100 Smokes in the Owl

[Jbyrd]

I think it'll be my only smoker for a while. I really enjoy it.

I'm smoking my Altinay except i take one of my briar pipes to work. I'm at 10 bowls since Wednesday 5 of those being yesterday. Monday thru Friday it only gets 1 to 2 a day. I hope mine colors as well as your owl does. Very good looking pipe you have.

 

[didimauw]

I'm smoking my Altinay except i take one of my briar pipes to work. I'm at 10 bowls since Wednesday 5 of those being yesterday. Monday thru Friday it only gets 1 to 2 a day. I hope mine colors as well as your owl does. Very good looking pipe you have.

It's not fair! He gets to smoke inside his house AND inside his work, PLUS outside is nice all the time where he is! Lol

 

[Chasing Embers]

PLUS outside is nice all the time where he is! Lol

Hasn't been above 80°F for a while

 

[Chasing Embers]

He gets to smoke inside his house

Well, I did have the house and pipes about 10 years before I met the wife.

 

[Chalaw87]

This is such a cool post. Thanks for sharing the progress, especially with the photos, for those who have to smoke vicariously.

 

[didimauw]

Hasn't been above 80°F for a while

Exactly! Nice! It hasn't been about 25°F here in months! Lol

 

[Chasing Embers]

Exactly! Nice! It hasn't been about 25°F here in months! Lol

Anything below 80 gets sleeves and a coat. I've gone outside for necessity only for the past few months.

 

[didimauw]

Anything below 80 gets sleeves and a coat. I've gone outside for necessity only for the past few months.

I'm ready for this to be my last winter in Wisconsin. Been looking into NC since our East Coast road trip last year.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I'm ready for this to be my last winter in Wisconsin. Been looking into NC since our East Coast road trip last year.

I'm counting the days until Spring!

 

[didimauw]

I'm counting the days until Spring!

Yup! Two weeks ago we had a terrible blizzard, last week was 2 days straight of ice rain, and now I get ....just rain....it's fantastic! Lol

 

[condorlover1]

Just a couple of observations. It is 80 degrees today here in Florida. Secondly Mr. Embers has now effectively proved my often quoted theory that 19th century meerschaum man did not go very big on pipe hygiene nor did he treat his pipe as some weird kind of AR7 Henry Survival Rife and strip the thing down after each smoke thus wearing out the very fine threading in the meerschaum shank. That has really colored up nicely and I for one cannot wait to see the what it looks like at bowl 200.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

I'm ready for this to be my last winter in Wisconsin. Been looking into NC since our East Coast road trip last year.

It's 62F now and supposed to be in the mid 70's tomorrow! Southeastern NC!

 

[n_irwin]

Every time I see pictures of this pipe, I think ‘how does the tobacco not fall out.’ Anyone else? The optical illusion just increases the beauty of this pipe.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Every time I see pictures of this pipe, I think ‘how does the tobacco not fall out.’ Anyone else? The optical illusion just increases the beauty of this pipe.

I've found that once the pipe is fired up, tobacco doesn't fall out, and I smoke outside in the rain with pipe upside down.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Thanks for sharing that, Duane.

 

[Jbyrd]

It's not fair! He gets to smoke inside his house AND inside his work, PLUS outside is nice all the time where he is! Lol

I'm almost that luck I smoke in the house but work just wont let me

 

[fMf Piper]

Beautiful pipe, and is getting better looking with each bowl. Thanks for sharing the photos of the progression.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Every time I see pictures of this pipe, I think ‘how does the tobacco not fall out.’ Anyone else? The optical illusion just increases the beauty of this pipe.

It's basically a slightly bent billiard.

I've found that once the pipe is fired up, tobacco doesn't fall out, and I smoke outside in the rain with pipe upside down.

Bingo.

I'm almost that luck I smoke in the house but work just wont let me

I can smoke anywhere at work as long as I'm not around any flammable chemicals.

 

[Jbyrd]

I can smoke anywhere at work as long as I'm not around any flammable chemicals.

now thats the kind of job i need.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

That's a great looking pipe, and it's coloring up very nicely. Did you smoke the same tobacco each time or have you had different blends?

I've noticed that aromatics will help the pipe color faster compared to English and Virginia blends. Unfortunately, I mainly smoke English and Virginia's so my pipes don't seem to color as fast as others.