Thanks! Picked it up at an Antique store. Had JM Boswell make a new stem for it. Great smoker and really lite weight.
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St. James Flake currently
St. James Flake currentlyA gorgeous day invites me out to soak up some sun. I’m listening to the wind chime and watching large flocks of Robins come and go as they feast on juniper berries and then move to the Mountain Ash tree berries.
Savinelli #122 Oscar Pot with Country Squires Whatever ???? Blend. I bought this a few years ago and forgot about it.
a glass of ice water.
Whatever’s in it- it’s rather tasty.
Savinelli #122 Oscar Pot with Country Squires Whatever ???? Blend. I bought this a few years ago and forgot about it.
a glass of ice water.
Whatever’s in it- it’s rather tasty.
Birds of a Feather Uno in the Gefapip Giant while charging batteries and reading the manual for the new yard toy. First time going with battery power for these things.
You'll have to educate me here, Paul. That bowl looks like it hasn't been smoked much. And that's a pipe that I'm thinking should smoke really well. Am I missing something?
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Almost half way through this bowl of year 2014 Full Virginia Flake in a slight bend 1968 group 4S Dunhill Shell 475 cherrywood with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Enjoyed another slice of chocolate meringue pie beforehand. Tomato the Brave wanted to eat early, so I let him in the eat. Afterward, he grabbed my foot and bunny kicked me, jumped on my lap for a head scratch and then wanted out. Even though he was neutered years ago, he's extra hyper this time of year.
It's been a busy day so excuse my late post. On the menu for my morning commute was a bowl of Sutliff Match Victorian loaded in my Savinelli Porto Cervo 127 and paired with a drip coffee.
And a very happy 40th birthday to @Servant King
And a very happy 40th birthday to @Servant King
Celebrating the 51st anniversary of the Carnation Revolution with SG Balkan Flake in a Molina Caporale Calabash.
GLP Navigator in a Genod Bulldog
Happy Birthday, @Servant King. Have a good one, and don't forget your Birthday Present to yourself. In my experience its always the best one!!
Happy Birthday @Servant King, may the Lord bless you and keep you (and all your parts together as you hit the decade where it all starts to fall apart)!!
It’s a photo of it new before it’s first smoke. They smoke really well. It's 9mm so it can do Balsa, Charcoal or Adapter for nothing. They draft well and I seldom use a filter but it is nice to mute some things with one occasionally.
C&D Snug Harbor in a Celebi Meerschaum with a cup of black tea.
Skippable Drivel First today: I'd normally not post this until tonight, but tonight I'll not be at the computer. I'll be cleaning up after Ricoh's departure, and setting up a full 10 yard airpistol target range in my livingroom to kitchen corridor. Reason? I have to cut my "normal" 2-3x a week range duties down to only 1, because of the hernia constraints - I simply need to slow down, if that is possible. Will show a picture of my indoor setup when I clean up the surrounding chaos and squalor. 'Nuff said.
On to pipe smoking. In order to "get this" you'll need to know that I don't eat in the morning, never have, and just a cup or three of cold coffee. I now avoid smoking a pipe at all costs for at least 2 hours after I eat. Just kills my tastebuds and I don't enjoy it, and I've made many misjudgements on tobacco when I had done so.
So had to change how I did things. So, I have a morning pipe and usually a late evening one, cigars in between.
Had a brainstorm (fart?) this morning, and did it work! Along with my morning leftover coffees, I decided to try a small bowlful of the most over-the-top aromatic known to me, Captain Black Cherry Cavendish. Put it in my McQueen Miniature Barrel Rider.
Like, WOW! Totally took the place of a glass of orange juice (which I don't drink anyways), and the Captain's unruly cherry blast served as a most tasty breakfast. I think I'm onto something here!! T'will affect my entire overscheduled thinking, t'will, t'will!!
The best laid plans of Mice and Men, eh? No more drivel for today, methinks.
On to pipe smoking. In order to "get this" you'll need to know that I don't eat in the morning, never have, and just a cup or three of cold coffee. I now avoid smoking a pipe at all costs for at least 2 hours after I eat. Just kills my tastebuds and I don't enjoy it, and I've made many misjudgements on tobacco when I had done so.
So had to change how I did things. So, I have a morning pipe and usually a late evening one, cigars in between.
Had a brainstorm (fart?) this morning, and did it work! Along with my morning leftover coffees, I decided to try a small bowlful of the most over-the-top aromatic known to me, Captain Black Cherry Cavendish. Put it in my McQueen Miniature Barrel Rider.
Like, WOW! Totally took the place of a glass of orange juice (which I don't drink anyways), and the Captain's unruly cherry blast served as a most tasty breakfast. I think I'm onto something here!! T'will affect my entire overscheduled thinking, t'will, t'will!!
The best laid plans of Mice and Men, eh? No more drivel for today, methinks.
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Peterson Nightcap from Jul 2021 in a Balandis sandblasted billiard
HU Director’s Cut in a Dunhill 33 FT Liverpool and Ginger Tea on the side.
Near the last quarter of this bowl of GLP Ellipsis Flake (Zeitgeist Collection) in a 1980s White Pipe straight, smooth octagonal paneled billiard meerschaum with an acrylic yellow cream colored saddle stem. I think I've finally figured out what I was looking for, review wise. Watching the Orioles-Nats game.
J.M. Boswell Sitter with C&D Carolina Red Flake
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