C&D Derringer in the same new Falcon bowl. Break in is going well. Bourbon on the rocks. A toast to our friend Tennessee Dave.
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2012 Astleys no 44 Dark Flake in a Jack Howell Bulldog.
2012 Astleys no 44 Dark Flake in a Jack Howell Bulldog.
After Dinner blend from local tobacconist Davis & Son in a Peterson system standard 306 Dublin. Tasty stuff!
I haven't tried C&D Derringer yet, I just bought a Falcon pipe though and am waiting for it to arrive, any recommendations on what kind of tobaccos to break it in with?
KBV Pork Chops & Apple Sauce in a Peter Hedegaard FP3 bent apple.
McConnell Pebblecut in my Former paneled lovat.
I use burley blends for the initial break in. They leave a sticky residue on the walls of the bowl that small amounts of ash attach to and coat the bowl. There are certainly other opinions re this but that's what I do. Virginias seem to take longer to break in a bowl in my opinion. Enjoy your Falcon. They are great pipes. Derringer has become my everyday smoke. Robust flavor and delightful aroma. Welcome to the forum!
Thank you! Thanks for the advice as well, I broke in another pipe with Virginias and it did take quite a while.
5 brothers in a John Bessai, enjoying the evening gents 
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, cobia and sugar snap peas dinner with a small scoop of Mint Cookie ice cream. I'm a quarter of the way through this bowl of old Player’s Medium Navy Cut in a 1930s small, straight smooth dark brown Irish Free State K&P (Peterson) billiard with a silverish cap military mount and tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
Enjoying a bowl of fresh HH Pure Virginia in a Savinelli 122 Bent pot. Cant wait to see what some age does to this blend. Need to grab another pound for the cellar.
Astleys No 44 Dark Virginia Flake in a La Savinelli Giubileo D’Oro 320 KS Author
The first and the last bowl of the day - C&D’s Berry Good in a no-name bent billiard. This ends the 1 OZ sampler of this tobacco. Its an OK aromatic, but won’t be restocking it, there is still so much to try. 
What am I smoking? Telescopes in my CAO latticed meerschaum, lit by my dad’s old nimrod lighter and tampered by my Sheffield steel tamper by Rogers. Does life get any better? Well, yes it does. But not at this moment.
Excited to have resupplied myself with copious amounts of Gawith Hoggarth tobacco. I'm happy to find them rich and full of flavor and depth, unlike many of the recent Samuel Gawith facings I tried.
Brown Flake Scented in a Kasskar (an old London brand) stack billiard. Long live the Gawith enterprise!
Brown Flake Scented in a Kasskar (an old London brand) stack billiard. Long live the Gawith enterprise!
Reading while sipping a 50/50 mix of C&D autumn evening and the first tobacco I ever purchased. It’s a chocolate aromatic from my B&M here in Fayetteville. I don’t know what it is. Anyway, it’s all in my MM bent Country Gentleman
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