Watch City's Old Dominion. It's a Virginia-Perique blend and it's spectacular. I don't know which is better, Old Dominion or 558.. Both tremendous.
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Watch City's Old Dominion. It's a Virginia-Perique blend and it's spectacular. I don't know which is better, Old Dominion or 558.. Both tremendous.
I am rather smitten with Peterson spigots. Here's the little Bluebird Rhodesian I bought from TP.
NO! It's a sitter, so it can't be a cutty! You call it what I say or will come all the way down to confiscate it!
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Yes it can. I’m rubber and you’re glue, and cherrywood bounces off me and sticks to you! I’m basing my cutty-ness off of the modern, not clay-esque cutty shapes, like the Sav below. How about a compromise and we call it a “Footed Dublin?” I first thought “CuttyWood”, but that was too reminiscent of Lorena Bobbit.NO! It's a sitter, so it can't be a cutty! You call it what I say or will come all the way down to confiscate it!
I recognize a few of those sticks. Got a few Montecristos in my humidor right now. Getting a bunch of different cigars to try is always fun. I'm more deliberate with my pipe tobacco, but I really like picking up an assortment of various 90+ rated cigars and smoking them on the patio during the warm months. I do find myself going back to the Macanudo Inspirado series and the Arturo Fuente Gran Reservas, but new sticks are always welcome.
Fed my PAD a bit. Picked up a pair of Pipe by Lee Lovat-ish pipes. They’re both 7-point star models, which dates them to the 1945-55 timeframe. (Later pipes had 5-point stars.)
I tried to get better shots of the grain—both have decent Birdseye and straight sections—but had trouble getting rid of the glare.
Smaller pipe:
Bigger one (bowl is ~2” exterior):
They each have a few dings, but the rims, bowls, and stems are in rather good condition, and in natural lighting there’s no off tint in the stain. And I stayed within my $50/pipe budget. Parsimony prevails.
I tried to get better shots of the grain—both have decent Birdseye and straight sections—but had trouble getting rid of the glare.
Smaller pipe:
Bigger one (bowl is ~2” exterior):
They each have a few dings, but the rims, bowls, and stems are in rather good condition, and in natural lighting there’s no off tint in the stain. And I stayed within my $50/pipe budget. Parsimony prevails.
I got a new 100g tin of Rattrays Marlin Flake, more 100g tins (two each) of Solani: Silver Flake and Aged Burley, some Revor Plug from a buddy (swap) and 5 more tins of HH Acadian Perique and a couple of tins of Reiner's Blend 71: Long Flake and 5 tins of Capstan Blue. Should keep me puffing for a while.
Now I await the postman with bated breath.
Now I await the postman with bated breath.
Well, I fired up the new Owl today. Smokes great, aside from the typical first smoke issues (woody taste, etc) but smokes like a champ and no gurgles at all. A little tough to get the flame down into the chamber without touching the big love rim, but that is easily overcome. Overall, a quality pipe that is a great looker and smoker. @supperthyme and @olkofri . And it’s a freehand cutty. Second place is footed Dublin, but cherrywood is nowhere to be found. 
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