What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Pipe Smoker]

I just finished a fill of Dunhill Navy Rolls in my old Kirsten Mariner. Now puffing a fill of Wessex Classic Virginia, another vaper of red Virginia and Perique.

I’m about ready to declare WCV my single favorite tobacco. Ready rubbed, with a few clumps and no flavoring, it’s just plain good. I discovered WCV about a year ago. If I’d discovered it sooner my cellar would be filled with it. Hard to find in stock nowadays.

[Emperor Zurg]

I’m about ready to declare WCV my single favorite tobacco... Hard to find in stock nowadays.

Ain't that the truth. I've seen you mention it several times so I was going to try that and a few others you mentioned but haven't been able to find any of them in stock.

[BryGuySC]

Ain't that the truth. I've seen you mention it several times so I was going to try that and a few others you mentioned but haven't been able to find any of them in stock.

Same!

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 127, Green Label in my Luciano squat bulldog. This stuff is, without a doubt, the tastiest and most satisfying aromatic that I’ve ever smoked. See my comments about it above (09-02-2018).

[bluenoser]

Enjoyed a bowl of 1q in a mm cob with a bamboo shank while grilling some burgers. Been a while since I lit a pipe and was not disappointed

[BryGuySC]

I like your dog too.

NON-TOBACCO-RELATED POST (sorry, not sorry)

Meant to mention on last response; he is a great dog! Possibly 100% American Pitt Bull.
He is a rescue, about 2 years old. Poor guy was neglected when we got him.
You could see his spine sticking out of his back. He has multiple scars and abrasions along one side of his body, some the size of your thumb.
Most of the scars now have white hair around them, making them stand out against his brindle coat. Obviously, the big ones will never have hair.
He is the sweetest, gentlest good boy! Great with little kids, and loves to snuggle!
He is still learning how to play, but he is really smart, and picks up tricks and training very quickly (except for when he is being exceptionally stubborn!).

Here are a couple pics:

This is the day he came home. Happiest dog ever!


Some of his scars:


Snuggles:


Chillin:

[Emperor Zurg]

LOL!!! Love the last pic.
He thinks he's people

[Pipe Smoker]

I opened a 4 yo tin of F&T Vintage yesterday — puffing a fill of that now. A medium Virginia with a bit of flavoring, the tin note is scrumptious. It’s the prettiest flake that I know of — light, medium, and darker bits of tobacco. Like all F&T flakes, there are two side-by-side stacks of perfectly rectangular flakes that separate easily. For me, at least, moisture is just right.

[Lostmason]

Smoking a bowl of a burley forward mix in an unfinished Sav straight Billiard.
Work called on account of rain so I figured i'ld start the weekend smokes.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 127, Green Label, in my old Kirsten Mariner. I’m enjoying this tobacco more than any other aromatic that I can recall. It’s a bit fluffy — I can’t get as much into my pipe (by weight) as I can with most other tobaccos.

I always weigh the tobacco charge on my Ohaus Scout Pro digital balance. It reads directly to 0.1 gram resolution, and I can interpolate to 0.05 grams. I can get 2.1 grams of most tobaccos into the Kirsten, but only 1.8 grams of the Solani 127.