MacBaren Burley London Blend in a Stanwell 32, coconut oil edition ;-)
Black Tea and the glow of my propane heater keep me company.
Black Tea and the glow of my propane heater keep me company.
***What Are You Smoking, January 2021?***
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That grain is wonderful!
Irish Rope in an 1898 Peterson Patent Bulldog with Bone Tenon and PLip (The first year of the PLip Patent)
You'll find Calabash pipes in modern Sherlock Holmes iterations - movies and TV series such as
Roger Moore in SHERLOCK HOLMES IN NEW YORK (1976)
Michael Caine in WITHOUT A CLUE (1988)
The Jeremy Brett TV series (1984-1994)
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (1985)
and even Brent Spiner playing Sherlock Holmes in a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR DATA (1988)
Apart from these few examples the Calabash is hard to track down in the SH movies with other Holmes actors sticking more to the traditional pipes in the straight - full bent range.
Less is seen of the Calabash in the earlier movies and I believe there are only two stills out there from the classic Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce 1940s Sherlock Holmes movie showing a Calabash pipe
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON (1943)
THE SPIDER WOMAN (1944)
Miscellaneous
Conclusion: I find the absence of the Calabash pipe in the novels and short stories - at least after THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1902) and THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1903-1904) - surprising to say the least as the Calabash had already achieved/was just about to achieve fashionable status at around that time . . . also seems to me the perfect pipe for Master Detective Holmes and his contemplations.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs with green beans and mashed potatoes dinner. A slice of chocolate satin pie was my dessert. I'm now smoking year 2001 VaPer Three Nuns in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Have enough left for a bowl or so. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
My condolences to you and your family. That generation is rapidly fading into history. I hope people will remember them and their sacrifices, and learn from them.
Sun Bear in a smooth straight apple meer
Approximately 60% : 40% mixture of Macbaren HH Rustica and Dan Tobacco Blue Note arranged in a multi-layer parfait in a huge Savinelli Silver 606 EX. The pipe is also ghosted with Exotic Passion.
So, a curiously strong aromatic ?
So, a curiously strong aromatic ?
A blend of aged FVF and aged Irish twist for a strong nightcap in my Andreas Bauer billiard. Mango/orange juice for a drink this evening. 
Mac Baren Virginia No. 1 in an Edward’s Meer Lined 700M Blast Billiard.
Rattray's Exotic Passiion in a Savinelli 101EX Estella.
Reiner Blend 71- Long Golden Flake from 2014 in a Savinelli Soiree 122.
About a quarter of a bowl left of year 2013 Capstan Blue in a 2015 Ryan Alden quarter bend black sandblasted Queen of Hearts freehand with a black acrylic saddle stem.
Back to back Peases. Fillmore in a Burner by Scott's Pipes. Have Lagonda in a Peterson Shannon 150 in the on deck circle
We had another wonderful Saturday ZOOM meeting, at which I smoked a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Original, from the first year, 1987, filled with my own "Dino's Balkan Blend" (McClelland's Syrian Latakia, No. 5100, Blending Oriental and D&R's Yenidje). My beverage, as it often is, Peach/Mango Green Tea with Honey Jack, in a tumbler of bergs.
Out on the porch in the dark ? with some HGL in a sandblasted Crown Manola scoop 
Chacom No. 4 in a Peterson Arklow (80S) Fishtail 
Did a little snacking and smoked a bowl of well aged Bald Headed Teacher in a medium brown, smooth octagonal paneled bowl and shank, medium bend 2016 Tim West Book Keeper 6 with a black acrylic saddle stem.
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