What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Bruck]

Sweet sweet sun. I've missed it. Dunhill Durbar in a Pete.



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Brandon - I hope you don't mind my noticing the hole in the roof of your deck tent. When I had one of those, Mrs. Bruck and I would patch the holes with iron-on fabric patches. Worked great.

[Bruck]

Smoking a bowl of English Navy Flake, my second attempt at making a flake. Smoking it in a little "The 3/4 oz. briar". It smokes pretty good, but the flakes don't stay together very well. Back to the drawing board.

@Haebar - I don't think you'll be able to generate the pressures needed with just wood and clamps. However, if you want to stick with your current setup, I recommend (1) hydrating the leaves a little more, (2) applying as much pressure as your rig will sustain without damage, and (3) leaving the brick under pressure for a few weeks or more. That might work.

[Branzig]

Brandon - I hope you don't mind my noticing the hole in the roof of your deck tent. When I had one of those, Mrs. Bruck and I would patch the holes with iron-on fabric patches. Worked great.

That would be a grommet hole, good sir

But if a true hole does happen to pop up, I shall heed that advice! It's a good life tip!

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[Haebar]

Having a bowl of some Navy Cake in a Hendon billiard. This is my second batch of tobacco cake and it turned out good. Have learned that it is easier to press a cake than it is to press a flake with c-clamps. I'm either going to quit making flake or else start calling it something else. Could I call it Cavendish?

[Haebar]

Just finished a bowl of G.L. Pease Sixpence in an Ashton Canadian with a replacement stem.

@Haebar - I don't think you'll be able to generate the pressures needed with just wood and clamps. However, if you want to stick with your current setup, I recommend (1) hydrating the leaves a little more, (2) applying as much pressure as your rig will sustain without damage, and (3) leaving the brick under pressure for a few weeks or more. That might work.

I agree with you about the pressure topic; C-clamps just don't produce enough force the way I'm doing it. Don't really want to invest in building a hydraulic press right now, so I guess I'll just stick to making kakes for the time being. The brick was kept pressed for 2 weeks. I sprayed the whole leaves with Rum, brown sugar, and a dab of vinegar; even that didn't hold them together very well. One thing I was thinking about as I was building the leaf pile was how the Latakia chunks (from whole leaf) didn't lay down flat like the rest of the leaves. I wonder if that had anything to do with the delamination of the flakes? Or maybe the ulu that I am cutting the slices is too thick? I think it is just the pressure issue.

[droy1958]

SPC Plum Pudding in an Olde Classic.....

Ditto this today......

[bluenoser]

Enjoying a bowl of Vermont meat candy in the freehand pickaxe.

[Lostmason]

Captain Black Cherry in a 3/4 bent Ol-Vic

[Lostmason]

SPS Molto Dolce in a DG Savoy, straight with a saddle bit

[Lostmason]

Captain Black Royal in my Casillero, straight with a saddle bit