I'm in for that game , too. The Fox channel is showing last night's game while we wait today's out.
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Part way through this bowl of Watch City Flake #558 in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315. Have enough left for a bowl or so. Simply Lemonade is my drink.
I feel whole again, thansk @JimInks
some kind of Virginia in a Ser Jacopo Gem Series
Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a Dr. Grabow Omega. Very pleased with this, I'll have no problems finishing this tin, I'll leave the other one alone to season...should have got more!
Landon, that's the refrain of all pipe smokers, "I should have gotten more."
Just finished last and starting:
1996 Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake in a 1961 Barling's Make #7574 smooth canadian.
Still a pronounced Lakeland essence but the tobacco has aged very well (I opened it in 2014 and stored in a mason since). Moves like a defensive lineman who could still dance ballet and a it has a great snork. Very firm but not pushy.
I'm like a dog at the end of his leash, always reaching and hoping for more but my wallet won't allow it!
As for the 1792, would you classify it as Lakeland? I never got any soapyness or floral notes out of it but the tonquin bean flavor is definite.
Finished up that small flake of Orlik and now going to move on to a Schizo cigar. Going to run a few errands now.
Walnut in a 1977 straight black rusticated Sir Brent billiard with a lucite stem and silver band repair.
@NeverBend 's "Pink i (vac)" in a Grabow rusticated pot
Good question. I'd call it a Lakeland because there's more (that I smell) in there than just tonquin and it's pretty heavy (for me). I don't (can't?) distinguish the individual aromas in Lakelands so when a Gawith (either company) mixture is heavily top sauced I think Lakeland.
I was drawn to it in 1996, because of the tonquin, when I was realized that my Elephant & Castle stash was shrinking fast. McConnell (E&C) used coumarin that's related to tonquin (both extracted from the tonka bean). McConnell used coumarin sparingly while the Gawiths and Germain can have a heavy hand with tonquin but the 1792 is a very good tobacco, well made and with a lot of flavor.
How's that Red Rapp doing for you?
Part way through this bowl of H&H Mazatec in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog. Have enough left for a bowl or so.
Hearth & Home Ten to Midnight in a Canterbury straight billiard
mcclelland 620 mocha black on the drive to work and peter stokkebye french vanilla on the drive home. Both in the mm Ozark
A touch of Old Joe K in my spankin' new Mastercraft, both courtesy of @Branzig . Thanks again!
Part way through this bowl of MacBaren HH Bold Kentucky in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl.
Just enjoyed a Cob of Ole Shenandoah Barrel No. 76 on a beautiful sunny afternoon!
R.O.'s Fire Storm in a straight John Bessai poker.
Dunhill Navy Rolls in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog. Ice water chilled to the proper temperature with floaty li'l icebergs is my drink.
Hearth & Home Obsidian in a MM Twain churchwarden
Just finished smoking Sutliff Golden Age in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051.
Chatham Manor in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash.
Smoking one of my samples in a Savinelli 413 ks. Review coming soon.
Just finished Angler's Dream in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark.
Jim’s B Blend in a smooth 1998 Parker 489 three quarter bend Billiard.
Kicking off the weekend with some Haddo's delight in a birth year Old Church. Date night with the wifey.
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Larry's Blend in a Goedewaagen Baronite.
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Old Colonial in an old grain relief, partly smooth full bend "V" shape bowl Ben Wade Prominence freehand with the letter A and the numeral 2 in circles.
Sliced some rope into a WWII era Barling YOW smooth saddle billiard.
Reading Baseball standings and stats and musing if Adrian Gonzalez hasn't gotten off to one of the hottest starts ever?
Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.
Watch City Christmas Past 2014 in a tan etched medium bend 2001 Rinaldo Sahara 2 Acorn round at the shank, pointy at the opposite top.
H&H Virginia Spice in a no-name straight billiard
St. James Plug in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer.
Beautiful day today. Took a walk after lunch. Orlik Golden Mixture in MM Legend cob.
2014 Escudo Navy De Luxe in a 1983 Ser Jacopo Gemma Granato smooth taper squat billiard with silver/gold/silver band.
I forgot to wish this pipe a happy 32nd birthday because he was made on 4-5-1983. Happy Birthday!
Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a MM Legend strait
Red Rapparee in a cob thanks to @Branzig
Half way through this bowl of 2007 MacBaren HH Matured Virginia in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band. This finishes the sample.
Carter Hall in a Peterson sterling silver mount Spigot x105 sorely in need of a good cleaning, as most of my briars are. Time to get out the 151 rum and do a good spring cleaning.