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2014 Mixture #1011 Pressed in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #107 (rusticated) taper billiard.
Found this Virginia base test mixture with just enough remaining for one bowl, so I lit it up without reading my blending notes from last year that said, "Didn't work!", but this sample had been pressed and now had a year of age. The verdict upon lighting..."Bloody Awful!". The pipe slapped me.
Part way through this bowl of 2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.
Having a parfait this afternoon of University Flake sandwiched between layers of SG Golden Glow
Almost finished smoking Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 1970s slight bend Caminetto business 134 poker with a gold acrylic stem.
2015 Red Ronnett's Sonnett in a 1986 Ser Jacopo R1 Maxima canadian.
Fresh, pre-pressing, we'll see how it does.
The last bowl, the test Virginia base, that started so badly, improved to inoffensive, then tolerable and then it finished well. A (relatively) similar combination is working well in another mixture so the poor start was unexpected. Emphasizes the point that small changes can have impact larger than their size would seem to indicate.
Test Blend #3 in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.
A few minutes away from smoking Test Blend #2 in a straight 2012 MM Pony Express cob.
P&W #10 in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat.
Vintage Prince Albert in a cob. I don't know how vintage, but the can didn't have a UPC symbol so it got to be at least 40+ years old. It's a little dry - in the process of slowly re-moisturizing it. But overall, very smooth, slight sweetness & depth.
P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.