***What Are You Smoking, December 2021?***
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Presbyterian in a GBD Conquest Minaret this morning
@Ettrick puffer Looks a nice pipe; shame all the Wilson's of Sharrow ones are out of stock...
If they were still making clay pipes I'd probably be their biggest customer
CRFwP for the morning commute in a Savinelli Tre.
an afternoon smoke of Capstan Blue folded in a narrow chambered Castello SeaRock kkk Liverpool
It’s cold enough this morning to make me reevaluate my sock choices.
My own Franklin’s Tower in my spigot dog.
It’s usually my latakia pipe, but there is the tiniest pinch of latakia in there, enough to add a leather note to the mix.
My own Franklin’s Tower in my spigot dog.
It’s usually my latakia pipe, but there is the tiniest pinch of latakia in there, enough to add a leather note to the mix.
Morning bowl of Kendal dark into a clay pipe it’s so cold this morning gotta find courage and brew more coffee .
Good morning folks. As I usually do around this time of year, I caved and bought a tin of Copenhagen to enjoy in the warm cozy comfort of my recliner. Another level of nicotine had me up late.
Starting my day off with some Capstan Blue in my Altinay spigot billiard.
@cosmicfolklore - Wool socks for me, here in this frozen wasteland.
Starting my day off with some Capstan Blue in my Altinay spigot billiard.
@cosmicfolklore - Wool socks for me, here in this frozen wasteland.
I probably just need some to cover my ankles, ha ha. It's just a tad below 40F here.
Good afternoon. Smoking now with: St. Bruno in a MM General, and a mug irish coffee......................
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Good morning/afternoon all...
I was a little disappointed by how quickly my first pipe of the day burned, so for my second... I broke out the big Ropp. It's my second largest pipe, a Ropp's Make, and I filled it with Sutliff's Match Balkan Sobranie. Very satisfying. It seemed to go on forever.
I was a little disappointed by how quickly my first pipe of the day burned, so for my second... I broke out the big Ropp. It's my second largest pipe, a Ropp's Make, and I filled it with Sutliff's Match Balkan Sobranie. Very satisfying. It seemed to go on forever.
The impending Christmas Season prompted me to open a tin of McClelland Bombay Court from 2009 and a tin of 2003 Christmas Cheer. These will take me to Christmas and into the New Year.
Mike S.
Mike S.
@cosmicfolklore How does your homegrown baccy smoke???
@JOHN72 I've smoked a few packets of St. Bruno Ready Rubbed in my clay pipes.
Not smoking anything today!
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Third pipe today is an unmarked German cutty packed with one of my newest favorites: GL Pease's Penny Farthing. This pipe was part of a lot of 10 unmarked pipes from the same manufacturer I bought many months ago.
The seller said they're from the 1960's and came from the family of an old pipe seller in Germany. He had over 100 of these pipes, and most of them had this shape:
They're almost certainly rejects... likely rejected because they were over-drilled (from the pictures, and inspecting the ones I bought, the airhole through the shank to the bowl hit the other side of the bowl slightly in all of the pipes). But, aside from the very slight over-drilling, these pipes are near perfect in every other way. None of them have any pits or fills or any flaws at all. They're all smooth, nicely grained, feather light pipes. That in itself is odd.
So I assume it was a large manufacturer... because who else would have the ability to reject all of those perfect pipes with lovely grain? That's a lot of expensive briar just tossed away. 100 pipes, at least, probably more... all with the same error, means it likely happened over a relatively short time period. I'm guessing it was a mistake with the machine setting or maybe there was a new worker and that whole group of pipes were over-drilled during one shift or something.
I asked the seller, but he knew very little, aside from that they were made in the 1960s, and he thinks they could be Vauen pipes. I don't know what makes him think that other than Vauen is a big German maker.
But what else could they be? Well, who were major German pipe makers during that time period? I've been looking for similar styles of pipe from that time period and country, but no luck yet. I just enjoy mysteries.
The seller said they're from the 1960's and came from the family of an old pipe seller in Germany. He had over 100 of these pipes, and most of them had this shape:They're almost certainly rejects... likely rejected because they were over-drilled (from the pictures, and inspecting the ones I bought, the airhole through the shank to the bowl hit the other side of the bowl slightly in all of the pipes). But, aside from the very slight over-drilling, these pipes are near perfect in every other way. None of them have any pits or fills or any flaws at all. They're all smooth, nicely grained, feather light pipes. That in itself is odd.
So I assume it was a large manufacturer... because who else would have the ability to reject all of those perfect pipes with lovely grain? That's a lot of expensive briar just tossed away. 100 pipes, at least, probably more... all with the same error, means it likely happened over a relatively short time period. I'm guessing it was a mistake with the machine setting or maybe there was a new worker and that whole group of pipes were over-drilled during one shift or something.
I asked the seller, but he knew very little, aside from that they were made in the 1960s, and he thinks they could be Vauen pipes. I don't know what makes him think that other than Vauen is a big German maker.
But what else could they be? Well, who were major German pipe makers during that time period? I've been looking for similar styles of pipe from that time period and country, but no luck yet. I just enjoy mysteries.
@Winterreise Is the two colour effect caused by tobacco staining or firing???
Solani 660 Silver Flake in one of my grandfathers late 50s GBD Canadian with black coffee on the side.
English Breakfast Tea with Early Morning Pipe - and Eggs and Ham. Sounds right for a Dunhill Prince.
It’s the tars and oil from the tobacco , this one just start to colour.
smoking another bowl of kendal dark with coffee . Very good stuff in the morning .
I think my tobacco package from @samuelgawith01 may have been held by customs - no problem getting the Rustica though. I'm not expecting the package from Smokingpipes.com yet though...
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