Is that pipe considered a Lovat?
***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***
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KVB Oriental Affair from a Sara Eltang acorn. 
@Tate Be very careful not to break this one
One of my New Year resolutions is "Don't break any more clays"...
Had to pop a new tin of HU Soraya - in to the Bacigalupi bent.
It looks like it can be, but it doesn’t state what shape it is. I think they consider it a Canadian. It’s a fine smoker
Same here buddy! 🫡@Tate Be very careful not to break this one
One of my New Year resolutions is "Don't break any more clays"...
@Tate I've lost count of how many clays I've broken (including my first one)...Same here buddy! 🫡
They're always finding broken clay pipe fragments; I don't want to break my churchwarden so I don't take it out much & only smoke it at re-enactments & with Jason the blacksmith
Taking the churchwarden to the Battle of Nantwich next month; I don't want a repeat of last year...
G&H #7 Broken Flake in a Unfinished Savinelli 673
Very nice! What kind of pastries are you making?
Murray's Three Year Matured in a Bruce Weaver acorn with a lapis lazuli mortise and ebonite stem for work today.
Hal O’ The Wynd in my Paolo Becker Strawberrywood.
Great blast and rocking the Maruman!
Smoking now another self-made "blend" which is a mix of mixes, actually leftovers, scraps, bits and pieces from finishing tins e.t.c. For obvious reasons I call it "Frankenstein Mixture" and it has never failed me, no matter what the combination is.
I went to the flea market yesterday. Because some days ago I found there a used Falcon. I am a Falcon fan. The bowl was not something special, although not the same with any of the 10 pcs I already have. The stem was bronze colored, not available in the local market. The bit was the so-called "dentist" type, and the color (or the material) was peeled off at some points. I passed. Mainly because of the bit poor condition and also because I have never bought a used (and not restored) pipe. In the next days I had second thoughts. I haven't asked the price but somehow, I was sure that it would be low. And I have ahead of me 2 full free weeks, off work. I could try some restoration. If unsuccessful, well the investment would be unimportant, If successful I would have my 4th Falcon stem and my 11th bowl. But I found out that the pipe was missing! Somebody else has taken a decision faster than me! Well, that's life, I guess.
I'd like to wish you all a nice Christmas Eve and a nice Christmas day.
Please allow me to especially wish John, the good man from Spain, who is facing difficulties lately. Courage brother!
I went to the flea market yesterday. Because some days ago I found there a used Falcon. I am a Falcon fan. The bowl was not something special, although not the same with any of the 10 pcs I already have. The stem was bronze colored, not available in the local market. The bit was the so-called "dentist" type, and the color (or the material) was peeled off at some points. I passed. Mainly because of the bit poor condition and also because I have never bought a used (and not restored) pipe. In the next days I had second thoughts. I haven't asked the price but somehow, I was sure that it would be low. And I have ahead of me 2 full free weeks, off work. I could try some restoration. If unsuccessful, well the investment would be unimportant, If successful I would have my 4th Falcon stem and my 11th bowl. But I found out that the pipe was missing! Somebody else has taken a decision faster than me! Well, that's life, I guess.
I'd like to wish you all a nice Christmas Eve and a nice Christmas day.
Please allow me to especially wish John, the good man from Spain, who is facing difficulties lately. Courage brother!
I was still hungry, and when I mentioned it to m'lady, she went to the kitchen and cooked six scrambled eggs and ham. Then, I had a slice of Collin Street Bakery fruitcake anddid a set of walking reps. So much for my diet. Just finished smoking year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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