First, excellent choice of beverage, way to hydrate! Second, how do you find oriental silk? I’m considering getting some bulk, and I have a 1oz sample on the way.
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Peter Heinrich's Dark Strong Flake in a Stanwell Royal Prince lovat.
I swear when I first started reading that, I saw "maybe time for crack"...
Its been a long week!
Wasn't expecting this package till Monday! Navy Cask is here and I can't wait! Loading the Radice Rind now
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Mine arrived early today, too. Just in time to throw one in my bag for my work trip to New Orleans next week. First time trying this blend.
MacBaren HH Acadian Perique in a Tekin meerschaum while watering the garden and feeding the mosquitoes.
Currently smoking Peter Heinrich’s special curly. Relaxing after a long hard day of doing two chores in the morning and then driving into town to smoke tobacco and drink cognac with an old friend. He is just getting into tobacco, both pipes and cigars, so I stopped at this little boutique cigar manufacturer and picked up a couple stubby 4x64 Connecticuts. Also brought several tobaccos from home to share and leave samples with him. I tried to select two of each blend type that I was bringing, one fresh and one aged. The pictured backpack is one of two that I took. Having been mostly attracted to aromatics up to this point, I shared Nightcap, Carolina Red Flake, C&D Opening Night, 2020 Escudo, current production PS Bullseye Flake, HH Bold Kentucky, HH Old Dark Fired, F&T Vintage flake, Black Point, Early Morning Pipe, Haunted Bookshop Cake, Nutty Irishman, Edisto, and some of this Special Curly with him. He liked the English blends best, but was shocked by the strong plum and sweets malted odor of the Escudo. I left samples of everything with him, but I left him jars full of nightcap and old dark fired, and some fresh escudo of his own to put away. He sampled each in a Missouri Meerschaum short stop, and had full bowls of a fair few of them.
I think the tinned version of Oriental Silk and Exclusive are more flavorful, however, it's still a good smoke in bulk. I also have found it necessary to be more mindful with cadence with the bulk version of OS, in particular. At least you have a 1oz sample coming, so you can find out if it works for you. I'd be curious to know what you think when you try it.
Slowing down for the evening. Back in the lounge with a bowl of freshly opened Brown VA Flake in an H Ege deco hammer. Time to kick the feet up...
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking the ultra rare year 2015 Watch City Justice Mixture (15th Anniversary Edition) in a full bend black pebble finish 2001 Rinaldo Lithos YY8 Titania Silver Line egg with a tapered black acrylic stem. Watching a Wild Bill Elliott western with Harry the Hairy still sleeping by my feet.
Hot and lazy enough that I didn’t do much outdoors today, until the evening chores had to be done.
C&D XXV Dawn at dusk, in a Peterson Sterling 338.
C&D XXV Dawn at dusk, in a Peterson Sterling 338.
C&D Winchester in a Savinelli Onda; the last of my sample. Looking forward to starting in on one of my new LJP burley samples tomorrow.
Part way through this bowl of Ken Byron Ventures Jim’s Special Flake 2023 in a black rusticated full bend 1984 Peterson Mark Twain military mount egg with a silver cap and tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. All the cats ate, and all the ferals went out. Sleepy Suzy is by my side. Molly Danger is with m'lady.
A trio of old Britwoods today
Top: 1914 Ben Wade
Mid: 1909 BBB
Bot: 1913 Barling
1st up is the 1914 Ben Wade with a bowl of Prince Albert
Top: 1914 Ben Wade
Mid: 1909 BBB
Bot: 1913 Barling
1st up is the 1914 Ben Wade with a bowl of Prince Albert
Nice. I have a couple 320s. Nice wide bowl for more complex blends.Mine is coming next week with my Sun Bear. My first 320 KS, in the "Whisky" series.
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The next smoke is a bowl of Granger in the 1909 BBB - orific bit
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Am a big fan of the blend being in my top 3 blends I smoke. Always buy bulk and get it from Smoking Pipes.
Did a little low calorie snacking, and am smoking year 2018 D&R Raccoon’s Accent in a pre-WWII straight smooth brown The Lumberman Special (Comoy’s) with a tapered black vulcanite saddle stem. Getting ready to watch the Orioles-A's game.
Thanks @dottlejockey, good to know going in. I will give this bulk sample a try and get back to you about that cadence sensitivity etc.
Right on! Yep, I got my 1oz from Smokingpipes, I’m excited to give it a try! I am cautiously hypothesizing that I will enjoy it a lot.
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