***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2022?***
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This afternoon CC Rivendell minus Burley (picked out) in a Vauen Olaf bent egg ... as before in the Barontini ... this time like smoking a whole loaf of warm french bread which probably isn't good for my diet ! 
Towards the end a bit of perique then a mild citrusy tomato taste. Very very smooth.
Funny note while smoking: Got a panic recording call from 'Dear Leader' of local gov't at 4:25pm - Tornado warning in my area from 4:30 - 6:00 pm - everybody panic, batten hatches !!; I immediately went on National Weather Service and local TV news - Tornado warning called off 2 hrs ago and no rain in 50 mile radius of me until after 8pm !! Glad I didn't put out pipe ! We do expect 2 inches of rain in next 36 hrs which we need. Be Nice - Remember they are here to help !
Towards the end a bit of perique then a mild citrusy tomato taste. Very very smooth. Funny note while smoking: Got a panic recording call from 'Dear Leader' of local gov't at 4:25pm - Tornado warning in my area from 4:30 - 6:00 pm - everybody panic, batten hatches !!
; I immediately went on National Weather Service and local TV news - Tornado warning called off 2 hrs ago and no rain in 50 mile radius of me until after 8pm !! Glad I didn't put out pipe ! We do expect 2 inches of rain in next 36 hrs which we need. Be Nice - Remember they are here to help ! 
2010 Symphony at work in a Don Carlos Notturno.
The rain stopped, and I managed to get in a set of walking reps though it was rather muggy. Smoked a bowl of unreleased Sutliff VaPer in a 1970's straight rusticated black Savinelli Estella 915 KS dublin with a flared top and pearl brown acrylic saddle stem. Deciding on my next smoke as I type this.
Beautiful grain !
Bruto called it a 360° straight grain. Pity he doesn't blast, the rings would've been incredible!
Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake (Kendal Mayor).
A middle of the road VaBur with no trace of chocolate in the tin or after drying. Hard to keep lit too.
When more comes available I’m going to try Bob’s Chocolate flake.
A blessed Labor Day to you all.
A middle of the road VaBur with no trace of chocolate in the tin or after drying. Hard to keep lit too.
When more comes available I’m going to try Bob’s Chocolate flake.
A blessed Labor Day to you all.
Marlin Flake in a Cornelius Manz squashed tomato.
@Chaukisch I like the basket weave on your clay pipe; I've just made a woven basket today!First a wall of text and then a picture.
Sorry to clutter up your screens and this nice thread, ladies and gentlemen.
A recent conversation with our King of Clay, halfdan, inspired me to find a new way to clean out the long stem of my clay pipe. Regular pipe cleaners are too short, paying more for longer ones is out of the question and I'm too forgetful and lazy to harvest new pipe weed/moor grass all the time.
I used to waste lighter gas to burn it out, that's no good. These days it's downright disrespectful
and that's something I don't want to be.
So I remembered the wooden skewers I used for shashlik one year and sanded one of them down until it was thin enough to fit through the stem.
I can even roll up a tiny ball of tissue paper and stuff it down all the way into the chamber, just like a muzzle loader. It's lots of fun!It's also pretty strong and flexible, I predict many uses out of it.
Clay pipes don't soak up moisture well at all and I often like to draw up some heat, so it often starts to gurgle. Now I push this down the stem and the wood will soak everything up and clear it in seconds.
So I don't need to burn my clay anymore, this allows me a little modification I used before:
Strong hemp wick around the chamber, where I like to hold it and where my clay likes to burn me.
Bound tightly and roasted over a flame.
You can bind it in many ways and to me it'll always look and feel great. I can just put it on the table and the chamber will be at a nice enough angle - it won't spill. That's also great. It also doesn't add much weight so clenching it is still no problem.
And here it is, filled to the brim with that "Jolly Turk" batch I made up.
(30% Oriental, 25% bright and dark Kentucky, 15% bright Latakia Virginia, 15% Virginia and 15% Burley)
I gotta admit that my previous "bind" looked much better, this one is quite unshapely.
Soon I'm going to burn/clean the clay out properly in a bed of hot coals, then rebind it with a nicer shape.
But for now I'll just enjoy the good tobacco.And wish you all a good time to enjoy.
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Just passing the quarter mark on this bowl of year 2018 Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe w
as formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
as formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
St. Bruno Ready Rubbed in Peterson Standard System 313
One thing that’s great is that if you don’t like a pipe tobacco you can always put it away and let it age, or blend it with something else!
My main struggle is getting a good pack and burn without a million relights. In my briar it still eludes me, but in my cob (to which I delegate the aromatics) I’ve no issues.
Still need my training wheels!
HH Old Dark Fired in a Savinelli 673. 
Just opened a new tin of Carolina red flake 2018 and I think it's coming along nicely. Pinch of perique suits my taste
(Savinelli Punto Oro 111 KS Oceano)
Going to have Wilkes Pipe Tobacco #515 in a Peterson’s Pipe of the Year 2021 Terracotta Dutch Billiard (122/500) 4AB (maybe a tad cliché, but, fun and appropriate, although the wrong colour pipe if I recall correctly).
2017 st James plug while weeding the hot house. I’ve come to the conclusion that this is my favourite blend.
MB 7 Seas in a Nording handmade Dublin.
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