Thank you, sounds great
Pegasus in an old Lord Kirk to start Friday off right
@hoosierpipeguy thanks for your experience on the CVP. I'll have to go dig out a tin, it is lovely stuff
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Pegasus in an old Lord Kirk to start Friday off right
@hoosierpipeguy thanks for your experience on the CVP. I'll have to go dig out a tin, it is lovely stuff
The resurrected J07, with some some ‘18 SG Kendal plug that was also brought back-it was a seven year old dessicated brick when opened from its original packaging and took a month of terracotta hydration in a Tupperware to be back to sliceable and tasty.
Looks like it turned out pretty good to me. Congrats on getting 'er back up and runnin'.
Had a waking bowl of Mycroft before a nice walk with the pooch. Now finishing off the morning's coffee with a bowl of Dockworker in a Karl Erik dublin.
The pipe is looking good! @Sobrbiker
On the menu for my morning commute was a bowl of HH ODF loaded in my Ropp J04 with a drip coffee on the side.
Happy Friday everyone!
Last bowl of this Secret Santa gift from a few years back. I found it to be ok, but I wouldn't chase it.
Peterson Deerstalker.
Peterson Deerstalker.
HU Makhuwa in a Savinelli Punto Oro Gold 101 and Diet Coke on the side.
First bowl ever of Sutliff 310 Modern English (EGR) this morning, and it was lovely. I liked the softness of the smoke, the slight sweet topping that still let me know I was smoking tobacco. I followed it up with my first-ever bowl of Granger, and it was equally lovely, with a fantastic light cocoa aroma and taste. Props to WVSmokeShop for having both blends in stock!
More Black Locust in the Comoy’s Sunrise Etched Grain for me. Been getting to know this pipe with this blend for the past week. About burned through the tin. 
Morning smoke with coffee. Hardcastle Canadian with a mix I call Cajun Coffee (Cowboy Coffee with a pinch of Perique, mixed in a jar and left to sit a few weeks).
Wessex burley slice in a 1971 LBS bruyere billiard along with a coffee. Beautiful sunny day up here in the mountains. So grateful.
First "victim" of pipe tweak. Smoked my Homemix Grape (1 part ground Phillies Blunt Grape with 5 parts Borkum Riff Dark) in my Ropp J07, the first cabinet minister in my collection to be shuffled.
Reason? I'd biased it for Orientals, but I have the big meer (really, a medium bowl about the same size as the Ropp) and the McQueen Miniature Fable that got almost all of the traffic. So, the R07 was underutilized.
Not good. The Ropper is, as those of you who have this stellar pipe, know that it not only smokes like a dream, but is incredibly versatile, and just about any fodder fed to it comes off with aplomb. So, It's now going to be my workhorse for anything but tobaccos containing lat, and it will get far more use than it had in the past.
The morning smoke itself? Continued my "fruit juice" aromatic penchant as of late, but this time a grape rather than a cherry. Went well with my morning cold coffee, but the tastebuds are still not in full function, and the flavouring was an undertone rather than a presence. Will be glad to get rid of whatever it is, but at least a hint of grape was there. My piping buddies like this one, by the way. But frankly, I prefer the taste of cherry with the morning java.
No drivel today. Too much cleanup and organization to do.
There it is.
Reason? I'd biased it for Orientals, but I have the big meer (really, a medium bowl about the same size as the Ropp) and the McQueen Miniature Fable that got almost all of the traffic. So, the R07 was underutilized.
Not good. The Ropper is, as those of you who have this stellar pipe, know that it not only smokes like a dream, but is incredibly versatile, and just about any fodder fed to it comes off with aplomb. So, It's now going to be my workhorse for anything but tobaccos containing lat, and it will get far more use than it had in the past.
The morning smoke itself? Continued my "fruit juice" aromatic penchant as of late, but this time a grape rather than a cherry. Went well with my morning cold coffee, but the tastebuds are still not in full function, and the flavouring was an undertone rather than a presence. Will be glad to get rid of whatever it is, but at least a hint of grape was there. My piping buddies like this one, by the way. But frankly, I prefer the taste of cherry with the morning java.
No drivel today. Too much cleanup and organization to do.
There it is.
Now that sounds like a good mix! Plain perique for mixing is on my wish list! Very nice, elegant pipe, too. Don't see a lot of gold bands around. (now watch them proliferate
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Gave it the frown moticon 'cause I don't own it. What an elegant pipe!
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I've passed the half way mark of this bowl of year 2024 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. Been feeding the ferals and my cats. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Dockworker in an Irish Seconds System 302.
This experiment has shown me some of the intricacies of blending, and the knowledge required to master it. I was going for about 15% Perique.Now that sounds like a good mix! Plain perique for mixing is on my wish list! Very nice, elegant pipe, too. Don't see a lot of gold bands around. (now watch them proliferate
I was surprised that I ended up not really tasting Perique, but that it noticeably mellowed the other leaf (DFK/Bur/VA). I assume the Per raises the overall pH. I can see how adding an ingredient doesn’t always just add a flavor, more so it affects the other flavors. I think that’s where master blenders shine.
Peterson Flake in a J. Everett
Did a set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in a slight bent black pattern etched 1977 Lorenzo Lorsan Sigma level top billiard with a gray swirl acrylic saddle stem.
Evening smoke of Amsterdamer Blau in a( group 4 )BBB Silver Grain 675 Long Billiard
Happy Friday. Le Petite Robin in a Castello and cob so far today
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