GH Danish Pipe Shop Brown Sugar Flake in a Radice Rind 55 and Diet Coke on the side.
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A third of the way through this bowl of year 2012 Dan Tobacco Treasures of Ireland: Limerick in a 2021 medium bend black sandblasted Peterson Newgrange 80S bent bulldog silver spigot with a tapered reddish brown, black striped acrylic stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Chores and garden project complete. Savinelli Oscar#122 Pot with Watch City, American Cut Plug Mixture.
An ice cold Lager
An ice cold Lager
I play 4 days per week most weeks. Fortunate to play with a great group of guys, I enjoy the course, the wildlife, the camaraderie and the challenge of golf. I am happy, not much to be unhappy about.
Jim, how was the cigar??
ABF in a new system spigot 307
Well, @Skink , you inspired me to get my MM Diamondback out this afternoon. I had a little SWR in it and some sparkling water as my beverage.
A little bit of Autumn evening in my Lorenzetti Julius ceasar tonight.
Yardwork done. Gentleman Caller in a cob with fresh cut grass, tastes so good 
Ashton Artisan’s Blend in a Safferling tadpole.
Having smoked only Balkan Sobranie white back in the late 60's and early 70's, I was dismayed when recently returning to the pipe and discovering that my favorite blend is no longer.
So in my search for a replacement, I have tried ALL the attempted duplications and never found one that stirred the memory brain cells EXCEPT:
Sutliff's Balkan Sobranie Original Mix Match which was the first to remind me of the old days and is all I've been smoking recently.
Is it exactly the same? Of course not due to the lack of Syrian Latakia and what seems a different strain of Yenidje which lent a dry almost soda-like character to the original smoke although the Yenidje used in this blend seems to be of high quality.
To me spending astronomical money for a discovered 70s tin somewhere is Fools Gold. I am willing to bet even a well kept vacuum sealed tin of the original blend, would only be a ghost of it's former self due to age.
Sadly the Sutliff blend is now gone like the original, but can still be found with some searching if lucky...I hope I get lucky!
So in my search for a replacement, I have tried ALL the attempted duplications and never found one that stirred the memory brain cells EXCEPT:
Sutliff's Balkan Sobranie Original Mix Match which was the first to remind me of the old days and is all I've been smoking recently.
Is it exactly the same? Of course not due to the lack of Syrian Latakia and what seems a different strain of Yenidje which lent a dry almost soda-like character to the original smoke although the Yenidje used in this blend seems to be of high quality.
To me spending astronomical money for a discovered 70s tin somewhere is Fools Gold. I am willing to bet even a well kept vacuum sealed tin of the original blend, would only be a ghost of it's former self due to age.
Sadly the Sutliff blend is now gone like the original, but can still be found with some searching if lucky...I hope I get lucky!
I have not had any of the previous renditions of Sansepolcro, but I am really enjoying this new release. What do you think?
Love your user name! The Jabberwocky is one of my favorite poems.Capstan blue in a Savinelli Miele 626 - can think of worse ways to spend an evening
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Earlier, I smoked a bowl of unreleased 2021 Sutliff VaPer in a 2001 smooth full bend St. Patrick's Day Peterson 03 apple with a silver band and a tapered black vulcanite fish tail stem. Haven't smoked this pipe in quite a while.
Currently, I'm half way through this bowl of first production Watch City English Ernie-ental in a straight dark brown and tan rusticated Peterson 2023 Saint Patrick’s Day 264 Canadian with an Irish flag colored ferrule and tapered black acrylic stem. Watching the Braves-Phillies game. Hard rain came back, and I got the ferals inside except for Abner the Eager. Haven't seen him all day.
Currently, I'm half way through this bowl of first production Watch City English Ernie-ental in a straight dark brown and tan rusticated Peterson 2023 Saint Patrick’s Day 264 Canadian with an Irish flag colored ferrule and tapered black acrylic stem. Watching the Braves-Phillies game. Hard rain came back, and I got the ferals inside except for Abner the Eager. Haven't seen him all day.
KBV Jim’s Special Flake in a Radice Silk Cut 55
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Heck yeah man! That sounds like the Life right there buddy
Incredibly delicious. Had to nub it because it was so good. The after taste lasted through the first half of my following smoke.
Man I tell you what, my wife made the best dang pot roast and collard greens tonight boys. Oh man, I told her I gotta go have me a nice after dinner smoke. Haunted Bookshop in the Savinelli Cumberland 806. Drinking sweet tea, waiting on the weekend.
Squadron Leader in a Brebbia NInja
Peterson 3P’s in a late 19th century meer cutty with a Bakelite stem.
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