What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Cool Breeze]

it is absolutely fascinating to read what you guys smoke and what you smoke it in...

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.

[Lynn]

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.

I been reading about pipes, tobaccos, working on pipes, on the forum and I just didnt know how deep it could go before this..Fascinating

[Pugsley]

Dunhill Nightcap in a Il Ceppo sandblasted billiard with a cup of Twining's decaf Irish breakfast tea before bed.

[JimInks]

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.

[Pugsley]

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.

Jim, I have to ask. How many pipes do you have in your regular rotation, and how many more make a cameo appearance from time to time?

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Jim’s A Blend in a 1980 three quarter bend long stem Ascorti New Dear KS egg.

[Tobias Lutz]

Stanwell Extra Fine in a Dr. Grabow Half and Half

[NeverBend]

G&H Louisiana Perique Flake in a Grabow Omega.

Morning Landon,

A bit further back in this thread (yesterday) Freestoke corrected me when I wrote "Louisiana Perique Flake". Pipes & Cigars (others) adds the word Perique to the name but the G&H box says "Louisiana Flake" FYI.

Pete

[freestoke]

Morning Landon,

A bit further back in this thread (yesterday) Freestoke corrected me when I wrote "Louisiana Perique Flake". Pipes & Cigars (others) adds the word Perique to the name but the G&H box says "Louisiana Flake" FYI.

Pete

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. icon_kap.gif

[NeverBend]

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. icon_kap.gif

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