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G&H Broken Flake #7 in a Jesse Jones black, sandblasted, 1/8 bent, oval shank Brandy.View attachment 65351

Gorgeous proportions on that pipe, just lovely.

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Locked-n-loaded! My go-to lunting kit: Morgan Bones Chubby 20 and an Al Pascia pipe sock.

Thought I'd ironic today: GLP Quiet Nights to start me day.

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Birddog66

Lifer
Nov 29, 2020
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I was watching these two that you recently won at auction curious to find out what they were going to make and I must admit that the final price doesn't seem unreasonable for an unsmoked pair.
I know, I was going to use the money to buy a new Rattray Marlin Bulldog but when the seller came back to me with these I broke. It was a great deal. Do you recommend I treat the Meer with beeswax? The jury on that seems to be out everywhere I looked.
 

Cucamonga95

Starting to Get Obsessed
Nov 5, 2020
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Just had my first bowl of 2019 Kings Stride. Was unimpressed until the bottom third of the bowl. Then, what was a somewhat boring Cavendish flavor started to become something somewhat akin to Maduro leaf on the retro... cream, chocolate, and spice increased with each puff once the cigar Cavendish appeared to me. This little detour from the first two thirds escalated to a very unique final few puffs... pinot noir, nuts, and chocolate arose for an unexpectedly triumphant sendoff. I'm going to be ordering more of this. Next bowl I have, I am going to go slower in the first two thirds. I was definitely going to fast trying to pull some cigar flavor out at first. I recommend this to anyone who likes mellow VA/Pers and likes, but doesn't love cigars.

Furthermore, if I can't pull the cigar flavors out of this blend earlier into my next few bowls, I'm going to add a dash more perique and a little cube cut burley and see if I can't at least make the first half of the bowl more of an event. I felt the black pepper from the perique faded too quickly, though a similar flavor returned with the appearance of the cigar notes.

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