What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Bruck]

Having a lovely cob of @Haebar Navy Flake which I jarred in Feb, 2017 so it must be close to 2 years old. Great stuff!

[Haebar]

Having a lovely cob of @Haebar Navy Flake which I jarred in Feb, 2017 so it must be close to 2 years old. Great stuff!

I'm glad that it has improved with age. I haven't tried any recently. Need to get busy making some more. Thanks.

[BryGuySC]

I'm glad that it has improved with age. I haven't tried any recently. Need to get busy making some more. Thanks.

Thanks for the reminder! I saw it in my cellar the other day, told myself to pull it out, but didn't. Now I have to root around and find it.

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On the way to work, smoking some 2015 Sixpence, in a mid-30s Kaywoodie Thorn Oom Paul, nestled in a slightly unkempt beard.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake in my Luciano squat bulldog. This is a singular tobacco — I know of no other that’s remotely like it. I don’t smoke a lot of ABF, but sometimes I just crave it, so nearly always have some in a jar, ready to go.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani 131, Red Label in my old Kirsten Mariner. Here’s what SmokingPipes says of it.

“For Solani's Red Label, a touch of Single malt Scotch has been added to selected bright and red Virginias from the "Old Belt", ripe Burleys and mellow, sweet black Cavendish for a "Tropical Aroma--delicious. Wild Cut.”

131 is the third of the five Solani aromatics that I ordered some time ago. I liked the second, 127, Green Label, but I like this one even better. The topping of 127 was fruity whereas the topping of 131 is savory — and I like savory.

[Cool Breeze]

Got bored and cracked open a tin of McClelland No. 27 Matured Virginia.
I've been hoarding my McClelland stuff, but thought I'd enjoy one.

Life is short.

[Pipe Smoker]

A while back I bought this Mark Tinsky brandy from the American Estates section of SmokingPipes:

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/n...duct_id=262439

Its condition was “5/5, Unsmoked”. The light band with thin dark stripes is palm wood. This pipe suits me better than any Tinsky pipe I’ve seen: straight; standard pipe shape; right size. It’s a sitter, too. I was lucky to find it for a good price as an estate pipe. The link is for the original offering — not the one I purchased it from. I used that link because it it has the third (top) view.

I first smoked the Tinsky several weeks ago and found it had an issue: the draw was a bit tight, and if I drew in a crumb of tobacco it became REALLY tight, and was hard to clear with a pipe cleaner. I figured that I was going to have to widen the draft with a 1.5 mm round needle file. But I had other things to do, so didn’t start that project until last week. When I did, I discovered that some detritus was firmly lodged in the draft, near the end of the bit. I was able to push it out with a straightened paper clip, after which the draw was free and easy. Very glad about that!

Now puffing some Escudo in the Tinsky, and it’s going down very well. I like this pipe!

[Pipe Smoker]

Solani 639, Tropical Mango Flake, is an unusual tobacco. There may be other aromatic flakes, but I don’t know of them. It’s too intensely aromatic for me to enjoy straight, but a little bit mixed with a straight Virginia or Vaper can be tasty — and a nice change up for me. Doing that now: 75% Escudo, 25% TMF, in my old Kirsten Mariner.

[Bruck]

Enjoying a bowl of Stokkeby's 4th Generation 1931 in a cheap briar.

[GWBowman]

C&D Bijou in a small Dr. Grabow with a cup (or 3) of Folgers. Taste like sanity.