What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[JimInks]

2012 Anniversary Kake in a smooth 1981 Century full bend natural egg. Have enough left for two or three more bowls.

[Bruck]

Morning Bruce,

Is this mixture whole that you're pressing (flake) or is it cut and you're mixing it?

You're in the state with the right name, north to be sure, but have you visited any tobacco farms? Just a thought but perhaps you could pick your own leaf or maybe trade a farmer some leaf for finished pipe tobacco (I doubt that many would have the ability to press as you do). At the quantity you use, they might be willing to give you some choice leaf - especially if you name the mixture after him/her or their farm .

Pete

This particular mix is just raw leaves, cut up (I've found that a pasta cutter makes a pretty good ribbon/shag cut), jarred, and shaken. But yes, normally what I do is press flake but in this case I'm trying to figure out what goes best with Silver River which I find singularly enigmatic, unlike any of the conventional tobaccos I've toyed with.

Unforch, I've never been to a tobacco farm, in fact I've never seen a tobacco plant up close and personal. OTOH, I'm pretty happy with the places I buy from

[cpmcdill]

Daughters & Ryan Picayune in a Grabow

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.

[JimInks]

Old Dark Fired in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking 2009 McClelland Beacon in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

[GWBowman]

HH Marquee White Knight

[NeverBend]

HH Marquee White Knight

In your neat Hilson Bolero?

2015 (new) Cromwell (pressed with tweak #2) in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Maxima R1 (rusticated) canadian. This ol' boy has a 4"+ shank. Iced water. My electrician is making some repairs outside and he'll install some lights for the ponds as a surprise for my wife. I'll try to post pics.

Wind's blowing hard out here, gusts around 25mph but it doesn't look like a storm is coming. Hope that you all are having a good start to the weekend. Tomorrow I'll go to the Jets-Eagles game, first time at a stadium in a while for me.

[GWBowman]

In your neat Hilson Bolero?

2015 (new) Cromwell (pressed with tweak #2) in a 1986 Ser Jacopo Maxima R1 (rusticated) canadian. This ol' boy has a 4"+ shank. Iced water. My electrician is making some repairs outside and he'll install some lights for the ponds as a surprise for my wife. I'll try to post pics.

Wind's blowing hard out here, gusts around 25mph but it doesn't look like a storm is coming. Hope that you all are having a good start to the weekend. Tomorrow I'll go to the Jets-Eagles game, first time at a stadium in a while for me.

Yes, I finally loaded a bowl. Seems the bowl has an odd taper inside (can't get my little finger in far enough to touch the bottom) and looks like the hole comes into the bowl a little high. After dumping it out, the bottom of the bowl looks wet, but it never gurgled. Haven't seen much about Hilson. The stem is a cheap plastic and there are no markings. Does that sound like a knockoff?