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Quite a few. Pipe baccy is cheap when you look at the cost/bowl ratio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynn
Thank you. I lucked out and bought this one from B&B when the groupon was going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alligator Gar
Sure is. Check out my cleanup thread. http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/showth...ic-pipe-repairQuote:
Originally Posted by Alligator Gar
Now smoking half a bowl of Peterson’s Irish Whisky in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer. This will finish the sample.
There are probably more documentaries on the follies of WWII than the victories. At least Hitler always loses in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by freestoke
Of course it doesn't stand up to the fine journalism of country club life and gofers. :D
H&H Cerberus in a MM General
GH Ennerdale Flake in a Highlander Mt Laurel pot
A few minutes away from smoking GQ Askwith Kake in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315. I've enough for one more bowl.
Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake In my Blue4u Peterson 999
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SWRA in a slight bend 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 grain etched with a smooth front.
Almost finished smoking Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.
Yesterday smoked Peter Stokkebye Navy Flake for the first time (fold & stuff). Loved it.
Today smoked Peter Stokkebye Turkish #84 for the first time. Hated it.
Starting the morning of this glorious day with Wolfgang's Requiem as I sip some well oiled java and my Capitello Jonico I with it's belly full of Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake.
It's sweet again! Hail Wolfie!
MM965 in a no name apple making traffic a bit more bearable this morning.
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Jack, you're becoming my (at least) pipe photo journalist. I'm in there commuting with you. You take better pics driving in your car on your cell than I could with a whole Canon digital SLR do-up. Appreciate the excellent work.Quote:
Originally Posted by JustTroItIn
Still on the Louisiana Flake but planning ahead to:
2015 Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a Ser Jacopo (one of those boys). I'm already tempting fate but I'll change to some Joe Pass/Wes Montgomery to see if I've gotten (at least part) of my mojo back. Too much Mozart makes me think that I'm already in heaven (especially if my flake's smoking sweet) and Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beatty - Julie Christie).
I went to Peterson University Flake with a Rhodesian A bit cool this morning May do some Trout fishing
I used to have this idea of retiring at 50 to a hut on a pier in the South Pacific and taking my dingy out to fish for my breakfast every morning (maybe sashimi). Now I'm 60 and there's no hut, let alone water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basment_Shaman
I guess I'll have to contradict myself, Wes Montgomery it is but I misplaced the remaining half pound of Louisiana Flake I've been working from (duh - never did that before) and I'm ruminating on Shaman fishing (me by proxy) with some 2015 Gawith Hoggarth Balkan Mixture in a 1950s Comoy Extraordinaire sandblast saddle billiard.
For some reasoon, snowflakes the size of dinner napkins, falling from the sky in late April, remind me of Sir Patrick Stewart's tweet, "All I wanted to do was set up a new account with @TWCable_NYC but 36hrs later I've lost the will to live." Smoking some BBF and drinking lots of coffee to keep warm.
Incidentally, I just thoroughly reamed my 4Dot, cleaned the stem, and generally shaped it up. Why do I manage to let my pipes get in such deplorable condition? They smoke so much better this way.
Starting off my smoking day with Ogden’s Walnut in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and military bit. Have enough left for a bowl or so.
Morning Jim,Quote:
Originally Posted by freestoke
Sorry about the snowflakes, we're just getting the cold and not the precipitation. Careful what you say least some dazzling young entrepreneurial mind try to make self cleaning pipes.
My friend changed providers to Verizon and the day afterwards, after a reboot, their Internet service was gone. They called. Then I gave them tips before they called. I called on their behalf and finally I went to my friends house and found that their settings had been changed. I called Verizon (again) and they denied having made any changes so I emailed Verizon with a cc to my attorney that they must have noticed because a competent tech called soon after. Yup, their bad, sorry, here's the correct settings. Would you believe that they gave me sh*t about getting a credit for the two weeks they went without service! (and of course that took an hour to get done).Quote:
Originally Posted by freestoke
I found my Louisiana Flake but the raccoons got to it and there's 3oz missing and they peed in my ashtray, anti-social dorks. Had they asked, I'd have vacuum sealed some for them, but instead they'll run around sucking the LA flake for days (hmm, not a bad idea) but at least I'll be able to smell them coming. Good thing it wasn't Ennerdale or I'd have had to call FEMA (speaking of losing the will to live).
2015 Gawith Hoggarth Balkan Mixture in a 1963 Barling #6106 sandblast taper billiard.
I'm sitting on the banks of the Provo river watching trout rise on the hatch, finishing a bowl before I tie an emerging Caddis on and start the spanking. And then I remember I'm at work, depending on Shaman to do my spanking for me. Did that sound weird? I think it did, a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
Just popped a fresh tin of FVF. Trying to decide on the appropriate pipe while a couple flakes are drying. Wanted to try out a nice little British made Wally Frank acorn I picked up on Ebay before I discovered that the draw produces a sound exactly like that of a penny whistle.
Decided to take a break from the RY and loaded up a big Sav rusticated pot with GLP Picadilli. I wonder why he spells it with an I instead of a y.
Watch City Jolly Bastard in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer. The name of the tobacco makes me feel too self conscious. :p
Been listening to Wes all day because he's playing so hot. I used to think that on any given note I sounded like him but it was the next note that always caused me problems.
2015 Dunhill Mixture #965 in an early 1970s Castello Epoca saddle billiard.
Just finished smoking Jim's Test VaPer in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera.
McClelland Black Tie in a medium bend 1983 Ascorti New Dear KS.
2014 Charles Fairmorn Lancer's Slices in an early 1970s Caminetto Business #104 saddle billiard.
@freestoke caught the brunt of it but Winter made a surprise appearance in late April and like the unwanted dinner guest reappearing because they can't find their keys, I wish they would have walked home.
Hearth & Home Ten to Midnight in a Canterbury lovat
Escudo in a Malaga.
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Just finished smoking MacBaren HH Bold Kentucky in a small 1982 three quarter bend meer with a smiling turbaned Turk's head. Next is 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.
Part way through this bowl of Watch City Jolly Bastard in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.
Polishing off some BBF in my freshly cleaned 4Dot, pondering great music. Anybody in the tradition of Django Reinhardt gets my vote, Pete! Not sure my jazz appreciation extends far enough to enjoy him jamming with John Coltrane, but I've heard Wes play some dynamite stuff! Like about 99% of aspiring guitarists, I stand in total awe of virtuosi. Try as we might, we just don't quite get there, ya know? I do love Bach, though. I'm fairly convinced he was a visitor from another planet. This girl is absolutely out of this world -- and she even plays a little guitar. Well -- a lot of guitar, actually. Think I'll kick back with an after-dinner bowl of BBF and nice cup of coffee and listen to some Bach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw0TUqnaoQQ
GQ Askwith Kake in a 1982 black grain relief sandblasted three quarter bend W.O. Larsen Dublinish pipe. This will finish my stash of AK, durn it!
Jim,Quote:
Originally Posted by freestoke
I'll get the obvious out of the way, she's damn cute.
I share your admiration for virtuosi and Tatyana Ryzhkova's playing (from this track) is absolutely virtuoso level. Stunning - knocked my socks off. You know your stuff, but I knew that and you knew that I knew that.
She plays with similar assurance in technique, melody and line as Williams and is as (or more) dexterous but she has more dynamic scope and vivacity. Simply, there's more life in her playing than I heard in Williams last year (she compares to Parkening this way (in the 1980s) but she has better technique).
So I had a Mozart morning and Wes the rest of the day and tonight I'll be listening to Tatyana Ryzhkova (I'm repeating her name to learn it).
Many thanks for sharing her (stop fellas, not that kind of sharing - be sivil).
Pete
2014 Charles Fairmorn Lancer's Slices in a 1950s Barling Ye Olde Wood Fossil #252 saddle billiard.
Aristocrat blend from John B. Hayes of Winchester VA, in a Canterbury billiard
Tatyana was here with me as I smoked some JackKnife plug in a cob. She mentioned she'd rather have me smoking plug than chewing it, and I couldn't agree more.
Walnut in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat.
Tried my first bowl of ODF this evening in a Legend. My wife came out to complain I was stinking up the house through the vents. From the descriptions I have read, I thought it would be as strong or stronger than Royal Yacht. It is not. It is, however much harsher and has that 'hit the back of the throat' thing some Burleys do. It is similar in taste to Kendal Kentucky, but a little sweeter, a little weaker and a little harsher. I have four ounces of ready rubbed and 100g of flake, but unless it grows on me, I probably won't buy more. When will I learn, the only tobacco I need to buy is Royal Yacht.
Listing this a few minutes early: Dunhill Navy Rolls in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog.
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sent from my bag phone
Just wanted to thread jack you here and tell you everything you sent is smoking magnificently. I'm smoking one of my favorites, the Full Virginia flake and it is superb, as always. I also broke down and thin sliced and rubbed the JackKnife Plug you sent me. That's a manly, tasty damn tobacco that's going to come home to papa in a two ounce tin. And the aged Firestorm, one of the finest, most complex blends to date. I've been having a ball, Warren. Keep doing God's work, man. You sure upped my game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pugsley