***What Are You Smoking, October 2023?***
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CRP Turkish in an old "Parker's" while continuing to slog through Rise and Fall...(Norway and Denmark have just been invaded) 
Pipe Force V in my largest and probably my favorite Satou. All of my Satou’s are bent Dublin variations with bamboo. This blend makes me want to start stoving Virginia, it treats my mouth well.
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Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed in a Plum Radice Rind Pot. 
I was just thinking about stoving some Capstan, love that blend.
an afternoon smoke of aged Dunhill Dark Flake in a Stanwell Handmade Selected Briar model 61 medium billiard
Classic blend Brother Ben.
You should have a bowl or three, that Satou deserves some loving!
Steamshovel in the Barling Straight Grain from James J Fox Co.
Mondays suck, but this pipe helps.
Mondays suck, but this pipe helps.
Burley Morning Pipe in the J&H on a chilly morning. Cheers!
Kendal Exclusiv Black Cherry is my favourite cherry aro. It’s got a very natural flavour in the Danish style and if you’ve not tried it yet I wholly recommend it. Actually I’ve not had it for some time and should grab some more.
Thanks mate, how’s things going for you in Korea? Have you found any good Korean tobaccos yet?
That grain looks like it was set down with a ruler, absolutely fabulous
Fairly spectacular for a British factory-made piece from the 60s. It'd make a Charatan blush.That grain looks like it was set down with a ruler, absolutely fabulous
Lovely pipe Jim, I’ve been looking at Mayfair’s, do you know if they went through the same oven curing process as the Dots?
C&D Apricots & Cream in my Savinelli that my wife bought for me.
I recommend a Commodore if you can find one, I love mine and agree that Dr G made some excellent pipes. I can’t speak for the new ones but my Commodore, Riviera and CDL’s are great smokers.View attachment 253815
It's a pretty chilly autumn evening here in Minnesota, so I figured I'd load up the early 2000's Lane era Dr. Grabow Lark with some Cornell & Diehl Autumn Evening!
I've been smoking this Dr. Grabow once a day since I picked it up new and still sealed in the original package on eBay about 3 weeks ago, and I was really surprised by what a wonderful little smoker it is! The stem material feels a bit cheaper than Savinelli's acrylic or Peterson's vulcanite, but it's still pleasant to clench and for a pipe less than half the price of a Savinelli or Peterson I really can't complain at all. I've been smoking it without a filter and the draw is a little looser than my Savinellis or Petersons, but that's easily remedied just by packing the tobacco a little more tightly than usual in the bowl until the draw feels right or—as I just discovered—putting a Savinelli 6mm adapter in it.
All in all it's just a great little pipe that's quickly become one of my favorites to smoke, and I think I may have to pick up a couple modern current production Dr. Grabows to see if they smoke as well as this one. The Royalton line looks especially snazzy!
Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my iPhone
My only bamboo shank pipe is a Kaywoodie Mandarin which I generally use for mild English blends but I’m curious, as bamboo is so absorbent do you find they ghost easily?
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