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OzPiper

Lifer
Nov 30, 2020
6,744
36,385
72
Sydney, Australia
Onto the 3rd of the trio of Dunhills
This last a 1952 birth year straight billiard
Probably Algerian briar by the deep craggy sandblast

And a third Dunhill blend - Durbar Mixture
A pity STG did not see fit to re-releasing this and the previous London Mixture

The My Mixture 965 is labelled “Made in the UK” so a pre-STG product

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tfdickson

Lifer
May 15, 2014
2,350
47,236
East End of Long Island
How’s the 23? My friend who was flying to NYC every week for work was laid off. I have no mule now. :cry:Asking my local B&M to bring some in as I’m not getting to the States for at least a couple months.

It is very good. That said, it is very different than prior Cringles. The 2003 perique from Mark Ryan that has appeared in several other blends over the last 4 years (and to great effect across the board) is here but to my taste it seems like a much smaller percentage vs prior Cringles. The stoved Katarini is nice but it strikes me as a substitute or stand in for the lower perique content. The biggest difference though is the level (not content) of casing. It’s approaching C&D levels, or lack thereof. This Cringle is much dryer than previous versions and unlike those previous versions this one can be a bit rough. It is tasty, but definitely a departure.
 

Humblepipe

Lifer
Sep 13, 2019
1,875
6,912
Guerneville, CA
That time of week has arrived and it’s time to watch UFC Fight Night. Going to have Cornell & Diehl Small Batch Folklore (2022, 805/1000) in an unbranded, unmarked, Magnum-sized Swan Neck LC (Large Curve) with a horn stem with an orific bit; this pipe is most likely French in origin, and may be from the late 19th or early 20th Century—it is curve drilled, has a bone tenon, and a cork mortise.

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This might give a better idea of how large this pipe is:

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Oh yeah... that's my kind of pipe, brother.
 

Friendly Piper

Starting to Get Obsessed
Sep 22, 2023
102
680
Northern Virginia
About to smoke my first morta pipe (a Mr. Brog 112 that arrived from Poland on Friday). I’ve decided to inaugurate it with a familiar blend: Peterson Nightcap. I plan to smoke it back to back with a favorite briar (a Rossi 8320 I bought from the Pipe Nook).

Very interested to see whether and how the morta differs from the briar.

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