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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    A final bowl for the weekend - Peter Stokkebye Kentucky Maroon In a MM Country Gentleman - a generous gift from Dave (@Ahi Ka) who felt that my smoking experience was incomplete without one of these 😁
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    The next is a Dunhill Millennium Classic Series straight billiard (top) With the last of the 2:2:1 home blend of Esoterica Tilbury, C&D Red Ribbon and SG Perique A nice smoke - definitely much better than from yesterday’s tall billiard. But not as nuanced as from the pot. The chamber...
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    A couple of Dunhill shell straight billiards today 1st an unsmoked, new-in-the-box 1972(bottom) - a generous gift from a friend when he found out I was getting back to pipes a few years ago With a bowl of Germain’s Royal Jersey Perique- the first VaPer I really enjoyed
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    Crazy Looking Lorenzo T.V. Pipe

    And a new-to-me pineapple shaped bowl 😳
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    Pipe Shape Subtleties........

    Shank length can be variable - as in a standard billiard where the length of the shank is equal to the height of the bowl VS a long-shanked billiard where the length of the shank exceeds the height of the bowl. The confusion comes in when the saddle stem is short (= Lovat) Or of regular...
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    A 2nd bowl of the 2:2:1 blend of Esoterica Tilbury, C&D Red Ribbon and SG Perique In a Comoy sandblasted army mount pot. No date stamp. A much more enjoyable smoke with the wider chamber revealing more nuances of the component tobaccos. I’m really pleased I did this taste-off. I will have...
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    A Little Humor for the Day 2025

    Think of half a dozen controversial topics. My wife’s family is Irish, so that won’t be too difficult Either the Riot Squad will be around within the hour or you won’t be receiving Christmas cards from the family for the next few years rotf
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    Sometime ago I made up a 2:2:1 blend of Esoterica Tilbury, C&D Red Virginia and Sam Gawith’s blending Perique. I wasn’t too impressed then. I hope it has improved with time Having a 1st bowl in a pre-Cadogan Comoy Selected Straight Grain tall billiard
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    Who's Still Enjoying Churchwardens?

    Hi @georged, I did a search and came up with your post dated July 16th 2015 “BBB Belge/Cutty Re-work” where you made a new bent stem to replace a saddle-stem Probably one of thousands of replacement stems you’ve made. So you’re forgiven if this slipped your mind Sorry I’m a tech dinosaur and...
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    The 2nd pipe of the day is a Tom Eltang smooth Belge (he calls it a Cutty) With a bowl of Davidoff Flake Medallion
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    Another couple of Danish pipes today 1st a Tom Eltang designed Stanwell 1992 POTY - a reissue of his Shape 216 (bottom) With a bowl of chopped and rubbed out Peterson’s de Luxe Navy Rolls
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    Tin bids veracity

    Similar memories buying cigarettes by the stick for Grandpa from the local general store. He’d give me the money for one stick, and enough for another 2-3 sticks to buy a treat for myself.
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    When TAD & PAD Combine Forces 🙈

    “Doomed !” 😱 I say “DOOMED” 🙏🙏 Nice haul, BTW But still “DOOMED” rotf
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    The next pipe is the newly arrived Emil Chonowitsch sand-blasted canted tulip with a saddle-stem With a bowl of cube-cut and rubbed out Stonehenge Flake
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    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2025?***

    A couple of Danish canted tulips today 1st an early Copenhagen era S. Bang With a bowl of cube-cut and rubbed out Rattray’s Marlin Flake