Once again, 50/50 mix of Peretti Tashkent & We Three Kings 
, this time in the DIY Hardwood Li'l Chap.
Pecan/Cinnamon coffee
, this time in the DIY Hardwood Li'l Chap.Pecan/Cinnamon coffee
***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***
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Thank you. I like that the finishes are overlapping without a hard-line going down the middle.
Yuletide +P in the 2022 Savinelli Saint Nicholas 602.
And raining.
And raining.
A cup of Espresso and Watch City ACPM in the Ali.
Then out to feed the sheep.
Then out to feed the sheep.
Random Post, Tuesday Dec 16. Good Afternoon. Or evening, as the case may be. Given This Day Has 7 Pills, until this thing is over with or I decide to pull the plug and flush them down the toilet, which has happened 3 times in my life, whereupon my health has significantly improved.
I've hunkered down the past couple of days, with the first two of three books recommended to me by @Choatecav . . . . ("Pipesmoking", a 21st Century Guide by Richard Carleton Hacker, and "The Pipe Book" by Alfred Dunhill.) what eye openers!! especially since my decision to begin a more structured pipe collecion, as I've described before.
Another, and completely unrelated book has also arrived, "Windswept House" by Malachi Martin, and so between the pipes and the Malachi Martin, maintaining a modiicum of my pipesmoking rotation (successfully I might add), I confess to being a bit scattered.
I've got about half a dozen or ten smokes to post about, and I'll approach them randomly, as the spirit leads. With respect to the collection, there has been one arrival today, two priors, and a bunch en route. I'll cover the priors later tonight.
Here's today's arrival:
It's a freehand pipe, from the "Royal Wooden Collection", (whoever they are), made in the Ukraine, is obviously Mr Brog influenced, 7 1/2" long, made of Pearwood (a wood that I have about half a dozen pipes made from - all smoke very nicely) - with brass fittings, was unique and cheap on Amazon. So I snagged it. Very well made and will remain unsmoked until it's turn.
I took the snap on the cover of one of my favourite encores, Tambourine Chinois by Fritz Kreisler. Tambo is a nasty little thing to play, a lot crammed into 2 1/2 minutes. I think I've performed it two times, maybe three, and was preparing it as one of a few encores for my farewell before retirement concert before covid struck. The music was lying on my "to-do" pile, alas, not to be played by me again, something I regret. It would have played very suitably with a couple of others, as a foil to the Mozart Concerto #3 on the same concert, oddly a piece I've taught dozen or so times, but never performed myself, something I also regret.
So, here is the first of today's posts - one of my new acquisitions and a little story to go along with it.
Be back later tonight with another pipe tale.
I've hunkered down the past couple of days, with the first two of three books recommended to me by @Choatecav . . . . ("Pipesmoking", a 21st Century Guide by Richard Carleton Hacker, and "The Pipe Book" by Alfred Dunhill.) what eye openers!! especially since my decision to begin a more structured pipe collecion, as I've described before.
Another, and completely unrelated book has also arrived, "Windswept House" by Malachi Martin, and so between the pipes and the Malachi Martin, maintaining a modiicum of my pipesmoking rotation (successfully I might add), I confess to being a bit scattered.
I've got about half a dozen or ten smokes to post about, and I'll approach them randomly, as the spirit leads. With respect to the collection, there has been one arrival today, two priors, and a bunch en route. I'll cover the priors later tonight.
Here's today's arrival:
It's a freehand pipe, from the "Royal Wooden Collection", (whoever they are), made in the Ukraine, is obviously Mr Brog influenced, 7 1/2" long, made of Pearwood (a wood that I have about half a dozen pipes made from - all smoke very nicely) - with brass fittings, was unique and cheap on Amazon. So I snagged it. Very well made and will remain unsmoked until it's turn.
I took the snap on the cover of one of my favourite encores, Tambourine Chinois by Fritz Kreisler. Tambo is a nasty little thing to play, a lot crammed into 2 1/2 minutes. I think I've performed it two times, maybe three, and was preparing it as one of a few encores for my farewell before retirement concert before covid struck. The music was lying on my "to-do" pile, alas, not to be played by me again, something I regret. It would have played very suitably with a couple of others, as a foil to the Mozart Concerto #3 on the same concert, oddly a piece I've taught dozen or so times, but never performed myself, something I also regret.
So, here is the first of today's posts - one of my new acquisitions and a little story to go along with it.
Be back later tonight with another pipe tale.
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Smoking 2018 Salty Dog in a Wiley
Lane 1Q in a Dr Grabow Westbrook.
Thank you Jazz. I currently have 20 Lovats, which makes it about 1/3 of my briars.@Skink You have some of the best Lovats ever ... Ever!! I'm afraid to ask how many you have, or even better, what percentage of your arsenal is Lovat-shaped ...
GH&Co Black and Brown Twist in the Briarlee, headed home.
Enjoying some Tocscano Sinfonia in a baraccini bulldog.
C&D wintertime reserve in a Peterson Irish Harp 105
No pics - hauling ass today. Sweet Velvet in my Rossi rusticated dublin
Dozed off for a few minutes thanks to Sleepy Suzy on my lap, but I'm awake and smoking Sam Gawith Commonwealth in a medium bend 2001 Ural lattice Rhodesian with a yellow with white swirls acrylic saddle stem. Been thinking about taking a couple of briars that I'm not using and dedicating them to English blends.
I hopped online to order some more of this today. It’s currently sitting at 28.45 a plug.
Idk if I like it that much! Done bitching. Carry on.
Escudo Navy De Luxe in a Vladimir Grechukhin гречухин Long Shanked Pot and an Americano ️ ️ on the side.
️ ️ on the side.
I don’t smoke it that often but i do like it. I find if i go really slow i get wonderful flavors. And i remember being uncomfortable with the price back then.I hopped online to order some more of this today. It’s currently sitting at 28.45 a plug.
Done bitching. Carry on.
Orange is the new black!I swear I did t mean to be this orange. BIA in a Herbaugh, sitting in my junk room, my future man cave.View attachment 438399
I think the last time I purchased some it was 18$ maybe. I had the same thought. It’s one of my favorites to smoke out of a clay pipe. Outstanding flavor. But idk about dang near 30$ a plug.
