Saturday Morning PAD and TAD

[thesmokindragon]

A little Saturday morning PAD and TAD for me. I was so impressed with just how well my Stanwell Golden Danish (45) smokes my fav blends I wanted another one, so my good 'ol PAD kicked in and had seen another Sandblasted Stanwell 45 on SP.com and I could not resist for $85. I also have been wanting to try some of C&D's Oriental Silk, so snagged 4 tins and a few more tins of Peterson's UF since I noticed my cellar was running low on it. All in all a good Saturday morning run for me ::

Measurements & Other Details

Length: 5.92 in./150.37 mm.

Weight: 1.40 oz./39.69 g.

Bowl Height: 1.70 in./43.18 mm.

Chamber Depth: 1.46 in./37.08 mm.

Chamber Diameter: 0.85 in./21.59 mm.

Outside Diameter: 1.44 in./36.58 mm.

Stem Material: Acrylic

Filter: None

Shape: Pot

Finish: Sandblast

Material: Briar

Country: Denmark
Here is the Golden Danish (45), outstanding smoker

 

[workman]

Stanwell pipes are true workhorses

 

[mso489]

Stanwell makes excellent pipes. They're well fitted and finished, and they are attractive and durable. I really appreciate the way they are priced for the public. They're fine in rotation with pipes higher and lower priced. Who else makes a Sixten Iversson design in a $49.99 pipe?

 

[d4k23]

Those are very nice looking pipes! My cellar only has about 25-30 tins, so I am trying build that up before I get more pipes. Part of being new to the game, I think tobacco might be a more precious than the pipes right now. I do own about 13 pipes though, so plenty to choose from.

 

[thesmokindragon]

I agree, stock the cellars first. I have been building my cellar since 2011 and it is almost completed - I buy tins just here and there now to try new blends but my go to blends are all stocked well.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Very nice! I only own two Stanwells, recently acquired Authentics because I seem to be on an unfinished pipe craze. Great smokers right out of the gate. Enjoy the heck out of it!

 

[kashmir]

Starting the day with Rattray's Jock's Mixture in a Comoy's Blue Riband billiard.

 

[d4k23]

thesmokingdragon, wow when you say your cellar is almost complete, what does that entail? Enough tobacco for the rest of your life? I have to find a bigger cupboard to store my stuff if I start planning for that long haul!

 

[saltedplug]

Fine pipes!

 

[snoopy311]

I recently purchased a Stanwell Authentic and it is a wonderful smoker. I don’t think you can go wrong with your purchase. Congrats. :clap:

 

[ben88]

Saturday morning TAD?
McClelland Best of Show 1

McClelland Holiday Spirit 2017 2

McClelland Grey Havens 2

McClelland Mixture No. 1 Oriental 4

McClelland Mixture No. 6 Oriental 4

McClelland Tastemaster 2

McClelland Master Penman 3

McClelland Frog on the Bayou 3

McClelland frog morton on the town 1

 

[thesmokindragon]

Thanks for all the great comments, I'm looking forward to another great Stanwell smoker.
@d4k23, yes- enough of my favorite blends to last until the end of my days...now I only smoke between 2-3 medium sized bowls per day, so my supply is nowhere near as great as some of the others out there. It took me a few years to figure out what I really enjoy and my tastes have not changed over the last 10 years or so plus I'm happy to say that I really do enjoy a full spectrum of flavors and blends ( I think I currently have about 70 or 80 different blends kicking around the cellar at this time and still trying new blends for fun ). I have recently found that one of my all time greats is GLP's JackKnife Plug, I mean I love this stuff and it is in my daily rotation... so I started to stock up on this blend and with every order I try to get at least 1-2lbs of the stuff for ageing as it is yet another possible target for being discontinued in the upcoming years.

 

[cigrmaster]

smoking, great looking classics with really nice blasts. Congrats on your latest addition.

 

[d4k23]

My fear is by the time I find what my true favorite blends are, I will be running out of time to buy and stash them. But I guess whatever I don't know about, I can't miss?? I have to do more research on the FDA regulations to figure out exactly what will happen in the future (really hoping it fizzles to nothing). I am still on the notification list at SP to get my hands on some FVF, but based on reviews, won't know if I truly enjoy it for another year. Happy smoking until then!!

 

[curl]

I usually buy two tins of unknown tobacco, that’s unknown to me but with positive reviews.

I open one tin asap and the other is put away.

If I like it, I get more when the budget rolls around.

 

[thesmokindragon]

+1 Curl, sounds like my applied system :clap:

 

[d4k23]

That may have to be my new approach now too. So far everything I have has all positive reviews, but a lot of them need to age before full potential. I wanted to let the tobacco age in the tin, rather than slow it down by moving to a jar. Thanks gents!

 

[thesmokindragon]

Some of my blend suggestions to try out that you may like that I have seen available at this time;
Dunhill Flake, EMP and Nightcap

Solani 660 and 633

GLP's Jackknife RR and Plug

GLP's Key Largo

GLP's Pease: Temple Bar

GLP's Haddo's Delight

C&D's Night Train

C&D's Billy Budd Blonde

C&D's Dreams of Kadath

A & C Petersen: Escudo Navy Deluxe

Low Country: Waccamaw

 

[Civil War]

Nice looking pipes!!

 

[npod]

Strong work. Cheers.