Just enjoyed a bowl of Sutliff Black Cordial in a small cob.
***What Are You Smoking, February 2021?***
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OK, this is not going to be a popular answer, so let me preface it by admitting that I suspect that my taste buds must be seriously flawed and I would appreciate any help that may be offered. I am currently smoking ... Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish which, for some reason, even after trying at least 20 other cherry blends recommended as the "best," is the one I prefer. And yes, it sometimes anesthetizes my tongue, and on occasion makes my pipe sound like a sippy straw looking for what's left at the bottom of a milkshake. What can I say, I like the strong cherry taste. But I do suspect that there is something out there that would appeal more even to my apparently defective sense of taste, and as I've never actually tried anything but cherries and vanillas maybe that something is a non-aro. Any suggestions?
Mac Baren Vintage Syrian in a Peterson Orange Army Pot 606, watching some Twilight Zone.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, French cut pork chops and zucchini dinner with strawberries and pineapple for dessert. I'm not far from being half way through this bowl of Sept. 2015 Savinelli Doblone d’Oro in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Watching an episode of The Untouchables.
It, along with my other Charatan that Conrad had owned are very special pipes. It took me over thirty years of wanting one before I was lucky enough to own them. They not only are great smokers, but they belonged to a great Charactan collector who just happens to be one of my favorite actors.
In fact, I'm smoking it as I type this.
Amphora Burley Blend in a little devil acorn.
Orlik golden sliced from 2015 in a cob.
I cube cut some kendal plug earlier with my old opinel # 7 and stuff my old dominion clay pipe with it . This stuff is delicious , perfect smoke to continue my book about pirate & corsair . 
Enjoyed a tasty navel orange, and am a third of the way through this bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 2018 smooth Peterson Premiere 312 billiard full bend silver cap military mount with a black vulcanite saddle stem and p-lip. Time to do a little Zooming.
GL Pease 20 years Samarra in a Falcon with Meerschaum Bowl. I liked this blend from start, but with 10th bowl in, looks like I am finally getting it, and falling in love. Too bad it was a limited edition.
If you like it, smoke it with pride. They wouldn't make it if you were the only one! As for non-aros, I suggest Orlik Golden Sliced and the Stokkebye Luxury Flakes for Virginias and GLP Maltese Falcon or Balkan Supreme for Latakia blends.
Now smoking McConnell's Scottish Flake in a Johs bent apple.
Daughters and Ryan SJ Rimboche in a Briarworks Billiard
Just passing the half way mark on this bowl of D&R Raccoon’s Friend in a pre-1980s straight dark brown Comoy's Sandblast 186 billiard with a black vulcanite tapered stem. Going to work now.
Presbyterian Mixture in a Stanwell HCA my wife bought me many years ago, accompanied with the tools of the trade: My father’s Nimrod lighter, a Rogers Sheffield steel tamper, and a Balvarian ashtray from a porcelain pipe set purchased many decades back.
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Gawith Hoggarth and Company Brown Flake Aromatic in a Paykoc Meerschaum Sherlock Holmes- From Holmes / Watson two pipe set
Finishing up this bowl of KBV The Endless Void (Hellstar) in a smooth unfinished brown slight bend 2015 Savinelli 320KS author with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
A quarter of the way through this bowl of D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 lumberman with a black vulcanite tapered stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
A complete change of pace for me, a cherry aro. Low Country Cherry in a cob. I haven't smoked any cherry flavoured tobacco product since they stopped selling flavoured gas station cigars here a few years back.
Edit: Just remembered I also smoked a friend's homegrown burley cherry aro that tasted kind of like sour cherry dirt, but with a bite.
Edit: Just remembered I also smoked a friend's homegrown burley cherry aro that tasted kind of like sour cherry dirt, but with a bite.
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