I agree.
Even on days I don't smoke I find myself reading through what everyone else has. Sometimes it will throw a craving on me. :pipe:
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Dunhill Nightcap in a Il Ceppo sandblasted billiard with a cup of Twining's decaf Irish breakfast tea before bed.
Just finished work and this bowl of Chatham Manor in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob. Next is Peretti’s #333 in a 2003 black sandblasted medium bend Karl Erik Ekstravagant blowfish.
Part way through this bowl of Jim’s A Blend in a 1980 three quarter bend long stem Ascorti New Dear KS egg.
Stanwell Extra Fine in a Dr. Grabow Half and Half :pipe:
As if Louisiana Flake would be a Turkish blend or heavy on the Latakia and they don't want to confuse anybody.
Erinmore Flake in the Country Gentleman, sporting a freshly cleaned Forever stem. And it snowed again this morning. Attachment 980
Morning JT,
Sorry to hear about you getting more snow that means that we across the Sound had a narrow miss. Snow is melting slowly and the worst would appear to be over.
When Bengal Slices was introduced (late 1970s) the James Russell sales rep said that it represented the English Colonial period in India. A Latakia / Virginia (thick cut) flake was pretty novel at the time and India grew strains of Virginia but no Latakia. I didn't get the connection until the head of sales explained to me that it was the color of the resulting flake, (somewhat) alternating black and yellow, like that of a bengal tiger.
PipeTobacco.Com (where I get my Louisiana Flake) also refers to it as Louisiana Perique Flake. I don't know the history of the blend but perhaps it was called the longer name at some point before a fellow of erudition, such as yourself, pointed out the repetitive nature of the mixture's name.
Pete