"Smoking your breakfast"

[winton]

Altadis sent me a tin of Maple Street tobacco for the free sample. My wife would not let me know what I received until yesterday. Based off several review, it taste like maple syrup on pancakes. Thus I decided to make a pipe shaped like a stack of pancakes to smoke this tobacco in.
Winton

 

[unclearthur]

Very cool Winton!

 

[duncan]

Now that is awesome!

 

[jcsnaps]

Great pipe, sort of an IHOP. international house of pipecakes.

 

[fred]

That's quite the Pipe Winton! Would you tell us more about it,

like what it's made of and where it came from? Thanks.

 

[flipflopsandshades]

Really cool. Review on the 'baccy?

 

[winton]

The stem is part of my Christmas gift. The bowl and wooden stem are out of soft maple. I don't have any sugar maple wood, which produces maple syrup. The turning is fairly basic. Fitting the parts took more effort. Next time will be easier of course. I like the idea of matching the pipe to the tobacco. The wood is basically free and the work is relaxing. I will try smoking it later.
Winton

 

[papipeguy]

Let us know if you ever try C&D's Mississippi Mud. Love to see that pipe.

 

[winton]

That would take some thought. Mudpie shaped pipe???? I just started smoking, so I have not worked up to strong tobacco like that one. I am experimenting with the aromatics.
Winton

 

[mattia76]

You should try Just For Him's Morning Coffee along with it.

Delicious! One of the only aromatics I smoke.

 

[cortezattic]

Gee Winton, pretty cool. I hope no one ever gives you a tobacco blend named Phallus! :lol:

 

[puffintuff]

Looks like a good smoker. Hot cakes and maple syrup, what more can you ask for ?

 

[bubbadreier]

Great looking pipe Winton! Maple Street is one of my favorites, I hope you enjoy it!

 

[pipetrucker]

Nifty. I like their Rum and Maple blend.

 

[classicgeek]

I like it. Sorta like people who look like their pets: pipes that resemble the tobacco inside.
Simon

 

[winton]

Today I tried the new pipe and Maple Street tobacco. This is the first time I have ever smoked all the way to the bottom. It smoked really good. I enjoyed the tobacco also. It was mild and pleasing to me. I am too new to the pipe to really have a valid opinion. I could not detect any maple flavor over the tobacco flavor. My asmatic wife did not mind the scent of the smoke, when I was briefly near her. But any smoke is very bad for her. Thus interpret this as a pleasing room note.
Now I have to work on a pipe for a triple cherry blend I bought at my local B&M. I started work on some cherry blanks. I also have ideas for a swamp / biyou themed pipe. The challenge intrigued me. I need some tobacco to go with that pipe.
Winton

 

[directshot]

Creative and very cool!! :lol:

 

[bubbadreier]

Hey winton, here are a few of tobaccos to go with your swamp themed pipe...
Riverboat Gambler

Mississippi Mud - One of my Personal Favorites

Bayou Morning Flake