Mac Barren HH Old Dark Fired in a Cob…pure bliss

[vosBghos]

Got home last night after rolling my ankle doing a board slide on a down rail at the local park. I limped up to the porch and my wife knowing the routine brought me the cold gel pack from the freezer and some gorilla duct tape. After securing the gel pack I had my oldest boy grab my kit ( a leather roll containing a lighter, pipe tool, and cleaners), a jar of some HH Old Dark fired the ready rubbed variety, and my MM Diplomat. Thanking them profusely and asking one last favor in a few moments I was delivered a cold Topo-Chico. Finally the ritual could begin.

Unrolling the leather flap and breaking each ready rubbed strand into 3 equal parts I made my pinch pile and loaded the cob. This cob usually smoked dried 5 brothers but I knew I needed something dark and powerful tonight and the Diplomat was todays burley in my rotation. Upon first toke after the char light and tamp I was blown away by how full, flavorful, and creamy the smoke was. I had never experienced the ODF this way in a briar, this truly was a heavenly marriage. I was stunned also by the slow, cool, even burn. I sat there puffing and sipping for 45 minutes. By the end of the bowl my head was a balloon floating high above my body and the ghost of my throbbing ankle was long gone.

Moral/s

1. Don‘t skate a new deck when you know you painted the grip backwards ( bad luck)
2. Always smoke the ODF in a big old Cob.
3. Your family are your legs without them you could not stand at all…

 

[CallMeSangy]

2. Always smoke the ODF in a big old Cob.

Since Smoking Pipes has come out with a new MM Cob, the Southport Ferryman, I decided to to order two previous C&D cob releases, the Charles Towne Cobbler and Kingston Judge. Wanted those since they're limited releases and thought it'd be nice to at least have 1 of each. I didn't bother with the Ferryman as the stem on it is short, akin to a nose warmer. Haven't tried that stem type yet and I've little interest in it (I'm almost completely partial to a bent), but this give me a good starter for one of those.

ODF was a nice treat the last time I had a bowl. something like a nice dessert at the end of a day, not something to have as an everyday for me.

 

[Chasing Embers]

1. Don‘t skate a new deck when you know you painted the grip backwards ( bad luck

I'm freestyle, both ends are the nose.

 

[vosBghos]

I'm freestyle, both ends are the nose.

Funny I just switched out my Chris Robert’s twin tail for a scum co trad that very day , so yeah a bit of an adjustment, the twin was getting soggy , and my distro was out so back to trad till supplies come back , love the symmetrical shapes though , shred everything

 

[vosBghos]

Since Smoking Pipes has come out with a new MM Cob, the Southport Ferryman, I decided to to order two previous C&D cob releases, the Charles Towne Cobbler and Kingston Judge. Wanted those since they're limited releases and thought it'd be nice to at least have 1 of each. I didn't bother with the Ferryman as the stem on it is short, akin to a nose warmer. Haven't tried that stem type yet and I've little interest in it (I'm almost completely partial to a bent), but this give me a good starter for one of those.

ODF was a nice treat the last time I had a bowl. something like a nice dessert at the end of a day, not something to have as an everyday for me.

Yeah on the ODF it’s my “let’s get comfortably numb” go to for sure

 

[Sgetz]

Funny I just switched out my Chris Robert’s twin tail for a scum co trad that very day , so yeah a bit of an adjustment, the twin was getting soggy , and my distro was out so back to trad till supplies come back , love the symmetrical shapes though , shred everything

Can someone please translate this into English! I have no idea what this means. But am willing to learn?

 

[hawky454]

I used to skate, but those days are long behind me now. A compound fracture to my left arm, left me in a full arm cast for over a year and gave me permanent nerve damage. The night before last, I was pushing my daughter on her bike without training wheels and I’m ridiculously sore today, I couldn’t imagine skating now, I’d kill myself… I’m becoming an old man though.

To your point, Old Dark Fired is some good stuff. It’s a great ode to the traditional British style pipe tobacco.

 

[vosBghos]

Can someone please translate this into English! I have no idea what this means. But am willing to learn?

We are talking skateboards here , they usually have a nose and a tale hence ( trad) traditional. Robert’s is a pro skateboarder who uses a twin tale board ( symmetrical) shape. Soggy means used up. ?

 

[vosBghos]

I used to skate, but those days are long behind me now. A compound fracture to my left arm, left me in a full arm cast for over a year and gave me permanent nerve damage. The night before last, I was pushing my daughter on her bike without training wheels and I’m ridiculously sore today, I couldn’t imagine skating now, I’d kill myself… I’m becoming an old man though.

To your point, Old Dark Fired is some good stuff. It’s a great ode to the traditional British style pipe tobacco.

Broke my ankle in a bowl while my wife was pregnant and I was just starting a new construction management job was 45 at the time , yeah that went over well with everyone ???

 

[btp79]

That's one of my favorite cold day/around the campfire smokes.