What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Angler's Dream in a 2003 paneled black grain relief medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant freehand sitter with a smooth rim.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking D&R William’s Delight in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band. A busy day here.

[JimInks]

About a third of the way through this bowl of Jim’s B Blend in a smooth 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49.

[JimInks]

Marlin Flake in a 2015 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend tomato military mount with an aluminum accent, horn ferrule, and cumberland p-lip stem.

[NeverBend]

Just finished...

2015 Cromwell in a 1970s Caminetto Business (rusticated) #104 saddle billiard. Diet Ginger Ale (Canada Dry for those keeping score).

just starting...
2015 Cromwell in a 1987 Capitello Ionico II (rusticated) taper billiard.

It was perhaps 1975 at Roosevelt Raceway (trotters and pacers) in Westbury NY. I bet a $20 exacta on Scotside (16-1) and Hermes Lobell (18-1) and $20 on the reverse of Hermes Lobell and Scotside. As the race started the tote board showed that this exacta was paying $552.00! That's an important number because it was a big payout but still below $600 (for a $2 bet) and that's the threshold where you are taxed on winnings (299-1).

These two longshots ran after each other, taking and relinquishing the lead, both times around the track but at the wire, Nappy Raider, the 3-5 favorite (from the 8 hole and in pacing, that's unusual), nosed out Hermes Lobell for second.

Had Nappy Raider a slightly smaller nose I'd have won ~$5500 dollars, a big chunk of tax free cash in 1975 (>$25,000 today), but it didn't happen, and now it's just another story but I bring it up because this version of Cromwell is leading all around the track and I can only hope that it holds on to be a winner.

[JimInks]

Now smoking the best durn tobacco made today: Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful spaghetti dinner with a bowl of Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog. Ice water chilled to the proper temperature with floaty li'l icebergs is my drink for the rest of the evening. Time for Mets -Dodgers.

[Bruck]

Some tambolaka from our friend @Shemp Jizzle in a brand new unfinished briar. The tobacco's in the briar, not Shemp. Just thought I'd clarify.

First experience with tambo. Interesting flavor - deep tobacco flavor with some citrus and spicy or floral notes. It was a little dry but it burns well. I don't think I'll hydrate the rest of it. The needle on the nicotine meter snapped off.

The pipe is from a lot of unfinished no-brand pipes I picked up on the bay of E. Smokes pretty well. I'll leave this one unfinished just for the sake of variety.

[JimInks]

P&W #515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot.

[NeverBend]

2015 Cromwell in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Renaissance #107 (rusticated) taper billiard. Diet Canada Dry Ginger Ale on a lovely evening.