresso Roma coffee. Life is good!
I just opened a 3 yo tin of Solani 633, Virginia with Perique. Puffing that now in my Caminetto pot.
https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/n...duct_id=135687
A very fine Virginia.
Yes, it has a healthy dose of Perique which of course is quite high in Vitamin N :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
Had a bowl of McClelland 27 in an unfinished Savinelli Series III when I first got home tonight.
Going back to the basics now with what will probably be my last bowl of the evening.
Prince Albert in an old banded Dr. Grabow billiard. Doesn't say a model, just Dr. Grabow.
Went with a bit of Samuel Gawith Navy Flake last night in a small Stanwell Rhodesian
Puffing Solani 656, ABF, in my Luciano squat bulldog. This stuff seems so hearty to me — like good pot roast.