Different kind of smoke this morning, and last evening. Actually the same smoke. Comes from taking out the underused
Ropp R07, which has always been one of my favourites. But it was formerly dedicated to Orientals, abusing its nature as an all round, go to, workhorse.
So, last night I had two pretty much empty jars, one
Smoker's Pride Dark with a bit of
SWR mixed into it (good combo btw, especially as a chew), and the other the final dregs of a jar of
Captain Black Cherry. So I parfaid them with the cherry on top. Topped off the evening about perfectly, but had half a bowl of the mix left. Too tired to finish it after loading the food dryer with berries. If I can't get 70 minutes out of the Ropp, I'm sucking too hard.
So I left the pipe on the table, and picked it up in the morning. Re lit the thing, not knowing what to expect. Lo and behold, I picked up right where I left off - same pipe, half bowl left, tasted just great. Never tried that before. And this pipe handles a half bowl better than any other pipe I own. Not surprised.
So I'm left feeling just great with the Ropp reassignment - already knew it was a great pipe, but was out of it's element as a specialist . . . . . . not only is it back into the workhorse mode that it thrives on, it's about to become one of my two or three go-to's for my backyard picnic table sorties.
Back to the final assault on saskatoons and cherries - apples in about four day, so looking for a fishing buddy now. Need a day off slaughtering finny stuff.
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Both of which I, personally, classify as “need”!
