What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Pipe Smoker]

I opened another tin of Escudo earlier this morning. The coins were very neatly formed. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren’t.

Now puffing mild and tasty Hamborger Veermaster.

[Pipe Smoker]

Well... I don't know. If you like aromatics maybe. It's a typical Cavendish blend; sweet, thin tasting, good smelling, no nicotine or tobacco flavor whatsoever... The topping is nice I guess. I'm just not too much into aros. I picked it for a walk in the woods with my daughter... wanted something nice smelling. It certainly fit the bill for that.

You might try Fribourg & Treyer Vintage. A Virginia with lots of flavor and a pleasant room note. I’ve had many compliments from non smokers.

Edit: I used to smoke Vintage in the beer garden of Kaiserhof, my favorite San Diego restaurant. That’s where I got the compliments. Then a customer complained about the smell of somebody’s cigar, so the owner banned cigars AND PIPES! Not fair!

[Emperor Zurg]

I was taught how to do it back in the mid-nineties but haven't done it since. Don't you immerse the stem (to the point where you want to bend it) in boiling-hot water and then pull it out and bend it gently?

I couldn't get it to work with water. I used a heat gun on low heat and yes, cram a bunch of pipe cleaners down the stem to make sure it doesn't collapse whem you bend it.

You might try Fribourg & Treyer Vintage. A Virginia with lots of flavor and a pleasant room note. I’ve had many compliments from non smokers.

Edit: I used to smoke Vintage in the beer garden of Kaiserhof, my favorite San Diego restaurant. That’s where I got the compliments. Then a customer complained about the smell of somebody’s cigar, so the owner banned cigars AND PIPES! Not fair!

I'll have to add a tin on an order sometime.

They probably have to ban pipes along with cigarettes and cigars. Otherwise some jackass would just show up with a bowl of Nightcap or D&R Picayune which smells at least as bad as a cigarette, if not worse.

[Cool Breeze]

About to light a bowl of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in an old banded Dr. Grabow Berwyck.
I love this tobacco and this pipe.

[AlanS]

About to light a bowl of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in an old banded Dr. Grabow Berwyck.
I love this tobacco and this pipe.

Pretty sure I’ve met you before...

[Scott W.]

Velvet, stanwell billiard
HH Larry’s blend, Nording churchwarden
Carter Hall, cheap H.I.S. churchwarden

[Cool Breeze]

Got the day off today (one of the perks that come with working for a government agency) and am out on the balcony getting ready to study, smoking Sam Gawith Full Virginia Flake in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog and sipping a cup of coffee.
Life is good.

[Haebar]

Got off early this afternoon because of President's Day. Smoking a bowl of G&H Dark Bird's Eye in a Hendon billiard. Drinking diet Pepsi and relaxing.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Escudo in my venerable Kirsten Mariner. After finishing this fill I’m going to get out my bench “stone” to sharpen the edges of my Kirsten reamer. It’s milled from steel bar stock with six cutting edges, and has a beautifully knurled brass handle.

I put “stone” in quotes because it’s actually a slab of stainless steel, 11-1/2” x 2-1/2” x 3/8”, with 325 diamond grit on one 11-1/2” x 2-1/2” surface.

[Emperor Zurg]

G&H Sweet Whiskey Twist in a gourd calabash.
I love these ropes... especially in this pipe. One day I'm going to spring for a brand new one.