Pegasus with 5 brothers in a Radice. With coffee
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Old Fredder’s Broken Flake in a Peterson 106.
Been out of circulation (and smokeless) a few days. Family stuff going on. Finally found space and time to light up some McConnell's Scottish Cake in the Peterson army mount bent Rhodesian. Didn't take a pic of those because you already know what they look like. Proper spring weather here at last, and doing some work in our local churchyard, and noticed this one I'd never seen before - look at the name... 
Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with unsalted peanuts and a golden delicious apple lunch. I'm nearing the half way mark of this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star Peru Penachi Fair Trade Organic, neat, is my drink. Taking a break from estate pipe cleaning. The beautiful day has turned to hard rain so I doubt I'll see Abner the Eager or Tomato the Brave for a while. Harry the Hairy is snoozin' on m'lady's chair. Sleepy Suzy is by my side. Molly Danger is snoozin' with m'lady. Daisy the Feral Princess was snoozin', but she's showing some happiness after another meal.
Peterson Army with Prince Albert
And March Madness. Soft day at the office.
And March Madness. Soft day at the office.
My last tin of EGR. Savinelli Clark’s Favorite.
GLP Abingdon in this fancy pipe. I know its fancy because it's called
"LaStrada" Maestro. I found the unsmoked stummel in a box of NOS basket pipes in a cigar shop 18 years ago. I put the stem from a MM cob on it........fancy.
"LaStrada" Maestro. I found the unsmoked stummel in a box of NOS basket pipes in a cigar shop 18 years ago. I put the stem from a MM cob on it........fancy.
1 Oct. 2024 G&H Grasmere Flake in a Stanwell Brushed Brown 139.
I have some 10 year old Grasmere cellared. I wanted to smoke some fresh Grasmere, and SP had it available once again so I bought a box.
I rubbed some out and gave it a few hours of dry time. The rose flavor and scent was very prominent. Sublimated the tobacco flavors to a degree, the young Virginias and burleys still made their presence known.
The aged Virginias and burleys in the 10 year old tobacco, along with diminished rose geranium are enjoyable to me as well. I just wanted to do a little comparison to satisfy my curiosity.
Lastly, I didn’t notice that the ’sauce’ was any less pronounced in the recent tobacco. Although giving it a few hours to dry might have diminished it somewhat. YMMV…
I have some 10 year old Grasmere cellared. I wanted to smoke some fresh Grasmere, and SP had it available once again so I bought a box.
I rubbed some out and gave it a few hours of dry time. The rose flavor and scent was very prominent. Sublimated the tobacco flavors to a degree, the young Virginias and burleys still made their presence known.
The aged Virginias and burleys in the 10 year old tobacco, along with diminished rose geranium are enjoyable to me as well. I just wanted to do a little comparison to satisfy my curiosity.
Lastly, I didn’t notice that the ’sauce’ was any less pronounced in the recent tobacco. Although giving it a few hours to dry might have diminished it somewhat. YMMV…
Not too new,have had it for a couple of months. The grey is the factory bowl coating. Geppeto now has a few "serial made" pipes in their line up. Pais 50 € for this one. IMHO is a good pipe,but what do I know.
MB Classic Rollcake in the Jirsa Nosewarmer.
GLP Barbary Coast in a Savinelli 707
G.L Pease - Maltese Falcon in a Radice and a Cup of Joe.
Still no reaction from Didimaw with respect to the "P Word." Keep it up and he might resurface. Quite a pipe, btw.
That fuzzy thing in the background disturbs the tranquility of the beautiful flatland. Visual blight
Great little pipe.
GH Kendal #7 Shag Cut in a Peterson House Pipe and Diet Coke on the side.
Happy First Day of Spring Everyone
Happy First Day of Spring Everyone
Got this Evan Wiseman Dublin at Muletown. About to break it in with some Sutliff Sweated.
I bought 2lbs of Sweated at the show, it was very good based on the sample I was handed last weekend. This pipe has a perfectly sized bowl to enjoy it without over-using it. Probably going to be a dedicated pipe but only time will tell...
I bought 2lbs of Sweated at the show, it was very good based on the sample I was handed last weekend. This pipe has a perfectly sized bowl to enjoy it without over-using it. Probably going to be a dedicated pipe but only time will tell...
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MM Country Gentleman in a. Balandis XL Devil Anse, and American Patriot in an egg and eagle claw meer.
Afternoon bowl of dark kendal goodness in a Ser Jacopo...and still slow sippin the morning coffee.
This mornings' smoke, after a full day at the range yesterday. Skippable dialog below the picture.
My new little Peterson, with a loose two pack of TobaccoBarn's Bing Cherry. A pretty good smoke considering the fact that I had just eaten immediately before smoking, something I normally do not do because I never get the best smoke until I wait two hours or so, especially with something subtle in the pipe. Never have, a fact that was staring me in the face unacknowledged until recently
Tobacco Analysis: Nevertheless, this offering from TobaccoBarn (available in bulk at all CigarSpot stores in LA) is quite similar to CAO's Cherry Bomb, a little less refined but very good. I know this tobacco well, so in continuing support of Skippy's examination of cherries, I'm also investigating and confirming the suitability of my new little Pete for aromatics. Got the expected 40+ minutes using this packing style, ie fill the bowl, depress with finger pressure to about 5/8 of the way, fill it to top again and light it up. (quite different from the gravity only two pack feed I use with flake and cake tobaccos like Black Frigate, Pirate Kake, Mad Fiddler and so forth. Ribbon cut like Bing Cherry, and larger flakes like some of the Cavendishes of Smoker's Pride, and others, don't in my experience take very well to gravity feed. If you like cherry aros, you'll like this tobacco. Good solid playoff contender.
Skippable Dialog: About the background target. Continuing my quest for middle-of-the-pack target mediocrity, I post one of the three consecutive targets I shot at a full 10 meters, two hand grip with my Alpha. I get my analytical tendencies not from being particiularly anal, but from methodology derived from Chemistry and Biology courses I took at University as electives (I'm not totally an Arty-Farty, as well as analytical theory methods I got in upper level Music Courses at UBC. Now you know.
The 3 last targets I shot, one illustrated above, are almost identical, but in different positions on the 8-10 rings, one central, the other to the left side, and another to the right side. That's due to 3 different brands of pellets. What is of concern right now is the reason for the vertical stringing. Three possible reasons -
1. arm fatigue, not uncommon for 73 year old guys
2. eyesight, as I have to shoot with readers to see the front iron sight, and the target is a vaguely recognizeable blur.
3. the glasses themselves, perhaps slipping during shooting.
To be continued next Wednesday. It's not the pellets because they're all accurate but I haven't found the one I'll settle on - I'll shoot better with the forthcoming red dot sight, but right now i'll work on the three possibilities given. All that said, I'm pretty pleased with my progress. Alter the elevation of that group, and they're all within the 8 ring. That's okay!!
My new little Peterson, with a loose two pack of TobaccoBarn's Bing Cherry. A pretty good smoke considering the fact that I had just eaten immediately before smoking, something I normally do not do because I never get the best smoke until I wait two hours or so, especially with something subtle in the pipe. Never have, a fact that was staring me in the face unacknowledged until recently
Tobacco Analysis: Nevertheless, this offering from TobaccoBarn (available in bulk at all CigarSpot stores in LA) is quite similar to CAO's Cherry Bomb, a little less refined but very good. I know this tobacco well, so in continuing support of Skippy's examination of cherries, I'm also investigating and confirming the suitability of my new little Pete for aromatics. Got the expected 40+ minutes using this packing style, ie fill the bowl, depress with finger pressure to about 5/8 of the way, fill it to top again and light it up. (quite different from the gravity only two pack feed I use with flake and cake tobaccos like Black Frigate, Pirate Kake, Mad Fiddler and so forth. Ribbon cut like Bing Cherry, and larger flakes like some of the Cavendishes of Smoker's Pride, and others, don't in my experience take very well to gravity feed. If you like cherry aros, you'll like this tobacco. Good solid playoff contender.
Skippable Dialog: About the background target. Continuing my quest for middle-of-the-pack target mediocrity, I post one of the three consecutive targets I shot at a full 10 meters, two hand grip with my Alpha. I get my analytical tendencies not from being particiularly anal, but from methodology derived from Chemistry and Biology courses I took at University as electives (I'm not totally an Arty-Farty, as well as analytical theory methods I got in upper level Music Courses at UBC. Now you know.
The 3 last targets I shot, one illustrated above, are almost identical, but in different positions on the 8-10 rings, one central, the other to the left side, and another to the right side. That's due to 3 different brands of pellets. What is of concern right now is the reason for the vertical stringing. Three possible reasons -
1. arm fatigue, not uncommon for 73 year old guys
2. eyesight, as I have to shoot with readers to see the front iron sight, and the target is a vaguely recognizeable blur.
3. the glasses themselves, perhaps slipping during shooting.
To be continued next Wednesday. It's not the pellets because they're all accurate but I haven't found the one I'll settle on - I'll shoot better with the forthcoming red dot sight, but right now i'll work on the three possibilities given. All that said, I'm pretty pleased with my progress. Alter the elevation of that group, and they're all within the 8 ring. That's okay!!
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