Just a quick mid-day post, from a terrific puff I had last night. Had just enough time to do a few emoticons on the previous few pages, but my students are arriving starting about fifteen minutes from now. Will be back later to catch up on current day's indulgences.
Well, boys and girls, I think you are now looking at my all-time favourite pipe. Yup, the
Peterson Rhodesian Tavern is more than I ever thought it would be. For me, the perfect pipe. It delivers the perfect length smoke, 45 minutes to an hour depending on tobacco. It's now pretty much broken in, and the tobacco search is in progress.
Yesterday, after the initial 4 break-in smokes of Captain Black and Borkum Riff Dark Cavendishes,
Uncle Rhody, along with with
Smoker's Pride Cherry Cavendish, a much underrated fodder, delivered the best smoke I've had in months.
I've said before, this seems to be a company pipe, and the Peterson Company named it well. I'm extremely happy that it loves aromatics. Lord knows I have enough pipes genre dedicated to English and Balkans. It'll smoke longer than indicated, but my limited experience says that aros lose their flavour at the dottle stage, and I simply dump them at that point.
More later, but yeah, this 7 1/2" gem is about to become my "to-to" pipe. To me, about perfect. Yes I have other favourites, but this one is indeed special. TTYL.
