***What Are You Smoking? January 2020.***

[burleyboy]

Did you form an opinion on prep and packing method? "Asking for a friend" ?

This may sound weird, but I had very good experiences with cube cutting and then heavily squashing those cubes with a heavy, dull object, so that they get flat and break up a little more. These flattened cubes then were dried to bonedryness.

Another successful smoke was achieved by running the flakes through a food processor for a view seconds + drying.

Both of the times, the tobaccos was very very dry and packed extremely loose.

I hope this may help your friend out a little.

 

[rushx9]

McClelland Frog Morton: Across The Pond in a Confort straight Churchwarden Billiard. RIP Christopher Tolkien.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Low Country Natural Virginia & Burley in a brown straight smooth Paul Perri billiard with a black acrylic tapered stem. Phone chatting about lots of stuff.

 

[trubka2]

Watch City Old Dominion in a Savinelli 920.

 

[Mis Pipas]

Sometimes, it does. Other times, it doesn't. I don't have a set routine for that, outside of deciding what do I feel like smoking?

Your answer makes a lot of sense. Thank you

 

[dino]

Haven't been able to smoke the past few days, as I have a bit of a throat. I don't know about you folk, but when I can't smoke 'em, I like to sniff 'em. I sniffed some of my open tins of Latakia blends, finishing with a hit off my remaining ounce or so of 1960s BS 759, in a cutter-top tin. Aah. Is that weird?

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is Ken Byron Ventures Jupiter Slices in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2000 Winslow C silver spigot wide top Dublin with a canted plateau and black acrylic saddle stem. Working on a review of this plug.

 

[oldguyoldpipes]

Peretti Thanksgiving Day Blend in a 1960 Dunhill Zulu Yachtsmanu Yachtsman

 

[subsalac]

I think a few drinks triggered this departure from Virginia based blends and I'm having my once-per-two-month dose of Latakia. Stokkebye Oriental Supreme in my Latakia only pipe that gets utterly neglected-- a frankly crappy, scorching hot Georg Jensen bent brandy nosewarmer. I recommend giving this a try if you enjoy oriental forward, mellow, light on the latakia blends that have that smoothness that only comes with the addition of cavendish. If you prefer stout blends however, it's not worth it because this is as mellow as latakia gets.

 

[karam]

Not smoking it yet (will save for tonight after a good drying), this is the Samuel Gawith 2003 Balkan Flake, it is very moist, has the consistency of play dough, and has some plume. The smell is out of this world, musty, pungent, sweet, spicy, and smoky, in this order. I'll change the jar, this one's too big but I wanted to remove odours from an appropriate-sized jar before putting this gold in. My wife who hates the smell of Latakia but has the nose of a bloodhound said "this has many layers of smell, I can see why you like it".

 

[Mis Pipas]

Enjoying the first smoke of this cloudy friday with G.L. Pease Union Square in Savinelli Otelo full bent

 

[judcole]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a Country Gent.

 

[MrTom]

The Bullet in a Hobbit 59 pipe, after finishing a bowl from last night. 6°C, overcast but dry.

 

[Mis Pipas]

Very little reviewed in this forum but I'm in love.
Smoking now SAVINELLI BRUNELLO FLAKE. Is a blend of Burley, Oriental/Turkish (macedonian) y Virginia ?

 

[JR1296]

Good morning! Starting my day with Haunted Bookshop in a Savinelli Straight Gain 511.

 

[pharmpiper]

Snow last night, and cold here this morning. MM General of Old Joe Krantz keeping me company on the ride to work.

 

[JimInks]

Just past the half way mark on this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style.

 

[MrTom]

St. James Plug in a Falcon Shillelagh pipe with a Leopard Meer bowl & a glass of water.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2013 H&H Classic Burley Kake in a 2002 quarter bend sandblasted Stanwell Golden Danish 139 with a black vulcanite tapered stem.

 

[JR1296]

About to have some C&D Star of the East Flake in a Savinelli Straight Grain 511.