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  1. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2021?***

    Another bowl of Acadian Perique, this time in a Rossi Rubino Antico Zulu.
  2. B_Rock

    This Just In...My Savinelli and Some Aro's

    Great Pipe! I have a Herculese 611KS - be prepared for a good long smoke in that one!
  3. B_Rock

    What Are You Listening To? ~ January 2021

    This morning, listening to a David Crosby playlist - “Here If You Listen”, “Sky Trails”’ “Lighthouse” and “Croz”.
  4. B_Rock

    I Hope in 2021, I Will... (Pipe Related)

    Be wary of the Pete Townshend windmill approach - could be disastrous with a pipe!
  5. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2021?***

    A good morning smoke of Acadian Perique in the Volkan. Really enjoying this blend and may smoke it all day!
  6. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2021?***

    Afternoon smoke of GLP Telegraph Hill in a Stanwell Bulldog.
  7. B_Rock

    Greetings from California

    Welcome from Silicon Valley. What part of California are you from?
  8. B_Rock

    First Pipe of the Day?

    When I have the day off, l light up a bowl around 9:30am with coffee. On work days, my first bowl isn’t until after 5:00pm.
  9. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, January 2021?***

    Starting the new year off with Black Frigate in a Rossi Rubino Antico author. Here’s to a better year in 2021!
  10. B_Rock

    I Hope in 2021, I Will... (Pipe Related)

    I hope to be satisfied with the pipes and tobacco on hand - enjoy and appreciate them and curb my PAD & TAD - at least for a while!
  11. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

    Smoking Acadian Perique in a Peterson Derry Rustic B35 that just arrived from Blue Room Briars. I was drawn to the uniqueness of the horn shape as well as the marbleized acrylic stem.
  12. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

    Ready to fire up a bowl of Black House in a Savinelli Roma 320.
  13. B_Rock

    ESCUDO: Do You Rub It Out or Just Stuff It?

    I tend to have better luck folding & stuffing coins than flakes - especially thicker flakes. I use a pipe with a wider bowl for folding & stuffing coins and I enjoy the longer smoke of folded Escudo or De Luxe Navy Rolls.
  14. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

    Afternoon smoke of Edward G. Robinson in a Savinelli Caramella.
  15. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

    Cringle Flake in a Peterson System Standard 312.
  16. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

    First smoke of Escudo in a Savinelli Venere 114KS. Similar to DeLuxe Navy Rolls - maybe a little less spicy? But so far, a good smoke.
  17. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

    Old Dublin in a Peterson System Standard 307. Starbucks Christmas blend is the drink.
  18. B_Rock

    The First Blend That Got You Into Pipe Smoking

    Dunhill A21000 was my first go around in the early 80’s. I used to pick up tins at the Dunhill store in downtown San Francisco back in the college days. I had no idea there were blends other than aromatic After a 30 year hiatus, I started back this year with Mission Pipe Shop’s “Bob’s Best”...
  19. B_Rock

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

    Stopped in to Mission Pipe Shop for pipe cleaners, left with 2oz of Second Breakfast plus a tin of Dorchester & a tin of Old Dublin. Trying out the Second Breakfast in a Peterson Premier System B42.
  20. B_Rock

    Advanced Codger Syndrome, ACS

    I don’t think this qualifies as a codger blend but Old Dublin has been my go to - that sweet oriental basma just hits the note for me. It doesn’t seem to get a lot of love around here...