***What Are You Smoking, January 2022?***
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C&D Bijou in a Dunhill Amber Root 2102. The honey topping is a little distracting. I'm going to put it down and try it tomorrow to see if I like it any better after it has sat for a while.
Just finishing this bowl of year 2013 Full Virginia Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
Now smoking year 2010 Kramer’s Blend For Cary Grant in an undated unbranded straight black sandblasted short shank billiard with a long black vulcanite tapered stem. Have enough for one more bowl. Going to work now.
Tried some straight Perique, about a half of a bowl, I was expecting to burn my nose hairs but no such drama. It was very spicy and strong, interesting experience. 
Is that the 4ab that just came out? I was looking for a smooth but by the time I jumped they only had rusticated. It’s a really nice looking you’ve got there. How does it smoke?
A third of the way through this bowl of Wilke Crystal Palace in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 79 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Working and listening to Frontier Gentleman on the XM.
C&D Eight State Burley in a Dr. Grabow dated from 1967-1969, Commodore 65 Zulu with a vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, with no stinger.
I recently did a deep clean, Everclear and a cotton ball 24 hours. Then I used paper towels and q-tips with Everclear and cleaned the remaining resins out of the chamber.
Next I let it dry out a few days, then I sanded the chamber clean, then I let it sit a few days and soaked it again 12 hours with a cotton ball and Everclear in the chamber, because even after the first cleaning and sanding, it still had a slight musty smell in the chamber.
After a span of around 2 weeks total with the cleaning, I am now giving it a first smoke with this tabac, and I must say, it’s really tasting good now!
I recently did a deep clean, Everclear and a cotton ball 24 hours. Then I used paper towels and q-tips with Everclear and cleaned the remaining resins out of the chamber.
Next I let it dry out a few days, then I sanded the chamber clean, then I let it sit a few days and soaked it again 12 hours with a cotton ball and Everclear in the chamber, because even after the first cleaning and sanding, it still had a slight musty smell in the chamber.
After a span of around 2 weeks total with the cleaning, I am now giving it a first smoke with this tabac, and I must say, it’s really tasting good now!
Wonderful. I got all six finishes, and they are terrific smokers. They put their master carver on them. A couple of people had complaints, but I'll keep my thoughts to myself on that.
Here's the thread I started about it:
The Peterson 4AB POTY Is Coming! :: Pipe Talk
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Went through Solani Silver 660 Flake, Newminster 400, and for a goodnight smoke, HH Burley Flake in a Grabow Pot.
Just finished smoking Wilke No. 24 in a smooth straight brown 1949 Yello-Bole Century Model Lovat with a nickel band accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem. Time to feed Suzy and Molly. I'm going to have a golden delicious apple.
Great Scott Holmes ! It’s Monday morning! On the way to work accompanied with a bowl of Samuel Gawith’s Full Virginia Flake in a Sherlock Holmes Baker Street.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
Now smoking D&R Penhooker in a straight smooth light brown circa post-1932-40s Linkman’s Dr. Grabow billiard with a square shank and tapered black vulcanite stem. I finished all the line art on this five page Archie and Steel Sterling story, now it's time to fill in the black areas. I'll do my touch ups tomorrow.
@Ettrick puffer I've smoked some Full Virginia Flake in my clay pipes; I think Gawith tobacco is very well suited to clays!
4th generation morning blend in a MM cob
Finished work, fed Suzy and Molly, plus two ferals, and am close to finishing this bowl of Watch City Simply VOriental in a straight smooth medium brown 1930s Wilshire 5 bulldog (Comoy’s second) made for John’s Pipe Shop in Los Angeles with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
Hello friend Rmaso. Thank you for your kind words. I imagine myself chewing Pirate Kake, while trying to strike up a conversation with a supermarket self-checkout, with the face of a dead raccoon. Surely the store manager would come over and say, sir, could that be a new variant?
Morning bowl of Mac Baren Symphony into a MM Mark Twain.
Glad you feeling better ! Soon enough you gonna have a pipefull of Mac Baren Navy Flake into your General Cob !
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