Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and have about a third of a bowl left of Wilke Gentry Royal Blend No. 2 in a 1972 three quarter bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 billiard with a black vulcanite saddle stem. I may end the day with this smoke.
***What are You Smoking, April 2022?***
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Thanks for your feedback sir, every recommendation here is a pearl!
Up much too early after the cat took a flying leap to get in bed with me and landed on my foot. Got some Milan Hillman going in a smooth Sav Tre series 321.
FVF in a Savinelli and french press coffee.
Ashton Consummate Gentleman in a Diplomat 5th Avenue Cob and a Cup of Joe.
Good afternoon All
A bowl of Peter Stokkebye’s Luxury Navy Flake in a Peterson 4AB POTY 266/500. Heat encouraging the bees to get oot n aboot.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
A bowl of Peter Stokkebye’s Luxury Navy Flake in a Peterson 4AB POTY 266/500. Heat encouraging the bees to get oot n aboot.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
Afternoon everyone, working on a bowl of Savinelli Jupiter in the Dr G Commodore atm, started the day with Tuskegee Airman in the grey lizard skin Club billiard and Germain’s 1820 Mix in the Astley’s bird head.
Have a good one people.
Have a good one people.
It's the ducks head! Quack-Quack! ? That Astley is Unashamedly whimsical and it is fantastic.
Its one of my favorite blends. Hope it treats you well.About to fire up my first bowl of HB in one of the Ed's Nr. 21 Canadians. Red Diamond and the local vintage rock station through the Cerwin Vegas. Wish me luck!
Cringle Flake '21 in a Nording Extra horn
This reminds of something I will never forget. In the late '80s or early '90s, I attended a vintage paperback show in New York. Sitting at one table, were the legendary cover artists, Robert Maguire, Mitch Hooks, and Robert McGinnis. I felt so lucky to meet them, especially, all three at once. My freelance illustration career was only in its fourth or fifth year (I'd been out of art school/college about the same time). I had at least one book from my Ross Macdonald collection for Hooks to sign. These guys were in their mid to late 60s at this point. I asked them, "Does that feeling of dread, the fear of the phone not ringing, ever go away?" They quietly glanced at each other and said:
"No."
I saw the life ahead of me. Always taking on jobs, even if it meant staying up for days to them done. I was horrified and comforted by their answer. The idea that these luminaries still worried about getting work at a time when they should be able to think about retiring blew my mind. But, it made me feel less alone.
Bless Robert McGinnis. He's the only one of the three still alive (the youngest of the group). At 96, he's still painting covers for my friend, Charles Ardai, at Hard Case Crime.
The idea of not working or taking on new work is foreign to freelancers. It's about survival. My life is currently different because I've taken on a 9 to 5 gig. But, I know it's important to take those nights off and relax sometimes. I hope I see you post more pipe themed nights, Jim.
Going into work later than usual today. Smoking HH Burley Flake 2018 in a Dr. Grabow Silver Duke Bulldog. Coffee on the side. 
Good afternoon All
A second bowl of Peter Stokkebye’s Luxury Navy Flake this time in a Blakemar Briars rusticated Sir Douglas.
I have pages of posts to read through later on to get caught up.
Happy smokes
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A second bowl of Peter Stokkebye’s Luxury Navy Flake this time in a Blakemar Briars rusticated Sir Douglas.
I have pages of posts to read through later on to get caught up.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
First in the two James Barber B-Line Billiards some experiments with Sutliff Elizabethan blended with Macbaren Old Dark Fired Ready Rub, 50/50 in one and 60/30 ODF/Elizabethan in the other. I definitely prefer the 50/50 ratio, highly enjoyable.
Next a 50/50 blend of Elizabethan/Newminster No.400 in the Viprati Lovat. This is mostly a light honey sweet flavor, probably dominated by the Newminster.
(By the time I thought to take pictures the Viprati was already wrapped up for transport.)
Next a 50/50 blend of Elizabethan/Newminster No.400 in the Viprati Lovat. This is mostly a light honey sweet flavor, probably dominated by the Newminster.
(By the time I thought to take pictures the Viprati was already wrapped up for transport.)
@frozenchurchwarden fantastic value for money pipes the James Barber B Line and excellent smokers. Love my Lovat from them ?
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
Finishing up this jar of Old Dominion.
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