***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2022?***

[Chasing Embers]

SWRA

 

[The Clay King]

I haven't tried nearly enough Virginias to give a proper opinion. This current bag is supposed to contain only one Virginia but I can make out two different phenotypes and of course different leaf sizes from different parts of the plant. That's all going to make a difference in taste. And my palate is far too shot up and/or uneducated to properly discern the differences.

Look for yourself, see how different the leaves are? Color, leaf and rib thickness, feel, smell and taste.
All different but out of the same bag. You'd think the left one is Latakia but no, my Latakia is completely differently. Both leaves are lying on the same side but you can barely see the ribs on the right one.
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@Chaukisch You'll have to choose the most golden coloured Virginia leaf for the "Clay King"!
No Latakia in "Clay King" though; I think that Citrus Virginia would suit it very well, as SG Black Forest (the real life "Clay King") has a honey / lemon flavour?
Just to recap "Clay King" is a mild, golden coloured Virginia / Cavendish blend...
Finally, what would you use to get a bit of the earthy taste that you say is suited to clay pipes?
When you make the "Clay King" I recommend you sample it in a clay pipe; to make sure it is worthy of the King!!!

 

[Hillcrest]

1/2 a bowl of Arango Balkan Supreme in a Savinelli 2614KS with 6mm filter.

Well, here's a blend to smoke whilst strolling high atop the fieldstone ramparts of your castle surveying your feudal estate and awaiting the return of your beloved falcon with a hare or two for your noontime stew along with a flagon of fine aged wine and fresh baked bread.

 

[LotusEater]

EMP in a GBD Conquest Minaret

 

[The Clay King]

Captain Black Original in a Pollock Clay.
Still got 2 packets of pipe baccy and a bar of War Horse Green to smoke before Stoptober; don't want any tobacco lying around...
I might break out a fresh unsmoked clay for my SG Black Forest; this is the real "Clay King" blend!!!

 

[condorlover1]

Smoking a bowl of 2022 Ennerdale in a late 19th century meerschaum 'cutty' pipe with amberine stem and later shank repair of an indeterminate age. Looking at the banding on the shank it might be what was called Britannia Metal which was very popular for making cutlery as well as fake shillings and half crowns!

 

[The Clay King]

1/2 a bowl of Arango Balkan Supreme in a Savinelli 2614KS with 6mm filter.

Well, here's a blend to smoke whilst strolling high atop the fieldstone ramparts of your castle surveying your feudal estate and awaiting the return of your beloved falcon with a hare or two for your noontime stew along with a flagon of fine aged wine and fresh baked bread.

@Hillcrest I made a loaf of bread this morning; got salmon for dinner and going to make a crumble later!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Good ole St Bruno in a Stanwell Royal Prince model 61

 

[LotusEater]

Smoking a bowl of 2022 Ennerdale in a late 19th century meerschaum 'cutty' pipe with amberine stem and later shank repair of an indeterminate age. Looking at the banding on the shank it might be what was called Britannia Metal which was very popular for making cutlery as well as fake shillings and half crowns!

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Interesting info about the banding.
I have a Dunhill with a similar looking repair band. I really like the look - I wonder if it is The ssmecstuff?

 

[Hillcrest]

@Hillcrest I made a loaf of bread this morning; got salmon for dinner and going to make a crumble later!

Most excellent ! I had that Sunday !!!

 

[JimInks]

Gave up trying to sleep, so I'm up and smoking year 2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style.

 

[condorlover1]

Interesting info about the banding.
I have a Dunhill with a similar looking repair band. I really like the look - I wonder if it is The ssmecstuff?

SSMECSTUFF? You have lost me on that one my friend. Unless I am being unusually thick this morning due to Espresso deprivation what does ssmecstuff mean?. You are right about the banding looking very similar.

 

[LotusEater]

SSMECSTUFF? You have lost me on that one my friend. Unless I am being unusually thick this morning due to Espresso deprivation what does ssmecstuff mean?. You are right about the banding looking very similar.

Same stuff*
I’m suffering a bit from espresso intoxication

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2007 Astley’s No. 109 in a straight smooth brown circa 1950s-60s BBB Contrast 506 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[condorlover1]

Same stuff*
I’m suffering a bit from espresso intoxication

Don't mention it as it is something of an occupational hazard if you spend too much time on this forum!

 

[Skink]

Old Toby in a Old German Clay Marcus Fohr Flowing Fountain along with a black coffee.

 

[The Clay King]

Old Toby in a Old German Clay Marcus Fohr Flowing Fountain along with a black coffee.
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@Skink Nice pipe!
So Old Toby is a real pipeweed then
Do you think it suits a clay pipe???

 

[condorlover1]

Here is another of my rotation you don't see very often. It is a quiet day here in Condorville so I get to smoke a few bowls, post a few pictures and amuse the rubes! This pipe is my 'Devils Arse' or whatever you call it from the turn of the century with silver ornate shank repair sitting next to a jar of 2021 Bosuns Plug as I get ready to prepare a bowl to imbibe before lunch.

 

[ThermionicScott]

"Devil's Arse", that's what I always see first, too!

 

[cigrmaster]

2012 Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug in a Rad Davis Billiard.