Just finished a bowl of Black Mallory in a Comoy's Specimen Straight Grain #342 taper billiard, from the '50s, apparently. This pipe did not respond to this tobacco.
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Some 2014 LJ Peretti Yuletide in my Dwarf Cobbit.
GH Dark Birdseye in a clay with Darjeeling tea on the side.
Just saw a Pileated Woodpecker up here recently, and we have lots of flickers . . . . seen any Pileated peckers there recently? I remember as a boy actually seeing an Ivory Bill once on a family vacation. Mom was a birder and knew instantly what it was. . . . very very rare back then, probably extinct now. Enjoy reading your bird reports.
Rattray’s - Old Gowrie in a Radice and a Cup of Joe.
Makes me want to go put on a recording of Beethoven's "Archduke" Trio. Fine pipes!
quick evening smoke of Barens ODF in a New to me Ropp J 22 Apple
Classy looking pipe. Ropp's are the best bang for the buck on the market, imho, and great smokers as well. Some nice looking wood on that specimen, too.
Davidoff Sandblast and St Bruno 1990
Passing the last quarter of this bowl of year 2013 Capstan Gold Flake in a straight smooth brown Algerian briar post-WW2-mid 50s family era Barling’s Make Ye Olde Wood Special Made in England squat dublin with a tapered black ebonite stem. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. Cleaned a few pipes that I smoked, and watching the Braves getting smoked by the Rays. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
The Country Squire's Old Toby in a Stanwell Authentic 15. I do love these unstained and unwaxed pipes.
Repoting plants on this glorious Spring afternoon.
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Ryback in the little meer after some shooting lessons for the youngest son. Teaching him to run the bolt without taking his eye off target. Shooting bricks at 100yds turning them to smaller bricks. It went very well. 
settling in to write a report. Klondike Gold in an 1884 Barling Meer with Ryan Alden Stem.
Passing the first quarter of this bowl of year 2022 unreleased Sutliff Brown Virginia Flake in a 1920s medium bend smooth dark brown BBB Umbra bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem with an orific bit.
Ashton Consummate Gentleman in a Carey billiard .
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1Q in a Savinelli with some iced coffee.
Here in SE PA we have quite a few Pilated. We see Flickers less often, but one has been frequenting the suet cages for the past month. Here’s our feeder, suspended on a thin stainless steel cable 15 feet up, 10 feet off the deck. Absolutely squirrel proof!Just saw a Pileated Woodpecker up here recently, and we have lots of flickers . . . . seen any Pileated peckers there recently? I remember as a boy actually seeing an Ivory Bill once on a family vacation. Mom was a birder and knew instantly what it was. . . . very very rare back then, probably extinct now. Enjoy reading your bird reports.
Well, generally, I’m a tool that smokes pipes, oh not that.
It’s a Rattray’s Le Thiers by Claude Dozorme Explorer With briar accent. It’s a Laguiole Knife Blade made into a pipe tool for Rattray’s. The accent now comes in Horn, Ebony, Olive, Juniper, Carbon Fiber and more.
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